Amol Rajan

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3,997 appearances 23 recordings 6 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 16 Jul

Amol Rajan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 23 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 12.

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Radical · The Best of Radical with Amol Rajan · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

And he also talked in a memorable phrase, I think, which I maybe had heard elsewhere, but which he articulated with real power and zeal. matched

He argued that Britain is becoming a V-tocracy. matched

What is your assessment as a millennial of the country that you've spent your adult lifetime in? matched

I'm not suggesting it was Keir Starmer, who you're on WhatsApp speed dial with, who said that to you. matched

But Keir Starmer would say that he said growth was his number one mission. matched

The speech you're referring to, I think, was, by the way, hugely viral. matched

And I watched it and I watched the entirety of it. matched

I actually searched that and read the speech in which you talked about Britain's scientific heritage. matched

And you mentioned a huge number of truly great inventors, pioneers, engineers. matched

I know that you took pains to make sure you covered all bases. matched

So you span centuries. matched

You talk about women. matched

You talk about men. matched

And this was, I think, for a group called Looking for Growth. matched

That's right. matched

which casts itself as an impartial, non-party political organisation, which I think is why you, who do the same, were associated with it. matched

But it is also true to say that on some social media platforms, anyone who wants to champion growth or fight decline, I think is quite often associated with a kind of nationalist concern about the collapse of Western civilisation and therefore the fight decline. matched

Just why don't you, in this safe space for radical ideas, why don't you say why you gave that speech and what your argument was? matched

What about if AI creates a huge amount of wealth, but it actually eliminates some jobs? matched

Now, I should just preempt what you're about to say by saying two things. matched

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