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Where Shall We Meet

Hosted by Omid Ashtari & Natascha McElhone · society · EN-US

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Explorations of topics about society, culture, arts, technology and science with your hosts Natascha McElhone and Omid Ashtari. The spirit of this podcast is to interview people from all walks of life on different subjects. Our hope is to talk about ideas, divorced from our identities - listening, learning and maybe meeting somewhere in the middle. The perfect audio diet for shallow polymaths! Natascha McElhone is an actor and producer. Omid Ashtari is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor.

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Guest openness

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What is Where Shall We Meet about?

Explorations of topics about society, culture, arts, technology and science with your hosts Natascha McElhone and Omid Ashtari. The spirit of this podcast is to interview people from all walks of life on different subjects. Our hope is to talk about ideas, divorced from our identities - listening, learning and maybe meeting somewhere in the middle.

Who hosts Where Shall We Meet?

Where Shall We Meet is hosted by Omid Ashtari & Natascha McElhone. The show has published 41 episodes to date.

What has Where Shall We Meet covered recently?

Recent episodes include "On Censorship with Marc Levy" (21 October 2026, 58 minutes), "On Discovery with James Manyika" (9 September 2026, 62 minutes), and "On AI Filmmaking with Xavier Collins" (24 June 2026, 63 minutes).

How often does Where Shall We Meet publish?

Where Shall We Meet publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 62 minutes across 41 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Where Shall We Meet?

Booking probability for Where Shall We Meet is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Where Shall We Meet requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Where Shall We Meet's contact route on record: public web form.

About the host

Omid Ashtari & Natascha McElhone hosts Where Shall We Meet, a society podcast with 41 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Where Shall We Meet

    On Censorship with Marc Levy

    Oct 21, 202658 min

    Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message! Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Last year, according to PEN America, nearly 12,000 book bans took place in US public schools. Our guest this week is...

  • Where Shall We Meet

    On Discovery with James Manyika

    Sep 9, 20261h 2m

    Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message! Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest this week is James Manyika, who is Senior Vice President of Research, Labs, Technology and Society at Google...

  • Episode #6

    On AI Filmmaking with Xavier Collins

    Jun 24, 20261h 3mS3

    Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message! Welcome to the where shall we meet podcast. Our guest this week is Xavier Collins who is the CEO and Co-founder of Wonder Studios, an AI-native creative studio...

  • Episode #6

    On AI Filmmaking with Xavier Collins

    Jun 24, 20261h 3mS3

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Welcome to the where shall we meet podcast. Our guest this week is Xavier Collins who is the CEO and Co-founder of Wonder Studios, an AI-native creative...

  • Episode #5

    On Traversal with Maria Popova

    Jun 10, 202651 minS3

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. This is the first time we have a returning guest. We talk about Maria Popova’s new book Traversal, which to be...

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  • Episode #4

    On Embodied Brains with Nick Potter

    May 27, 202659 minS3

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest this week is Nick Potter, who is a consultant Osteopath at King Edward the VII hospital, in London...

  • Episode #3

    On Fashion Science with Amanda Parkes

    May 13, 202657 minS3

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest today is Dr Amanda Parkes. Amanda calls herself a fashion scientist - she has a PhD from the MIT...

  • Episode #2

    On Trust with Jimmy Wales

    Apr 29, 20261h 10mS3

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest this week is Jimmy Wales. He is an internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia...

  • Episode #1

    On Reading with Samantha Harvey

    Apr 15, 202659 minS3

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Welcome to the third season of the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Quick housekeeping, in the show notes you will find a link to send us a voice note, should...

  • Episode #14

    On Constructing Reality with Joscha Bach

    Nov 26, 20251h 28mS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest this week is Joscha Bach. He is a German cognitive scientist, artificial-intelligence researcher and philosopher of mind who consistently...

  • Episode #13

    On Planets with Natalie Batalha

    Nov 12, 20251h 4mS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest this week is Natalie Batalha. Natalie is professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz where received her PhD. Previously, she was a...

  • Episode #12

    On Leadership with Jacinda Ardern

    Oct 29, 202557 minS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest this week is Jacinda Ardern. She became the world's youngest female head of government at age 37. Ardern served as Prime Minister of New Zealand...

  • Episode #11

    On Science Fiction with Kim Stanley Robinson

    Oct 15, 20251h 8mS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest this week is Kim Stanley Robinson, also know as Stan. He is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy of novels. Over...

  • Episode #10

    On Friendship with Alain de Botton

    Oct 1, 20251h 3mS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest this week is Alain de Botton. Alain is a London based writer and psychotherapist. His first book, Essays in Love was published when he was 23...

  • Episode #9

    On Moral Ambition with Rutger Bregman

    Sep 17, 20251h 7mS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest this week is Rutger Bregman. Rutger is a Dutch historian and author. His books Humankind: A Hopeful History and Utopia for Realists: And How We...

  • Episode #8

    On the Future with Howard Covington

    Sep 3, 202559 minS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest this week is Howard Covington. Howard is a Cambridge graduate in physics and maths. He has been a banker, a co-founder and chief executive of...

  • Episode #7

    On Death with Paul Bennet

    Jun 25, 202556 minS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Paul Bennett is a designer. For 23 years he worked at design and innovation powerhouse IDEO, where he was Chief Creative Officer and then co-CEO. There he...

  • Episode #6

    On Prisons with Carine Minne

    Jun 11, 20251h 6mS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Dr Carine Minne is Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis at England’s High Security Hospital, Broadmoor. She was also based...

  • Episode #5

    On Consciousness with Anil Seth

    May 28, 20251h 4mS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest today is Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, where he is also Director of the Sussex...

  • Episode #4

    On Climate Law with Laura Clarke

    May 14, 202554 minS2

    <p>Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!</p><p>Our guest today is Laura Clarke. She is the CEO of ClientEarth. She was recognised as one of the most influential climate business leaders globally in...

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