Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL Interviews the world's leading thinkers, and the people shaping the century.

December 18th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Dr. Martha Beck, PhD, bestselling author, coach, and speaker. She has spent a lifetime offering powerful, practical, and entertaining teachings that help people improve every aspect of their lives. Martha holds three Harvard degrees in social science, and Oprah Winfrey has called her “one…
18-12-2024 9:18:45
Thought Economics

 

December 10th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to one of the world’s foremost experts in Quantum Computing, Scott Aaronson. Scott is Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center. His research interests centre around the capabilities and limits of quantum…
10-12-2024 9:56:26
Thought Economics

 

November 20th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Toby Gad, one of the world’s most successful songwriters & music producers whose songs have won GRAMMYs and a Diamond Award. Toby has been sought after by artists including Beyonce, Madonna, John Legend, Paul McCartney & Andrea Bocelli for his extraordinary musicianship, writing and producing…
20-11-2024 14:36:16
Thought Economics

 

November 19th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and one of the world’s foremost experts in marketing, branding & human behaviour. We discuss how a deep understanding of human psychology and behaviour has enabled some of the world's most successful brands to succeed.
19-11-2024 10:58:57
Thought Economics

 

November 19th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to J. Doyne Farmer, who is an American complex systems scientist and entrepreneur who was a pioneer in many of the fields that define the scientific agenda of our times: dynamical systems, chaos, complex systems, artificial life, wearable computing, time series analysis, theoretical biology, and…
19-11-2024 9:46:28
Thought Economics

 

October 25th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Sir Laurie Bristow, former UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Russia and Afghanistan. We discuss the role of diplomacy in our world, the role of diplomats in global peace and security, and what we can learn from when diplomacy goes right, and when it goes wrong.
25-10-2024 19:40:38
Thought Economics

 

October 26th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Trey Yingst, one of the world’s most accomplished foreign correspondents & war reporters who has covered the Israel-Hamas War, Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and secured interviews with everyone from the leaders of Hamas, the Haqqani Terror Network and Islamic Jihad to the Presidents, Prime…
26-10-2024 21:34:33
Thought Economics

 

October 8th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Professor Marc Brackett, one of the world’s foremost experts in the science and psychology of emotion. Marc is the founding director of the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, and author of the international best-selling book, Permission to Feel. In this powerful discussion, Marc helps…
08-10-2024 10:04:28
Thought Economics

 

October 4th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Professor Karthik Ramanna, one of the world’s foremost experts on governance and leadership in crisis. We discuss the reasons why our world feels so outraged- and how leaders can build resilient organisations which can make sense of outrage, turn down the temperature, progress through…
04-10-2024 14:23:44
Thought Economics

 

September 16th, 2024 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Renée DiResta is a highly regarded expert and speaker on adversarial abuse online – in other words, on how bad actors manipulate the digital public square. From spammers and scammers to state sponsored trolls, she investigates how social media platforms and technologies (such as generative AI) are used for evil. Although…
16-09-2024 10:25:35
Thought Economics

 

All Interviews  (582)
Business & Economics  (343)
My interview with reMarkable CEO, Phil Hess. We discuss the thesis behind reMarkable that led to the creation of one of Europe’s fastest growing technology companies, and a product with millions of users, which made Time magazine’s list of Best Inventions of 2020. Phil digs into reMarkable’s traction and growth,…
In this interview, I speak to Baron Jon Moynihan on his new book, Return to Growth Volume One: How to Fix the Economy. We discuss the UK’s decades-long stagnant economy and looks at what can be done to resuscitate it. In our conversation, we explore the key dynamics affecting economic…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts  (235)
Health & Medicine  (66)
In this interview, I speak to James Nestor (author of ‘Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art’) we discuss his extraordinary journey understanding how modern civilisation has forgotten the importance of the most important thing we do, breathing. We discuss the impact that poor breathing has on our health…
Nobel Laureates  (20)
Politics & Policy  (162)
In this interview, I speak to Baron Jon Moynihan on his new book, Return to Growth Volume One: How to Fix the Economy. We discuss the UK’s decades-long stagnant economy and looks at what can be done to resuscitate it. In our conversation, we explore the key dynamics affecting economic…
Science & Technology  (121)