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Why I Changed My Mind

Series 1

Episode 2: Tim Montgomerie

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Dominic Lawson asks Tim Montgomerie, founder of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, why he has abandoned his opposition to same-sex marriage and about the emotional backlash. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 2

Episode 2: Prof Edzard Ernst

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Dominic Lawson asks Edzard Ernst, a former professor of complementary medicine, about why he abandoned his belief in homeopathy and the reaction his change of mind provoked. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 2

Episode 1: Trevor Phillips

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Dominic Lawson asks Trevor Phillips, the former head of the Commission for Racial Equality, about why he abandoned support for multiculturalism and what the reaction was. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 3

Lord Carey

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Dominic Lawson asks former archbishop of Canterbury George Carey why he changed his mind from opposition to any euthanasia to support for assisted dying to be made legal in the UK. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 3

Katharine Birbalsingh

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

A lifelong supporter of state education, head teacher Katharine Birbalsingh chose a Conservative Party conference platform to declare Britain's state education system badly broken. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 3

Bill Browder

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Bill Browder was the biggest foreign investor in Russia, but a tragic death - and changing his mind about what truly matters to him - have made him Vladimir Putin's great enemy. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 3

Martin Padfield

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

After 28 years as a Scientologist, Martin Padfield explains what it was like to leave what many consider a dangerous cult and how tough it has been to rediscover his own identity. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 4

Gisela Stuart

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Gisela Stuart explains why she switched from supporting the EU to leading the campaign for Brexit, and she reveals the personal challenges that arose from changing her mind. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 4

Samantha Kane

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Sam Kane tells Dominic Lawson how she met the challenges which destroyed her family and business career after surgically changing her gender three times in the past twenty years. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 4

Manwar Ali

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Manwar Ali tells Dominic Lawson why he changed from violent Islamist fighter pursuing global jihad, to become a leading campaigner in Britain against violence and extremism. Show more

Why I Changed My Mind

Series 1

Episode 1: Mark Lynas

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Dominic Lawson asks the environmentalist Mark Lynas why he now supports genetically modified crops and what the reaction has been from his former colleagues. Show more