The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want; A Conversation with Professor Judd B. Kessler

October 13th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Judd B. Kessler, the inaugural Howard Marks Endowed Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. We discuss the hidden markets that determine almost everything in our lives, and how to tip the scales in our favour.
13-10-2025 8:45:41
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Our Brains on Music: A Conversation with Daniel J. Levitin – Musician, Neuroscientist & Author.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Daniel J. Levitin- an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity, and creativity. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: This Is Your Brain On Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized…
04-10-2025 15:45:39
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Taking a Business From £0 to £4 Billion – A Conversation with Entrepreneur, Richard Harpin

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Richard Harpin, the founder of HomeServe, a global consumer services company that reached FTSE 100 status before its £4.1 billion acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management. A lifelong entrepreneur, Richard’s passion for business has driven his success.
17-09-2025 19:35:20
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A Conversation with Dr. Russell Kennedy, The Anxiety MD

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Dr. Russell Kennedy—known to many as The Anxiety MD—is a physician, neuroscientist, and leading voice on the emotional and physiological roots of anxiety. Drawing on his own lived experience with childhood trauma and years of clinical practice, Kennedy has developed a unique mind–body approach to healing, blending neuroscience, developmental psychology,…
17-09-2025 19:39:33
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Making AI Safe: The Race to Control Humanity’s Most Important Invention.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In these conversations, I spoke with three of the world’s foremost thinkers on AI safety, risk & governance —Clark Barrett (Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety), Nick Bostrom (Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and the Macrostrategy…
17-09-2025 19:36:47
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The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status on Society – A Conversation with Professor Toby E. Stuart.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to one of the world’s foremost experts on social hierarchies, Toby E. Stuart. Professor Stuart is the Leo Helzel distinguished professor of business administration at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, and author of Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World. He is…
17-09-2025 19:39:50
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On Leadership: A Conversation with Retired Nuclear Submarine Captain L. David Marquet

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Captain L. David Marquet (U.S. Navy, Retired), a celebrated leadership visionary, bestselling author, and educator whose career-defining moment came during his command of the nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN‑763) from 1999 to 2001. We discuss his most important learnings on leadership, and how to build…
17-09-2025 19:37:20
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A Conversation with Marty Dubin, Clinical Psychologist, Serial Entrepreneur & Business Coach to Many of the World’s Top Entrepreneurs.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Martin Dubin, a clinical psychologist, serial entrepreneur, business coach, and adviser to C-suite executives and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. He founded several companies, including a multimillion-dollar health care company where he also served as CEO. A former coach at the Center for Creative Leadership and…
17-09-2025 19:40:20
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A Conversation with Dr. Richard Hagberg, the Silicon Valley “CEO Whisperer”

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Rich Hagberg, Ph.D., often referred to as “Silicon Valley’s CEO Whisperer.” Richard is a trained psychologist who has spent the last 40 years of his career as an executive management coach for over 6,000 executives. Since 2009 he has worked with companies like Tinder, Twitter,…
17-09-2025 19:40:31
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A Conversation with Julian Metcalfe OBE, Founder of Pret a Manger & itsu

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to the Founder of Pret a Manger and itsu, Julian Metcalfe OBE, one of the UK’s most successful hospitality entrepreneurs. We discuss the realities of what it takes to build a scaling business together with his learnings on building some of the UK’s most successful…
17-09-2025 19:37:34
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The Revolution to Come: A Conversation with Professor Dan Edelstein on the History and Significance of Revolutions as Engines of Change.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Stanford Professor, Dan Edelstein. Dan is one of the world’s foremost experts on revolution, social change and political history- and in this wide ranging conversation, we discuss how the concept of revolution- once seen as the greatest of all political dangers, came to be…
17-09-2025 19:40:45
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On the Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World – A Conversation with Professor Harvey Whitehouse.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview I speak to Professor Harvey Whitehouse, one of the world’s foremost anthropologists- whose research focuses on the evolution of social complexity. Harvey is one of the founders of the cognitive science of religion and has spent decades studying how beliefs and rituals have shaped, and reshaped human…
17-09-2025 19:40:58
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