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Trust, tested in public life.
TrustTalk treats trust as a practical system, not a vague virtue. Through careful interviews, it connects Wikipedia, retail leadership, democracy, reasoning, international law, citizen participation, and high-trust societies to the conditions that make cooperation possible.
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TrustTalk is an interview series about trust as a working condition of public, professional, and personal life. It does not treat trust as a slogan. It asks how trust is made durable, how it fails, and what people can do after damage has already been done. The show’s recent episodes range widely, but the center holds. Jimmy Wales uses Wikipedia to show how cooperation among strangers depends on rules, reflection, and shared purpose. Dick Boer brings the same question into retail leadership, where supply chains, boards, employees, customers, and a merger all test whether responsibility is real or merely declared. David Beresof looks at trust through research on institutions, polarization, fairness, and the workplace as one place where people encounter society’s promises directly. Hugo Mercier brings the subject into reasoning itself, where disagreement depends not only on evidence but on who is judged credible. Gregory Schaffer connects trust to international law, treaties, sovereignty, and the risk that power begins to replace restraint. reuben bell turns toward citizens assemblies and participatory processes, arguing that people lose trust when their voices are symbolic rather than consequential. Geert Tiengaard-Svensen examines Denmark and other high-trust societies, stressing institutions, incentives, fairness, and predictability over national myth. A seasonal Santa Claus episode is softer in tone, but still circles back to reliable teams, clean choices, and support for others. The show’s rhythm is deliberate. Questions are often carefully framed before they narrow into a sharper point. Guests are given space to define terms, test examples, and connect abstract principles to ordinary pressures. TrustTalk is best for listeners who want institutional ideas made human without being simplified into slogans.
Made for: For listeners interested in leadership, institutions, democracy, research, and the practical ethics of cooperation. It suits people who prefer careful interviews over fast opinion or personality-led debate.
What sets it apart: TrustTalk keeps returning to trust as a practice: rules, timing, fairness, participation, credibility, and repair. Its strength is the way it moves from a specific case to a wider principle without losing the human stakes.
Trust is the invisible force that shapes our world, and at TrustTalk, we're committed to exploring its many dimensions. Join us as we engage with thought leaders from all walks of life to discuss the role of trust in every aspect of our world. From personal relationships to business, technology, society, and beyond, we explore the wonders of this essential human emotion. It's a journey you won't want to miss.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
TrustTalk turns an elusive business virtue into a concrete study of decisions, incentives, leadership and institutional credibility.
TrustTalk - It's all about Trust treats trust as a practical problem: how people judge evidence, cooperate across differences and hold organizations credible.
Trust gets stress-tested from Wikipedia to the boardroom, so your hunches face evidence.
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Jimmy Wales uses Wikipedia to show how trust becomes practical institutional judgment.
Trust Talk frames Jimmy Wales's conversation around Wikipedia as a living test of institutional trust. The episode keeps returning to a simple but useful idea: millions of anonymous, unpaid volunteers across cultures and languages have been able to build and maintain something…
A steady look at trust as everyday retail leadership.
The episode treats trust as a practical problem in retail, connecting it to sourcing, production, pricing, sustainability, and the pressure on leaders when millions rely on a company every day.
A steady argument that trust frays first when fairness stops feeling shared.
The conversation treats trust less as a feeling than as a split in how people experience institutions. David Beresof argues that the larger problem is not a simple collapse, but uneven trust: some people feel institutions work for them, while others feel the system is stacked…
A clear, steady look at reasoning, trust, and why minds change.
This episode treats reasoning as the topic, but trust is what keeps coming back into view. Hugo Mercier and the host make a careful case that disagreement is not only about logic or evidence.
Trust is treated as a test under risk, not a warm feeling.
Trust here is less a slogan than a choice made under pressure. Steve Van Riel links the 2015 UK general election to consumer trust research, then uses Kahneman's fast and slow thinking to show why some trust calls happen by instinct while others need evidence.
Leadership balance before burnout takes over.
A midweek reset for school leaders.
Geoffrey Hoskin, emeritus professor at University College London, opens his book Trust: A History with Bukharin begging Stalin for trust from a prison cell.
Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder, explains how millions of anonymous contributors built a trusted encyclopedia serving 11 billion pages monthly.
Retail trust starts behind the shelf.
Trust Talk opens on the idea that trust is not simply disappearing.
The conversation opens by questioning a common assumption about human reasoning.
This episode explores how the erosion of trust in international law, exemplified by the US-Denmark tensions over Greenland, threatens global cooperation and order as power replaces legal constraints.
This episode explores how trust is actively built through genuine participation and shared responsibility in public decision-making, featuring insights from Reuben Bell on moving beyond symbolic engagement.
An exploration of why Denmark is a high-trust society, examining the role of institutions, fairness, and predictability in building trust.
A special Christmas Eve episode where host Severin DeWitt interviews Santa Claus about trust, teamwork, and the importance of small actions.
An interview with Mara Revkin about how civilians in war-torn regions decide whom to trust based on predictability and fairness, even under armed group rule.
An interview with Harvard professor Sandra Sucher on how trust is built, lost, and restored in organizations, using real-world cases from Boeing, Nokia, and the Financial Times.
An interview with Harvard professor Sandra Sucher on how trust is built, lost, and restored in organizations, using real-world cases from Boeing, Nokia, and the Financial Times.
An interview with Bellingcat founder Elliot Higgins about using open source tools to verify evidence and combat disinformation in the digital age.
John Blakey discusses purpose-driven leadership and how leaders can move beyond profit to foster trust and resilience, based on his book 'Force for Good'.
Professor Adam Seligman discusses the difference between trust and confidence and how religious communities historically fostered interfaith trust.
Professor Andrea Avers discusses the placebo effect and the role of trust and psychology in medical outcomes.
An interview with Frederica Six discussing the balance between trust and control in organizations, particularly in the public sector.
Professor Henry Brady discusses the decline of trust in American institutions, its causes, and potential solutions.
Sydney Decker discusses how blame undermines organizational learning and trust, and explores restorative justice as an alternative.
An interview with Eric Schopen discussing his book 'Trust Reset' and a new multi-level framework for understanding trust in the modern world.
An interview with Fabian Zuleik, CEO of the European Policy Center, discussing the role of think tanks in shaping EU policy and building trust amid crises and euroskepticism.
Professor Jim Davis discusses trust and legacy in family businesses, comparing stewardship and agency theories.
Steve Van Riel draws a straight line from politics to brand trust.
Trust scholar Joe Hamm discusses how trust and vulnerability shape public relationships with law enforcement and responses to environmental contamination.
Experts discuss the role of trust in corporations, focusing on governance, ethics, and crisis management.
This episode features an interview with Karine de Maira, founder of Women of the World, discussing how trust and global connections empower women through mentorship and leadership to achieve gender equality.
Professor Marion Nessel discusses her life story and advocacy for reforming the food system to prioritize public health over profit.
This episode features an interview with Roger Mayer, a pioneer in trust research, discussing his influential 1995 article on trust in organizations and its lasting impact on the field, including applications to police-public relations.
Professor Kees van den Bos discusses his research on trust and fairness in societal conflicts, introducing the Perceived Procedural Justice Scale.
An interview exploring trust in the workplace, different types of control, and the role of HR in fostering trust.
Anu Bradford discusses her book 'Digital Empires' and the global battle to regulate technology, focusing on trust and the distinct regulatory paths of the US, China, and the EU.