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Radical with Amol Rajan
Conversations about tomorrow, from Today.Every week Today programme presenter Amol Rajan talks to radicals, pioneers and innovators from all over the world. From populism and climate change, to economics and AI... How can their radical ideas help you win the future?As well as presenting Today on BBC...
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Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince)
As extreme weather forces people from their homes, the journalist and author Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration.
Projections sho...
British Identity: How Schools Can Improve Multiculturalism (Katharine Birbalsingh)
Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh thinks multiculturalism in Britain has led to an excessive focus on our differences rather than what unites us, but...
The Weaponisation of Science: How to Avoid a Global Catastrophe (Carlo Rovelli)
Physicist Carlo Rovelli thinks we need natural intelligence and not artificial intelligence in an age of confrontation.
Ten years ago he wrote a...
Life After Vogue: Why I Want To Reinvent Fashion Magazines (Edward Enninful)
Edward Enninful thinks fashion risks going backwards on diversity, which is why he’s launched a new media business, EE72, to promote inclusion in an a...
Identity Politics: Why the Left Needs to Stop Fighting Culture Wars (Ash Sarkar)
There are some new (and old) faces on the left of British politics hoping to challenge Keir Starmer’s struggling Labour government, but could a party...
Artificial Intelligence: An AI Boss Warns About The Risks (Dario Amodei)
Artificial intelligence is arguably the single biggest force shaping our world today.
Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic which crea...
Jordan Schwarzenberger Part Two: A Radical Religious Conversion
Could finding religion allow Gen Z to better find their place in the world? That is the assessment made by Jordan Schwarzenberger, the manager of Euro...
YouTube, Insta and TikTok: A Guide to Growing Your Social Media Following (Jordan Schwarzenberger - part one)
With audiences increasingly turning to echo-chambers on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for their entertainment and away from traditional mass-media, is...
Homelessness and the Housing Crisis: How To End Rough Sleeping (Sabrina Cohen-Hatton)
Homelessness is on the rise in Britian with record numbers of people living in emergency accommodation.
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Chief Fire Office...
Fake News: How We Can Save Ourselves From Disinformation (Eliot Higgins)
Conspiracy theories have flooded the internet in recent years and a growing number of people are avoiding mainstream news.
Eliot Higgins, foun...
Books v Screens: Why Every School Needs a Library (Katherine Rundell)
Only one in three children in the UK enjoy reading in their spare time – the lowest rate recorded in 20 years, according to a survey for the National...
Britain’s New Right: Could Reform Replace The Tories? (James Orr)
Ever since Labour won a landslide victory at the general election, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party and Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have been fighting...
Robert Macfarlane: Rivers Are Dying So Give Them Rights
Serious pollution incidents by water companies in England rose by 60% last year, but the best-selling author Robert Macfarlane says there is a way to...
Grey Britain: Do We Need To Have More Children? (Dr Paul Morland)
The Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson recently warned that Britain’s declining birth rate could have “worrying repercussions for society.”
From Trump to Corbyn: How Social Media Shapes Politics (Billy Bragg)
The singer, songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg thinks there’s a crisis of accountability in politics (23:51). To fix it, he says we need to...
Law and Order: How to Fix Britain's Courts (Lady Hale)
Is there a better way to handle divorce and family separation in the courts? Lady Hale thinks there is.
The former president of the UK’s Supre...
Knife Crime: Can Education Save Lives? (Steve Chalke)
More children are being convicted of crime and our prisons are nearly at capacity. But Steve Chalke thinks he has a solution.
The founder of t...
The Future of War: How Should the West Respond to its Enemies? (Sir Niall Ferguson)
Leading historian Professor Sir Niall Ferguson explains how patterns from the past can help us understand the future.
Amol and Sir Niall discus...
AI and Sexism: The Fight Against Misogyny Online (Laura Bates)
Feminist campaigner Laura Bates has fought for women's safety for over a decade. But now her battle against misogyny moved online.
She tells Am...
Introducing... Radical with Amol Rajan
Conversations about tomorrow, from Today.
Every week Amol Rajan talks to radicals, pioneers and innovators from all over the world.
From...
Populism, conspiracies and... Doctor Who
The creator of The Thick of It and Veep discusses the rise of populism and the evolution of political language.
And Nick compares Amol to Billie...
Is your mobile phone the best or worst friend you’ve ever had?
Over half term this week Radio 4’s Today is conducting an exciting experiment: asking teenagers to abandon their smartphones for a week.
On the...
Gary Lineker, the BBC and celebrity influencers
It’s the end of an era for Match of the Day – with Gary Lineker hosting for the final time after 25 years in the hot seat. He will now leave the BBC a...
Eurovision: Europe’s biggest election
Why does Eurovision find itself at the centre of political controversy when it’s supposed to be non-political?
This year, Israel’s participation...
Joe Biden, VE Day and the politics of nostalgia
On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Amol and Nick discuss what President Biden told Nick in his first interview since leaving office.
They’re als...
North Korea fights for Russia
Kim Jong Un has confirmed for the first time that North Korean troops have been fighting in Russia against Ukraine.
Amol and Nick catch up with...
Is Putin playing Trump on Ukraine?
Donald Trump has once again criticised Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and is putting pressure on both sides to accept a proposed peace deal.
Is Trump on a collision course with China?
Tensions between Washington and Beijing threaten the global economy, but could it escalate into a more serious conflict?
Nick is joined by forme...
Trump’s Tariff U-turn
The president has paused the introduction of higher tariffs on goods from most countries, but continues to ramp up the trade war with China.
Wh...
Guilty! Marine Le Pen and the future of Europe’s populist right
Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzling EU funds, potentially ruining her plans to run for the French presidency in 2027.
Marine Le Pen w...
JD Vance: does Trump’s VP really hate Europe?
Messages accidentally sent to a journalist by senior members of the Trump administration reveal information about strikes on the Houthis in Yemen and...
Bonus: Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty on Adolescence and male rage
Adolescence has sparked fresh discussion about the impact social media and misogynistic influencers have on young boys, so we thought you’d like to he...
Adolescence and the Crisis of Masculinity
A series about a teenage boy who is accused of murdering a girl from his school was the most watched show on Netflix last weekend. Meanwhile the forme...
Is Starmer finally getting to grips with being PM?
Voters seem to be giving Keir Starmer a bit of credit for the role he has been playing on the world stage, so is it a sign that the prime minister is...
What's different about Trump 2.0?
In the first six weeks of his second term Donald Trump has rewritten US foreign policy, fractured the Nato alliance, dismantled parts of the US govern...
What will Starmer’s defence spending buy from Trump?
Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he is increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP has defence experts taking a sigh of relief, whilst humanitarian...
Ukraine or Russia: Whose Side Is Trump On?
Donald Trump has accused Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky of being a “dictator” and doing a “terrible job”.
After a week in which the US P...
What’s up with Gen Z?
New research has found that young people seem to be disillusioned with life in Britain, so Amol (Millennial) and Nick (Baby Boomer) are joined by Labo...
How To Deal With Trump (and the EU)
The prime minister has rejected the idea that Britain will have to choose between Brussels and Washington, but with the US president threatening the E...
Interview: Bill Gates talks to Amol
From his childhood in Seattle to the current state of the world and the alliance between President Trump and the billionaire owner of X, Bill Gates jo...