Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

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How can you change the world? Join Krishnan Guru-Murthy and his guest of the week as they explore the big ideas influencing how we think, act and live.

Episode Date
US Presidential candidate Cornel West on Israel Hamas war, greedy ruling class and Biden vs Trump
May 10, 2024
Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom
May 07, 2024
Comedian Bassem Youssef on the Israel-Gaza war, the Arab Spring, and why we can’t change the world
Apr 11, 2024
Playwright of Jodie Comer's Broadway hit, Suzie Miller, on sexual assault and getting justice
Apr 04, 2024
Poet Nikki Giovanni on white supremacy, the Capitol attack, and teaching the Virginia Tech shooter
Mar 28, 2024
Armistead Maupin on trans rights and growing up gay in a homophobic household
Mar 14, 2024
Author Kiley Reid on Black artists, handling criticism and social media
Mar 07, 2024
Timpson’s boss on upside-down management and business secrets
Feb 29, 2024
Bernie Sanders on Gaza, genocide and Trump
Feb 23, 2024
Crystal Hefner on her marriage to Hugh and being ‘trapped’ in the Playboy Mansion
Feb 15, 2024
Hannah Ritchie on replacing eco-anxiety with 'cautious optimism' and how to build a more sustainable world
Feb 01, 2024
‘Deliciously’ Ella Mills on healthy eating and society's toxic relationship with ultra-processed foods
Jan 11, 2024
Arnold Schwarzenegger on self-help, the Israel-Gaza war and why he'd be a good US president
Dec 21, 2023
Samuel Kasumu, Former Special Advisor to Boris Johnson, on culture wars in government and being a Tory
Dec 15, 2023
Keith Allen on becoming an actor and why he would legalise drugs
Dec 08, 2023
Billy Porter on being a queer Black man in the music industry, the actors' strike and Trump's America
Dec 01, 2023
Astronaut Tim Peake on Elon Musk's SpaceX and the future of space exploration
Nov 23, 2023
Caster Semenya on gender fairness in athletics and what being a woman means to her
Nov 17, 2023
ActionAid CEO Halima Begum on siding with humanity in Israel-Gaza war and the West’s ‘moral responsibility’ to humanitarian aid
Nov 10, 2023
Carlo Rovelli on white holes, challenging different narratives and the need for a ‘reasonable compromise’ in the Israel-Palestine war
Nov 03, 2023
Mikaela Loach on fighting the climate crisis through social justice, the problem with net zero, and being a 'soft Black girl'
Oct 20, 2023
Yanis Varoufakis on the death of capitalism, Starmer and the tyranny of big tech
Sep 29, 2023
Cambridge’s youngest Black professor Jason Arday on Autism, racism, and learning to read at 18
Sep 22, 2023
Poet Lemn Sissay on growing up in the care system, racism and finding his Ethiopian family
Sep 15, 2023
Dawn Butler MP on white feminism, Sadiq Khan, and racism in Parliament
Sep 08, 2023
Ice Cube on the police, AI and Black business
Sep 01, 2023
Activist Gina Martin on changing the law on upskirting, ‘boys will be boys’, and the impact of online abuse
Aug 25, 2023
Poet Ben Okri on disruptive climate protests and dreaming of Nigeria
Jul 21, 2023
Syrian chef and refugee Imad Al Arnab on his journey from war-torn Syria to opening his dream restaurant in Soho
Jul 14, 2023
Wes Streeting on child poverty, coming out, and how he would run the NHS
Jul 07, 2023
Evgenia Kara-Murza on the fight to free Russia’s political prisoners and the dream of a democratic Russia
Jun 30, 2023
Barbara Kingsolver on America’s opioid crisis and classist attitudes to rural communities
Jun 23, 2023
Kamila Shamsie on "Googling while Muslim", Shamima Begum and the UK’s ‘racist’ immigration policy
Jun 16, 2023
Chris van Tulleken on how our ultra-processed diet is killing us
Jun 09, 2023
Sadiq Khan on climate change, immigration and London’s policing crisis
Jun 02, 2023
Nick Cave on free speech, his religion, and finding - and defining - happiness
May 26, 2023
Suzanne Simmard on fungal networks, ‘Mother’ trees, and restoring our forests
May 19, 2023
Azeem Rafiq on tackling racism in cricket, losing his son, and facing his own failures
May 12, 2023
Actor Eddie Marsan on the struggles of being a working class actor and the tyranny of toxic masculinity
Apr 07, 2023
Michael Balogun on finding his purpose in prison and the power of belief
Mar 31, 2023
Gary Younge on race, Rwanda and a lifetime of writing about Black life
Mar 24, 2023
Mariana Mazzucato on how governments can take back control of their contracts
Mar 17, 2023
Peter Frankopan on how humans have shaped the planet and how we’ll destroy ourselves
Mar 10, 2023
Simon Le Bon on the secret to Duran Duran’s success and why the band shy away from politics
Mar 03, 2023
Sebastian Payne on centre-right ideas and Britain’s political future
Feb 24, 2023
Baaba Maal on the power of music and the future of Africa
Feb 17, 2023
Cariad Lloyd on coping with grief and finding humour in death
Feb 03, 2023
Jyoti Patel on identity, belonging, and how to ask someone the question: “Where are you from?”
Jan 27, 2023
Frances O’Grady on strikes, single parents and the trade union movement
Jan 20, 2023
Rick Rubin on working with Run DMC, The Strokes, Slayer and Johnny Cash and how to be an artist
Jan 13, 2023
Ways to Change the World with Chatbot GPT
Dec 23, 2022
Ways to Change the World with Chatbot GPT
Dec 23, 2022
Nouriel Roubini on the ‘megathreats’ to our global economy, how to stop them and his nickname Dr Doom
Dec 16, 2022
George Takei on being sent to an internment camp, Star Trek and hiding his sexuality.
Dec 09, 2022
Rosie Holt on being a Twitter comic, women in media and why we should laugh at things that make us angry
Dec 02, 2022
Clint Dyer on dealing with dyslexia, racism, his admiration for Shakespeare and his vision for directing
Nov 25, 2022
Julian Lennon on his identity, the Beatles and his life outside of music
Nov 18, 2022
Rob Delaney on the loss of his son, supporting the NHS and swimming
Nov 11, 2022
Orhan Pamuk on authoritarianism and pandemics, his new novel and Salman Rushdie’s attack
Oct 14, 2022
Marina Hyde on British politics, Brexit and her new book
Oct 07, 2022
Gaia Vince on how to manage climate change migration
Sep 30, 2022
Auschwitz survivor Tova Friedman on escaping death, struggling with God and taking her story to TikTok
Sep 23, 2022
Edward Enninful on his career as the editor of British Vogue, being a refugee and the war on woke
Sep 16, 2022
Dave Stewart on meeting Annie Lennox, Eurythmics and his new album
Sep 02, 2022
Deborah Meaden on the cost of living crisis, why she hated school and how Dragons’ Den has transformed the business world
Aug 26, 2022
Tom Daley on LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport, trans rights and being a gay parent
Aug 12, 2022
Michael Pollan on his belief that using psychedelics can cure mental health issues
Jul 29, 2022
Steve Thompson on his early-onset dementia, his new book and how rugby changed his life
Jul 22, 2022
US Air Force Chief General CQ Brown Jr. on the Ukraine war, BLM and Top Gun
Jul 15, 2022
Asma Khan on her female run restaurant Darjeeling Express and discrimination in hospitality
Jul 08, 2022
Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko on her work, how the war might end and Russian war tactics
Jul 01, 2022
Leila Mottley on writing her bestselling novel at 17, police brutality in America and the way the world treats Black girls
Jun 24, 2022
‘Don’t treat those who disagree with you as your enemy’ - Archbishop Justin Welby
Jun 17, 2022
Lethal Bizzle on racism, crypto and grime
Jun 10, 2022
Geoff Norcott on being a conservative comedian, the culture war and why politicians shouldn’t be on Twitter
Jun 03, 2022
Denzel Curry on police brutality, overcoming trauma and the power of martial arts
May 06, 2022
Sarah Brown on her daughter’s death, the importance of educating all children and her time at Downing Street
Apr 29, 2022
Bill Browder on his life as a target of Putin, if sanctions can stop the war and the legacy of Sergei Magnitsky
Apr 22, 2022
Vanessa Nakate on the climate crisis, online abuse and racism in the media
Apr 15, 2022
Ai Weiwei on China and the West, his father’s exile and if democracy really exists
Apr 08, 2022
Francis Fukuyama on the war in Ukraine, liberalism and democracies under threat
Apr 01, 2022
Angela Davis on socialism, how change happens and growing up in segregated Alabama
Mar 25, 2022
Tom Tugendhat on the war in Ukraine, his time in the military and his ambition to run for PM
Mar 18, 2022
Isabel Allende on her life as a refugee, the decline of the West and war being a male construct
Mar 11, 2022
Adam McKay on his new movie Don’t Look Up, the climate crisis and the state of US politics
Mar 04, 2022
Ruby Wax on why we are more "frazzled" than ever, re-visiting her past interviews and her closure with Louis Theroux
Jan 21, 2022
Rosie Jones on being a disabled, gay, northern woman in comedy
Jan 14, 2022
Lin-Manuel Miranda on Jonathan Larson’s legacy, diversity in the arts and where America is now
Jan 07, 2022
Jon Snow on his life, finding a sense of right and wrong and always seeking the truth
Dec 24, 2021
Paul Chowdhry on making family-friendly comedy in a cancel culture age and diversity in the media
Dec 17, 2021
Pauline Campbell on the Windrush scandal, changing your career late in life and racism in Britain today
Dec 10, 2021
Sir Roger Penrose on being a nobel prize winning Physicist, impossible art and AI
Dec 03, 2021
Benjamin Bratton on why Covid should change the way we think and on why he hates Ted talks
Nov 26, 2021
Jools Holland on his old friend the piano, his dancing dog and inventing punk piano
Nov 19, 2021
Nish Kumar on political comedy, mental health and leaving The Mash Report
Nov 15, 2021
Steven Pinker on rationality during an epidemic of unreason, teaching tools of reason and debating an irrational people
Nov 05, 2021
Yuval Noah Harari on the origins of racism, the future of Israel and the dangers of AI
Oct 29, 2021
Shon Faye on the liberation of transgender people, the problems with the trans ‘debate’ and choosing to save her own life
Oct 22, 2021
Steve Van Zandt on being Bruce Springsteen's right-hand man, The Beatles and his disillusion with American politics
Oct 15, 2021
Lady Hale on the historical prorogation case, widening access to the law and whether we should televise court cases
Oct 08, 2021