Radical Podcast
Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and the radical ideas that could define the future.
Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and the radical ideas that could define the future.
Radical is a twice-weekly podcast where pioneering thinkers, bold innovators and influential voices explore the ideas, trends and breakthroughs transforming society. From politics and climate change to economics and artificial intelligence, each episode tackles the biggest challenges facing our world, and the solutions that could help shape what's next.
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Listen to Radical every Monday and Thursday on BBC Sounds. You can also listen on your smart speaker - just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Radical." Available on most smart speakers.
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Episodes to download
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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’s author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids.
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Britain’s New Right: Could Reform Replace the Tories? (Dr 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’t work for Britain’s 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’ve ever had?
Thu 29 May 2025
Are you addicted to your phone? And what’s the future for smartphones?
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Gary Lineker, the BBC 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’s populist right
Thu 3 Apr 2025
France’s far-right leader has been banned from standing for the presidency.
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JD Vance: does Trump’s 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’s 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.
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What's different about Trump 2.0?
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Nick and Amol ask if Trump's second term is already more consequential than his first.
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What will Starmer’s defence spending buy from Trump?
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Plus: Amol & Nick talk tactics over PM-President meets & remember past awkward encounters.
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Ukraine or Russia: Whose Side Is Trump On?
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Nick asks former UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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What’s up with Gen Z?
Thu 13 Feb 2025
A study suggests that less than half of Generation Z are proud to be British.
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