Radical with Amol Rajan Podcast
Conversations about tomorrow, from Today. Amol Rajan explores the trends and ideas shaping the future.
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 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4, Amol is also the host of University Challenge on 蜜芽传媒 One. Before that he was the 蜜芽传媒's media editor and editor of The Independent.
Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are published on Thursdays on 蜜芽传媒 Sounds. You can also watch them on 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer: /iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan
Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today podcast. If you enjoy this (and you've read this far so hopefully you do), then we think you鈥檒l also like another podcast from Today. It鈥檚 called Political Thinking with Nick Robinson and you can listen to Nick鈥檚 interviews here: /sounds/brand/p04z203l
Episodes to download
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Identity Politics: Why the Left Needs to Stop Fighting Culture Wars (Ash Sarkar)
Last Thursday
Ash Sarkar on what people on the radical Left are getting wrong about British politics.
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Artificial Intelligence: An AI Boss Warns About The Risks (Dario Amodei)
Thu 4 Sep 2025
The Anthropic CEO聽calls for more regulation and explains how AI could take your job.
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Jordan Schwarzenberger Part Two: A Radical Religious Conversion
Fri 29 Aug 2025
The manager of YouTube's Sidemen on how a Kanye West launch party led him to Catholicism.
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YouTube, Insta and TikTok: A Guide to Growing Your Social Media Following (Jordan Schwarzenberger - part one)
Thu 28 Aug 2025
The manager of YouTube collective Sidemen on building a brand and monetising it.
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蜜芽传媒lessness and the Housing Crisis: How To End Rough Sleeping (Sabrina Cohen-Hatton)
Thu 21 Aug 2025
A top firefighter on how she went from sleeping on the streets to advising Prince William.
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Fake News: How We Can Save Ourselves From Disinformation (Eliot Higgins)
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on hunting Russian spies and the crisis of democracy.
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Books v Screens: Why Every School Needs a Library (Katherine Rundell)
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Children鈥檚 author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids.
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Britain鈥檚 New Right: Could Reform Replace The Tories? (James Orr)
Thu 31 Jul 2025
And what a Nigel Farage government might look like.
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Robert Macfarlane: Rivers Are Dying So Give Them Rights
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Britain's rivers are polluted but the best-selling author says there's a way to save them.
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Grey Britain: Do We Need To Have More Children? (Dr Paul Morland)
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Demographer Paul Morland says parents should pay less tax and get more benefits.
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From Trump to Corbyn: How Social Media Shapes Politics (Billy Bragg)
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Billy Bragg on the 'Twitterisation of debate', the new working class and protest songs.
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Law and Order: How to Fix Britain's Courts (Lady Hale)
Thu 3 Jul 2025
A former top Supreme Court judge on divorce, democracy and assisted dying.
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Knife Crime: Can Education Save Lives? (Steve Chalke)
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Why our schools don鈥檛 work for Britain鈥檚 troubled children.
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The Future of War: How Should the West Respond to its Enemies? (Sir Niall Ferguson)
Thu 19 Jun 2025
Leading historian Niall Ferguson discusses the new Cold War and the death of the internet
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AI and Sexism: The Fight Against Misogyny Online (Laura Bates)
Thu 12 Jun 2025
The feminist campaigner on how algorithms are fuelling misogyny & radicalising young men.
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Populism, conspiracies and... Doctor Who
Thu 5 Jun 2025
Armando Iannucci joins Amol and Nick for the final episode of The Today Podcast.
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Is your mobile phone the best or worst friend you鈥檝e ever had?
Thu 29 May 2025
Are you addicted to your phone? And what鈥檚 the future for smartphones?
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Gary Lineker, the 蜜芽传媒 and celebrity influencers
Thu 22 May 2025
Amol reflects on Lineker's career as his MOTD run ends.
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Joe Biden, VE Day and the politics of nostalgia
Thu 8 May 2025
How should we remember World War Two?
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Is Trump on a collision course with China?
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Why the stand-off over tariffs could escalate into more than just a trade war.
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Guilty! Marine Le Pen and the future of Europe鈥檚 populist right
Thu 3 Apr 2025
France鈥檚 far-right leader has been banned from standing for the presidency.
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JD Vance: does Trump鈥檚 VP really hate Europe?
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Nick and Amol ask a friend of the vice president.
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Bonus: Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty on Adolescence and male rage
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Amol talks to the stars of the hit Netflix series.
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Adolescence and the Crisis of Masculinity
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Stephen Graham鈥檚 drama has triggered a conversation about the challenges facing boys.
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Is Starmer finally getting to grips with being PM?
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Lord Blunkett offers his assessment and Amol talks to new Today presenter Anna Foster.
