Remember the 1998 film "Armageddon", when Bruce Willis leads a team of oil drillers to save Earth from an asteroid? It might seem fanciful — but in this episode of Visionary, we explore the real-life innovations that could one day prevent the end of the world.

Our guest is journalist and author Tom Ough, whose new book "The Anti-Catastrophe League" investigates the world's most catastrophic risks — and the remarkable people working to prevent them. From super-volcanoes and lab-made pandemics to solar storms, AI takeovers, and even the dream of transcending death, Tom explains how the worst-case scenarios might be closer than we think — and how they could also unlock transformational breakthroughs in science and society.

With humour and clarity on subjects that are often sensationalised, Tom argues that the most powerful tool we have is human ingenuity. His call is simple: take the threats seriously, support the people solving them... but don’t forget the water and torch.

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What does it feel like to see music — not metaphorically, but literally? And what can we learn from artists whose perception challenges everything we think we know about the senses?

This week on Visionary, Georgina Godwin meets Sarah Kraning, the Minnesota-based artist whose synesthesia allows her to experience sound as vivid colour, movement, and texture. Recorded at Here East, the conversation explores how Sarah transforms her neurological condition into breathtaking visual art — and why she sees it not as a disorder, but as a gift.

From the first time she heard Holst’s Jupiter to her recent collaboration with RÜFÜS DU SOL, painting songs that feature the calls of endangered and extinct species, Kraning shares how her unique sensory world is helping others reimagine the connection between music, art, and the mind.

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From war zones to Westminster, Christina Lamb has spent nearly four decades telling the stories that matter — often long before the rest of the world catches up.

Chief Foreign Correspondent at The Sunday Times, bestselling author, and a tireless advocate for global education, Christina joins Georgina Godwin to discuss her recent reporting on the mass abduction of Ukrainian children — a chilling campaign of forced assimilation and erasure — and reflects on what it takes to keep speaking out when the headlines move on. We discuss finding your voice in a noisy world, the moral responsibilities of journalists, and why some stories stay with you for life.

A measured, moving conversation with one of the finest foreign correspondents of her generation.

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