Welcome to the first episode of the second series of the SDP's Let's Talk, a face-to-face interview programme with members of our community whose work is helping to shape the national discourse.

Hosted by Nadine Keller, we start off with Associate Professor Bridget Welsh who currently teaches at a university in Singapore.

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