Reasons Revisited Creators & Guests

Geoff Lloyd is a British radio presenter, television host, podcast host and writer, best known for his talk radio and music shows. He host the show Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port.

Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005, being re-elected in 2010, 2015, and 2017. He was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition between 2010 and 2015. He also served in the Cabinet from 2007–10 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Paris Lees is an English journalist, presenter, and transgender rights activist. She topped the Independent on Sunday's 2013 Pink List, came second in the 2014 Rainbow List, and was awarded the Positive Role Model Award for LGBT in the 2012 National Diversity Awards.

Yuval Noah Harari is an author, public intellectual, historian, and Professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Jack Thorne is a screenwriter and playwright.

Dr. Samantha Bradshaw is a scholar of new technology and democracy. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at American University and an Associated Faculty member at the Center for Security, Innovation and New Technology.Bradshaw received her B.A. in Political Science and Legal Studies and her M.A. in Global Governance and Global Security from the University of Waterloo, and her Ph.D. in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences from Oxford University.

Marina Hyde (Marina Elizabeth Catherine Dudley-Williams) is an English journalist. She joined The Guardian newspaper in 2000 and, as one of the newspaper's columnists, writes three articles each week on current affairs, celebrity, and sport.

Michael Rosen is an author and poet who has written 140 books.

Vanessa Nakate is a climate justice activist. She grew up in Kampala and became a celebrity in December 2018 after becoming concerned about the unusually high temperatures in her country.Nakate's first book, "A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring A New African Voice to the Climate Crisis," was published in 2021.Nakate grew up in Kampala, Uganda. She received her degree in business administration in marketing from Makerere University Business School.

David Runciman is a teacher of Politics & History at Cambridge University and host of the Talking Politics podcast.

Adam Tooze is a British historian, Professor at Columbia University, and Director of the European Institute.

Founded GenderGP in 2015.

Pippa Evans is a comedian known for her work in character and improvisational comedy.

Dr. Lindsay A. Owens is a sociologist and economic policy advisor whose work focuses on economic inequality, poverty, housing policy, and recessions. Currently, she is the Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative. She teaches an undergraduate course on poverty and inequality at Georgetown University and is the co-creator and co-instructor of America’s Poverty Course online at Stanford University.Previously, Dr. Owens was a senior economic policy adviser to Senator Elizabeth Warren, and she has also ben deputy chief of staff and legislative director to Reps. Keith Ellison and Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal. She has also served as a policy adviser to candidates for state, local, and national office, including several presidential campaigns. Dr. Owens's papers have appeared in social science journals including Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and Social Forces. Her writing and policy proposals have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, CNN.com, and The San Jose Mercury News.Dr. Owens received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University. and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Eric Klinenberg is a sociologist and a scholar of urban studies, culture, and media. He is best known for his contributions as a public sociologist.

Dr. Ben W. Ansell is a professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College. His work focuses on both comparative politics and international relations. He is also co-editor of the academic journal Comparative Political Studies.Ansell has published three academic books, "From the Ballot to the Blackboard," in 2010, "Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach," co-authored with David Samuels and published in 2014, and "Inward Conquest: The Modern State and the Revolution in Government that Shook the World," in 2021. His first general audience book, "Why Politics Fails," was published in 2023.