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

Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have To. My Interview with Dr. David Sinclair, Author of Lifespan.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that ageing is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about ageing is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan? David Sinclair, PhD, AO, is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. One of the leading innovators of his generation,…
04-10-2025 16:05:45
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Abigail E. Disney on Wealth, Philanthropy, Legacy & Success.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Abigail E. Disney advocates for real changes to the way capitalism operates in today's world. She has worked for thirty years with programs for low-income families, women's rights, and global poverty. She is an Emmy- Winning Documentary Filmmaker and co-founder of Fork Films, a nonfiction media production company, which produces…
04-10-2025 16:06:32
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Marianne Williamson – Author, Activist & Spiritual Thought Leader

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, non-profit and political activist, and spiritual thought leader. For over three decades Marianne has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles. She is the author of 14 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times best sellers. A quote from…
04-10-2025 16:07:06
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Federico Marchetti, Founder & Chairman of YOOX NET-A-PORTER

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Federico Marchetti is a remarkable entrepreneur defined by the New York Times as “the man who put fashion on the net”, has revolutionised the fashion industry. Marchetti founded YOOX, the world’s first lifestyle e-commerce destination, in 2000, way before the launch of Facebook and the iPhone. YOOX was listed on…
04-10-2025 16:07:18
Thought Economics

 

Noise and the Flaws in Human Judgement – A Conversation with Daniel Kahneman & Cass R Sunstein.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement, Nobel Prize Winner, Daniel Kahneman together with co-authors Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show how noise helps produce errors in many fields, including medicine, law, public health, economic forecasting, food safety, forensic science, bail verdicts, child protection, strategy, performance reviews and personnel…
04-10-2025 16:07:39
Thought Economics

 

On Grit, Passion & Perseverance – A Conversation with Angela Duckworth.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Angela Duckworth is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a non-profit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and faculty…
04-10-2025 16:07:50
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Niall Ferguson on The Politics of Disasters & Catastrophe.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. We have science on our side, after all. Yet the responses of many developed countries to a new pathogen…
04-10-2025 16:08:07
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Daniel Goleman on Emotional Intelligence, Emotions & Leadership

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Dr. Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science…
04-10-2025 16:08:50
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Bertrand Piccard, Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation, Serial Explorer, Psychiatrist and Pioneer in Environmental Innovation & Climate Sustainability.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
It is in Bertrand Piccard’s DNA to go beyond the obvious and achieve the impossible. From a legendary lineage of explorers who conquered the stratosphere and the abysses, he made history by accomplishing two aeronautical firsts, around the world non-stop in a balloon, and more recently in a solar plane without…
04-10-2025 16:09:22
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Philippe Starck, Creator, On Art, Design, Technology & Human Civilisation.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Philippe Starck, world famous creator with multifaceted inventiveness, is always focused on the essential, his vision: that creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible. This philosophy has made him one of the pioneers and central figures of the concept of “democratic design”.…
04-10-2025 16:10:04
Thought Economics

 

All Interviews  (589)
Business & Economics  (348)
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…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts  (229)
In this interview I speak to Sahil Bloom, author of “The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life" which Apple CEO Tim Cook calls, “a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up—and a guide for how to build a life…
Health & Medicine  (68)
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,…
Nobel Laureates  (20)
Politics & Policy  (161)
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…
Science & Technology  (124)
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…