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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Every guest on Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

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

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   David Shrigley

   Artist David Shrigley: I stopped watching the news when Trump won · Nov 2025

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   Misan Harriman

   Misan Harriman on Meghan Markle, Gaza and shooting for Vogue · Mar 2025

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   Jason Arday

   Cambridge’s youngest Black professor Jason Arday on Autism, racism, and learning to read at 18 · Sep 2023

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   Orhan Pamuk

   Orhan Pamuk on authoritarianism and pandemics, his new novel and Salman Rushdie’s attack · Oct 2022

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   Alex James

   Blur's Alex James: Rock stars either die or end up on a farm · Dec 2024

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   Angela Davis

   Angela Davis on socialism, how change happens and growing up in segregated Alabama · Mar 2022

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   Azeem Rafiq

   Azeem Rafiq on tackling racism in cricket, losing his son, and facing his own failures · May 2023

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   Ben Okri

   Poet Ben Okri on disruptive climate protests and dreaming of Nigeria · Jul 2023

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   CQ Brown Jr

   US Air Force Chief General CQ Brown Jr. on the Ukraine war, BLM and Top Gun · Jul 2022

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    Caster Semenya

    Caster Semenya on gender fairness in athletics and what being a woman means to her · Nov 2023

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    Chris McCausland

    Chris McCausland: Why disability does not define me · Dec 2025

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    Clara Mattei

    Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced · Feb 2026

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    Clint Dyer

    Clint Dyer on dealing with dyslexia, racism, his admiration for Shakespeare and his vision for directing · Nov 2022

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    Dave Stewart

    Dave Stewart on meeting Annie Lennox, Eurythmics and his new album · Sep 2022

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    Dawn Butler

    Dawn Butler MP on white feminism, Sadiq Khan, and racism in Parliament · Sep 2023

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    Devi Sridhar

    Want to live to 100? Here’s how - Devi Sridhar · Jun 2025

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    Ece Temelkuran

    Ece Temelkuran: democracies don’t collapse overnight · Mar 2026

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    Ella Al-Shamahi

    ‘Humans are not evolved for modern life’ - evolutionary biologist Ella Al-Shamahi · Aug 2025

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    Eric Schlosser

    Eric Schlosser: Why the real cost of cheap food is hidden · Mar 2026

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    Evgenia Kara-Murza

    Evgenia Kara-Murza on the fight to free Russia’s political prisoners and the dream of a democratic Russia · Jun 2023

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    Gaia Vince

    Gaia Vince on how to manage climate change migration · Sep 2022

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    Gina Martin

    Activist Gina Martin on changing the law on upskirting, ‘boys will be boys’, and the impact of online abuse · Aug 2023

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    Halima Begum

    ActionAid CEO Halima Begum on siding with humanity in Israel-Gaza war and the West’s ‘moral responsibility’ to humanitarian aid · Nov 2023

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    Husam Zomlot

    From Gaza refugee to ambassador - Husam Zomlot's vision for peace between Israel and Palestine · Sep 2025

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    Imad Al Arnab

    Syrian chef and refugee Imad Al Arnab on his journey from war-torn Syria to opening his dream restaurant in Soho · Jul 2023

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    Indhu Rubasingham

    Meet the most important person in British theatre - Indhu Rubasingham · Apr 2025

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    Jan Ravens

    From Theresa May to Liz Truss - how impressionist Jan Ravens exposes flaws of the powerful · Nov 2025

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    Jyoti Patel

    Jyoti Patel on identity, belonging, and how to ask someone the question: “Where are you from?” · Jan 2023

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    Kamila Shamsie

    Kamila Shamsie on "Googling while Muslim", Shamima Begum and the UK’s ‘racist’ immigration policy · Jun 2023

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    Katharine Viner

    Guardian editor Katharine Viner: “Facts are essential, but they’re not enough” · Feb 2026

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    Keith Allen

    Keith Allen on becoming an actor and why he would legalise drugs · Dec 2023

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    Kimberlé Crenshaw

    Is ‘colourblindness’ a myth? Kimberlé Crenshaw on the 'war on woke' · May 2026

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    Kishore Mahbubani

    How Europe can end the Russia-Ukraine war - Kishore Mahbubani · Feb 2026

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    Lesia Vasylenko

    Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko on her work, how the war might end and Russian war tactics · Jul 2022

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    Lethal Bizzle

    Lethal Bizzle on racism, crypto and grime · Jun 2022

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    Michael Balogun

    Michael Balogun on finding his purpose in prison and the power of belief · Mar 2023

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    Michael Gove

    Trump is 'autocratic and imperious' - Michael Gove · Jul 2025

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    Mikaela Loach

    Mikaela Loach on fighting the climate crisis through social justice, the problem with net zero, and being a 'soft Black girl' · Oct 2023

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    Mike Berners Lee

    Mike Berners-Lee: Why dishonesty is destroying the planet · Apr 2025

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    Naz Shah

    How society is structured to 'keep people in poverty' - Labour MP Naz Shah · May 2026

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