Noreena Hertz and Loneliness

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Helen Lewis returns with a new series of interviews with people offering radical solutions to the big problems we face, and explores how their personal experiences drive their work and thinking. In her book The Lonely Century, economist Noreena Hertz explains why she considers loneliness a pressing political problem. She tells Helen about her strange encounters while researching the subject, and outlines what she thinks are the necessary political solutions to fix a lonely society. Producer: Phil Tinline