Amul Pandya converses with independent, adventurous and sometimes courteous free spirits. Creativity is an act of rebellion. Whether they are entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, investors, chefs, or corporate antagonists, Amul's guests all share a common disposition of not just pushing boundaries but re-drawing landscapes.
#33 Rewilding Nature with Peter Smith and Henry George
Peter Smith is an ecologist who has worked tirelessly for decades to protect and revitalise Britain's nature reserves. He was the founder of the Wildwood Trust and was one of the central pioneering figures who helped drive the reintroduction of the beaver to British woodlands. Drawing on his knowledge of history, philosophy, classical economics (including Henry George!) and downright dirty politics our conversation covered the state of today's environmental movement which at its best has bec...
6 Aug 2026
#32 Dr Stephen Davies - The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay
Politics over the last 10 years has felt for many people like a continuous experience of jarring dissonance. Not for Dr Steve Davies who is an accomplished historian and political theorist. His latest book “The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay” has the best explanation I’ve come across for why our map for understanding the public landscape is outdated. Politics has always been binary with voters aligning around a small number of salient issues. Alliances form a...
10 Jul 2026
#31 Fred Harrison - Cheating and the Persistent Collapse of Civilisations
I'm delighted to welcome back Fred Harrison for a second appearance on Meeting People following the release of his new book Cheating: The Human Project and its Betrayal. In it he argues that "the withdrawal of Rent from its social function is the root cause of the persistent collapse of civilisations". We unpack this bold claim over the course of our conversation. Across history, the benefits of progress (technological, economic or otherwise) have routinely become captured by Rent...
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