Podcast Episodes

Aung San Suu Kyi

Known by many in her country as 'The Lady', Aung San Suu Kyi has become one of the world's most famous female politicians. And yet she has never exer…

10 years, 2 months ago

Baroness Tina Stowell

She's the self-proclaimed Beyoncé of the House of Lords, calling herself a 'single lady' and an 'independent woman'. Baroness Tina Stowell is the Lea…

10 years, 2 months ago

Justin Trudeau

He's been a boxer, a bouncer and a bungee jumping coach. Now he's the Prime Minister of Canada. Justin Trudeau is going back to his childhood home, 2…

10 years, 2 months ago

Mohammed Bin Nayef

Saudi Arabia's human rights record is firmly back in the spotlight. A teenage boy on death row for protesting. A British pensioner expecting to be la…

10 years, 3 months ago

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders is a socialist and a grump. But is he also a future US president?

Some 20,000 people recently turned out to hear Sanders speak - the s…

10 years, 3 months ago

Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart - one the world's richest women - is about to realise a lifelong dream: to own and operate her very own iron-ore mine. Rinehart's life …

10 years, 3 months ago

Lord Ashcroft

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines.

10 years, 3 months ago

The Eagle Twins

Perching on Labour's new front bench are high-flying twin sisters: Angela and Maria Eagle. Angela is the new shadow business secretary. Maria has bee…

10 years, 3 months ago

Michel Houellebecq

He’s the bad boy of French literature. Loved and hated in equal measure. But who is Michel Houellebecq?

Ed Stourton profiles the controversial noveli…

10 years, 4 months ago

Sir John Chilcot

Sir John Chilcot has been at the heart of some of the most important political events in recent decades - often in the background, unnoticed by most.…

10 years, 4 months ago