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Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

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Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Keith Allen on becoming an actor and why he would legalise drugs from 2023-12-08T09:00

Keith Allen has been many things. The father of popstar Lily and Game of Thrones actor Alfie Allen, he was also a TV presenter, theat...

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Billy Porter on being a queer Black man in the music industry, the actors' strike and Trump's America from 2023-12-01T09:00

Billy Porter started singing in church when he was about five years old, and growing up saw performance as a lifeline out of the trauma and rejection he experienced as a Black gay man....

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Astronaut Tim Peake on Elon Musk's SpaceX and the future of space exploration from 2023-11-23T16:37

Being an astronaut is a job like no other. Of the estimated 100 billion people who have ever lived, only 628 people in human history have left Earth.

Tim Peake is one ...

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Caster Semenya on gender fairness in athletics and what being a woman means to her from 2023-11-17T08:00

Caster Semenya has never doubted that she was a woman. It wasn’t until her athletics career started to take off that the now two-time Olympic Games gold medallist and a three-time Worl...

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Carlo Rovelli on white holes, challenging different narratives and the need for a ‘reasonable compromise’ in the Israel-Palestine war from 2023-11-03T09:00

Carlo Rovelli has devoted large parts of his life to explaining to the general public what appears on the surface to be the unexplainable - and his bestselling science books saw him du...

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Mikaela Loach on fighting the climate crisis through social justice, the problem with net zero, and being a 'soft Black girl' from 2023-10-20T09:00

The climate crisis is the biggest single issue affecting us all - but for some, the impact will be, and already is, far greater than f...

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Yanis Varoufakis on the death of capitalism, Starmer and the tyranny of big tech from 2023-09-29T08:00

The world is witnessing an epochal shift, according to Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis: from the now-dead capitalism, to “technofeudalism”.

In his latest book, the fo...

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Cambridge’s youngest Black professor Jason Arday on Autism, racism, and learning to read at 18 from 2023-09-22T10:17

"You're categorised as not being particularly intelligent or able," says Jason Arday, an autistic Sociologist who became Cambridge University's youngest black professor. 

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Poet Lemn Sissay on growing up in the care system, racism and finding his Ethiopian family from 2023-09-15T07:00

At 14, Lemn Sissay inked his initials into his hand with a homemade tattoo. He didn’t write LS, but NG, for Norman Greenwood, which he thought was his name. Except that it wasn’t. His ...

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Dawn Butler MP on white feminism, Sadiq Khan, and racism in Parliament from 2023-09-08T05:00

As the third Black woman ever to be elected as an MP, and then instated as a government Minister, Dawn Butler has been vocal on the disrespect that Black women face in politics.

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Ice Cube on the police, AI and Black business from 2023-09-01T07:00

“The police haven’t changed,” says American rapper Ice Cube, marking 35 years since the release of the track “F*** Tha Police” that cemented his status in musical history alongside the...

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Activist Gina Martin on changing the law on upskirting, ‘boys will be boys’, and the impact of online abuse from 2023-08-25T07:00

Gina Martin is best known as the driving force behind the Voyeurism Act, which made upskirting, or the taking of pictures under a person’s clothing without permission, a criminal offen...

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Poet Ben Okri on disruptive climate protests and dreaming of Nigeria from 2023-07-21T08:00

‘This earth that we love is in grave danger because of us,’ reads the first line of Sir Ben Okri’s poem, ‘The Broken’. 

 

The poet and Booker-p...

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Syrian chef and refugee Imad Al Arnab on his journey from war-torn Syria to opening his dream restaurant in Soho from 2023-07-14T10:46

When he fled his war-torn hometown of Damascus, Imad Al Arnab spent three dangerous months smuggled in lorries trying to reach Europe. He arrived in the UK in the autumn of 2015 with a...

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Wes Streeting on child poverty, coming out, and how he would run the NHS from 2023-07-07T10:49

Brought up on a council estate in the East End of London, the son of a single mother whose own father was a bank robber and whose mother once shared a prison cell with Christine Keeler...

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Evgenia Kara-Murza on the fight to free Russia’s political prisoners and the dream of a democratic Russia from 2023-06-30T14:07

When Evgenia Kara-Murza and her husband Vladimir parted ways in April 2022, she had no idea that would be the last time they’d see each other.

 

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Barbara Kingsolver on America’s opioid crisis and classist attitudes to rural communities from 2023-06-23T05:00

For a generation growing up in the rural US state of Virginia, opioid addiction isn't an abstraction - it's neighbours, parents, and friends.

 

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Kamila Shamsie on "Googling while Muslim", Shamima Begum and the UK’s ‘racist’ immigration policy from 2023-06-16T07:16

In 1988, a 15-year-old Kamila Shamsie stayed up all night to watch Pakistan elect its first woman prime minister. Years later, and politics is still very much at the centre of the writ...

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Chris van Tulleken on how our ultra-processed diet is killing us from 2023-06-09T05:00

What is ultra-processed food? And do we really know what it’s doing to our bodies, our health, and the planet?

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Sadiq Khan on climate change, immigration and London’s policing crisis from 2023-06-02T04:00

Sadiq Khan has been the mayor of London since 2016, and he’s seeking a third term next year. 

In today’s episode of Ways to Change the World, Sadiq talks to Krishnan a...

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Nick Cave on free speech, his religion, and finding - and defining - happiness from 2023-05-26T05:00

Nick Cave hates giving interviews. It’s the first thing he mentions in his new book, “Faith, Hope & Carnage”, which comprises a series of conversations between Cave and the writer Seán...

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Suzanne Simmard on fungal networks, ‘Mother’ trees, and restoring our forests from 2023-05-19T04:00

When Suzanne Simard discovered that trees could communicate through underground networks of fungi in 1997, her work was largely dismissed.But today, as a Professor of Forest Ecology at the Unive...

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Azeem Rafiq on tackling racism in cricket, losing his son, and facing his own failures from 2023-05-12T07:42

In 2017, Azeem Rafiq’s world collapsed around him. He lost his baby son, and shortly after, the career that he had worked his entire life for, after he blew the whistle on racism and b...

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Actor Eddie Marsan on the struggles of being a working class actor and the tyranny of toxic masculinity from 2023-04-07T04:00

He is an actor who would be hard to typecast, but Eddie Marsan always plays the villain. “I think ...

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Michael Balogun on finding his purpose in prison and the power of belief from 2023-03-31T04:00

“I don't think you can expect someone to change their life by putting them in a room and locking the ...

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Gary Younge on race, Rwanda and a lifetime of writing about Black life from 2023-03-24T05:00

“On the television, they were saying we were thieves, that we were raised with no morals”. Growing up Black in 1970s Britain, writer Gary Younge didn’t feel fully accepted - he didn’t ...

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Mariana Mazzucato on how governments can take back control of their contracts from 2023-03-17T10:25

How can the government attract the country’s best minds to work for them? How do we know when a private sector contract is a good one? And what can we learn from NASA about business an...

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Peter Frankopan on how humans have shaped the planet and how we’ll destroy ourselves from 2023-03-10T05:00

“We're the only species who have worked out to blow up everything and kill everyone”. In his latest book, The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan takes on the entirety of the history of...

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Simon Le Bon on the secret to Duran Duran’s success and why the band shy away from politics from 2023-03-03T05:00

He’s the frontman of one of the most iconic bands of the 80s. 

Four decades on, Simon Le Bon says that New Wave  legends Duran Duran are s...

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Sebastian Payne on centre-right ideas and Britain’s political future from 2023-02-24T05:00

Sebastian Payne is an author and the Director of centre-right think tank Onward, where he explores the bigger problems and challenges facing Britain today. 

He recentl...

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Baaba Maal on the power of music and the future of Africa from 2023-02-17T05:00

“I’m a nomadic person, I don’t want to stay in one place”. When Baaba writes his music, he takes inspiration from the places he visits. “When I started travelling, I came to London, I ...

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Cariad Lloyd on coping with grief and finding humour in death from 2023-02-03T05:00

“I was thinking about all my friends who launched a podcast and I thought, “if I had a podcast. I'd just talk to people about death. That's a terrible idea”.” Whe...

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Jyoti Patel on identity, belonging, and how to ask someone the question: “Where are you from?” from 2023-01-27T05:00

“I didn't write this book to be hugely sellable, hugely commercial - I wrote it because it’s a story that I felt needed to be told.”

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Frances O’Grady on strikes, single parents and the trade union movement from 2023-01-20T06:00

Frances O’Grady stepped down as the General Secretary of British Trades Union Congress at the end of 2022. She was the first woman to hold the post in TUC’s 154-y...

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Rick Rubin on working with Run DMC, The Strokes, Slayer and Johnny Cash and how to be an artist from 2023-01-13T05:00

Rick Rubin is the legendary music producer who founded Def Jam records, one of the most important hip hop labels of the 80s. 

 

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Ways to Change the World with Chatbot GPT from 2022-12-23T08:00

ChatbotGPT is a new artificial intelligence programme designed to simulate human conversation and tackle complex questions.

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Nouriel Roubini on the ‘megathreats’ to our global economy, how to stop them and his nickname Dr Doom from 2022-12-16T06:00

Nouriel Roubini is an economist, a professor in New York, a global economic consultant and an author who, amongst many distinguishing things, was one of those who...

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George Takei on being sent to an internment camp, Star Trek and hiding his sexuality. from 2022-12-09T08:00

George Takei is an actor, activist and author, best known for his role of Lieutenant Sulu in Star Trek. 

 

Im...

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Rosie Holt on being a Twitter comic, women in media and why we should laugh at things that make us angry from 2022-12-02T13:18

Rosie Holt has become famous on Twitter, where she  reinvented herself via satirical videos; A conversative MP and right-wing activist who many mistake for being ...

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Clint Dyer on dealing with dyslexia, racism, his admiration for Shakespeare and his vision for directing from 2022-11-25T05:00

Clint Dyer is an actor, writer and director who has turned his pain into power. That power has resulted in numerous ‘firsts’, the first Black British artist to have performed, written and direct...

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Julian Lennon on his identity, the Beatles and his life outside of music from 2022-11-18T05:00

Julian Lennon is a singer-songwriter, who rose to fame for the Beatles song Hey Jude, which was written after his parents John and Cynthia Lennon separated. Listen

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Rob Delaney on the loss of his son, supporting the NHS and swimming from 2022-11-11T06:00

Rob Delaney is a comedian, actor and writer, best known for co-creating the British sitcom Catastrophe, which won him a Bafta for comedy writing.  

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Orhan Pamuk on authoritarianism and pandemics, his new novel and Salman Rushdie’s attack from 2022-10-14T04:00

Orhan Pamuk is a renowned Turkish Nobel Prize winning author.

He is one of Turkey’s most acclaimed writers and has been openly critical of laws which curtail freedom of expression, partic...

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Marina Hyde on British politics, Brexit and her new book from 2022-10-07T04:00

Marina Hyde is a columnist at the Guardian, where she’s worked for over 20 years.

She is one of the most admired journalists in the UK and known for her witty analysis of politics and the...

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Gaia Vince on how to manage climate change migration from 2022-09-30T04:00

Gaia Vince is a science and environment journalist and author. 

She has written extensively about the impact human l...

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Auschwitz survivor Tova Friedman on escaping death, struggling with God and taking her story to TikTok from 2022-09-23T04:00:32

Tova Friedman was one of the youngest survivors of the Auschwitz death camp.

Her family came from Poland, went through various concentration camps, and ended up in Auschwitz. But remarkab...

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Dave Stewart on meeting Annie Lennox, Eurythmics and his new album from 2022-09-02T04:00:35

Dave Stewart is a musician, who rose to fame after forming the iconic British pop duo, Eurythmics, alongside Annie Lennox. 

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Deborah Meaden on the cost of living crisis, why she hated school and how Dragons’ Den has transformed the business world from 2022-08-26T04:00:46

Deborah Meaden is a successful businesswoman, entrepreneur and star of the TV show Dragons’ Den.

She talks to Krishnan about her worries about the British economy, how...

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Tom Daley on LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport, trans rights and being a gay parent from 2022-08-12T04:00:12

Tom Daley is an Olympic Gold Medallist, sports personality, campaigner and knitter.

We recently saw him at the openi...

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Michael Pollan on his belief that using psychedelics can cure mental health issues from 2022-07-29T04:03:55

Michael Pollan is one of TIME magazine’s top 50 most influential people in the US, he is a reporter, writer and psychonaut.

 

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Steve Thompson on his early-onset dementia, his new book and how rugby changed his life from 2022-07-22T16:07:53

Steve Thompson is a former England rugby player and he played in every England match during the 2003  Rugby World Cup. 

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US Air Force Chief General CQ Brown Jr. on the Ukraine war, BLM and Top Gun from 2022-07-15T09:48:58

General Charles Q Brown Jr. is the chief of staff of the US Air Force. 

Krishnan talks to him about how the war in U...

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Asma Khan on her female run restaurant Darjeeling Express and discrimination in hospitality from 2022-07-08T04:00:47

Asma Khan is a world-renowned restaurateur and cookbook author who runs London restaurant Darjeeling Express with its kitchen entirely staffed by women.  Listen

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Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko on her work, how the war might end and Russian war tactics from 2022-07-01T04:00:18

Lesia Vasylenko is a Ukrainian politician and human rights lawyer.

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Leila Mottley on writing her bestselling novel at 17, police brutality in America and the way the world treats Black girls from 2022-06-24T04:00:28

Leila Mottley has only just turned 20 and she is already a New York Times Bestseller and the youngest person to make Oprah Winfrey’s book club. Her first book...

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‘Don’t treat those who disagree with you as your enemy’ - Archbishop Justin Welby from 2022-06-17T04:00:02

Justin Welby has been the Archbishop of Canterbury since 2013. Before he began training for ministry in 1989, Archbishop Justin worked in the oil industry for 11 ...

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Lethal Bizzle on racism, crypto and grime from 2022-06-10T04:00:24

Our guest this week is Lethal Bizzle. He’s a rapper and entrepreneur with Ghanaian heritage, who originally hails from Walthamstow. 

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Geoff Norcott on being a conservative comedian, the culture war and why politicians shouldn’t be on Twitter from 2022-06-03T04:00:59

Geoff Norcott is a writer, activist and comedian.

As a rare right-winger, Geoff is a unique voice in British comedy ...

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Denzel Curry on police brutality, overcoming trauma and the power of martial arts from 2022-05-06T04:00:52

Denzel Curry is an American rapper and artist. He is brutally honest in his music about very personal topics such as his own mental health and his approach to pol...

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Sarah Brown on her daughter’s death, the importance of educating all children and her time at Downing Street from 2022-04-29T04:00:51

Sarah Brown is the Chair of Theirworld. Their mission is to end the global education crisis. She’s also the Executive Chair for the Global Business Coalition for ...

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Bill Browder on his life as a target of Putin, if sanctions can stop the war and the legacy of Sergei Magnitsky from 2022-04-22T05:00:43

Bill Browder was one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia until 2005 when he was kicked out of the country. He is now known for being one of Vladimir Putin’...

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Vanessa Nakate on the climate crisis, online abuse and racism in the media from 2022-04-15T04:00:15

Vanessa Nakate is a Ugandan climate activist who has quickly become a prominent and formidable voice in the climate change movement.

She recently published her book ‘A...

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Ai Weiwei on China and the West, his father’s exile and if democracy really exists from 2022-04-08T04:00:48

Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is a world-famous artist and activist. 

Krishnan speaks to him about China’s relationshi...

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Francis Fukuyama on the war in Ukraine, liberalism and democracies under threat from 2022-04-01T04:00:24

Francis Fukuyama is a political scientist and professor at Stanford University.

Francis is known for his book, 'The ...

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Angela Davis on socialism, how change happens and growing up in segregated Alabama from 2022-03-25T06:00:58

Angela Davis grew up in segregated Alabama and became a world renowned political thinker, activist, author and academic.

 

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Tom Tugendhat on the war in Ukraine, his time in the military and his ambition to run for PM from 2022-03-18T05:00:32

Our guest this week is Conservative MP and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat. 

Tom talks to Krishnan about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, his plans ...

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Isabel Allende on her life as a refugee, the decline of the West and war being a male construct from 2022-03-11T05:00

Isabel Allende has been called “the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author”, known for titles such as 'The House of the Spirits' and 'City of the Beasts'. Her books often put women at ...

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Adam McKay on his new movie Don’t Look Up, the climate crisis and the state of US politics from 2022-03-04T05:00:28

Adam McKay is an Oscar-winning writer, director and comedian. He is the man behind a whole string of movies including Vice, The Big Shor...

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Ruby Wax on why we are more "frazzled" than ever, re-visiting her past interviews and her closure with Louis Theroux from 2022-01-21T05:00

Ruby Wax is an an actress, a comedian, a script writer and was a star on television through the 1990s, doing some o...

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Rosie Jones on being a disabled, gay, northern woman in comedy from 2022-01-14T06:00

Rosie Jones is a comedian, writer, actor and broadcaster known for appearing on programmes like 8 Out Of 10 Cats and The Last Leg.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda on Jonathan Larson’s legacy, diversity in the arts and where America is now from 2022-01-07T18:07:42

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a theatre composer, writer and actor, who has made his directorial debut with Tick Tick...Boom!, the story of Broadway composer Jonathan Lar...

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Jon Snow on his life, finding a sense of right and wrong and always seeking the truth from 2021-12-24T08:00

Jon Snow has spent almost all his adult life trying to make the world a better place as a volunteer, giving public service and as a journalist.

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Paul Chowdhry on making family-friendly comedy in a cancel culture age and diversity in the media from 2021-12-17T05:00

Paul Chowdhry is a no holds barred comedian who sold out Wembley with his  ‘Live Innit’ stand-up tour making him the first British Asian comedian to do so.

Paul is now on tour wit...

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Pauline Campbell on the Windrush scandal, changing your career late in life and racism in Britain today from 2021-12-10T06:00

Pauline Cambell is an award winning local government lawyer who supervises The Windrush Justice Clinic, providing free legal advice and preparing compensation cla...

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Sir Roger Penrose on being a nobel prize winning Physicist, impossible art and AI from 2021-12-03T08:00

Sir Roger Penrose, a mathematical physicist who has changed the way we see the universe. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2020 for his work on black holes. <...

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Benjamin Bratton on why Covid should change the way we think and on why he hates Ted talks from 2021-11-26T06:00

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Jools Holland on his old friend the piano, his dancing dog and inventing punk piano from 2021-11-19T08:00

Jools Holland is a world-renowned musician, composer, broadcaster, band leader and host of Later with Jools Holland and the Hootenanny.

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Nish Kumar on political comedy, mental health and leaving The Mash Report from 2021-11-15T08:00

Comedian Nish Kumar is best known for his five years at the helm of BBC Two's The Mash Report.  The show was cancelled by the BBC earlier this ...

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Steven Pinker on rationality during an epidemic of unreason, teaching tools of reason and debating an irrational people from 2021-11-05T06:00

Steven Pinker, an experimental cognitive scientist and professor of psychology at Harvard. He has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential p...

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Yuval Noah Harari on the origins of racism, the future of Israel and the dangers of AI from 2021-10-29T05:00

Yuval Noah Harari is one of the world's most famous public intellectuals, historians and...

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Shon Faye on the liberation of transgender people, the problems with the trans ‘debate’ and choosing to save her own life from 2021-10-22T14:48:08

Shon Faye is a writer, comedian and podcaster who had an instant Sunday Times Bestseller with her debut book The Transgender Issue - An Argument for Justice, making her the first trans person to...

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Steve Van Zandt on being Bruce Springsteen's right-hand man, The Beatles and his disillusion with American politics from 2021-10-15T05:00

Steve Van Zandt is an American musician, actor and activist. He is best known as a mem...

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Indra Nooyi on being the former CEO of PepsiCo, women in business and working from home from 2021-10-01T06:00

Indra Nooyi is the former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. She was perhaps the first of the Indian Americans to start taking over the big American giants. 

Her ne...

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Jay Rayner on the politics of food, restaurant culture and the supply chain crisis from 2021-09-24T05:00

Jay Rayner is a journalist, food critic and author, best known for his entertaining food and drink criticism and gastronomic publications.

His latest book, Chewing the Fat, is a col...

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KAMILLE on fame, self-image, and Black women in music from 2021-09-17T17:33:45

KAMILLE is an award-winning songwriter who has written hits for artists including Little Mix, Stormzy and The Saturdays. 

She has now become an artist in her own right, with her sin...

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KSI on his journey from YouTube to the music charts, boxing and charity from 2021-07-23T07:00

KSI, otherwise known as 'JJ', became famous on YouTube nearly a decade ago with millions now subscribing to his channel. Since then, he has become well-known as a signer, a rapper and even a box...

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Andy Burnham on devolution, culture wars and why Westminster needs an overhaul from 2021-07-16T14:00:48

Andy Burnham has held many senior cabinet positions and stood for the Labour leadership twice, before leaving Westminster and becoming Mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017.

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George Packer on the future of America, the language of patriotism and how Biden avoids culture wars from 2021-07-09T05:00

George Packer is a writer for The Atlantic and author of many books on American politics and foreign policy.
 
His new book 'Last Best Hope' is an essay on the crisis and...

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Levi Roots on his Reggae Reggae sauce business, surviving prison and reinventing himself from 2021-07-02T11:49:18

Levi Roots is a musician, chef and businessman who found success after securing a £50,000 investment for his Reggae Reggae Sauce on Dragon’s Den. 

14 years on, he dedi...

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Gillian Tett on why the world needs anthropology and how she predicted the financial crash from 2021-06-18T05:00

Gillian Tett is editor-at-large at the Financial Times and an anthropologist.
 
Her latest book 'Anthrovision: How Anthropology can Explain Business and Life' reveals how...

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Ed Miliband on Keir Starmer's leadership, the need for 'big thinking' in politics and why he's looking to Biden from 2021-06-04T05:00

Ed Miliband was leader of the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015. He's now back in frontline politic as the Shadow Business Secretary.

His new book 'Go Big: How to Fix our World' explores his...

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Rob Rinder on fighting for access to justice, identity politics and how he nearly became an actor from 2021-05-28T07:36:26

Rob Rinder is hugely well known across TV as Judge Rinder. But he's also a very accomplished lawyer.
 
He has made numerous TV shows including documentaries about his Jew...

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Gary Numan on surviving 40 years of ups and downs in music and how his Asperger's has helped him from 2021-05-21T08:42:51

Gary Numan is considered as one of the pioneers of electronic music. Over his 40-year career he has sold over millions of records.
 
His new album 'Intruder' explores cli...

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Jamelia opens up about the highs and lows of her career, being a black woman in the media and why she’s taking anti-depressants from 2021-05-14T07:11:35

Jamelia has been public figure for around 20 years. She burst into our lives as a pop star with numerous top 20 hits.

But after about 10 years, she moved into more of a television career ...

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Tawseef Khan on Islamophobia, integration and what he calls 'The Muslim Problem' from 2021-05-07T10:15:31

Tawseef Khan is a solicitor specialising in immigration and asylum law and a human rights activist. 

His debut book, 'The Muslim Problem: Why We're Wrong About Islam And Why It Stil...

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Tim Marshall on the power of geography and the new frontier of geopolitics: space from 2021-04-30T12:49:12

Tim Marshall was a foreign correspondent for decades. He was well-known as the diplomatic editor and the foreign editor of Sky News. Listen

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Ayesha Vardag on being a celebrity divorce lawyer, transforming prenups and equality within the law from 2021-04-16T10:04:42

Ayesha Vardag is arguably Britain's most well-known divorce lawyer. She's famous for representing the rich and the powerful and big high worth divorce cases. 
 
She's als...

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Dale Vince on his documentary 'Seaspiracy', green populism and why we should all stop eating animals from 2021-04-09T09:45:04

Dale Vince is a green energy industrialist and owner of 'Ecotricity'. He's also the owner of perhaps the greenest and only vegan football club, The Forest Green Rovers.

He is one of the p...

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Jacob Collier on the emotional intelligence of music and AI composers from 2021-04-02T04:00

Jacob Collier is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter. He first became well known through his viral videos on YouTube before being signed to Quincy Jones' management company.
 
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Nadia Whittome on being the youngest MP and confronting male violence from 2021-03-26T09:23:01

Nadia Whittome is the youngest MP in the House of Commons. She was elected in 2019 to represent the seat of Nottingham East at the age of 23.
 
She's well known as having...

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Frank Bruno on his mental health struggles, the BLM protests and how boxing saves lives from 2021-03-19T13:13:07

Frank Bruno is a legendary boxer, former WBC heavyweight champion and public figure.

A recently released documentary, 'Bruno v Tyson' explores his illustrious career and his unparalleled ...

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Sophie Walker on women's liberation and the need for 'good faith' discussions from 2021-03-12T11:28:33

Sophie Walker is an activist, journalist and founding leader of the Women's Equality Party.
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Kazuo Ishiguro on artificial intelligence, the descent of liberal democracy and winning the Nobel Prize from 2021-03-05T08:44:09

Kazuo Ishiguro is the only living British winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature - having written household names such as Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day.

His new novel, Klar...

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LaTosha Brown on voter suppression, the value of humanity and the future of 'Black Voters Matter' from 2021-02-05T19:49:23

LaTosha Brown is an American community organiser and activist. She is the co-founder of 'Black Voters Matter'.
 
She was one of the key campaigners who helped deliver the...

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Sathnam Sanghera on Empire, political correctness and the 'war on woke' from 2021-01-29T10:23:16

Sathnam Sanghera is a journalist and writer.  His most recent book, Empireland, explores how the British Empire has...

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Robert Halfon on the education crisis, living with cerebral palsy and the free school meals debate from 2021-01-15T11:24:48

Robert Halfon is a Conservative MP and Chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee. 

He talks to Krishnan about why he thinks this country faces 'an epidemic of educational p...

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Timothy Snyder on the fight for democracy, Russia and whether Trump has really gone? from 2021-01-08T12:09:29

Timothy Snyder is an American author and historian. 
 
He is a professor of history at Yale University and a fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He has ...

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Joe Wicks on his mental health, coming from a family of addiction and channelling positivity in 2021 from 2021-01-01T07:00

Joe Wicks also known as 'The Body Coach' has for many become the personal trainer of the nation.
 
During the Covid pandemic, he unified the country in fi...

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Spike Lee on racism in the film industry, the US election result and Black Lives Matter from 2020-12-25T07:00

Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
 
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Yungblud on absolute sexuality, his ADHD and why his generation are fighting against division from 2020-12-11T16:00:59

Warning: Contains strong language throughout
 
Dominic Harrison, or Yungblud, is a singer-songwriter who has become the poster of the younger generation.
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David Dimbleby on the future of broadcast news, the Iraq War and his hardest interviews from 2020-12-04T10:01:32

David Dimbleby is a British journalist who has covered major news events for the BBC for over 40 years. 
 
He perhaps is best known for chairing the long-running topical ...

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Bim Afolami on how Black people are perceived in politics and a post-Cummings world from 2020-11-27T13:21:57

Bim Afolami is a Conservative MP, who was elected in 2017 to represent Hitchin and Harpenden. 

His family are Nigerien by origin and he has recently written and spoken about the way Black...

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Megan Phelps-Roper on escaping an extremist cult, psychological imprisonment and fighting tribalism from 2020-11-20T11:12:08

Megan Phelps-Roper is a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church, an extremist American religious cult based in Topeka, Kansas. She was made famous by appearing in a series of documentarie...

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The Dalai Lama on global warming, relations with China and coronavirus from 2020-11-13T11:30:08

The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, like previous Dalai Lamas, is a figure of unification of the state of Tibet. He represents Buddhist values and traditions. 

He has just rel...

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David Miliband on the US election results, Trumpism and the future of the Labour Party from 2020-11-06T14:17:38

David Miliband, has had a varied career - from working as a policy analyst in Tony Blair’s Downing Street, ultimately becoming Foreign Secretary, to heading up an international charity, working ...

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Kim Darroch on the US election, Brexit and the UK-US 'special relationship’ from 2020-10-30T12:08:21

Kim Darroch was a lifelong Foreign Office Diplomat to rose through the ranks to become British Ambassador to the United States between 2016 and 2019.
 
He hit the headlin...

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Alicia Garza on writing the rules, the power of a ballot box and making Black people the heroes of their own stories. from 2020-10-23T15:06:25

Alicia Garza has been campaigning since she was 12 years old. It’s no surprise then, that when she posted a “love letter to Black people" on Facebook in 2013, it sparked one of the biggest rac...

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Olivette Otele on a summer of race protests, imposter syndrome and the politics of memory from 2020-10-21T14:27:34

Olivette Otele is an historian who is currently Professor of History of Slavery at Bristol University and Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society. She is the first black female history ...

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Philip Pullman on why he doesn’t like reading fantasy, J.K Rowling and why he thinks the UK ‘will fall apart’ over Brexit from 2020-10-16T13:36:43

Sir Philip Pullman is an English novelist, best known for his fantasy trilogy 'His Dark Materials'.
 
His new book 'Serpentine' is set in the world of 'His Dark Materials...

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Sparks on 50 years of creating iconic music, Morrissey and pushing boundaries from 2020-10-09T16:31:34

Sparks, the iconic music duo otherwise known as Ron and Russell Mael. The American genre-defying band have influenced generations upon generations of musicians over the years from the glam roc...

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Claudia Rankine on the US presidential election, talking to white people about racism and the power of poetry from 2020-10-02T14:20:30

Claudia Rankine is an acclaimed American writer and poet.

Her most recent book, ‘Just Us’ explores race and white supremacy through by recounting a series of rad...

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Yotam Ottolenghi on cultural appropriation and the politics of hummus from 2020-09-25T12:03:39

Yotam Ottolenghi is an Israeli-English chef, restaurant owner and food writer who taught Britain to love vegetables.

He has published seven best-selling cookbooks inspired by his Middle E...

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Erin Brockovitch on that Julia Robert’s film, climate change and backing yourself from 2020-09-18T16:39:27

Not many environmental campaigners find their lives being portrayed on the big screen.

But Erin Brockovich isn’t just any environmental campaigner. 

Krishnan speaks to the woman wh...

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Yusef Salaam of Central Park Five on being wrongfully jailed, fighting against injustice and Trump’s America from 2020-09-11T14:20:42

Yusef Salaam is one of the ‘Central Park Five’ who became to be known the ‘Exonerated Five’.

It was case of racial injustice which shocked America three decades ago, when five Black and H...

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Sara Pascoe on how biology shapes sex, money and power from 2020-08-28T14:35:43

Sara Pascoe is one of Britain's most-loved comedians. She is also an author. Her book 'Sex Power Money' explores male sexuality, sex work and dating...

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Pankaj Mishra on why democracy is unravelling, the importance of open debate and why we all need a dose of seriousness from 2020-07-31T14:47:44

Pankaj Mishra is a multiple award-winning Indian writer, essayist and novelist who has been challenging traditional ideologies for over 30 years.


His latest book ’Bland Fanatics: L...

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Chris Daw QC on why he thinks drugs should be legalised, we should close the prisons and stop crime ‘crackdowns’ from 2020-07-24T15:42:57

Chris Daw QC is a high-profile criminal barrister and author of 'Justice on Trial'. He thinks our justice system needs to be scrapped and reformed - from legalising drugs to stop sending offende...

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Nick Mohammed on saving live-comedy, the art of British Sitcom and the fine line between humour and hurt from 2020-07-17T10:30:25

Nick Mohammed is an actor, comedian and writer. His most recent work is the workplace sitcom 'Intelligence', based in GCHQ, also starring David Schwimmer from Friends.

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Werner Herzog on defining the truth, fake news and meeting Gorbachev from 2020-07-10T11:04:15

Werner Herzog is a world-renowned German film director, screenwriter, author, actor and opera director.
 
He has produced, written and directed more than sixty feature an...

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Amrou al-Kadhi on being a queer, Muslim drag queen, going to Eton and telling diverse stories from 2020-07-03T13:01:20

Amrou Al-Kadhi also known as Glamrou is a writer, drag performer, filmmaker and author. Their memoir, 'Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between' is ou...

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Killer Mike and El-P on optimism, protest, creativity and RTJ4 from 2020-06-26T15:02:02

Atlanta-born Killer Mike and New Yorker El-P make up American hip hop duo Run the Jewels and they've just released their fourth album 'Run the Jewels 4'. Despite being written last year, this ...

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Emma Dabiri on the power of hair, why she hates the word 'diverse' and redesigning capitalism from 2020-06-24T09:49:21

Emma Dabiri is an author, academic, and broadcaster. Her debut book, Don't Touch My Hair, was first published in 2019, which combines her personal experiences and analysis of 'the compl...

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David Proud on disabled representation on TV, living with Spina Bifida and coronavirus in the disabled community from 2020-06-19T18:27:10

David Proud is an actor, writer and producer. He is probably best known for being the first adult with a visible disability to appear regularly in Eastenders.
 
He was bo...

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David ‘Sideman’ Whitely on challenging racial stereotypes, his journey from instagram to radio and why black lives always matter. from 2020-06-17T15:26:24

Jamaican-born comedian and presenter David Whitely, created his own fame on social media under many aliases. But he’s best known as BBC 1Xtra DJ ‘Sideman’. 

As demonstrations calling for ...

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Ruth Davidson on mental health, conflicts within Conservative politics and Dominic Cummings from 2020-06-12T11:01:37

Ruth Davidson was leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019. She stood down in August 2019 - giving several political and personal reasons for her decision.

Still servin...

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Nels Abbey on George Floyd, representation and ‘thinking like a white man’ from 2020-06-10T11:42:06

Nels Abbey is a British-Nigerian satirist, writer, media executive and author of 'Think Like a White Man'.

As protests erupt across the world following the alleged m...

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Adam Goodes on racism in sport, the fight for indigenous rights in Australia and aboriginal history from 2020-06-05T13:36:04

Adam Goodes is a former Australian Football League player of Aboriginal descent. Listen
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Deborah Frances-White on being a guilty feminist, living with a Syrian refugee and IVF from 2020-05-28T20:57:28

Deborah Frances-White is a comedian, author and screenwriter. She's probably best known for 'The Guilty Feminist', which is a hugely successful podcast and brand.
 
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Rutger Bregman on elites, survival of the friendliest, rethinking human history from 2020-05-22T11:29:35

Rutger Bregman is a Dutch writer and historian known for shaking up social norms. Last year, he attracted global attention at the World Economic Forum in Davos when he turned on his wealthy audi...

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Helle Thorning-Schmidt on being the first female Prime Minister of Denmark, recognising unconscious bias and fighting for democracy from 2020-03-11T15:00:47

Helle Thorning-Schmidt was Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015. Until very recently she was th...

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Frankie Bridge on depression, being a child star and her breakdown from 2020-02-26T10:47:53

Frankie Bridge is best kn...

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Adam Kay on the funny side of medicine, meeting Jeremy Hunt and the future of the NHS from 2020-02-19T12:57:24

Adam Kay is the author of one of the most successful books of the last couple of years, 'This is Going to Hurt', which is based upon his diaries from his former career as a doctor before he qu...

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Economist Paul Krugman on zombie ideas, the US Presidential election and Brexit from 2020-02-12T16:20:18

Paul Krugman is a Nobel prize-winning liberal economist, author and New York Times columnist.
 
Ahead of the 2020 Presidential debate, his new book 'Arguing with Zombies'...

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John Bercow on his political journey, being ashamed of his past and bullying allegations from 2020-02-05T15:40:56

John Bercow stepped down after ten years as Speaker of the House of Commons at the end of last year. 
 
He talks to Krishnan about his journey from the right to the left ...

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Former Bush Sr advisor Judy Smith on handling crises, inspiring hit TV series 'Scandal' and Trump's impeachment from 2020-01-29T11:02:21

Judy Smith is an American crisis manager, lawyer, author and television producer.  She worked as Special Assistant and Deputy Press Secretary to President George...

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Comedian Ivo Graham on going to Eton, heckling and the politics of comedy from 2020-01-22T10:33:27

Ivo Graham is an English comedian who became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious...

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee on why dry January doesn’t work, modern medicine and human connection from 2020-01-15T11:04:18

Dr Rangan Chatterjee is British doctor, author, television presenter and podcaster. 

He is best known for his TV show ‘Doctor in the House’ and for being the resident d...

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Yola on how she went from homeless to Grammy-nominated, her musical style and smashing the 'strong black woman' stereotype from 2020-01-01T12:19:47

Musician Yola is nominated for four Grammys for her album 'Walk Through Fire'. She talks to Krishnan about finding her musical style, how her poor upbringing shaped her, and the journey ...

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Ben Miller on his search for the truth, science and writing children’s books from 2019-12-25T12:23:39

Ben Miller is an actor, comedian and author. You may know him best from the Johnny English movies or as part of the double act, Armstrong and Miller. 
 
He has also writt...

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André Aciman on obsession, moral panic and 'Call Me by Your Name' from 2019-11-28T13:52:16

André Aciman is an author and academic, renowned for his novel 'Call Me by Your Name', which was turned into a hugely successful film in 2017 and has been hailed as a modern gay classic.  Listen
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Rana Foroohar on the dangers of big tech firms, ‘algo-racism’ and banning political ads online from 2019-11-20T14:03:17

Rana Foroohar is a business columnist for the Financial Times, analyst for CNN and author.

Her most recent book, ‘Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech’, addresses the question, how di...

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Esther Duflo on winning a Nobel prize for economics, immigration and relying on the facts from 2019-11-13T16:06:46

Esther Duflo won 2019's Nobel prize for economics with her partner Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer. Together they've written a new book called 'Good Economics for Hard Times' which seeks to ...

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Samantha Power on disagreeing with Barack Obama, Syria and being an idealist from 2019-11-06T12:58:39

Samantha Power was the former US ambassador to the United Nations under Barack Obama. She was in the job at the height of the Syrian Civil War and was intimately involved in President Obama’s de...

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The men behind Led By Donkeys on hypocrisy, the Brexit frontline and direct action from 2019-11-01T14:18:07

Ben Stewart and Oliver Knowles are two of the four men behind Led By Donkeys - an anti-Brexit campaign group that has made its name by pasting politicians' quotes on billboards to highlight thei...

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Shepard Fairey on street art, his brand Obey Giant and questioning conformity from 2019-10-23T09:29:36

Shepard Fairey is one of the most influential contemporary artists in the western world. 

In 1989 he launched his now iconic ‘Andre the Giant has a posse' sticker campaign on the West Coa...

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Naomi Klein on Extinction Rebellion, the Green New Deal and fast fashion from 2019-10-16T09:26:42

Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist and filmmaker. She has recently released her latest book ‘On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal’, which explores how bold cl...

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Cherie Blair on life in 10 Downing Street, choosing law over politics and feminism from 2019-10-09T13:31:10

Cherie Blair is a leading international human rights lawyer, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and wife of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. 

She talks to Krishnan...

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Nesrine Malik on challenging society’s myths, the BBC racism row and shaking up the media from 2019-10-02T17:07:53

Nesrine Malik is a columnist for the Guardian. She has just released her new book ‘We Need New Stories’, which explores how free speech, political correctness and identity politics are mis...

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Ghetts on black British artists, gang violence and the evolution of grime from 2019-09-25T11:08:27

Ghetts is one of Britain's most influential grime artists. He burst onto the scene in 2003 when grime music was in its infancy and is now a key player in pushing the genre forward.

He talk...

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Mhairi Black on the SNP, changing the culture of Westminster and threats to democracy from 2019-09-18T15:43:58

Mhairi Black is the SNP Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South. She was elected as an MP in 2015 when she was only 20 years old, making her the youngest MP elected to the House of ...

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Margaret Atwood on her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, politics of fear and the climate crisis from 2019-09-11T12:49:44

Margaret Atwood is one of the world's most distinguished authors, most famous for her 1985 classic The Handmaid's Tale. The dystopian novel, where women's reproductive rights are entirely stripped ...

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Malcolm Gladwell on truth, Trump's tweets and talking to strangers from 2019-09-04T09:49:36

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. His new book, 'Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know' explores what happens when we encount...

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Richard Dawkins on scientific truth, outgrowing God and life beyond Earth from 2019-08-28T12:28:48

Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most famous atheists. An evolutionary biology at Oxford and best-selling author of The God Delusion - his new book 'Outgrowing God - A Beginner's Guide' aims t...

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Malorie Blackman on her new 'Noughts and Crosses' book, her struggle to get published and anti-immigrant feeling in the UK from 2019-08-21T11:25:22

Malorie Blackman OBE is a British writer, best-known for her critically acclaimed, ‘Noughts and Crosses’ series, which explores the issues of racism and violence in a fictional dystopia. As well as...

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Sarfraz Manzoor on the power of film, Bruce Springsteen and fighting class entitlement from 2019-08-14T09:45:01

Sarfraz Manzoor is a British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. He is the inspiration behind the recently released film, ‘Blinded by the Light’, which is based on his memoirs ‘...

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Madeline Miller on making the Classics feminist, modern America and writing Circe from 2019-08-07T09:48:34

Madeline Miller is the best-selling author of Circe and Song of Achilles. Her books reimagine the ancient myths of The Iliad and The Odyssey, bringing previously neglected characters to the fore. S...

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Nile Rodgers on his influence on music, activism and a changing America from 2019-07-31T09:17:48

Nile Rodgers is the disco legend who changed the course of modern music. The Chic track 'Good Times' that he co-wrote has alone been sampled more than 200 times and sparked the advent of hip hop. Listen

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George the Poet on youth violence, representation, and limitations of government from 2019-07-24T15:09:06

George Mpanga, better known by his stage name George the Poet, began his career as a rapper, but after feeling constrained by the form, he moved into poetry and now podcasting. His show 'Have You H...

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Gary Jones on editing the Daily Express, fighting Islamophobia in the press and the “curious” relationship between newspapers and politicians from 2019-07-17T14:35:54

Gary Jones became the editor of the Daily Express in March 2018. Earlier in his career he was on the staff of the News of the World, The Sunday People and the Daily Mirror. 

He talks to Kr...

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Albert Woodfox on four decades in solitary confinement for a crime he didn't commit, the Black Panthers, and fighting 'the system' from 2019-07-10T15:17:38

Albert Woodfox was one of the ‘Angola Three’, the three African-American former prison inmates who were held for decades in solitary confinement.

Woodfox has recently published his book 'S...

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David Harewood on his psychosis, being a British black actor in America and Brexit 'ugliness' from 2019-07-03T10:40:59

David Harewood is a British actor known for his roles in Homeland, Supergirl and the Merchant of Venice. He has recently made a documentary retracing the events that led up to his psychotic breakdo...

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Annie Mac on DJ culture, drug policy and gender parity in music from 2019-06-26T09:43:22

Annie Mac is a superstar DJ headlining festivals all over the world, including this week's Glastonbury. She talks to Krishnan about the death of clubs, how drug culture is changing and why music ne...

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Jack White on hating mobile phones, immigration and his musical influences from 2019-06-19T09:35:48

Jack White, formerly of The White Stripes and now The Raconteurs, is one of the best guitarists in the world. He talks to Krishnan as his new tour kicks off about why he doesn't own a mobile phone,...

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Tayari Jones on race and class, the abortion debate and the state of American politics from 2019-06-12T09:20:31

Tayari Jones is an American author and winner of the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. She speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about her most recent novel, An American Marriage, about growing up in the mi...

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Waad and Hamza al-Kateab on surviving the siege on Syria, resisting a regime and their documentary 'For Sama' from 2019-06-05T14:44:28

Waad and Hamza al-Kateab are two Syrian refugees who risked everything to stay in Aleppo during the war. Waad is an award-winning film-maker, whose documentary ‘For Sama’ just won Best Documentary ...

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Tracy Brabin MP on taking over Jo Cox’s seat, the far-right threat and funding the arts from 2019-05-29T11:24:59

Tracy Brabin has had an unlikely route into politics. A successful actor for decades, she won Batley and Spen's by-election following the murder of Jo Cox by a far-right extremist. She talks to Kri...

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Adwoa Aboah on the power of opening up, the changing face of Vogue and recovering from addiction from 2019-05-22T16:06:29

Adwoa Aboah is a model, activist and founder of ‘Gurls Talk’, an online community for young women to discuss issues that matter to them. She talks to Krishnan about feeling uncomfortable in your sk...

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Jon Ronson on being curious, his mental breakdown and interviewing Alex Jones from 2019-05-15T10:13:54

Jon Ronson is the journalist behind books like 'The Psychopath Test' and 'You've Been Publicly Shamed', documentaries such as 'Tottenham Ayatollah' and more recently the podcast 'The Last Days of A...

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Matt Haig on living with depression, social media addiction and changing the nervous planet from 2019-03-27T13:03:15

Matt Haig is a best-selling author of adult and children's books - his most recent being 'Notes on a Nervous Planet' and 'The Truth Pixie'. He talks to Krishnan about his mental breakdown aged 24, ...

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Simon Amstell on finding joy, why everyone should have therapy and his new film Benjamin from 2019-03-20T11:57:42

Simon Amstell made his name as a stand-up comedian and presenter, best known for his stint on 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks'. Now he's a fully-fledged film-maker, taking on veganism in his 2017 film 'C...

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Matt Brittin on being a Google boss, freedom of speech on YouTube and the challenges of big tech from 2019-03-13T12:38:37

Matt Brittin is the President of Google's business and operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was also a British rower winning medals at the World Championships and representing GB at...

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Rose McGowan on Weinstein, growing up in a cult and running for President from 2019-03-06T12:58:12

Actor Rose McGowan was one of the first women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, and she's been embroiled in a battle against him and Hollywood ever since. She's now written a memoir 'Br...

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MARINA on the power of pop, tackling female shame and the politics behind her new album from 2019-02-27T16:08

Marina Diamandis, formerly known by her stage name Marina & The Diamonds, has topped the charts with music that blends powerful pop with an indie sound. Her songs have tackled female stereotypes, r...

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Chuka Umunna MP on leaving Labour, a new centrist party and a second referendum from 2019-02-20T12:34:48

Chuka Umunna is one of the leading members of the new Independent Group - one of now 11 MPs to leave the traditional parties to forge what they call a new centre ground in politics. He talks to Kri...

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James Brokenshire MP on surviving cancer, a no-deal Brexit and how social media is changing politics from 2019-02-13T17:35:22

James Brokenshire MP is the current Housing Secretary and the first Cabinet minister on Ways to Change The World. He talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about being diagnosed with lung cancer and how it ...

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Sayeeda Warsi on Islamophobia, the changing face of Conservative politics and human rights policy from 2019-02-06T17:41:53

Sayeeda Warsi was the first Muslim MP to serve in British Cabinet. She resigned in 2014 over the Conservative Party's policy towards the Isaeli Gaza conflict, and has since been appointed as a life...

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Paul Conroy on being Marie Colvin’s photographer, war reporting and what happened in Syria from 2019-01-30T13:14:58

Paul Conroy was taking photos alongside The Sunday Times’ foreign correspondent Marie Colvin when she was killed and he was severely injured in Homs, Syria in 2012. It was their last-ditch attempt ...

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Ric Lewis on raising up underprivileged children, being the 'most influential' black Briton and life as a 6'10 business man from 2019-01-23T10:24:08

Ric Lewis has been named the most influential black Briton in the Powerlist 2019. He runs the largest black-owned and run company in the UK, Tristan Capital Partners, and his Black Heart Foundation...

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Michaela Coel on falling out of love with Christianity, Chewing Gum and avoiding stardom from 2019-01-16T15:33:09

Michaela Coel is a writer and actor who shot to fame with her debut TV show Chewing Gum. She talks to Krishnan about how she lost her faith, why celebrity treatment doesn't interest her and how she...

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Rachel Riley on combating antisemitism, 10 years on Countdown and getting girls into maths from 2019-01-09T18:34:03

Rachel Riley has been the resident mathematician on game show Countdown for 10 years now, but that's not just what she came on our podcast to talk about. She's here to do her first serious intervie...

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Munroe Bergdorf on racism, trans activism and acceptance from 2019-01-02T17:57:40

Munroe Bergdorf is an activist and model, known for speaking her mind on trans issues, racism and misogyny. She talks to Krishnan about her own transition, the controversy that led to her being dro...

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Elif Shafak on multiculturalism, the power of stories and making the political personal from 2018-12-26T14:27:47

Elif Shafak is an award-winning Turkish-British novelist and political scientist. She's published 16 books - making her the most widely read female author in Turkey. 

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Helena Kennedy QC on changing the justice system, her working class roots and debating what's right from 2018-12-19T13:06:45

Baroness Helena Kennedy is one of Britain's foremost human rights lawyers and a Labour peer. She's played a key role in many prominent inquiries including the Brighton Bombing trial, the bombing of...

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Lord Michael Heseltine on Brexit, Theresa May and fighting poverty from 2018-12-12T19:10:01

Lord Michael Heseltine is a veteran of politics. He served as Deputy Prime Minister under Margaret Thatcher and was crucial in her removal from power.

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Damon Albarn on politicians vs musicians, a People's Vote and his new album from 2018-12-05T16:39:34

Damon Albarn had made his name as a political musician - as the frontman for Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad and The Queen - he was vocally opposed to the Iraq War and now, is entirely frustra...

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David Lammy MP on social justice, Brexit and not being a Corbynista from 2018-11-28T14:44:23

David Lammy won his seat as the Labour MP for Tottenham in 2000 and since then, has become famous for his moving political speeches surrounding the Grenfell Tower disaster, the Windrush scandal and...

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Lea DeLaria on Trump, playing 'Big Boo' on OITNB and how Me Too left out lesbians from 2018-11-21T12:10:04

Lea DeLaria broke new ground when she became one of the first openly queer stand-up comedians to grace the US stage. She now plays 'Big Boo' in Orange is the New Black and tours the world singing j...

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Greg Wise on loss, love and why we need to talk about death from 2018-11-14T12:06:19

From Sense and Sensibility to The Crown, actor Greg Wise has made regular appearances on our screens. He's also well-known as the husband of Dame Emma Thompson. Recently he put work on hold to be t...

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