Podcast Episodes

Mike Pence: US will soon get deserving government

‘I'm very confident that someday soon we're going to have government as good as our people again’

Paddy O’Connell speaks to former US Vice President M…

1 year ago

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Obsession is a driver

John Wilson speaks to British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason about his obsession with music, adjusting to fame and how he’s faced racist abuse.

While stil…

1 year ago

Francis Fukuyama: America’s Putin-esque direction

Paddy O’Connell speaks to Professor Francis Fukuyama about the threats to liberal democracies around the world. The American political economist an…

1 year ago

Moazzam Malik, Chief Executive of Save the Children UK: Working on the ground in Gaza

Jamie Coomarasamy speaks to Moazzam Malik, Chief Executive of Save the Children UK, about operating on the ground in Gaza.

They’re one of a number of …

1 year ago

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: How to rebuild a country

Rahul Tandon speaks to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s former president and first woman to be elected to lead an African country. Born in 1938 in …

1 year ago

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel: Music has the power to unite

Music has the power to unite

Mark Savage speaks to Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel about his life and career. Born in the city of Barquisimeto,…

1 year ago

Pete Townshend from The Who: Farewell tour doesn’t mean the end

John Wilson speaks to Pete Townshend, songwriter and guitarist of British rock band The Who about the band’s farewell tour of the US.

Through his powe…

1 year ago

Eliot Higgins: Algorithms don’t drive the truth

Algorithms don’t drive the truth

Amol Rajan speaks to Eliot Higgins, founder of the open-source investigative organisation Bellingcat, as the world gr…

1 year, 1 month ago

Giuseppe Lavazza: Coffee is a big responsibility

Coffee is a big responsibility

Julia Caesar speaks to Giuseppe Lavazza, chairman of coffee giant Lavazza, about the multiple challenges facing the ind…

1 year, 1 month ago

Captain Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander.

Captain Jim Lovell, commander of the doomed Apollo 13 space mission to the Moon. Jim, who died this month at the age of 97, tells how he helped guid…

1 year, 1 month ago