Sleeping with the Stars

About this episode

Dion and Joe discuss the public response to their previous episode on Universal Basic Income, leading to a pivotal moment for the show.

There was a huge response to last week’s episode on Universal Basic Income. On Free State, Dion and Joe look at the arguments made in the emails and comments. But as they go through the comments, the atmosphere changes and Free State reaches another crossroads… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dion, Joe Brolly

Topics covered

• Universal Basic Income
• public response
• comments
• debate
• crossroads

Keywords

• Universal Basic Income
• public response
• comments
• debate
• Free State

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Universal Basic Income

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