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

The Future of Search: A Conversation with Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO and Co-founder of Neeva and a Venture Partner at Greylock.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Sridhar Ramaswamy is CEO and Co-founder of Neeva and a Venture Partner at Greylock Partners. Neeva is search re-imagined. It is subscription based and does not sell ads or track user behaviour as a part of its business model. Neeva is focused on finding exactly what matters most for its…
04-10-2025 16:15:22
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Adam Grant on Why We Need to Think Again, About Everything.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In his latest book Think Again, Adam Grant - Wharton's top-rated professor and #1 bestselling author - offers bold ideas and rigorous evidence to show how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, encourage others to rethink topics as wide-ranging as abortion and climate change, and build schools, workplaces,…
04-10-2025 16:15:42
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Nicola Benedetti CBE on Music, Philanthropy & Performance

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. Her ability to captivate audiences and her wide appeal as an advocate for classical music has made her one of the most influential artists of today. Nicola is a dedicated, passionate ambassador and leader in music education reaching…
04-10-2025 16:15:58
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Nitin Sawhney CBE on Why We Make Music.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Nitin Sawhney CBE, recipient of the Ivor Novello 2017 Lifetime Achievement award, is one the most distinctive and versatile musical voices around today. Sawhney has recorded multiple albums, film soundtracks and compilations, encompassing over 60 film and TV scores and is established as a world-class producer, songwriter, touring artist, BBC…
04-10-2025 16:16:11
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Matthew McConaughey, Actor, Producer & Author

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award®-winning actor and producer who has played starring roles in some of the most seminal, and commercially successful films in recent history including A Time to Kill (1996), U-571 (2000), the Wedding Planner (2001), Failure to Launch (2006), Magic Mike (2012), The Wolf of Wall…
04-10-2025 16:17:06
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Sir Ronald Cohen, Preeminent International Philanthropist, Venture Capitalist, Private Equity Investor, and Social Innovator.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Throughout the world, capitalism and democracy are being challenged with great force. The world must change, but we cannot change it by throwing money at old ideas that no longer work. We need a new path to a new world where inequality is shrinking, where natural resources are regenerated, and…
04-10-2025 16:17:17
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation With James Thornton, Founder of ClientEarth – One of the World’s Most Ambitious Environmental Organisations

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
James Thornton is a remarkable individual who has dedicated his life to fighting for climate and environmental justice. As a Wall Street lawyer, he won over 80 cases to force the Reagan Administration to clean up polluted water. It was in 2007, when he moved to Europe that ClientEarth was…
04-10-2025 16:17:42
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Kalki Koechlin – Actress, Writer, Producer & Activist.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Kalki Koechlin is an extraordinary talent. She is an actress, writer, producer and activist who has received numerous accolades including a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award, MetroPlus Playwright Award and two Screen Awards. Born in Pondicherry, India, to French parents, Kalki studied her craft at Goldsmiths, University of London…
04-10-2025 16:17:54
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Former Seal Team Six Leader Robert O’Neill, the Man Who Fired the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Robert O’Neill is one of the most highly-decorated combat veterans of our time and the author of The New York Times best-selling memoir, The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior. A former SEAL Team Six leader with the Naval…
04-10-2025 16:18:10
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Christiana Figueres, one of the architects of the Paris Agreement & Co-Founder of Global Optimism.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 to 2016. During her tenure at the UNFCCC, Ms. Figueres brought together national and sub-national governments, corporations and activists,…
04-10-2025 16:18:24
Thought Economics

 

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In this interview I speak to Rachel Botsman- author, designer, and lecturer renowned for her work on trust and societal change. A leading expert in the field, she has written three influential books—What’s Mine Is Yours, Who Can You Trust?, and How to Trust & Be Trusted—translated into 14 languages. As a…
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In this interview I speak to Rachel Botsman- author, designer, and lecturer renowned for her work on trust and societal change. A leading expert in the field, she has written three influential books—What’s Mine Is Yours, Who Can You Trust?, and How to Trust & Be Trusted—translated into 14 languages. As a…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts  (230)
Health & Medicine  (69)
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,…
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Politics & Policy  (163)
In this interview, I speak to Professor César A. Hidalgo, a physicist and global leader in the field of economic complexity. He leads the Center for Collective Learning at the Toulouse School of Economics and Corvinus University of Budapest, is the founder of DataWheel, and author of Why Information Grows.…
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…
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