Marina Diamandis, formerly known by her stage name Marina & The Diamonds, has topped the charts with music that blends powerful pop with an indie sound. Her songs have tackled female stereotypes, rape culture and the frivolity of fame - but the last album was in 2015. Now back with a new album, she talks to Krishnan about her return to music, how political events have influenced her writing and how the media should change the way they treat women.

Chuka Umunna is one of the leading members of the new Independent Group - one of now 11 MPs to leave the traditional parties to forge what they call a new centre ground in politics. He talks to Krishnan about what motivated him to take the leap, what an alternative to left/right politics might look like and why Britain should stay in the EU.

James Brokenshire MP is the current Housing Secretary and the first Cabinet minister on Ways to Change The World. He talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about being diagnosed with lung cancer and how it changed his life, the current state of politics, and how the internet is changing how politicians think.

Sayeeda Warsi was the first Muslim MP to serve in British Cabinet. She resigned in 2014 over the Conservative Party's policy towards the Isaeli Gaza conflict, and has since been appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords. She talks to Krishnan about wanting an inquiry into Islamophobia in the Tory Party, why she thinks politics has gone backwards and how a globally adopted human rights policy would change things.

Paul Conroy was taking photos alongside The Sunday Times’ foreign correspondent Marie Colvin when she was killed and he was severely injured in Homs, Syria in 2012. It was their last-ditch attempt to tell the story of human suffering in the besieged city. He talks to Krishnan about how he became Colvin’s photographer, the biopic 'A Private War' and the impulse to risk everything for the story.

Ric Lewis has been named the most influential black Briton in the Powerlist 2019. He runs the largest black-owned and run company in the UK, Tristan Capital Partners, and his Black Heart Foundation aims to remove the barriers to higher education for underprivileged kids. He talks to Krishnan about his philanthropy, upping aspiration for young people and being very, very tall.

Michaela Coel is a writer and actor who shot to fame with her debut TV show Chewing Gum. She talks to Krishnan about how she lost her faith, why celebrity treatment doesn't interest her and how she wants to change writing rooms in the future.

Rachel Riley has been the resident mathematician on game show Countdown for 10 years now, but that's not just what she came on our podcast to talk about. She's here to do her first serious interview on why she thinks antisemitism in the UK needs to be tackled, the online abuse she's received since speaking up about it and why she thinks more people need to call it out.

Munroe Bergdorf is an activist and model, known for speaking her mind on trans issues, racism and misogyny. She talks to Krishnan about her own transition, the controversy that led to her being dropped by L'Oreal and why tolerance is not enough.

Elif Shafak is an award-winning Turkish-British novelist and political scientist. She's published 16 books - making her the most widely read female author in Turkey. 

She talks to Krishnan about whether you can truly be a citizen of the world, how novels can change us and why she can't help but be political.

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Recorded: 11 December 2018.

Producer: Sarah Gough.