Ep.104 Four Interviews at a Writers' Retreat

Nick Hughes, UK has made his career in finance. He has been working for big names like McKinsey, American Express, easyJet and Barclays. He was born and grew up in Zimbabwe until he turned 18, then studied at the University of Oxford. He is a talented writer who now lives in London. He has studied brain function and near-death experiences and wrote a book about what human life might look like 20 years from now, alongside their digital clones, which contain a complete copy of the human brain. Wendy Brabon, USA has been working for most of her life in pharma industry, for names like Siemens, Novartis and Viatris. Debut author of 'Guardian of Ten', inspired by her grandmother's Nazi-occupied Utrecht — and a long life's worth of lessons that feel urgent today.Catriona Jarvis is a former judge in UK, with a focus on refugee rights and human rights in general. She writes about South Africa.Ian Jacobs is a professor in medicine, holding the leading positions in the NHS medical system in UK, like chairing the Barts Health NHS Trust. He has been living in Australia and UK, teaching at universities, now writing his book about fighting cancer. Over the past 35 years he has led a research team working on early detection and risk prediction of cancer.