{"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":"Could Ben & Jerry's Be Created Today? (Your Radical Questions with Ben Cohen)","slug":"could-ben-jerry-s-be-created-today-your-radical-questions-with-ben-cohen","published_at":"2026-06-08T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/could-ben-jerry-s-be-created-today-your-radical-questions-with-ben-cohen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nm33fq","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0npv2hv.mp3","summary":"This week, Amol is joined by Ben Cohen, one half of the team behind Ben & Jerry's ice cream, who stopped by on his way to the South by Southwest festival to answer your questions. They include queries on whether ethics is more important to business success than a good product? Can companies be trusted to fulfil corporate responsibilities without government oversight? And how does he square his ethical stance with the fact that his ice cream is an ultra processed food? * WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 * Email: radical@bbc.co.uk Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Monday and Thursday. Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Tom Smithard and Oscar Pearson. Technical production was by Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.","meta_description":"This week, Amol is joined by Ben Cohen, one half of the team behind Ben & Jerry's ice cream, who stopped by on his way to the South by Southwest festi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":853,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radical-with-amol-rajan-6625076/episodes/could-ben-jerry-s-be-created-today-your-radical-questions-with-ben-cohen/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/could-ben-jerry-s-be-created-today-your-radical-questions-with-ben-cohen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}