All Episodes

Johnny Marr on the ‘MAGIC’ behind The Smiths 

Algorithms, angry men and the collapse of reality - Jon Ronson

Francis Fukuyama: ‘The old United States is NOT COMING BACK’

‘Expensive restaurants are all the same’ - Jay Rayner

Trump’s like a NEW ROMAN EMPEROR - Robert Harris

The 'normal' drinking habit DESTROYING your mental health

"We're heading over the cliff" - Former SpaceX and Google insider’s warning

Is university a waste of time? Euan Blair on the future of education and AI

Trump, Gaza and the end of human rights as we know it

How social media DESTROYED childhood and how to get it back - Jonathan Haidt

Carlo Rovelli: Are we sleepwalking towards nuclear war?

How the "cult of success" created Trump and Musk - Obama’s speechwriter

What Gareth Southgate can teach Britain - ‘Dear England’ writer James Graham 

His parents were killed on Oct 7th. He chose reconciliation over revenge.

Is ‘colourblindness’ a myth? Kimberlé Crenshaw on the 'war on woke'

Karen Hao exposes how AI bros are building an EMPIRE to control the future

How society is structured to 'keep people in poverty' - Labour MP Naz Shah 

Anthropic co-founder: AI impact ‘10x larger and 10x faster than industrial revolution’

Prue Leith: How to grow old without fear

Amanda Knox: the cost of being wrongfully convicted

How bipolar and ADHD shaped Heston Blumenthal’s creative genius

Eric Schlosser: Why the real cost of cheap food is hidden

Ece Temelkuran: democracies don’t collapse overnight

Guardian editor Katharine Viner: “Facts are essential, but they’re not enough”

‘We are being beaten into submission with lies’ - writer George Saunders on Trump, truth and power

Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced

How Europe can end the Russia-Ukraine war - Kishore Mahbubani

‘Existential threat’ - Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Farage and Gaza

Why the far right keeps winning - and how to stop it | Nick Lowles

Why America’s higher education is broken - Rebecca Kuang

Chris McCausland: Why disability does not define me

Sanna Marin on populism and a fragile Europe

'Enshitification' and how big tech is making the internet worse for everyone - Cory Doctorow

From Theresa May to Liz Truss - how impressionist Jan Ravens exposes flaws of the powerful

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder takes on Unilever over Gaza and free speech

Artist David Shrigley: I stopped watching the news when Trump won

Pussy Riot's Masha on being an enemy of Putin

Why I risk my life to show the truth - war photographer Lynsey Addario

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales on the crisis of trust in the age of Trump

Munya Chawawa on finding humour in ‘a bombardment of bad news’

From Gaza refugee to ambassador - Husam Zomlot's vision for peace between Israel and Palestine

Risks of AI becoming smarter than humans - web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Ian McEwan: what gives renowned author hope in an age of crisis?

“We’ve medicalised being human” - Dr. Philippa Perry on ADHD and overdiagnosis

'There's genocidal intent in Palestine' says data journalist

Society 'feels like a pressure cooker', says Suede frontman

‘Humans are not evolved for modern life’ - evolutionary biologist Ella Al-Shamahi

'Israel is controlling Gaza by starvation' says acclaimed Palestinian chef

Trauma surgeon: what I witnessed in Gaza and why we need action now

Trump is 'autocratic and imperious' - Michael Gove

Jacinda Ardern on how to lead, Trump and Israel-Iran

Want to live to 100? Here’s how - Devi Sridhar

Comedian Stewart Lee on why he won't tour Trump's America

Meet the most important person in British theatre - Indhu Rubasingham

‘Antidepressants are like alcohol or cannabis’ | Joanna Moncrieff

Why our prisons are broken - and how to fix them | expert explains

Mike Berners-Lee: Why dishonesty is destroying the planet

Dragons' Den star Sara Davies on the mindset of success

Christo Grozev: the Russian spy catcher Putin wants dead

Misan Harriman on Meghan Markle, Gaza and shooting for Vogue

Jude Kelly: what feminism looks like in the age of 'strong men' politics

Gary Stevenson on taxing the rich and why you're getting poorer

Brian Cox on Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and greed in politics

Omar El Akkad: Gaza war made me 'deeply cynical' about the West

Blur's Alex James: Rock stars either die or end up on a farm

Omid Djalili: Finding humanity through comedy, from 9/11 to the Middle East wars

Tim Minchin on his viral speech, quitting social media and being kind

Brianna Ghey’s mother on dangers of the internet and banning social media for under-16s

Economist Torsten Bell MP explains how to fix Britain

Nate Silver on Trump-Harris election, Elon Musk and AI

US Presidential candidate Cornel West on Israel Hamas war, greedy ruling class and Biden vs Trump

Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom

Comedian Bassem Youssef on the Israel-Gaza war, the Arab Spring, and why we can’t change the world

Playwright of Jodie Comer's Broadway hit, Suzie Miller, on sexual assault and getting justice

Poet Nikki Giovanni on white supremacy, the Capitol attack, and teaching the Virginia Tech shooter

Armistead Maupin on trans rights and growing up gay in a homophobic household

Author Kiley Reid on Black artists, handling criticism and social media

Timpson’s boss on upside-down management and business secrets

Bernie Sanders on Gaza, genocide and Trump

Crystal Hefner on her marriage to Hugh and being ‘trapped’ in the Playboy Mansion

Hannah Ritchie on replacing eco-anxiety with 'cautious optimism' and how to build a more sustainable world

‘Deliciously’ Ella Mills on healthy eating and society's toxic relationship with ultra-processed foods

Arnold Schwarzenegger on self-help, the Israel-Gaza war and why he'd be a good US president

Samuel Kasumu, Former Special Advisor to Boris Johnson, on culture wars in government and being a Tory

Keith Allen on becoming an actor and why he would legalise drugs

Billy Porter on being a queer Black man in the music industry, the actors' strike and Trump's America

Astronaut Tim Peake on Elon Musk's SpaceX and the future of space exploration

Caster Semenya on gender fairness in athletics and what being a woman means to her

ActionAid CEO Halima Begum on siding with humanity in Israel-Gaza war and the West’s ‘moral responsibility’ to humanitarian aid

Carlo Rovelli on white holes, challenging different narratives and the need for a ‘reasonable compromise’ in the Israel-Palestine war

Mikaela Loach on fighting the climate crisis through social justice, the problem with net zero, and being a 'soft Black girl'

Yanis Varoufakis on the death of capitalism, Starmer and the tyranny of big tech

Cambridge’s youngest Black professor Jason Arday on Autism, racism, and learning to read at 18

Poet Lemn Sissay on growing up in the care system, racism and finding his Ethiopian family

Dawn Butler MP on white feminism, Sadiq Khan, and racism in Parliament

Ice Cube on the police, AI and Black business

Activist Gina Martin on changing the law on upskirting, ‘boys will be boys’, and the impact of online abuse

Poet Ben Okri on disruptive climate protests and dreaming of Nigeria

Syrian chef and refugee Imad Al Arnab on his journey from war-torn Syria to opening his dream restaurant in Soho

Wes Streeting on child poverty, coming out, and how he would run the NHS

Evgenia Kara-Murza on the fight to free Russia’s political prisoners and the dream of a democratic Russia

Barbara Kingsolver on America’s opioid crisis and classist attitudes to rural communities

Kamila Shamsie on "Googling while Muslim", Shamima Begum and the UK’s ‘racist’ immigration policy

Chris van Tulleken on how our ultra-processed diet is killing us

Sadiq Khan on climate change, immigration and London’s policing crisis

Nick Cave on free speech, his religion, and finding - and defining - happiness

Suzanne Simmard on fungal networks, ‘Mother’ trees, and restoring our forests

Azeem Rafiq on tackling racism in cricket, losing his son, and facing his own failures

Actor Eddie Marsan on the struggles of being a working class actor and the tyranny of toxic masculinity

Michael Balogun on finding his purpose in prison and the power of belief

Gary Younge on race, Rwanda and a lifetime of writing about Black life

Mariana Mazzucato on how governments can take back control of their contracts

Peter Frankopan on how humans have shaped the planet and how we’ll destroy ourselves

Simon Le Bon on the secret to Duran Duran’s success and why the band shy away from politics

Sebastian Payne on centre-right ideas and Britain’s political future

Baaba Maal on the power of music and the future of Africa

Cariad Lloyd on coping with grief and finding humour in death

Jyoti Patel on identity, belonging, and how to ask someone the question: “Where are you from?”

Frances O’Grady on strikes, single parents and the trade union movement

Rick Rubin on working with Run DMC, The Strokes, Slayer and Johnny Cash and how to be an artist

Ways to Change the World with Chatbot GPT

Nouriel Roubini on the ‘megathreats’ to our global economy, how to stop them and his nickname Dr Doom

George Takei on being sent to an internment camp, Star Trek and hiding his sexuality.

Rosie Holt on being a Twitter comic, women in media and why we should laugh at things that make us angry

Clint Dyer on dealing with dyslexia, racism, his admiration for Shakespeare and his vision for directing

Julian Lennon on his identity, the Beatles and his life outside of music

Rob Delaney on the loss of his son, supporting the NHS and swimming

Orhan Pamuk on authoritarianism and pandemics, his new novel and Salman Rushdie’s attack

Marina Hyde on British politics, Brexit and her new book

Gaia Vince on how to manage climate change migration

Auschwitz survivor Tova Friedman on escaping death, struggling with God and taking her story to TikTok

Edward Enninful on his career as the editor of British Vogue, being a refugee and the war on woke

Dave Stewart on meeting Annie Lennox, Eurythmics and his new album

Deborah Meaden on the cost of living crisis, why she hated school and how Dragons’ Den has transformed the business world

Tom Daley on LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport, trans rights and being a gay parent

Michael Pollan on his belief that using psychedelics can cure mental health issues

Steve Thompson on his early-onset dementia, his new book and how rugby changed his life

US Air Force Chief General CQ Brown Jr. on the Ukraine war, BLM and Top Gun

Asma Khan on her female run restaurant Darjeeling Express and discrimination in hospitality

Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko on her work, how the war might end and Russian war tactics

Leila Mottley on writing her bestselling novel at 17, police brutality in America and the way the world treats Black girls

‘Don’t treat those who disagree with you as your enemy’ - Archbishop Justin Welby

Lethal Bizzle on racism, crypto and grime

Geoff Norcott on being a conservative comedian, the culture war and why politicians shouldn’t be on Twitter

Denzel Curry on police brutality, overcoming trauma and the power of martial arts

Sarah Brown on her daughter’s death, the importance of educating all children and her time at Downing Street

Bill Browder on his life as a target of Putin, if sanctions can stop the war and the legacy of Sergei Magnitsky

Vanessa Nakate on the climate crisis, online abuse and racism in the media

Ai Weiwei on China and the West, his father’s exile and if democracy really exists

Francis Fukuyama on the war in Ukraine, liberalism and democracies under threat

Angela Davis on socialism, how change happens and growing up in segregated Alabama

Tom Tugendhat on the war in Ukraine, his time in the military and his ambition to run for PM

Isabel Allende on her life as a refugee, the decline of the West and war being a male construct