
Create the Future
Hosted by Guru Madhavan and Roma Agrawal and Anna Ploszajski and George Imafidon · Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
4.8from 20 ratings
- 112
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 20
- Ratings
- 2019
- First episode
- 195K
- YouTube views
About Create the Future
Engineering is for everyone and impacts all our lives. At this crucial moment for humanity, it couldn’t be more relevant to listen to engineers, thinkers, and designers as they debate how our future could - and should - look. Hosts Roma Agrawal MBE, George Imafidon MBE, and Guru Madhavan facilitate deep conversations about how we might restructure and rebuild the world we live in, from space travel to smart cities to a circular economy. New episodes every other Friday. Follow @QEPrize on Twitter (https://twitter.com/QEPrize), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/qeprize), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/qeprize/) for more. Transcripts available here (https://qeprize.org/podcasts). The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering - the world’s leading award for engineers - champions groundbreaking invention and bold innovation which benefits humanity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
- Category
- arts · science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Jul 2019
- Latest episode
- 30 Jun 2025
Latest episodes
28 of 112 episodes have a transcript.

30 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Guru & Roma reflect

10 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT
Engineering For Disability

27 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT
The Future of Failure
Inside a recent episode

Guru & Roma reflect
Published 30 Jun 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Legend suggests that everyone evacuated in the two and a half minutes, it took the orchestra to play the British national anthem. The theatrical tragedy of 1911 unintentionally created a design standard or a magic number. See, it's a perfect example of how engineering ideas can and do emerge from human behavior, tradition, and even tragedy. […]
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- Dr Ashley Shew
- Dr Rory Cooper
- Dr Sean Brady
- Mike Lindsay
- Hugh Lewis
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 195,338
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100
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- Quality
- 61
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 90
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Guru Madhavan and Roma Agrawal and Anna Ploszajski and George Imafidon host the show. Published by Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
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