Broken Custodians
Broken Custodians is a bold podcast with Molly and Ben Kingsley of UsForThem, hosting candid discussions of how short-termism in politics devastates children’s futures, with a particular focus on ethics, corporate capture, and accountability in public policy-making affecting children. Consistent with the hosts’ backgrounds as lawyers, and often joined by expert guests, Broken Custodians follows paper trails, interrogates official claims, and asks what has gone wrong, who has benefited, and, ultimately, what it would take to do better.
Episodes
Episode 5 - How the UK's Online Safety Act Fails Children AND Free Speech
In this episode of Broken Custodians, Molly and Ben Kingsley from UsForThem discuss the libertarian case for restrictions on children’s access to harmful social media, and why this is consistent with the free speech of adults.They explain why free speech matters to them as much as child protection, and why the Online Safety Act has been failing on both fronts: infringing the free speech of adults
Episode 4 - Why AI Will Make Our Kids Stupid (with Tom Richmond)
In this episode of Broken Custodians, Molly and Ben Kingsley from UsForThem speak to education expert Tom Richmond about the infiltration of AI into UK schools, and the serious questions being missed in the rush to embrace it.Starting with the government’s enthusiasm for expanding the use of AI in education, they explore how these tools have already become embedded into classrooms through the soft
Episode 3 - Questions The Pharma Regulator Wouldn’t Answer (with Dr. Alan Black)
In this episode of Broken Custodians, Molly and Ben Kingsley from UsForThem speak to former pharmaceutical industry insider Dr Alan Black.They begin with a recent case in which Moderna was found to have allowed inappropriate payments to be offered to children to join a medical trial, and use it as a starting point to explore broader questions about ethics and accountability in the pharmaceutical i
Episode 2 - Unpacking the UK Covid Inquiry’s Module 4 Report
In this episode of Broken Custodians, lawyers and campaigners Molly and Ben Kingsley from UsForThem examine the UK Covid Inquiry’s Module 4 report and contemplate the official account of that era now being constructed by the Inquiry.Drawing on their work during and after the pandemic, Molly and Ben discuss school closures, children’s health policy, government secrecy, the premature sidelining of t
Episode 1 - An Introduction To Broken Custodians
In this first episode of Broken Custodians, lawyers and campaigners Molly and Ben Kingsley from UsForThem introduce the questions at the heart of the series: how are decisions affecting children being made, who benefits from those decisions, and what happens to those who challenge them.Drawing on their work during and after the pandemic, Molly and Ben discuss school closures, children’s health pol
Trailer - Broken Custodians
Broken Custodians is a bold podcast with Molly and Ben Kingsley of UsForThem, hosting candid discussion of ethics, corporate influence and accountability in public policy-making affecting children.Hosts: Molly Kingsley, Ben Kingsley Senior Producer: Francesca Gilardi Quadrio CurzioVideo Editor & Audio Producer: Andrija Klaric
