How Do We Reduce Political Polarisation Online? (Your Radical Questions with Jonathan Haidt)
Radical with Amol Rajan
BBC
4.5 • 919 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt answers your questions on social media bans for under‑16s, the influence of YouTube, and the risk of restricting access to certain online platforms.
He also talks about Donald Trump’s second presidency and how technology is changing the nature of political debate.
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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.
Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Anna Budd. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Dafydd Evans. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.
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| 0:24.2 | Hello and welcome to your radical questions. This is where I put your questions to one of our |
| 0:29.8 | magnificent radical guests. This is your chance to really engage and really connect directly |
| 0:35.0 | with the super smart, super interesting and globally |
| 0:38.1 | influential people that we have on this podcast and to ask them about their ideas, radical |
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| 0:48.9 | the founder of Sojo, a very, very influential brand. Josephine Phillips, big, big figure in modern fashion, |
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| 1:01.0 | She's got some pretty radical ideas about what to do about it. |
| 1:03.7 | So if you've got questions for Josephine Phillips, |
| 1:05.3 | if you're interested in fashion broadly defined, |
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| 1:21.1 | or email radical at BBC.co.uk, which is what large numbers of you did for our guest with us in the studio today. |
| 1:29.9 | We've just recorded the main episode. He is someone that many of you have been asking us to get |
| 1:34.3 | on the podcast. We've already had a fascinating conversation about a subject that could not be |
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