The Amol Rajan Connection

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1. Episode 3 - Daisy Christodoulou: The risk is a Stupidogenic Society

   29 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 17 min

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   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. Lees meer

   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?

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   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

2. Q&A Delia Smith: Never a duff Delia

   26 oktober 2026 · 21 min

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   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. Lees meer

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   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

3. Episode 2 - Delia Smith: Ingredients for life

   22 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 10 min

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   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. Lees meer

   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.

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   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

4. Q&A with Gareth Southgate: Egos, young athletes and mental health

   19 oktober 2026 · 33 min

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   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. Lees meer

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   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

5. Episode 1 - Gareth Southgate: Lessons in Life, Leadership & Football

   15 oktober 2026 · 2 uur 1 min

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   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. Lees meer

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   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

6. Welcome to The Amol Rajan Connection

   13 oktober 2026 · 2 min

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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. Lees meer

   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.

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