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If life feels like it's happening TO you, not FOR you, then The Amol Rajan Connection is here to help. This show will slow the world down, explain the mighty forces shaping our era - and help you Win the Future. We're living through one of history's hinge moments. An old order is crumbling and a new one struggling to be born. AI, smartphones, global heating; ageing population; economic crisis: we’re about to get a century of change in a single decade. Amol was Editor of The Independent at 29; spent years leading the BBC’s coverage of global Technology; was Presenter of Radio 4’s flagship Today Programme and the prime-time Amol Rajan Interviews; is Host of University Challenge; and was a useless Faithful on Celebrity Traitors. With 20 years in News behind him, Amol has always been more interested in deep trends than fleeting events. The Amol Rajan Connection is a welcoming space where the most smart, dynamic, influe
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- Yesterday1h 8m
Episode 4 - Ian Hogarth: How Powerful Could Artificial Intelligence Become?
AI, robotics, quantum computing and nuclear fusion are revolutionary technologies changing our lives. But are they changing them for the better? Are we too late to control AI? How do we get the best out of AI? The Amol Rajan Connection explores the risks and benefits with Ian Hogarth - the co-founder and chair of the UK’s AI Security Institute and a co-founder and partner at the investment group Plural. What does he worry about the most? Chapters 00:00:00 Ian Hogarth on slowing down the AI race 00:12:42 The magnitude of the AI impact on us 00:13:55 Waitrose advert 00:18:04 The current state of AI development 00:21:30 The complex policy challenge we face 00:26:35 Amazon advert 00:29:31 Why I gave up my Anthropic shares 00:33:50 How can we use AI to improve our lives now 00:36:01 Is there an AI bubble? 00:38:41 What governments need to worry about now 00:42:02 Tech investments that could change the world 00:44:40 Google Cloud advert 00:45:20 Let's talk about Quantum Computing 00:48:20 Protecting UK companies in the tech race 00:56:00 Robotics and the tech frontier 00:57:57 Natwest advert 00:59:02 The future of jobs Thanks to our launch partners for all their support. Waitrose - For more information visit waitrose.com/goodfood Amazon - Search supported internship on aboutamazon.co.uk Google Cloud - Discover more: cloud.google.com/ai NatWest - More details at natwest.com Please follow here for free so we keep in touch. Sign up to our FREE newsletter and join our membership club: amolrajanconnection.com Team: Video Editor: Rachel Dinnewell Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Finn Clarkson, Jack Kircher at Koko Studios Producers: Pastel House Media Produced in partnership with Sister Group Social Media: Kiera Maloney Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett
- 4 days ago21 min
Q&A with Daisy Christodoulou: How to make learning work for our kids
Fixing the literacy crisis; Using AI in education; dealing with difficult teachers. Educationalist Daisy Christodoulou answers your questions on the Amol Rajan Connection. Chapters 00:00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:15:00 How do we encourage kids to enjoy reading? 00:04:30:00 Helping the quiet children 00:07:00:00 A middle ground between the 3 Rs and children choosing. 00:08:25:00 Avoiding a ‘one size fits all’ education for SEND children? 00:13:50:00 How do we teach children to use AI in a positive way? 00:16:43:00 How do I stop my teachers picking on me? Thanks to our launch partners for all their support. NatWest - More details at natwest.com Waitrose - For more information visit waitrose.com/goodfood Amazon - Search supported internship on aboutamazon.co.uk Google Cloud - Discover more: cloud.google.com/ai Please follow here for free so we keep in touch. Sign up to our FREE newsletter and join our membership club: amolrajanconnection.com Team: Video Editor: Rachel Dinnewell Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Oakley Moffatt, Jack Kircher at Koko Studios Producers: Pastel House Media Produced in partnership with Sister Group Social Media: Kiera Maloney Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett
- 1 weeks ago1h 17m
Episode 3 - Daisy Christodoulou: The risk is a Stupidogenic Society
Dubbed Britain’s brightest student on University Challenge, Daisy Christodoulou is now one of the UK’s biggest brains in education. If you’re a parent, a teacher or a pupil, what Daisy has to say on the Amol Rajan Connection is urgent and matters, if we are to navigate the future together. And she’s not afraid to challenge current policies on teaching across the UK. Chapters: 00:00:00 Daisy Christodoulou and the education debate 00:04:00 Who is Daisy Christodoulou? 00:08:06 When Daisy realised education was going wrong 00:12:50 Why we need long term memory and knowledge 00:17:56 Should we have more vocational courses? 00:29:14 The big education experiment in the UK 00:38:54 Daisy's Seven Myths of Education 01:02:17 The politics of education 01:05:42 Understanding the NEETs crisis 01:09:00 AI and education - are we getting dumber? 01:13:47 How should parents prepare kids for the future? Thanks to our launch partners for all their support. NatWest - More details at natwest.com Waitrose - For more information visit waitrose.com/goodfood Amazon - Search supported internship on aboutamazon.co.uk Google Cloud - Discover more: cloud.google.com/ai Please follow here for free so we keep in touch. Sign up to our FREE newsletter and join our membership club: amolrajanconnection.com Team: Video Editor: Rachel Dinnewell Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Oakley Moffatt, Jack Kircher at Koko Studios Producers: Pastel House Media Production Support: Aphelia Jones & Merrie Cecilia Produced in partnership with Sister Group Social Media: Kiera Maloney Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett Credit: University Challenge, Granada Television, BBC2
- 1 weeks ago21 min
Q&A Delia Smith: Never a duff Delia
The queen of cookery reveals the secret to perfect roast potatoes and the key to cooking moist meat. Delia Smith, who has sold over 21 million books and taught a nation how to cook, answers questions on the Amol Rajan Connection. Thanks to our launch partners for all their support. Google Cloud - Discover more: cloud.google.com/ai NatWest - More details at natwest.com Waitrose - For more information visit waitrose.com/goodfood Amazon - Search supported internship on aboutamazon.co.uk Please follow here for free so we keep in touch. Sign up to our FREE newsletter and join our membership club: amolrajanconnection.com Team: Video Editor: Ben Bonsey Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Oakley Moffatt, Jack Kircher at Koko Studios Producers: Pastel House Media Production Support: Aphelia Jones & Merrie Cecilia Produced in partnership with Sister Group Social Media: Kiera Maloney Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
Episode 2 - Delia Smith: Ingredients for life
Delia Smith has been one the most famous women in Britain for the past 50 years, selling over 20 million books and teaching a nation to cook. This interview was recorded just a few days after the death of her late husband Michael. She talks about adapting to life without him - her career - and her new book, ‘US: Nine ingredients to change our world’, trying to connect and unite communities. Thanks to our launch partners for all their support. Google Cloud - Discover more: cloud.google.com/ai NatWest - More details at natwest.com Waitrose - For more information visit waitrose.com/goodfood Amazon - Search supported internship on aboutamazon.co.uk Please follow here for free so we keep in touch. Sign up to our FREE newsletter and join our membership club: amolrajanconnection.com Team: Video Editor: Ben Bonsey Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Oakley Moffatt, Jack Kircher at Koko Studios Producers: Pastel House Media Production Support: Aphelia Jones & Merrie Cecilia Produced in partnership with Sister Group Social Media: Kiera Maloney Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett
- 2 weeks ago32 min
Q&A with Gareth Southgate: Egos, young athletes and mental health
Sir Gareth Southgate takes questions on the Amol Rajan Connection: Including from the former BBC boss, Tim Davie, about dealing with huge characters and egos. Follow-up episode with a giant of English football. Thanks to our launch partners for all their support. Amazon - Search supported internship on aboutamazon.co.uk Google Cloud - Discover more: cloud.google.com/ai NatWest - More details at natwest.com Waitrose - For more information visit waitrose.com/goodfood Please follow here for free so we keep in touch. Sign up to our FREE newsletter and join our membership club: https://amolrajanconnection.com/ Team: Video Editor: Ben Bonsey Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Oakley Moffatt, Jack Kircher at Koko studios Producers: Tom Norris, Rachel Dinnewell at Pastel House Media Produced in partnership with Sister Group Social Media: Kiera Maloney Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett
- 3 weeks ago2h 0m
Episode 1 - Gareth Southgate: Lessons in Life, Leadership & Football
A giant of English football, Southgate is on top form and more candid than ever in this unmissable conversation with Amol Rajan. He talks about what he’s learned from failure; why he stopped enjoying football; how the game is letting fans down; whether he would return; and why he now spends so much time thinking about the crisis of meaning afflicting so many men. How can we build confident, kind, resilient young people? Gareth distils years of hard thinking and wisdom on leadership, challenging characters, and what it means to be English today. And he explains what comes next in his own remarkable journey. Brought to you in partnership with: Amazon - Search supported internship on aboutamazon.co.uk Google Cloud - Discover more: cloud.google.com/ai NatWest - More details at natwest.com Waitrose - For more information visit waitrose.com/goodfood Thanks to our launch partners for all their support. Sign up to our FREE newsletter and join our membership club here: amolrajanconnection.com Follow us and Subscribe: Youtube: @amolrajanconnection Spotify: The Amol Rajan Connection Instagram: @amolrajanconnection TikTok: amol.rajan LinkedIn: Amol Rajan Team: Video Editor: Ben Bonsey Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Oakley Moffatt, Jack Kircher Producer: Tom Norris, Rachel Dinnewell at Pastel House Media Produced in partnership with Sister Group - production lead: Bryony Hopkins Social Media: Kiera Maloney Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett
- 3 weeks ago2 min
Welcome to The Amol Rajan Connection
If life feels like it's happening TO you, not FOR you, then The Amol Rajan Connection is here to help. This show will slow the world down, explain the mighty forces shaping our era - and help you Win the Future. We're living through one of history's hinge moments. An old order is crumbling and a new one struggling to be born. AI, smartphones, global heating; ageing population; economic crisis: we’re about to get a century of change in a single decade. Amol was Editor of The Independent at 29; spent years leading the BBC’s coverage of global Technology; was Presenter of Radio 4’s flagship Today Programme and the prime-time Amol Rajan Interviews; is Host of University Challenge; and was a useless Faithful on Celebrity Traitors. With 20 years in News behind him, Amol has always been more interested in deep trends than fleeting events. The Amol Rajan Connection is a welcoming space where the most smart, dynamic, influential and brave people on the planet help us understand how the world is changing - and give you the confidence to navigate it. Follow to catch every episode.
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If life feels like it's happening TO you, not FOR you, then The Amol Rajan Connection is here to help. This show will slow the world down, explain the mighty forces shaping our era - and help you Win the Future. We're living through one of history's hinge moments. An old order is crumbling and a new one struggling to be born. AI, smartphones, global heating; ageing population; economic crisis: we’re about to get a century of change in a single decade. Amol was Editor of The Independent at 29; spent years leading the BBC’s coverage of global Technology; was Presenter of Radio 4’s flagship Today Programme and the prime-time Amol Rajan Interviews; is Host of University Challenge; and was a useless Faithful on Celebrity Traitors. With 20 years in News behind him, Amol has always been more interested in deep trends than fleeting events. The Amol Rajan Connection is a welcoming space where the most smart, dynamic, influe
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