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1285 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Kenneth R. Rosen

   Is the Arctic the World’s Next War Zone? With Kenneth R. Rosen · Jan 2026

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   Mariana Mazzucato

   Mariana Mazzucato and Stella Creasy on the Global Economy, PART 2 · 3 episodes

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   Nicholas Schmidle

   The New Space Race, with Nicholas Schmidle and Helen Czerski · May 2021

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   Richard Thaler

   Business Weekly: Nudge Theory and How to Change Behaviours with Richard Thaler · Nov 2021

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   Scott Anderson

   How has American hubris shaped Iran? With Scott Anderson · 4 episodes

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   Sheera Frenkel

   Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination, with Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang · Jul 2021

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   Sheila Heti

   Is Telling a Life Story as Easy as ABC? with Sheila Heti · Aug 2024

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   Taylor Lorenz

   Extremely Online: Taylor Lorenz on the Rise of the Creator Economy · Dec 2023

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   Tim Wu

   How Tech Platforms Threaten Our Future, With Former White House Advisor Tim Wu (Part Two) · 2 episodes

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    Andrew McAfee

    More From Less, with Andrew McAfee and Hugo Lindgren · Feb 2020

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    Anne Applebaum

    The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Trump, with Anne Applebaum (Part Two) · 8 episodes

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    Ayaan Hirsi Ali

    Ayaan Hirsi Ali On Her Fight to Save the West · 2 episodes

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    Cory Doctorow

    Why Does It Feel Like Everything is Getting Worse? With Cory Doctorow · 2 episodes

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    Daniel Dennett

    Adventures in Philosophy with Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins · 4 episodes

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    Daron Acemoglu

    Why Did the Working Class Abandon the Left? With Nobel Economist Daron Acemoglu · Sep 2026

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    Francis Fukuyama

    Francis Fukuyama on the New World Order (Part Two) · 5 episodes

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    George Packer

    Reaching Across the Divide in US Politics, with George Packer · Apr 2022

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    John Gray

    John Gray on the US Election and a World After Liberalism, Part Two · 7 episodes

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    Lloyd Blankfein

    What Does It Take to Run Goldman Sachs During a Meltdown? With Former CEO Lloyd Blankfein · Mar 2026

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    Michael Sandel

    Debate: Michael Sandel vs Adrian Wooldridge on Meritocracy · 3 episodes

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    Nina Schick

    Deepfakes and the Infocalypse with Nina Schick and Carl Miller · Aug 2020

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    Simon Sebag Montefiore

    The Powerful Women Who Made History · 5 episodes

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    Stephen Fry

    The Sunday Debate: Verdi vs Wagner · 6 episodes

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    Tim Berners-Lee

    Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Internet, AI and the Future of Humanity (Part Two) · 2 episodes

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    Will MacAskill

    How to Improve the World for the Generations to Come, with Will MacAskill · 2 episodes

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    Will Storr

    The Status Game, with Will Storr · Sep 2021

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    Yascha Mounk

    The Identity Trap of Modern Politics · 2 episodes

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    Adam Buxton

    An Evening with Adam Buxton and Caitlin Moran (Part Two) · 3 episodes

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    Alastair Campbell

    Why Politics Matters, with Alastair Campbell · 3 episodes

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    Alice Roberts
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    Angie Hobbs

    Does Plato Still Matter Today? with Angie Hobbs · Aug 2025

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    Arundhati Roy

    Arundhati Roy on Storytelling, Memory and The Human Condition (Part Two) · 2 episodes

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    Benjamin Zephaniah

    How I Found My Voice: Benjamin Zephaniah · Sep 2019

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    Bernardine Evaristo
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    Boris Johnson

    Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard · 2 episodes

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    Brian Eno
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    Caitlin Moran
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    Caitlyn Jenner

    Caitlyn Jenner on Identity and Self-Realisation · Jan 2018

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    Carlo Rovelli

    Anaximander: the Ancient World’s Most Radical Scientific Thinker · 3 episodes

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    Christiane Amanpour

    CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Trump, Iran and the World in 2026 (Part Two) · 2 episodes

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