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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Sunak and Starmer go head to head
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Amol and Nick look ahead to the TV election debates.
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Starmer, Socialism & Diane Abbott - whose side is he really on?
Thu 30 May 2024
Nick looks at the dividing lines developing during the first days of Election 2024.
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Rishi Sunak Talks to Today
Thu 23 May 2024
Amol and Nick on the first set-piece interview of the election campaign.
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Election announcement special
Wed 22 May 2024
Amol and Nick discuss why the PM has called an election now.
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What does Keir Starmer really believe in?
Thu 16 May 2024
Amol and Nick on what a fresh set of pledges say about defining Starmerism.
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Hung parliament or thumping majority? And why do we all feel so skint?
Thu 9 May 2024
Amol looks into the local election results and asks why so many people feel so hard up.
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Cutting through the spin – elections bonus ep
Fri 3 May 2024
Amol and Nick give their take on the election results in this bonus pod.
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AI and humanity’s future: chilling or thrilling?
Thu 2 May 2024
Amol & Nick take on Stephen Fry’s challenge & look at what the future of AI might entail.
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Could an MP present the Today programme?
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Nick looks into a question about which programmes MPs should be allowed to present.
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Q&A – lightweight politicians, interviews that made you blush… Ft Esther Rantzen & Stephen Fry
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Amol and Nick tackle questions from listeners and friends of the pod.
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Smoke-free generation: Is this Sunak’s legacy?
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Amol and Nick on what the major intervention on smoking says about Sunak’s premiership.
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Where’s the money coming from?
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Nick asks whether politicians are being honest about the state of the national finances.
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Tragedy in Gaza: Will this week’s events change anything?
Thu 4 Apr 2024
Nick analyses two big events in the Middle East with former spy chief Sir Alex Younger.
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Why should you have to pay for the BBC?
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Amol and Nick explore the future of the BBC and how it should be paid for.
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Alastair Campbell on the changing face of Starmer’s Labour
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Amol speaks to Alastair Campbell about what’s in Starmer’s arsenal.
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Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Amol (and Nick) look at what impact Lee Anderson’s defection will have in the red wall.
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Why the Home Office is ‘dysfunctional’ - Sacked immigration chief speaks out
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Amol and Nick ask David Neal why he thinks he was really fired as immigration chief.
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Hunt’s Budget - will it make a difference?
Thu 7 Mar 2024
Amol and Nick ask whether the Budget will help change the political and economic weather.
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By-election bonus: Rochdale, Galloway, Gaza… what now?
Fri 1 Mar 2024
Amol and Nick look at what the result in Rochdale tells us.
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Mob rule: Where should we draw the line on protest?
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Amol and Nick on protests, prejudice and why many Tories won’t call out Lee Anderson.
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Disgrace! Why are MPs playing politics with the Middle East?
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Amol and Nick discuss the chaos in the Commons over a ceasefire vote.
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How did the culture wars take over? Ft Jon Ronson
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Amol and Nick look at the impact the culture wars are having on our lives.
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Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry
Thu 8 Feb 2024
Amol and Nick ask people affected by cancer why it’s so important to talk about it.
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Does nanny (state) know best?
Thu 1 Feb 2024
From smoking to sugar, what’s the problem with a bit of nanny now and then?
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How do we deal with President Trump (again)?
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Amol and Nick on a possible return to power for Trump, featuring broadcaster Megyn Kelly.
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Does Starmer need Scotland to win the general election?
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Amol and Nick on whether Labour need to win Scotland to take the keys to No 10.
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Is democracy dying?
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Amol and Nick explore why young people are turning to strongman leaders.
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The Moments In History Amol and Nick Wish They’d Covered
Thu 4 Jan 2024
Our hosts answer your questions, like what do they do when guests make outrageous claims?
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News Review of the Year
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Amol and Nick review the big stories of 2023 and pick their favourite Today interviews
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Esther Rantzen on a Christmas she did not expect to see
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Amol and Nick speak to the TV legend about the impact lung cancer is having on her life
