Episodes 45
Avg. Duration 24m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Apr 2025
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Meet Visionary—the podcast that goes beyond the headlines to explore the ideas shaping tomorrow. From AI breakthroughs to the future of work, from smarter cities to stronger cyber-security, host Georgina Godwin sits down with bold thinkers and industry leaders to ask: How can innovation create a better world for us all? Big challenges. Clear solutions. Optimism for the future. From London’s home of innovation, Here East.

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S1E43 What comes after the Olympics?

Apr 01, 2026 27m

Where do you put a stadium when the flame goes out? In East London, the answer has been years in the making — and it's still being written.When London won the Olympic bid in 2005, the real prize…

S1E42 From video games to real-world defence tech

Mar 25, 2026 21m

The people redesigning European defence aren't coming from the military. They're coming from the gaming world — and they're building it over weekends.Georgina Godwin speaks with Benjamin Wolba,…

S1E41 Live at SXSW in Austin, Texas

Mar 18, 2026 24m

What comes after ABBA Voyage? The people building the future of creative experience are already at work — in East London.Recorded live at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, this episode of…

S1E40 The next big transit hubs

Mar 11, 2026 22m

For decades, three gleaming Gulf hubs have quietly governed how the world moves. Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha became the great connectors of global travel — efficient, affordable, indispensable. But…

S1E39 Should doctors prescribe arts?

Mar 04, 2026 22m

We like to think of the arts as enrichment – something we turn to when there’s spare time. But according to Professor Daisy Fancourt, that framing is historically recent — and biologically…

S1E38 Why is climate science so divisive?

Feb 25, 2026 23m

Australia is uniquely exposed to the realities of climate change. This vast continent is already hot and dry, and increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather. And yet, despite the scale of several…

S1E37 How the modern office is changing

Feb 18, 2026 22m

It was only a few years ago that the pandemic swept across the world, sending many of us home to work for what felt like an indefinite stretch. For a time, it seemed entirely plausible that the…

S1E36 Is a global internet outage becoming more likely?

Feb 11, 2026 20m

In the space of a week, six undersea cables were recently mauled in the Baltic Sea. In a world built on constant connectivity, incidents like these carry serious consequences. Undersea fibre-optic…

S1E35 How Sundance outgrew Park City

Feb 04, 2026 24m

Sundance is leaving the ski slopes. After more than four decades in Park City, Utah, the film festival started by Robert Redford is preparing to relocate to Boulder, Colorado. For veteran film…

S1E34 Davos 2026: Rise of the Middle Powers

Jan 28, 2026 22m

At Davos 2026, economist Cornelia Meyer saw something subtle but seismic: a shift in global momentum, away from the traditional powers of the global north and towards a future shaped by new actors,…

S1E33 Is the 'madman theory' real?

Jan 21, 2026 34m

From Nixon to Trump, some leaders have embraced a risky idea: act just unhinged enough to make your opponents back down. It’s called the madman theory, and according to historian Dr. James Boys, it’s…

S1E32 What CES tells us about where tech is going

Jan 14, 2026 21m

Artificial intelligence isn’t just for coders and data scientists anymore. As tech analyst Avi Greengart tells Visionary host Georgina Godwin, AI is now being woven into the fabric of consumer…

S1E31 Designing better workspaces

Jan 07, 2026 28m

Walk into most offices today and you’ll notice a trend: uniformity. Rows of identical desks, copy-paste meeting rooms, and a muted palette of greys and whites. But according to workplace designer Kay…

Special: Dana Thomas on the legacy of Giorgio Armani

Jan 01, 2026 3m Bonus

Visionary returns in 2026! To mark the new year, we begin with a special tribute to a true visionary: Giorgio Armani — a fashion icon whose quiet authority reshaped the meaning of modern luxury.…

S1E30 Our 2026 future forecast

Dec 17, 2025 22m

As we step into 2026, the world feels more uncertain than it has in years. Economies are wobbling. Politics is in flux. And the rise of AI has left many wondering not if, but how our lives will be…

S1E29 The future of creative careers

Dec 10, 2025 22m

In a time when AI churns out scripts and screens compete for every spare second, is there still a future for live performance? Award-winning designer and producer Clint Ramos ('Sunday in the Park…

S1E28 How to outsmart a cyber war

Dec 03, 2025 24m

When we talk about global security, most people picture boots on the ground or missiles in the sky. But today’s conflicts are unfolding in quieter, more invisible arenas: in hacked servers,…

S1E27 Inside the Budget: Jeremy Hunt on growth and innovation

Nov 26, 2025 25m

Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt joins Marc Sidwell for a rare insider’s look at what it takes to build a Budget under pressure. From late-night policy calls to the fine balance between fiscal…

S1E26 How startup investment works

Nov 19, 2025 20m

In a volatile economy, launching a startup might seem risky — but for Paul Krutko, CEO of Ann Arbor Spark, it’s exactly the moment to act. In this energising episode of Visionary, recorded at Here…

S1E25 Innovating on the Ukrainian battlefield

Nov 12, 2025 30m

For journalist and activist Maksym Eristavi, defence isn’t just a military term. It’s a mindset. And it starts at home — literally. In this episode of Visionary, recorded at Here East and hosted by…

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Visionary has published 45 episodes since April 2025, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.

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