Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy Podcast
1) Nile Rodgers on his influence on music, activism and a changing America
Nile Rodgers is the disco legend who changed the course of modern music. The Chic track 'Good Times' that he co-wrote has alone been sampled more than 200 times and sparked the advent of hip hop. H...Show More
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It's fascinating to listen to Nile Rodgers unravel his thoughts on deep issues like racism.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Amanda Knox: the cost of being wrongfully convicted
Amanda Knox became internationally known following the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher in Pereugia, Italy, and the years of legal proceedings and media scrutiny that followed. Knox was found guilty of...Show More
3) How bipolar and ADHD shaped Heston Blumenthal’s creative genius
Heston Blumenthal is one of the world’s most innovative chefs, known for transforming the way we think about food, flavour and the dining experience. From his self-taught beginnings to building one of...Show More
4) Eric Schlosser: Why the real cost of cheap food is hidden
My guest this week is Eric Schlosser, the investigative journalist and author whose work has fundamentally changed how we think about what we eat. Fast Food Nation was a landmark book that exposed the...Show More
5) Ece Temelkuran: democracies don’t collapse overnight
Warning: moderate strong languageEce Temelkaran is an award-winning journalist and novelist who has spent years warning that the collapse of democracy rarely announces itself with a bang. Instead, it ...Show More
6) Guardian editor Katharine Viner: “Facts are essential, but they’re not enough”
Katharine Viner has spent the past decade running one of the most influential news organisations in the world, steering it through profound industry change, digital upheaval and intense political pres...Show More
7) ‘We are being beaten into submission with lies’ - writer George Saunders on Trump, truth and power
“It's really a deep irony that this guy who has really never set foot in a normal American street was mistaken as a man of the people”, writer George Saunders says of the US President, Donald Trump. H...Show More
8) Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced
Clara Mattei is an economist who wants us to rethink the idea that capitalism is simply the natural order of things.She is an author and professor of economics whose work explores how economic ideas b...Show More
9) How Europe can end the Russia-Ukraine war - Kishore Mahbubani
For decades veteran Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani has challenged what he sees as Western complacency, warned of the irreversible rise of Asia, and argued that the global order must adapt to a...Show More
10) ‘Existential threat’ - Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Farage and Gaza
Mehdi Hasan is a prominent broadcast journalist in America who’s forthright anti-Trump and pro-Palestinian opinions have thrust him to the fore of many of the big issues facing the country today. He i...Show More