Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

How can you change the world? Join Krishnan Guru-Murthy and his guest of the week as they explore the big ideas influencing how we think, act and live.

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

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   Lemn Sissay

   Poet Lemn Sissay on growing up in the care system, racism and finding his Ethiopian family · Sep 2023

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   Marina Hyde

   Marina Hyde on British politics, Brexit and her new book · Oct 2022

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   Munya Chawawa

   Munya Chawawa on finding humour in ‘a bombardment of bad news’ · Oct 2025

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   Nick Cave

   Nick Cave on free speech, his religion, and finding - and defining - happiness · May 2023

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   Prue Leith

   Prue Leith: How to grow old without fear · May 2026

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   Rob Delaney

   Rob Delaney on the loss of his son, supporting the NHS and swimming · Nov 2022

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   Robert Harris

   Trump’s like a NEW ROMAN EMPEROR - Robert Harris · Aug 2026

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   Sadiq Khan

   Sadiq Khan on climate change, immigration and London’s policing crisis · Jun 2023

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   Salman Rushdie

   Salman Rushdie on the fatwa, the attack and his second act · Sep 2026

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    Tim Minchin

    Tim Minchin on his viral speech, quitting social media and being kind · Dec 2024

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    Tim Peake

    Astronaut Tim Peake on Elon Musk's SpaceX and the future of space exploration · Nov 2023

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    Tom Daley

    Tom Daley on LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport, trans rights and being a gay parent · Aug 2022

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    Christo Grozev

    Christo Grozev: the Russian spy catcher Putin wants dead · Mar 2025

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    Cornel West

    US Presidential candidate Cornel West on Israel Hamas war, greedy ruling class and Biden vs Trump · May 2024

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    Deliciously Ella

    ‘Deliciously’ Ella Mills on healthy eating and society's toxic relationship with ultra-processed foods · Jan 2024

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    Denzel Curry

    Denzel Curry on police brutality, overcoming trauma and the power of martial arts · May 2022

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    Eddie Marsan

    Actor Eddie Marsan on the struggles of being a working class actor and the tyranny of toxic masculinity · Apr 2023

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    Gary Stevenson

    Gary Stevenson on taxing the rich and why you're getting poorer · Mar 2025

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    Gary Younge

    Gary Younge on race, Rwanda and a lifetime of writing about Black life · Mar 2023

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    Joseph Stiglitz

    Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom · May 2024

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    Julian Lennon

    Julian Lennon on his identity, the Beatles and his life outside of music · Nov 2022

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    Lynsey Addario

    Why I risk my life to show the truth - war photographer Lynsey Addario · Oct 2025

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    Nikki Giovanni

    Poet Nikki Giovanni on white supremacy, the Capitol attack, and teaching the Virginia Tech shooter · Mar 2024

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    Philippa Perry

    “We’ve medicalised being human” - Dr. Philippa Perry on ADHD and overdiagnosis · Sep 2025

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    Stewart Lee

    Comedian Stewart Lee on why he won't tour Trump's America · May 2025

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    Bill Browder

    Bill Browder on his life as a target of Putin, if sanctions can stop the war and the legacy of Sergei Magnitsky · Apr 2022

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    Chris Van Tulleken

    Chris van Tulleken on how our ultra-processed diet is killing us · Jun 2023

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    Crystal Hefner

    Crystal Hefner on her marriage to Hugh and being ‘trapped’ in the Playboy Mansion · Feb 2024

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    Euan Blair

    Is university a waste of time? Euan Blair on the future of education and AI · Jul 2026

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    Geoff Norcott

    Geoff Norcott on being a conservative comedian, the culture war and why politicians shouldn’t be on Twitter · Jun 2022

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    Joanna Moncrieff

    ‘Antidepressants are like alcohol or cannabis’ | Joanna Moncrieff · Apr 2025

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    Karen Hao

    Karen Hao exposes how AI bros are building an EMPIRE to control the future · May 2026

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    Mehdi Hasan

    ‘Existential threat’ - Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Farage and Gaza · Jan 2026

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    George Takei

    George Takei on being sent to an internment camp, Star Trek and hiding his sexuality. · Dec 2022

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    Tom Tugendhat

    Tom Tugendhat on the war in Ukraine, his time in the military and his ambition to run for PM · Mar 2022

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    Yanis Varoufakis

    Yanis Varoufakis on the death of capitalism, Starmer and the tyranny of big tech · Sep 2023

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    Nouriel Roubini

    Nouriel Roubini on the ‘megathreats’ to our global economy, how to stop them and his nickname Dr Doom · Dec 2022

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    Kiley Reid

    Author Kiley Reid on Black artists, handling criticism and social media · Mar 2024

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    Leila Mottley

    Leila Mottley on writing her bestselling novel at 17, police brutality in America and the way the world treats Black girls · Jun 2022

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    Omar El Akkad

    Omar El Akkad: Gaza war made me 'deeply cynical' about the West · Feb 2025

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