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.

Recent Episodes
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    May 8, 2025 – 00:41:30
  • Meet the most important person in British theatre - Indhu Rubasingham
    Apr 30, 2025 – 00:23:37
  • ‘Antidepressants are like alcohol or cannabis’ | Joanna Moncrieff
    Apr 17, 2025 – 00:32:14
  • Why our prisons are broken - and how to fix them | expert explains
    Apr 10, 2025 – 00:35:34
  • Mike Berners-Lee: Why dishonesty is destroying the planet
    Apr 3, 2025 – 00:45:06
  • Dragons' Den star Sara Davies on the mindset of success
    Mar 27, 2025 – 00:29:42
  • Christo Grozev: the Russian spy catcher Putin wants dead
    Mar 21, 2025 – 00:39:03
  • Misan Harriman on Meghan Markle, Gaza and shooting for Vogue
    Mar 20, 2025 – 00:48:54
  • Jude Kelly: what feminism looks like in the age of 'strong men' politics
    Mar 13, 2025 – 00:37:08
  • Gary Stevenson on taxing the rich and why you're getting poorer
    Mar 6, 2025 – 00:49:34
  • Brian Cox on Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and greed in politics
    Feb 27, 2025 – 00:39:00
  • Omar El Akkad: Gaza war made me 'deeply cynical' about the West
    Feb 17, 2025 – 00:58:09
  • Blur's Alex James: Rock stars either die or end up on a farm
    Dec 18, 2024 – 00:35:26
  • Omid Djalili: Finding humanity through comedy, from 9/11 to the Middle East wars
    Dec 11, 2024 – 00:37:35
  • Tim Minchin on his viral speech, quitting social media and being kind
    Dec 4, 2024 – 00:43:40
  • Brianna Ghey’s mother on dangers of the internet and banning social media for under-16s
    Nov 20, 2024 – 00:33:40
  • Economist Torsten Bell MP explains how to fix Britain
    Sep 20, 2024 – 00:33:52
  • Nate Silver on Trump-Harris election, Elon Musk and AI
    Sep 3, 2024 – 00:42:14
  • US Presidential candidate Cornel West on Israel Hamas war, greedy ruling class and Biden vs Trump
    May 10, 2024 – 00:25:06
  • Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom
    May 7, 2024 – 00:29:28
  • Comedian Bassem Youssef on the Israel-Gaza war, the Arab Spring, and why we can’t change the world
    Apr 11, 2024 – 00:31:33
  • Playwright of Jodie Comer's Broadway hit, Suzie Miller, on sexual assault and getting justice
    Apr 4, 2024 – 00:33:48
  • Poet Nikki Giovanni on white supremacy, the Capitol attack, and teaching the Virginia Tech shooter
    Mar 28, 2024 – 00:28:51
  • Armistead Maupin on trans rights and growing up gay in a homophobic household
    Mar 14, 2024 – 00:33:20
  • Author Kiley Reid on Black artists, handling criticism and social media
    Mar 7, 2024 – 00:32:58
  • Timpson’s boss on upside-down management and business secrets
    Feb 29, 2024 – 00:41:55
  • Bernie Sanders on Gaza, genocide and Trump
    Feb 23, 2024 – 00:25:32
  • Crystal Hefner on her marriage to Hugh and being ‘trapped’ in the Playboy Mansion
    Feb 15, 2024 – 00:32:22
  • Hannah Ritchie on replacing eco-anxiety with 'cautious optimism' and how to build a more sustainable world
    Feb 1, 2024 – 00:40:24
  • ‘Deliciously’ Ella Mills on healthy eating and society's toxic relationship with ultra-processed foods
    Jan 11, 2024 – 00:40:02
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger on self-help, the Israel-Gaza war and why he'd be a good US president
    Dec 21, 2023 – 00:33:22
  • Samuel Kasumu, Former Special Advisor to Boris Johnson, on culture wars in government and being a Tory
    Dec 15, 2023 – 00:43:30
  • Keith Allen on becoming an actor and why he would legalise drugs
    Dec 8, 2023 – 00:25:57
  • Billy Porter on being a queer Black man in the music industry, the actors' strike and Trump's America
    Dec 1, 2023 – 00:32:51
  • Astronaut Tim Peake on Elon Musk's SpaceX and the future of space exploration
    Nov 23, 2023 – 00:34:54
  • Caster Semenya on gender fairness in athletics and what being a woman means to her
    Nov 17, 2023 – 00:32:56
  • ActionAid CEO Halima Begum on siding with humanity in Israel-Gaza war and the West’s ‘moral responsibility’ to humanitarian aid
    Nov 10, 2023 – 00:36:12
  • Carlo Rovelli on white holes, challenging different narratives and the need for a ‘reasonable compromise’ in the Israel-Palestine war
    Nov 3, 2023 – 00:36:27
  • Mikaela Loach on fighting the climate crisis through social justice, the problem with net zero, and being a 'soft Black girl'
    Oct 20, 2023 – 00:36:00
  • Yanis Varoufakis on the death of capitalism, Starmer and the tyranny of big tech
    Sep 29, 2023 – 00:33:26
  • Cambridge’s youngest Black professor Jason Arday on Autism, racism, and learning to read at 18
    Sep 22, 2023 – 00:31:26
  • Poet Lemn Sissay on growing up in the care system, racism and finding his Ethiopian family
    Sep 15, 2023 – 00:32:09
  • Dawn Butler MP on white feminism, Sadiq Khan, and racism in Parliament
    Sep 8, 2023 – 00:28:06
  • Ice Cube on the police, AI and Black business
    Sep 1, 2023 – 00:25:47
  • Activist Gina Martin on changing the law on upskirting, ‘boys will be boys’, and the impact of online abuse
    Aug 25, 2023 – 00:40:28
  • Poet Ben Okri on disruptive climate protests and dreaming of Nigeria
    Jul 21, 2023 – 00:33:46
  • Syrian chef and refugee Imad Al Arnab on his journey from war-torn Syria to opening his dream restaurant in Soho
    Jul 14, 2023 – 00:27:17
  • Wes Streeting on child poverty, coming out, and how he would run the NHS
    Jul 7, 2023 – 00:41:50
  • Evgenia Kara-Murza on the fight to free Russia’s political prisoners and the dream of a democratic Russia
    Jun 30, 2023 – 00:37:51
  • Barbara Kingsolver on America’s opioid crisis and classist attitudes to rural communities
    Jun 23, 2023 – 00:33:43
Recent Reviews
  • BadzeeBwai
    Excellent podcast
    Vital to anyone of a curious and inquiring mind.
  • MetalFirehorse
    A MUST LISTEN now more than ever!
    So glad I found this podcast. Guru Krishna-Murthy is having the most important conversations. I’m spellbound listening to them mining for gold nuggets of wisdom that I can apply to my own life. And it gives me hope because there are a lot of good people out there making some amazing change. Thank you for bringing this information to the world!
  • sj late blooming law nerd
    Olivette Otele
    Thank you for hosting Olivette Otele. Brilliant! I am a bit jealous of her students. These conversations about history are so important.
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