Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter

His hits, including Lonely and Smack That, topped the charts around the world during the noughties, and made the US-Senegalese singer Akon one of the most successful African musicians of all time. In the last few days though, it’s his support for Kanye West, whose recent praise of Hitler sparked outrage, that’s generated headlines.

We’re joined by Dr Alan Stout, who’s Chair of the British Medical Association’s GP Committee, and is himself a GP, based in Belfast.

If the political chaos of the last year has benefited anyone, it’s probably the comedian Rosie Holt. 

The former Chancellor and Health Secretary Sajid Javid has added his name to the list of Conservative MPs who will not be standing at the next election – he did not explain why, but hinted it would “not mark the end of my Parliamentary activity”.

From combatting online harms and safeguarding privacy – to the economic challenges of Brexit, and the war in Ukraine – tech giants like Google are already predicting a “year like no other” in 2023.

In this episode Twitter comedian Rosie Holt joins Krishnan to discuss life as a social media sensation, women in media and why we should laugh at things that make us angry. 

A former lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned after being accused of racist remarks at an event in Buckingham palace for a domestic abuse charity. Mandu Reid, the leader of the Women’s Equality Party witnessed the whole exchange at Buckingham Palace last night.

As police cells are requested to hold prisoners, we spoke with the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, about how bad things really are in prisons right now.

We spoke to Dr Francis Fukuyama, the political scientist and senior fellow at Stanford University.

Rishi Sunak will give his first major foreign policy speech since he became Prime Minister, calling for a “robust pragmatism” towards China and Russia.

We spoke to Dr Yu Jie, a Senior Research Fellow on China at Chatham House about the protests across the country, and what they mean for the future of President Xi.

The actor, writer and director, Clint Dyer is the first black British artist to direct a musical in London’s West End – with his show Get Up Stand Up about Bob Marley. 

Krish is joined by the General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing, Pat Cullen.

Krishnan spoke to Aidan McAnespie’s cousin, Brian Gormley. He began by asking him for his reaction to the verdict.

In this episode, Clint joins Krishnan to discuss theatrical traditions, his vision to articulate the Black experience and his new history-making production of Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello.