# Rob Lyon

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Taking the PIP: who can reform welfare?

Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Sunday 19 October at Church House, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION The government suffered serious embarrassment earlier this year when its attempts to rein in Personal Independence Payments (PIP) had to be hurriedly scaled back in the face of a …

Lose Your Life to Find it | Rob Lyons

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World Cup Podcast of Ideas: episode 2

We've had a full week of action now and every team has made its first appearance. In this episode, the regular team of Rob Lyons, Geoff Kidder and Jake Weston are joined by special guest Denis Russell to offer a viewpoint from Ireland. The team offer their impressions of the tournament so far. Who…

What do the AoI team make of Makerfield - and what next?

So the ‘King of the North’ has cleared the first step in his quest to be prime minister of the UK. Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election was certainly impressive and it looks clear that Labour will be in the midst of a leadership contest very soon. Yet Burnham rarely stuck his neck o…

World Cup Podcast of Ideas, episode 3

The AoI team of Geoff Kidder, Rob Lyons and Jake Weston are joined by Donald Clark, author, speaker and CEO of Wildfire Learning, to discuss the start of the knockout phase of the tournament. They reflect on Scotland's exit, England's struggles, the rise of the diaspora teams like DR Congo and Moro…

World Cup Podcast of Ideas, episode 4: after that semi-final

The Academy of Ideas team of Alastair Donald, Geoff Kidder and Rob Lyons are joined by Sebastian Moore from the Take Me Home podcast to discuss why England lost that semi-final, what they thought about the performances of England and Scotland in the tournament, why 64 teams isn't as mad as it sound…

The Indigenous Struggle: Revolution Not Reconciliation

For years, the Canadian state has pushed for land acknowledgements, tearful apologies, “equity partnerships”, and identity politics to try to paper over centuries of oppression. This has not worked. For all of this country’s history, Indigenous people have suffered all of the worst features of capi…

Decline… and fall? The UK economy

Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2025 on Sunday 19 October at Church House, Westminster. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION After a year of a Labour government, the UK is heading for a ‘debt-crisis cliff edge’, if it is not already in a ‘debt doom-loop’. Things are in many ways worse even than the mor…

Exercise Physiologist: The Cardio You Need for Longevity | Rob Lyon

Training can be about more than numbers on a scale. In this episode, exercise physiologist Rob Lyon joins Raise the Bar to discuss his unique training approach and why he's chosen to focus on lifestyle changes and longevity over aesthetically based results. He explains the importance of family his…

Where Should You Start in Health: Movement, Sleep, or Nutrition? | Coach’s Corner

In this Coach's Corner, the hosts reflect on their conversation with exercise physiologist Rob Lyon. They take two ideas from his episode and turn them into steps listeners can use throughout the week. The first is the lead domino, an idea that a single change makes every following event easier. T…