#025 Art And Activism With Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg joins me to discuss music’s changing cultural role, as well as the charge of being a “champagne socialist”, the importance of Grime, and the challenge of inspiring people to make change. ...
30 Aug 20171h 14min
#024 Inequality Is Killing Us All. Are We Going To Stop It? (with Jason Hickel)
Author and anthropologist Jason Hickel joins me to explain how a handful of rich countries have been able to control economic policies in the rest of the world; why we’re being lied to about poverty; ...
23 Aug 20171h 4min
#023 Al Gore - Can We Protect The Planet When It's Not In The Interests Of The Powerful?
Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore joins me to discuss his new film “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”, his feelings about Donald Trump, the corruption of big money, and the futu...
16 Aug 201731min
#022 Will The Psychedelic Revolution Meaningfully Change The World?
Dr Robin Carhart-Harris (Head of Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London) discusses unlocking the unconscious, the potential therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs, and why research into their ...
10 Aug 20171h 15min
#021 Is There Any Point In God? (with Alister McGrath)
Author, professor, priest and former atheist Alister McGrath and I discuss the rationality of religious belief, the war between science and religion, and whether faith is still destined to play a cent...
27 Juli 20171h 5min
#020 Selfie-Obsession: Can Narcissism Ever Make Us Happy? (with Will Storr)
Author of “Selfie” Will Storr and I discuss where the ideal of the perfect self came from, why it is so powerful and whether there is any way to break its dangerous spell. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
19 Juli 20171h 4min
#019 Frankie Boyle - Is It Possible To Live A Moral Life?
Frankie Boyle and I discuss media censorship, the virtues of nihilism, and the effects of fatherhood on life as a comedian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 Juli 20171h 10min
#018 Naomi Klein - Why We Must Kill Our Inner Trump
As Naomi Klein discusses her new book with me she explains how the groundwork laid by Bill Clinton and Bill Gates led to Donald Trump’s presidency; the political shock tactics being used to force thro...
5 Juli 201757min
