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 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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A Conversation with Sir Laurie Bristow, Former UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Russia and Afghanistan.

September 17th, 2025 · 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.
17-09-2025 19:49:34
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What We Can Learn About the World Through the Eyes of a War Reporter – My Interview with Trey Yingst.

September 17th, 2025 · 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…
17-09-2025 19:49:47
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The Age of Outrage & How to Lead in a Polarised World – A Conversation with Professor Karthik Ramanna

September 17th, 2025 · 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…
17-09-2025 19:50:58
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A Conversation with Renée DiResta, One of the World’s Foremost Experts in Online Manipulation, Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories & Scams.

September 17th, 2025 · 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…
17-09-2025 19:51:17
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How the Foreign Lobbying Industry Threatens Global Security – A Conversation with Casey Michel

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Casey Michel is an author, journalist, and director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program with the Human Rights Foundation. He is the author of American Kleptocracy, named by The Economist as one of the 'best books to read to understand financial crime.' He has also testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on…
17-09-2025 19:54:21
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Transformational Philanthropy – A Conversation with Afam Onyema, CEO of the GEANCO Foundation

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
The GEANCO Foundation is an exemplar in the delivery of complex philanthropic projects in Africa. They lead complex surgical missions to Nigeria, and through a network of modern, solar-powered rural family clinics, they help pregnant women to safely deliver healthy babies & vaccinate infants. GEANCO schools and education programs are…
17-09-2025 19:54:35
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A Conversation with Sir Terry Waite, Founder of Hostage International, Who Was Held Captive in Beirut from 1987-1991

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Sir Terry Waite, Founder of Hostage International. Terry was captured in Beirut in 1987, and held captive for almost five years (nearly four of which were in solitary confinement). No information on his whereabouts or survival reaching the wider world for over four years.…
17-09-2025 19:57:10
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On Climate Justice: A Conversation with Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland & Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this conversation, I speak to Professor Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights & Chair of the Elders. We discuss the concept of climate justice, the human and human rights impact of climate change together with the need for more climate adaptive societies…
17-09-2025 20:01:58
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