Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Benjamin Bratton on why Covid should change the way we think and on why he hates Ted talks

Nov 26, 2021

Benjamin Bratton is a sociologist, design theorist and author. He perhaps is most known for his TED talk, 'What's wrong with TED Talks?'

His most recent book, 'The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic' world discusses the lessons he says that we can learn from our experiences with Covid-19...

Jools Holland on his old friend the piano, his dancing dog and inventing punk piano

Nov 19, 2021

Jools Holland is a world-renowned musician, composer, broadcaster, band leader and host of Later with Jools Holland and the Hootenanny.

He tells Krishnan all about how the piano changed his life, sparking a lifelong love affair with music and tells him about how his dancing dog inspired a track on his new album.

Nish Kumar on political comedy, mental health and leaving The Mash Report

Nov 15, 2021

Comedian Nish Kumar is best known for his five years at the helm of BBC Two's The Mash Report. The show was cancelled by the BBC earlier this year and moved to Dave under a new name - Late Night Mash. But in an act of "self-cancellation", Kumar stepped down as its host and is touring with his new show, Control,...

Steven Pinker on rationality during an epidemic of unreason, teaching tools of reason and debating an irrational people

Nov 5, 2021

Steven Pinker, an experimental cognitive scientist and professor of psychology at Harvard. He has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world today.

He joins Krishnan to discuss his new book, ‘Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems scarce, Why It Matters’ which is billed as a...