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Rob Rinder
Season 2 Episode 143
Broadcaster, criminal barrister, columnist and now novelist, Rob Rinder is too curious a person to stay in one place for long. He speaks to James abo…
2 years, 8 months ago
Wendell Pierce
Season 2 Episode 142
Wendell Pierce was on the verge of quitting acting after he graduated from Juilliard - but decided to "give it a year". Four decades on, he's one of …
2 years, 8 months ago
Dexter Fletcher
Season 2 Episode 141
After 50 years in TV, film and theatre, James O'Brien sits down with one of his heroes, actor turned big-time director, Dexter Fletcher to discuss th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Joan Bakewell
Season 2 Episode 140
She was made a peer in 2011, but Dame Joan Bakewell regards herself first and foremost as a journalist and writer. From a very young age, Joan develo…
2 years, 8 months ago
Mark Steel
Season 2 Episode 139
A master at throwing interviewers off his own scent, comedian Mark Steel got so bored of being asked the same questions that he started making things…
2 years, 8 months ago
Alastair Campbell
Season 2 Episode 138
Self-confessed workaholic Alastair Campbell can't help but feel that he's not doing enough. He's written 18 books, is editor at large of The New Euro…
2 years, 9 months ago
Evie Meg
Season 2 Episode 137
Evie Meg, AKA thistrippyhippie has over 16 million followers on TikTok, making her one of the most prominent online disability advocates. Conversely,…
2 years, 9 months ago
Introducing: Unprecedented
Season 2 Episode 137
Brexit, Covid, Partygate, lockdowns, leaks, the war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis and the scandals that plagued our politics. Guto Harri was in…
2 years, 9 months ago
Jack Whitehall
Season 2 Episode 136
His first stand-up gig was at the tender age of 16. It was not critically well received. But Jack Whitehall quickly became a firm favourite on our sc…
2 years, 9 months ago
Stephen Flynn
Season 2 Episode 135
At 34 years old he's the SNP's youngest ever leader in Westminster, moving at breakneck speed from supermarket checkout boy to Rishi Sunak's politica…
2 years, 9 months ago