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Blur bassist Alex James speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about Jeremy Clarkson, Oasis, band break ups, diets, and how he went from a rock and roll star “swinging from chandeliers” to a farmer with five kids, in this week’s episode of Ways to Change the World.

Comedian Omid Djalili talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about Syria, Israel, Gaza and the Iranian regime, and why the West should care about the Middle East, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Tim Minchin opens up about stepping away from social media, the rise of polemicists in public discourse, and why kindness and generosity are central to the stories he wants to tell, and the kind of person he wants to be, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and guests talk about how the Ukraine-Russia war is escalating, in this episode of The Political Fourcast.

Brianna Ghey’s mother, Esther, tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why protecting young people online is not only the parents’ responsibility, but that of governments and social media companies, in this episode of Ways to Change the World. She also talks about the importance of teaching empathy and compassion to children, and why she supports Labour MP Josh MacAlister’s proposal of banning social media apps for under-16s in the UK.

Will Labour’s first budget in 14 years deliver growth and fix public services, or just hit businesses with a £40bn tax raid? Krishnan Guru-Murthy crunches the numbers with economists and politicians.

Matt Frei is joined by a Democratic politician and a pro-Trump strategist in Pennsylvania where the race for the White House is now so close that both sides are in the fight for their political lives.

With MPs about the vote on a controversial bill to legalise assisted dying, Krishnan Guru-Murthy debates the issue with politicians on either side of the debate: Danny Kruger and Christine Jardine.

Can the next Conservative leader haul the party back from brink – and who should that be? Cathy Newman asks former Deputy PM Therese Coffey and former Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

After criticism over ‘freebies’, did Keir Starmer fire up Labour conference with his ‘change’ message? Cathy Newman asks the Leader of the Lords Angela Smith and the nursing union boss Nicola Ranger.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and guests analyse Rachel Reeves’s speech in this episode of The Political Fourcast live from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

In the latest episode of the American Fourcast Matt Frei and guests dissect the Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

How can the new Labour government stop scandals like Grenfell happening again? Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to the area’s former MP and the director of the charity investigating state-related deaths.

American election forecaster, Nate Silver, tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy the chances of Kamala Harris or Donald Trump winning the US election, why he thinks Elon Musk’s tweets on X during the 2024 UK summer riots were part and parcel of having freedom of speech, and the transformative impact of AI on the world, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

Matt Frei is at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to ask White House and Senate insiders whether good ‘vibes’ are all Kamala Harris needs to unite America and win the election.