Best Peter Shevlin Podcasts (2025)

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S13 Ep8: The Brutal Murder of Lin and Megan Russell 27:56

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This is one of Britain’s most harrowing true crime stories – a crime so savage it shocked the nation to its core. In this gripping episode of Blood Ties, Geoffrey and Molly Wansell dissect the chilling case of Lin and Megan Russell, a mother and daughter brutally murdered in a frenzied hammer attack while walking home from school in a quiet Kent vi…

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S13 Ep7: The Menendez Brothers 32:27

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In this gripping episode of Blood Ties, Geoffrey and Molly Wansell unravel the chilling case of Lyle and Erik Menendez — the brothers whose brutal murder of their wealthy parents shocked America in 1989. Was it an act of cold-blooded greed, or the desperate response of two young men pushed beyond endurance? The Wansells explore the background of th…

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S13 Ep6: Babes in the Wood 29:08

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Two little girls vanished in Brighton—and for decades, their killer almost got away with it. CREDITS: Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell Producer: Peter Shevlin https://pod60.com/ Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com…

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How progress ends: the fate of nations, with Carl Benedikt Frey 37:08

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Many people expect improvements in technology over the next few years, but fewer people are optimistic about improvements in the economy. Especially in Europe, there’s a narrative that productivity has stalled, that the welfare state is over-stretched, and that the regions of the world where innovation will be rewarded are the US and China – althou…

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S13 Ep5: Ireland’s Black Widow 30:23

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She was Ireland’s most glamorous killer – the so-called Black Widow who spun a web of lies, murder, and betrayal that stunned a nation. CREDITS: Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell Producer: Peter Shevlin https://pod60.com/ Artwork: George Leigh Music: Dan Wansell CONTACT: Twitter: @BloodTies_Pod Instagram: bloodties_pod Email: bloodties.podcast…

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S13 Ep4: The Unsolved Murder of Jill Dando 35:31

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On 26th April 1999, BBC Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was shot dead on her doorstep with a single bullet. Twenty years on, her shocking murder remains unsolved — and continues to haunt Britain. Who killed Jill Dando? Was it a professional hit, a stalker, or a case of mistaken identity? Despite one of the biggest police investigations in UK histor…

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S13 Ep3: The Torso Killer 34:01

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This is the shocking true crime story of Richard Cottingham: The Torso Killer. One of America’s most sadistic serial killers, he brutally murdered women across New York and New Jersey, earning the nickname The Times Square Ripper. While Bundy, Dahmer, and Gacy became infamous, Cottingham stayed in the shadows. A husband, father, and insurance worke…

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Tsetlin Machines, Literal Labs, and the future of AI, with Noel Hurley 35:54

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Our guest in this episode is Noel Hurley. Noel is a highly experienced technology strategist with a long career at the cutting edge of computing. He spent two decade-long stints at Arm, the semiconductor company whose processor designs power hundreds of billions of devices worldwide. Today, he’s a co-founder of Literal Labs, where he’s developing T…

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S13 Ep2: The Crossbow Cannibal 31:43

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In May 2010, Stephen Griffiths stunned a courtroom by giving his name as the Crossbow Cannibal. By December that year, he was convicted of three brutal murders. But who was Stephen Griffiths before that chilling moment? And what drove him to commit such horrific crimes? Join us as we dig deep into the life, psychology, and crimes of Stephen Griffit…

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S13 Ep1: The Freddy Krueger Killer 35:16

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Daniel Gonzalez wanted fame — but not on stage or screen. Obsessed with horror films like Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, Gonzalez spiralled into drug abuse, mental illness, and violent fantasies that turned him into one of Britain’s most notorious killers. In this episode of Blood Ties, Geoffrey and Molly Wansell explore the trouble…

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Trail: New Blood Ties from 1st September 2025 0:37

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Blood Ties Revisited: Blood Ties 2.0 marks the return of the father-daughter duo Geoffrey and Molly Wansall. In the trailer, they explain how their weekly conversations often turn to murder — the very reason they launched the original Blood Ties. Now, due to popular demand, they’re back with a brand-new series, revisiting notorious cases and uncove…

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S1 Ep8: Beneficial tax treatments available for expenditure on Research & Development 44:53

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Thomas Chacko and Quinlan Windle discuss the options for tax breaks in relation to spending on R&D: outline of scheme and changes made in 2024 what R&D means can you claim when R&D is contracted out practical points about how to deal with enquiries bearing in mind recent case law 1:25 outline of the scheme pre the Finance Act 2024 - basic deduction…

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Intellectual dark matter? A reputation trap? The case of cold fusion, with Jonah Messinger 40:10

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Could the future see the emergence and adoption of a new field of engineering called nucleonics, in which the energy of nuclear fusion is accessed at relatively low temperatures, producing abundant clean safe energy? This kind of idea has been discussed since 1989, when the claims of cold fusion first received media attention. It is often assumed t…

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AI agents, AI safety, and AI boycotts, with Peter Scott 53:39

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This episode of London Futurists Podcast is a special joint production with the AI and You podcast which is hosted by Peter Scott. It features a three-way discussion, between Peter, Calum, and David, on the future of AI, with particular focus on AI agents, AI safety, and AI boycotts. Peter Scott is a futurist, speaker, and technology expert helping…

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The remarkable potential of hydrogen cars, with Hugo Spowers 43:08

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The guest in this episode is Hugo Spowers. Hugo has led an adventurous life. In the 1970s and 80s he was an active member of the Dangerous Sports Club, which invented bungee jumping, inspired by an initiation ceremony in Vanuatu. Hugo skied down a black run in St.Moritz in formal dress, seated at a grand piano, and he broke his back, neck and hips …

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AI and the end of conflict, with Simon Horton 38:45

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Can we use AI to improve how we handle conflict? Or even to end the worst conflicts that are happening all around us? That’s the subject of the new book of our guest in this episode, Simon Horton. The book has the bold title “The End of Conflict: How AI will end war and help us get on better”. Simon has a rich background, including being a stand-up…

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The AI disconnect: understanding vs motivation, with Nate Soares 48:53

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Our guest in this episode is Nate Soares, President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, or MIRI. MIRI was founded in 2000 as the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence by Eliezer Yudkowsky, with support from a couple of internet entrepreneurs. Among other things, it ran a series of conferences called the Singularity Summit. I…

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S1 Ep7: The UK's post-Brexit customs and excise duty regime 1:13:43

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Rupert Baldry KC and Sadiya Choudhury KC examine how the customs and excise duty regime is operating post-Brexit. This includes a brief overview of the pre-Brexit regime, the main legislative changes since Brexit, the relationship between the old and new regimes, some recent cases and future developments in this area. 1:15 History of customs and ex…

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Anticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness, with Henry Shevlin 41:02

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Our guest in this episode is Henry Shevlin. Henry is the Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, where he also co-directs the Kinds of Intelligence program and oversees educational initiatives. He researches the potential for machines to possess consciousness, the ethical ramificati…

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The case for a conditional AI safety treaty, with Otto Barten 37:03

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How can a binding international treaty be agreed and put into practice, when many parties are strongly tempted to break the rules of the agreement, for commercial or military advantage, and when cheating may be hard to detect? That’s the dilemma we’ll examine in this episode, concerning possible treaties to govern the development and deployment of …

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Humanity's final four years? with James Norris 48:27

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In this episode, we return to the subject of existential risks, but with a focus on what actions can be taken to eliminate or reduce these risks. Our guest is James Norris, who describes himself on his website as an existential safety advocate. The website lists four primary organizations which he leads: the International AI Governance Alliance, Up…

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Human extinction: thinking the unthinkable, with Sean ÓhÉigeartaigh 41:56

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Our subject in this episode may seem grim – it’s the potential extinction of the human species, either from a natural disaster, like a supervolcano or an asteroid, or from our own human activities, such as nuclear weapons, greenhouse gas emissions, engineered biopathogens, misaligned artificial intelligence, or high energy physics experiments causi…

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S1 Ep6: Continued relevance of EU law after Brexit 32:19

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Jeremy Woolf and Barbara Belgrano look at how Brexit affects the UK tax position and consider some of the issues which will be ongoing, at least in the near future. (3:08) Where we are today: you have to consider which period your case falls within. There are three periods to consider: (1) 2018 up to IP Completion Day being 31st December 2020 (2) 1…

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The best of times and the worst of times, updated, with Ramez Naam 44:36

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Our guest in this episode, Ramez Naam, is described on his website as “climate tech investor, clean energy advocate, and award-winning author”. But that hardly starts to convey the range of deep knowledge that Ramez brings to a wide variety of fields. It was his 2013 book, “The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet”, that first a…

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PAI at Paris: the global AI ecosystem evolves, with Rebecca Finlay 38:19

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In this episode, our guest is Rebecca Finlay, the CEO at Partnership on AI (PAI). Rebecca previously joined us in Episode 62, back in October 2023, in what was the run-up to the Global AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park in the UK. Times have moved on, and earlier this month, Rebecca and the Partnership on AI participated in the latest global summit…

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S1 Ep5: Beneficial entitlement after Hargreaves 35:58

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David Milne KC, Richard Vallat KC and Calypso Blaj discuss the implications of Hargreaves, in particular: What we can say about what is meant by "beneficial entitlement"? How is it different to "beneficial ownership"? And indeed to the trust law concept of both? Is there a different international fiscal meaning of beneficial entitlement? The panel …

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AI agents: challenges ahead of mainstream adoption, with Tom Davenport 33:29

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The most highly anticipated development in AI this year is probably the expected arrival of AI agents, also referred to as “agentic AI”. We are told that AI agents have the potential to reshape how individuals and organizations interact with technology. Our guest to help us explore this is Tom Davenport, Distinguished Professor in Information Techn…

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Post-labour economics, with David Shapiro 42:49

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In this episode, we return to a theme which is likely to become increasingly central to public discussion in the months and years ahead. To use a term coined by this podcast’s cohost Calum Chace, this theme is the Economic Singularity, namely the potential all-round displacement of humans from the workforce by ever more capable automation. That lea…

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S1 Ep4: Unallowable Purpose in the Loan Relationship Code 31:53

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In this episode, Elizabeth Wilson KC and Ronan Magee take a look at the "unallowable purpose rule" in the loan relationship code and in particular three recent Court of Appeal cases – Kwik-Fit (in which Elizabeth Wilson KC and Ronan Magee acted), BlackRock and JTI Acquisitions (in which Elizabeth Wilson KC acted). (2:28) outline of the unallowable …

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Longevity activism at 82, 86, and beyond, with Kenneth Scott and Helga Sands 45:10

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Our guests in this episode have been described as the world’s two oldest scientifically astute longevity activists. They are Kenneth Scott, aged 82, who is based in Florida, and Helga Sands, aged 86, who lives in London. David has met both of them several times at a number of longevity events, and they always impress him, not only with their vitali…

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Models for society when humans have zero economic value, with Jeff LaPorte 41:02

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Our guest in this episode is Jeff LaPorte, a software engineer, entrepreneur and investor based in Vancouver, who writes Road to Artificia, a newsletter about discovering the principles of post‑AI societies. Calum recently came across Jeff's article “Valuing Humans in the Age of Superintelligence: HumaneRank” and thought it had some good, original …

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From ineffective altruism to effective altruism? with Stefan Schubert 34:12

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Our subject in this episode is altruism – our human desire and instinct to assist each other, making some personal sacrifices along the way. More precisely, our subject is the possible future of altruism – a future in which our philanthropic activities – our charitable donations, and how we spend our discretionary time – could have a considerably g…

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S1 Ep3: Important changes for non-doms following the October 2024 Budget 1:00:46

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The October 2024 budget proposes a number of very significant changes for those who were previously considered “non-domiciled” for tax purposes, with effect from 6th April 2025. James Rivett KC and Emma Chamberlain are private client tax specialists who act for both clients and HMRC. They take a balanced look at some of the fundamental features of …

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The global energy transition: an optimistic assessment, with Amory Lovins 34:34

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Our guest in this episode is Amory Lovins, a distinguished environmental scientist, and co-founder of RMI, which he co-founded in 1982 as Rocky Mountain Institute. It’s what he calls a think do and scale tank, with 700 people in 62 countries, and a budget of well over $100m a year. For over five decades, Amory has championed innovative approaches t…

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Building brain-like AIs, with Alexander Ororbia 47:08

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Some people say that all that’s necessary to improve the capabilities of AI is to scale up existing systems. That is, to use more training data, to have larger models with more parameters in them, and more computer chips to crunch through the training data. However, in this episode, we’ll be hearing from a computer scientist who thinks there are ma…

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S1 Ep2: Post Budget Thoughts 46:24

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Now the dust has settled following publication of the 30th October 2024 budget, Kevin Prosser KC and David Yates KC give their thoughts on certain aspects of the budget, looking at important changes to CGT and IHT, and against the backdrop of the GAAR (general anti-abuse rule). Kevin and David's discussion covers: Capital Gains Tax (from 2.17 minut…

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S1 Ep1: Assessments: Recent Litigation Developments 33:11

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Keep up to date with all things tax law related with the Pump Tax Chat, brought to you by leading UK tax set, Pump Court Tax Chambers. In our latest episode, Laura Poots and Ben Elliott discuss the latest case law developments in HMRC’s powers of assessment, for both direct and indirect tax. They cover issues of carelessness, deliberate behaviour a…

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To sidestep death, preserve your connectome, with Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston 41:23

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In David's life so far, he has read literally hundreds of books about the future. Yet none has had such a provocative title as this: “The future loves you: How and why we should abolish death”. That’s the title of the book written by the guest in this episode, Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston. Ariel is a neuroscientist, and a Research Fellow at Monash Uni…

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Insights from 15 years leading the self-driving vehicle industry, with Sterling Anderson 41:23

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Our guest in this episode is Sterling Anderson, a pioneer of self-driving vehicles. With a masters degree and a PhD from MIT, Sterling led the development and launch of the Tesla Model X, and then led the team that delivered Tesla Autopilot. In 2017 he co-founded Aurora, along with Chris Urmson, who was a founder and CTO of Google’s self-driving ca…

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Pump Court Tax Chat: Trailer 1:20

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Welcome to Pump Court Tax Chat, the podcast brought to you by the expert barristers at Pump Court Tax Chambers. Whether you're a business owner, tax professional, or just interested in tax law, you're in the right place! As the UK's leading tax chambers, our team of barristers dives deep into the latest tax news, key cases, and important legislativ…

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The race for AI supremacy, with Parmy Olson 46:49

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Our guest in this episode is Parmy Olson, a columnist for Bloomberg covering technology. Parmy has previously been a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and for Forbes. Her first book, “We Are Anonymous”, shed fascinating light on what the subtitle calls “the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency”. But her most recent…