Podcast appearances and mentions of luke barratt

“The sociological trifecta of identity, community, and belonging defined by human connection has a profound bearing on our life…I propose that this sociological reality is highly intentional to the creative genius of our Heavenly Father. ” - by Luke Barratt

Nearly 100 years after the introduction of the Addison Act, which kick-started the building of the first council estates in the UK, the Housing Podcast team examines the state of council housebuilding today. We also interview with Lord Gary Porter, chair of the Local Government Association. Edited by Luke Barratt.

Millions of pounds of private finance have been poured into buying the homes of some of the most vulnerable adults in the UK over the last three years. But with the regulator sounding the alarm about some of the housing associations managing these properties, the Housing Podcast asks what is really going on? Hear from finance reporter Luke Barratt about his work covering this story and Paul Bridge, chief executive of Civitas, one of the funds investing in these properties answering questions about some of the concern.

Luke Barratt speaks to former National Housing Federation chief executive David Orr and head of UK housing at the New Economics Foundation Joe Beswick to discuss the growth of for-profit registered providers. Are they good for the sector? And what are the different kinds of for-profits? Deputy news editor Jack Simpson also explains some of his recent stories about for-profits.

The team is joined by John Grayson from South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum as well as Robina Qureshi from Positive Action in Housing to discuss the state of housing for asylum seekers in the UK. Edited by Luke Barratt

Rob Beiley, a partner at Trowers and Hamlins, and Maurice Frankel from the Campaign for Freedom of Information debate whether the Freedom of Information Act should be extended to cover housing associations. Edited by Luke Barratt.

The fire at Grenfell Tower a year ago last week was, above all, a tragedy for its residents, their friends, and their families. It’s also come to symbolise a deeper crisis in British society – at least in the eyes of many people. On this week's podcast, we’re giving you an update on what we’ve learned since that night; what the inquiry has heard; and the shifting national conversation about Grenfell. Ayeisha Thomas-Smith speaks to Luke Barratt, business reporter at Inside Housing, and Katya Nasim, a campaigner with the Radical Housing Network. Enjoying the show? Tweet us your comments and questions @NEF! Produced by James Shield. The award-winning Weekly Economics Podcast is brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the UK's only people powered think tank. Find out more at www.neweconomics.org

A year on from the devastating Grenfell Tower fire, the Inside Housing team talks through the updated asks from its "Never Again" fire safety campaign, featuring an interview with Debbie Larner of the Chartered Institute of Housing. We also discuss the findings of the most comprehensive research to date into Fire Risk Assessments. Edited by Luke Barratt

The long-awaited opening of the fact-finding stage of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry took place this week. Here, Inside Housing reporters Nathaniel Barker and Luke Barratt recap some of the biggest stories from the opening statements of survivors groups, the council, the fire brigade and others.

We talk to David Smith from the Residential Landlords Association about the private rented sector, and whether it's been forced to bite off more than it can chew as it takes on many residents who would have previously lived in social housing. Edited by Luke Barratt.

The Housing Podcast welcomes Brendan Sarsfield, chief executive of major housing association Peabody, to chat about their decision to stop charging affordable rents, which can be up to 80% of market rent. Edited by Luke Barratt

This week's episode of The Housing Podcast comes to you from CIH Cymru's annual conference in Cardiff. It features interviews with Matt Dicks, director of CIH Cymru, and Clare Budden, newly appointed chief executive of Pennaf. Edited by Luke Barratt.

The Housing Podcast team is joined by economist Jonathan Portes, the former chief economist at the Cabinet Office, to discuss housing minister Dominic Raab's claim that immigration has pushed up house prices. The episode also features an interview with senior staff at Arhag, a specialist housing association which supports new migrants. Edited by Luke Barratt.

This week, Inside Housing presents: The Paper Trail. We go over building regulation changes covering decades to see how so many tower blocks around the country ended up with dangerous cladding. We ask: was the cladding on Grenfell Tower legal? How did the regulations change to allow combustible materials? And what warnings were missed along the way? Edited by Luke Barratt.

The Housing Podcast team is joined by architect Julia Park, head of housing research at Levitt Bernstein, and Darius Ziatabari, director and co-founder of Equinox Living, to debate whether or not building smaller is the solution to the UK's supply crisis. Edited by Luke Barratt

In a special episode of the Housing Podcast, our business reporter Luke Barratt reports from giant property festival MIPIM on the south coast of France. Meanwhile, deputy news editor Sophie gives us the lowdown on the National Housing Federation's finance conference in Liverpool. Edited by Luke Barratt.

Theresa May has unveiled a raft of tweaks to the government's planning policies – including an attempt to stop developers dodging affordable housing commitments. The news desk discusses the key bits with Tom Kenny, housing policy officer at the Royal Town Planning Institute. Edited by Luke Barratt.

As the government announces it will give official backing in fire safety guidance to controversial desktop studies for the first time, the news team debates the positives and negatives of the process. We also go over the direction of Dame Judith Hackitt's review of building regulations, discussing whether it goes far enough to overhaul the system. Edited by Luke Barratt.

This episode features an interview with David Orr, the outgoing chief executive of the National Housing Federation. Also, we shed some light on Britain's homelessness problem – and discuss what's being done about it. Edited by Luke Barratt.

Councils are restricted from borrowing money to build housing, but the chancellor has offered them £1bn of leeway. Could that make a difference to the housing crisis? Featuring an appearance from Elly Shepherd, head of housing and planning policy at London Councils. Edited by Luke Barratt.

Ding-dong, Haringey's plans to team up with a developer for a mass regeneration programme are dead. The Inside Housing news team discuss what that means for regeneration across the country. Also, we ponder some comments from housing minister Dominic Raab about the green belt. Edited by Luke Barratt.

Starting a podcast can be a daunting prospect, but if 'Data Day' can teach you anything, it's that the barrier for entry is incredibly low. On this final episode of 'Data Day', Bridie Pearson-Jones joins Luke Barratt as they discuss what makes some of their favourite podcasts great, why podcasting is such a compelling format for modern journalists, and the difference between podcasts and radio programmes. Plus, special guest and longtime fan of the show Faye White joins the team to discuss some funny podcasts, because apparently our podcasting experts are really boring. This is the end of season 1 of Data Day, and Luke's last episode. It remains to be seen whether future Interhacktives take up the mantle.

In this week’s podcast, Luke Barratt and Jasper Pickering talk about the growing importance of live-streaming on Facebook for media organisations and the average Joe alike. As Facebook grows its video platform, Zuckerburg is pushing users to interact with each other via live video feed. No longer are the broadcasters telling us what to do from atop their ivory towers. Now you (yes, YOU!) can produce live coverage from the comfort of your handheld device. The intrepid duo tackle examples of livestreamed news like Trump’s disastrous press conference and the suspense of watching a watermelon explode under the pressure of a thousand elastic bands. While future coverage will pale in comparison, users are still becoming more engaged with online videos. Gone are the days of panda sneezes and laughing babies, now audiences demand more from their social media influencers, as outlets like Vice produce high quality documentaries that can be watched from the comfort of our bed/toilet. Our cup runneth over. CNN Trump Press Conference: https://www.facebook.com/cnn/videos/10156091141371509/ A stressed watermelon that forgot it had a test today: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/we-blew-up-a-watermelon-and-everyone-lost-their-freaking-min Vice videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/vice

In this week's Data Day, Luke Barratt is joined by Matteo Moschella to discuss the use of data in sport journalism. Data is omnipresent in the reporting of sport, particularly recently as the closing of the Barclays Premier League January transfer window has prompted a glut of visualisations on the month's top stories. Check out some of the code used by the Guardian on their Github: http://bit.ly/2kqSyj5 Athletes and sports teams are using more and more data nowadays to optimise their performance, but crucially for journalists, the vast audiences drawn by sports demand extensive data. Opta provides detailed data feeds on a number of different sports: http://bit.ly/2kqPWBA While providing this data to users in raw format is common, there is also great scope for journalists to use data to analyse issues in sport. Here, Rob Minto uses data to defend a potential increase of the number of teams taking part in the FIFA World Cup: http://bit.ly/2kr2Sav One crucial area where this kind of journalism has flourished is in predictions. Nate Silver, now renowned as a polling expert, made his name using data to predict the results of baseball games. Visit his site, FiveThirtyEight, which still applies its methods to sport, here: http://53eig.ht/2kqR6Nj Similarly, the Financial Times has built a complicated statistical model to predict the outcome of the 2016/17 Premier League: http://on.ft.com/2kqMHKy Daniel Finkelstein has a weekly column in The Times using similar methods to analyse football. Here, he uses sport to teach his readers a lesson about probability through a parable about the likelihood of giant-killing in the FA Cup: http://bit.ly/2kr0yk5 We've also seen data used for in-depth investigations into sporting issues. Buzzfeed used data from betting markets to uncover indications that certain players had been guilty of match-fixing: http://bzfd.it/2kr5dCj The Sunday Times, meanwhile, in a more traditional piece of data journalism, made use of data from a whistleblower to find evidence of doping throughout the world of athletics: http://bit.ly/2kqVDQb

On this week's 'Data Day', Ayushman Basu and Luke Barratt discuss the opening of a survey for journalists by the Government Statistical Survey. The Government is looking for feedback on how to improve their provision of open data. You can respond to the survey here: http://bit.ly/2jU47je The main focus of the survey is on the possibility of creating a single outlet for releasing data from the government, and on this podcast, we discuss some of the inconvenience of the current system. Datasets have to be sourced from various different portals and subsequently combined, which creates significant delays for journalists. The survey is not especially focused on data quality, but we discuss the importance of this issue, which is made more serious by the worrying fact that the government has no centralised policy on data quality. Finally, since Ayushman Basu has specific experience in this area, we discuss how some of these issues present themselves in India. The government there has a central data portal, but the quality of releases is very poor, with PDFs often used instead of Excel spreadsheets. India’s large population also makes data collection very difficult. India’s government data portal can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/2jU26DJ

This is Interhacktives’ latest attempt to persuade you that data journalism can be relatable and human, and this time we’ve teamed up with a powerful ally: Christmas. Christmas is a time of year for turkey, mince pies, stuffing, stockings, trees, treats, presents, and… data? On this week’s Data Day, James Somper and Luke Barratt look through the news to find some of their favourite examples of data-driven Christmas journalism. Luke made his mince pie joke again, but this time you don’t have to wait until the end to hear it. You can read Kate Hughes’ article on the true cost of Christmas here. The Money Editor of the Independent counts up our rising festive spending, and comes up with some eye-popping numbers. http://ind.pn/2i70vKn The financial services company PNC has done what it’s been doing every year for the past 30 years, and calculated how much the presents in the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ would actually cost you. Partridges are cheaper this year, but what about pear trees? http://pnc.co/2i6Y75Z Finally, Anjana Ahuja has a rather more serious story for the Financial Times about the mounting evidence that the vast quantities of alcohol consumed every Christmas are having a very serious effect on our physical health. http://on.ft.com/2i6PqZs Thanks to Podington Bear for our theme song, ‘Am-Trans’.

On this week's Data Day, Luke Barratt and Bridie Pearson-Jones discuss what relationship tech companies in Silicon Valley can or should be doing to resist Donald Trump. Such companies overwhelmingly supported Clinton in the US election, and have in the past been outspokenly progressive on social issues. However, the Intercept reported that of nine tech companies they asked, only Twitter said it wouldn't help Trump create a database of American Muslims. Will tech companies adapt to a new Trump presidency? The Intercept article: http://bit.ly/2h4vUvn There is a wider discussion to be had around the place of the far right on the Internet. We discuss Jonathan Albright's research, which threw up some interesting results regarding the way in which far-right websites used internal links to game Google's algorithm. Jonathan Albright's research: http://bit.ly/2h4oOHh Moreover, some have put forward specific steps they feel should be taken by tech companies in Silicon Valley if they are to follow through on their consistent criticism of Donald Trump. Sonia Katyal, Chancellor's Professor of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology codirector, on how the tech industry can resist Trump: http://bit.ly/2h4wdq1 Follow Luke on Twitter at twitter.com/lukewbarratt, follow Bridie at twitter.com/bridiepjones, and follow Interhacktives at twitter.com/Interhacktives. You can also find this podcast and previous episodes on iTunes and on www.interhacktives.com/category/podcast/

Entries are now open for the Data Journalism Awards 2017, as of 28 November. Interhacktives are the media partners of this year's awards, and on this podcast, Luke Barratt and Ryan Watts give them an introduction. Past winners have included the Panama Papers, but this year for the first time, there is a category for students and young data journalists! With that in mind, we discuss some of the things that impressed us about last year's winners, and what strategies might help you to win one this time around. The deadline for submission to the Data Journalism Awards 2017 is 7 April 2017. Winners will be announced on 22 June at the DJA 2017 Ceremony & Gala Dinner in Vienna. More details on the Data Journalism Awards website: http://bit.ly/2gvYdTh Süddeutsche Zeitung's award-winning Panama Papers investigation: http://bit.ly/2gvXyBc Al-Jazeera America's successful entry into the Breaking News category, using data to chart the process of an Amtrak train's derailment: http://bit.ly/2gw2tlR

Did Pope Francis endorse Donald Trump? Did Hillary Clinton sell weapons to Isis? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you may have been the victim of fake news. In the first episode of a new podcast from Interhacktives – Data Day – Ella Wilks-Harper and Luke Barratt discuss the rise of fake news, question whether the crisis has been overstated, and examine some possible solutions to the problem. Mark Zuckerburg's initial response to the fake news scandal: http://bit.ly/2fZ533d Buzzfeed's story about Macedonian teenagers using fake news to garner ad revenue: http://bzfd.it/2fYYxcZ A letter from the editor of Aftenposten attacking Zuckerburg over the censoring of a picture from the Vietnam War: http://bit.ly/2fZ4QNJ Buzzfeed's analysis of engagement with fake news on Facebook in the last few months before the US election: http://bzfd.it/2fZ5JWt