{"podcast":{"title":"Radical with Amol Rajan","slug":"radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076","podcast_index_feed_id":6625076,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p0gg4k6r.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gg4k6r","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lgrqcb.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":226,"summary":"Conversations about tomorrow, from Today. Every week Amol Rajan talks to radicals, pioneers and innovators from all over the world. From populism and climate change, to economics and AI... How can their radical ideas help you win the future? Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The Independent. Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan will be published on Thursdays on BBC Sounds. It will also be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Thursdays at 11pm. Visualised versions of the podcast will also be available on BBC iPlayer and YouTube. Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T10:20:57.578644+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076"},"episode":{"title":"Can Britain Change Its Ways on Housing? (Your Radical Questions with Shiv Malik)","slug":"can-britain-change-its-ways-on-housing-your-radical-questions-with-shiv-malik","published_at":"2026-06-22T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/can-britain-change-its-ways-on-housing-your-radical-questions-with-shiv-malik","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nm33j3","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nsrp3f.mp3","summary":"This week, Shiv Malik, the man behind the proposals for ‘Forest City 1’, takes your questions. He’s a former investigative journalist turned campaigner: instead of writing another book about Britain’s housing crisis, he’s trying to build his way out of it. Forest City is his ambitious pitch for Britain’s first new city in more than 50 years: a million-person settlement east of Cambridge, with around 400,000 homes, new rail links and thousands of acres of new woodland. We hear Shiv talk about his own background and credentials, whether ‘Forest City’ is actually affordable, and if people can shift their mindset in favour of a new kind of city living. Plus, what will Shiv’s “beautiful” new homes actually look like? GET IN TOUCH: WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 Email: radical@bbc.co.uk Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Monday and Thursday. Amol Rajan presents the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He also hosts University Challenge on BBC One. Before that, Amol was the BBC’s media editor and editor of The Independent. Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Rufus Gray, Oscar Pearson, and Julian Paszkiewicz. Digital production was by Jonathan Greer. Technical production was by Leona Gasper. The series producer is Rufus Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.","meta_description":"This week, Shiv Malik, the man behind the proposals for ‘Forest City 1’, takes your questions. He’s a former investigative journalist turned campaigner: i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1483,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/episodes/can-britain-change-its-ways-on-housing-your-radical-questions-with-shiv-malik/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/can-britain-change-its-ways-on-housing-your-radical-questions-with-shiv-malik.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}