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Radical with Gabriel Gatehouse
Open mind, critical lens.
Conversations with radical people about radical ideas to change the world.
At a time of radical change, in politics and technology, in culture and the natural environment, Radical with Gabriel Gatehouse is a twice-weekly podcast where thinkers, innovators and heretics explore bold ideas reshaping our world.
Can these ideas, and the people driving them, really change the world? And if so, will it be for better, or worse?
Award-winning journalist and podcaster Gabriel…
Episodes
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseTaking Back Control: Why ‘Agency’ Could Be The Next Big Idea In Politics (James Kanagasooriam)
On this week’s episode, leading pollster James Kanagasooriam explains how a sense of powerlessness amongst voters is shaping politics. His research suggests…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseDoes Marriage Need Modernising? (Your Radical Questions with Ed Davies)
Ed Davies, research director at the right-leaning anti-poverty think tank Centre for Social Justice, answers your questions about modern family life and…
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The Decline of Marriage: Why We Need to Prioritise Family Life (Ed Davies)
Marriage rates in the UK have fallen to historic lows, but what are the consequences? Ed Davies, research director at right‑leaning anti‑poverty think tank the…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseHow Can Families Limit the Ultra‑Processed Foods Their Kids Eat? (Your Radical Questions with Thomasina Miers)
MasterChef winner and founder of Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca, Thomasina Miers, answers your questions about the quality of kids’ meals in restaurants, how…
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Health and Hospitality: When Does Food Stop Being Food? (Thomasina Miers)
The UK is one of the world’s largest consumers of ultra-processed foods, so Wahaca restaurants founder Thomasina Miers thinks the government should cut the…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseIs Capitalism Holding Back Social Mobility? (Your Radical Questions with Joe Seddon)
Founder of the tech driven social enterprise Zero Gravity, Joe Seddon answers your radical questions about boosting social mobility in the UK and helping…
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Social Mobility: How to Break the Link Between Background and Opportunity (Joe Seddon)
Joe Seddon, founder of Zero Gravity, thinks “geography is destiny in the UK” which is why he has built a tech platform to do something about it. In this week’s…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseCan A ‘Repair Not Replace’ Culture Be Revived In Fashion? (Your Radical Questions with Josephine Philips)
Tech entrepreneur and founder of tailoring and repair company SOJO Josephine Philips answers your questions on fast fashion, manufacturing and scaling the…
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Consumer Culture: Why We Need to Buy Less (Josephine Philips)
The fashion industry is the world’s second‑largest contributor to carbon emissions, surpassed only by agriculture. With such a significant impact on the…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseHow Do We Reduce Political Polarisation Online? (Your Radical Questions with Jonathan Haidt)
Social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt answers your questions on social media bans for under‑16s, the influence of YouTube…
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Social Media Bans: Are We at a Global Turning Point? (Jonathan Haidt)
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the forefront of the campaign to ban social media for under-16s and end what he calls “phone-based childhoods”. His…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseWill There Be a Revolt Against AI Music? (Your Radical Questions with Panos A. Panay)
Panos A. Panay, president of the Grammy Awards and Recording Academy, answers your questions about how governments can better support musicians and whether an…
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The Night Manager: How to Make Great British Drama (Simon Cornwell)
Executive producer and son of John le Carré, Simon Cornwell, speaks to Amol about how The Night Manager was revived a decade after its first season and how his…
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Inside the Music Business: The Grammys President on the Fight to Protect Artists (Panos A. Panay)
As president of The Recording Academy, which organises the Grammy Awards, Panos A. Panay is grappling with how artificial intelligence and streaming is…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseWhat Does It Take to Become a Foster Carer? (Your Radical Questions with Louise Allen)
Louise Allen answers your questions about the rewards and challenges of being a foster carer. She also discusses reports that a new government strategy will…
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Children in Care: How to Fix the Fostering Crisis (Louise Allen)
As the government prepares to introduce a strategy to boost fostering in England, Amol speaks to foster carer and author Louise Allen about the crisis in the…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseHow Will The Shift To Green Energy Reshape Global Politics? (Your Radical Questions with Professor Helen Thompson)
Professor Helen Thompson, an expert on oil and global politics, answers your questions about Europe’s energy security, whether America would intercept…
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Trump v China: How Oil Is Defining Great Power Politics (Professor Helen Thompson)
The capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro by the United States feels like confirmation that we are in a new era of global politics, but what has caused this…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseAre You In a Social Media Echo Chamber? (Your Radical Questions with Louisa Munch)
Academic and social media influencer Louisa Munch answers your questions about her left-wing politics, whether online algorithms mean she’s preaching to the…
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Knowledge and Nostalgia: Why a University Education Should Be Free (Louisa Munch)
What is the point of going to university? In this episode, Amol sits down with the critical theorist, academic and social media influencer Louisa Munch who…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseCan Donald Trump Be Compared To Julius Caesar? (Your Radical Questions with Tom Holland)
Historian and The Rest Is History co-host Tom Holland answers your questions about whether Britain is currently in a more precarious state than it was in the…
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Radical History: Greek Gods, Roman Emperors and Religion (with Tom Holland from The Rest Is History)
Historian and co-host of The Rest Is History podcast Tom Holland joins Amol to explore the history of radical ideas and what it means to be radical today. Tom…
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Radical Essay: How Is Technology Changing Our Lives? (A 2025 Review)
From social media to artificial intelligence, one of themes of the first six months of Radical has been whether modern technology augments and improves what it…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseWhat Do You Think About AI Using Your Writing? (Your Radical Questions with Naomi Alderman)
Best-selling author Naomi Alderman answers your questions about her first non-fiction book, how she feels about her writing being used to train AI models and…
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Information Crisis: Why Social Media Bans Aren't The Answer (Naomi Alderman)
What happens when a new technology transforms how we communicate ideas and information? Best-selling science fiction writer Naomi Alderman joins Amol to…
Radical with Gabriel GatehouseShould School Meals Be Plant-Based? (Your Radical Questions with Jamie Oliver)
Chef, author and campaigner Jamie Oliver answers your questions about obesity and how he'd create a more inclusive education system. Also, is food in French…
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Jamie Oliver: Obesity and Debt are Killing Britain
Jamie Oliver thinks diet-related illness and growing levels of debt are killing the country he loves. In this frank and open conversation, he tells Amol why we…
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What Do We Do About Young Men and Porn? (Your Radical Questions with Jordan Stephens)
Musician and campaigner Jordan Stephens answers your questions about porn and masculinity. One half of the hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, he now also advocates for…
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Porn and Masculinity: How to Teach Kids about Sex and Relationships (Jordan Stephens)
How is online porn affecting sex and relationships? In this episode, musician and campaigner Jordan Stephens calls for a new approach to sex education and a…
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Will Conservation Become More Mainstream? (Your Radical Questions with Chris Packham)
Environmentalist and TV presenter Chris Packham answers your questions about wildlife conservation, consumerism and his love of punk. Also, why does he oppose…
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A War on Climate Change: Are Environmental Activists Losing The Fight? (Chris Packham)
What does it mean to confront climate change? Amol speaks to broadcaster and campaigner Chris Packham who says conservationists like him have not done enough…
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How Good Is Vertical Farming? (Your Radical Questions with James Rebanks)
Farmer and author James Rebanks is our first guest to answer your questions. He tackles everything from what consumers can do to support British farmers to…
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Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks)
Is it possible to produce enough healthy food to feed the nation whilst also restoring nature? The farmer and best-selling author James Rebanks thinks it is…
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Digital Dominance: How to Limit the Power of Big Tech (Sir Nick Clegg)
How should we balance innovation, power and accountability in the digital age? This week, Amol speaks to Sir Nick Clegg — former UK deputy prime minister and…
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Irrational Humans: How Our Behaviour Shapes the Economy (Professor Richard Thaler)
How do human choices, biases, and behaviours shape our economy? This week Amol speaks to Nobel Prize winning behavioural economist Professor Richard Thaler…
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A New Generational Divide: Living with(out) the Bank of Mum and Dad (Dr Eliza Filby)
How can Millennials, Gen Zs and Gen As thrive in a world where so much success depends on having access to the Bank of Mum and Dad? Historian Dr Eliza Filby –…
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ChatGPT and Google: The Tech Billionaire Taking On AI Companies (Matthew Prince)
Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally changing the internet. But Matthew Prince, CEO of cybersecurity giant Cloudflare, thinks there is a way to ensure…
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A Fatal Punch: Why I Met the Parents of the Man I Killed (Jacob Dunne)
Whilst on a night out in the summer of 2011, Jacob Dunne made a split second decision to throw a punch that killed James Hodgkinson. After being convicted of…
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Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince)
As extreme weather forces people from their homes, the journalist and author Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration. Projections show that billions…
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British Identity: How Schools Can Improve Multiculturalism (Katharine Birbalsingh)
Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh thinks multiculturalism in Britain has led to an excessive focus on our differences rather than what unites us, but she…
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The Weaponisation of Science: How to Avoid a Global Catastrophe (Professor Carlo Rovelli)
Physicist Carlo Rovelli thinks we need natural intelligence and not artificial intelligence in an age of confrontation. Ten years ago he wrote a short book…
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Life After Vogue: Why I Want To Reinvent Fashion Magazines (Edward Enninful)
Edward Enninful thinks fashion risks going backwards on diversity, which is why he’s launched a new media business, EE72, to promote inclusion in an anti-woke…
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Identity Politics: Why the Left Needs to Stop Fighting Culture Wars (Ash Sarkar)
There are some new (and old) faces on the left of British politics hoping to challenge Keir Starmer’s struggling Labour government, but could a party to the…
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Artificial Intelligence: An AI Boss Warns About the Risks (Dario Amodei)
Artificial intelligence is arguably the single biggest force shaping our world today. Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic which created AI chatbot…
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Jordan Schwarzenberger Part Two: A Radical Religious Conversion
Could finding religion allow Gen Z to better find their place in the world? That is the assessment made by Jordan Schwarzenberger, the manager of Europe’s…
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YouTube, Insta and TikTok: A Guide to Growing Your Social Media Following (Jordan Schwarzenberger - part one)
With audiences increasingly turning to echo-chambers on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for their entertainment and away from traditional mass-media, is there…
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Homelessness and the Housing Crisis: How to End Rough Sleeping (Sabrina Cohen-Hatton)
Homelessness is on the rise in Britian with record numbers of people living in emergency accommodation. Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Chief Fire Officer of the West…
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Fake News: How We Can Save Ourselves From Disinformation (Eliot Higgins)
Conspiracy theories have flooded the internet in recent years and a growing number of people are avoiding mainstream news. Eliot Higgins, founder of the open…
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Books v Screens: Why Every School Needs a Library (Katherine Rundell)
Only one in three children in the UK enjoy reading in their spare time – the lowest rate recorded in 20 years, according to a survey for the National Literacy…
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Britain’s New Right: Could Reform Replace the Tories? (Dr James Orr)
Ever since Labour won a landslide victory at the general election, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party and Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have been fighting for the…
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Robert Macfarlane: Rivers Are Dying, So Give Them Rights
Serious pollution incidents by water companies in England rose by 60% last year, but the best-selling author Robert Macfarlane says there is a way to save our…
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Grey Britain: Do We Need to Have More Children? (Dr Paul Morland)
The Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson recently warned that Britain’s declining birth rate could have “worrying repercussions for society.” Demographer…
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From Trump to Corbyn: How Social Media Shapes Politics (Billy Bragg)
The singer, songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg thinks there’s a crisis of accountability in politics (23:51). To fix it, he says we need to reform…
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Law and Order: How to Fix Britain's Courts (Lady Hale)
Is there a better way to handle divorce and family separation in the courts? Lady Hale thinks there is. The former president of the UK’s Supreme Court explains…
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Knife Crime: Can Education Save Lives? (Steve Chalke)
More children are being convicted of crime and our prisons are nearly at capacity. But Steve Chalke thinks he has a solution. The founder of the Oasis…
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The Future of War: How Should the West Respond to its Enemies? (Sir Niall Ferguson)
Leading historian Professor Sir Niall Ferguson explains how patterns from the past can help us understand the future. Amol and Sir Niall discuss the tensions…
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AI and Sexism: The Fight Against Misogyny Online (Laura Bates)
Feminist campaigner Laura Bates has fought for women's safety for over a decade. But now her battle against misogyny moved online. She tells Amol how social…
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Introducing... Radical with Amol Rajan
Conversations about tomorrow, from Today. Every week Amol Rajan talks to radicals, pioneers and innovators from all over the world. From populism and climate…
Radical with Gabriel GatehousePopulism, conspiracies and... Doctor Who
The creator of The Thick of It and Veep discusses the rise of populism and the evolution of political language. And Nick compares Amol to Billie Piper in Dr…
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Is your mobile phone the best or worst friend you’ve ever had?
Over half term this week Radio 4’s Today is conducting an exciting experiment: asking teenagers to abandon their smartphones for a week. On the podcast Amol…