The Today Podcast
Hosted by Gabriel Gatehouse and James Marriott and Sophia Smith Galer · BBC Radio 4
4.7from 535 ratings
- 255
- Episodes
- 226
- Transcribed
- 535
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About The Today Podcast
Open mind, critical lens. Conversations with radical people about radical ideas to change the world. At a time of radical change, in politics and technology, in culture and the natural environment, Radical with Gabriel Gatehouse is a twice-weekly podcast where thinkers, innovators and heretics explore bold ideas reshaping our world. Can these ideas, and the people driving them, really change the world? And if so, will it be for better, or worse? Award-winning journalist and podcaster Gabriel Gatehouse (host of The Coming Storm and former Newsnight International Editor) approaches every conversation with an open mind and a critical eye, exploring what happens when radical ideas collide with reality. LISTEN: Listen to Radical every Monday and Thursday on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen on your smart speaker. Just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Radical". WATCH: You can also catch Radical with Gabriel Gatehouse on YouTube at www.youtube.com/bbcnews. GET IN TOUCH: WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 Email: radical@bbc.co.uk (mailto:radical@bbc.co.uk) Or join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #BBCRadical
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
226 of 255 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Climate Violence: Has Peaceful Protest Failed? (Andreas Malm)
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Unschooling: Do Children Need School? (Naomi Fisher)
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Future of Film: Can AI Turn Anyone into a Movie Maker? (Jenny Krakovsky)
Inside a recent episode
Climate Violence: Has Peaceful Protest Failed? (Andreas Malm)
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And these uprisings included, of course, quite a lot of violence from enslaved people. Yeah, because it is often said that, you know, Britain abolished the slave trade voluntarily. But what you're pointing out is that misses this history of slave rebellions in the Caribbean and elsewhere. […]
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- Andreas Malm
- Naomi Fisher
- Jenny Krakovsky
- Naomi Klein
- Anna Coote
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 514 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts The Today Podcast?
Gabriel Gatehouse and James Marriott and Sophia Smith Galer host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Today Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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