All Episodes

188. Will AI Give China or the US Total Power? (William MacAskill)

187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

186. President Aleksandar Vučić: Russia, China, and How Serbia Could Join the EU

185. Can Labour Win Back Scotland? (Anas Sarwar)

184. President of Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

183. From Bradford to Westminster: Faith, Identity, and Power (Naz Shah)

182. Culture Wars, Identity, and What Needs To Change In Congress (Sarah McBride)

181. Ai Weiwei: China, Censorship, and Dissidence Through Art

180. The Only European Leader Defying Trump? (Pedro Sánchez)

179. President Stubb: Trump’s Unlikely Best Friend

178. Gavin Newsom: The Next President Of The United States?

177. Olaf Scholz: Putin, Power, and Far-Right Populism

176. How Close Are We To War With Iran? (Robert Malley)

175. Ex-Director of GCHQ: China, Russia, and the Threats Facing the UK (Jeremy Fleming)

174. Taking On Europe's Last Dictator: The Fight Against Lukashenko and Putin

173. The man Putin can’t silence: Bill Browder and sanctioning Russia

172. Neil Kinnock: Trump, Thatcher, and Why Labour Lost In 1992 (Part 2)

171. Neil Kinnock: A Labour Rebel’s Path To Power (Part 1)

170. President of Moldova, Maia Sandu: Holding the Line Between Democracy and Putin

169. Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia vs. Musk, AI, and the Battle for Truth

168. A Climate Special: Populism, Security, and Leadership

167. Faith, Depression, and Finding Calm in the Chaos (Professor Mark Williams)

166. John Swinney: Identity, Independence, and The Future of Scotland

165. Anna Wintour: Culture, Influence, and the Power of Decisive Leadership

164. Zack Polanski: Do The Greens Have What It Takes?

163. Prison Reform, Masculinity, and Restorative Justice (James Graham and Jacob Dunne)

162. Gareth Southgate: Patriotism, Leadership, and How To Inspire Young Men

161. Putin, Trump, and 500 Years of Resisting Russia (Radek Sikorski)

160. Michael Gove: Education, Brexit, and Trump (Part 2)

159. Michael Gove: My Journey From Left to Right (Part 1)

158. Baroness Hale: The Supreme Court, Boris Johnson, and the ECHR

157. Ukraine, Diplomacy, and the Future of Europe (Dmytro Kuleba)

156. Defence Secretary, John Healey: Is Britain Ready For War?

155. Mike Pompeo On Russia, Trump, and China

154. Maro Itoje: Inequality, Identity, and Hope

153. The Man Who Invented The World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee)

152. "A War on Children": A Generation in Gaza at Risk (James Elder)

151. Prime Minister of Norway: On Trump, Tech, and Brexit Lessons (Jonas Gahr Støre)

150. Nicola Sturgeon: What Really Happened In The Scottish Referendum (Part 2)

149. Nicola Sturgeon: On Margaret Thatcher, Alex Salmond, and the Push for Independence (Part 1)

148. The President of Guyana: The Fastest Growing Economy in the World (Irfaan Ali)

147. I Thought It Was a Prank - Then I Was Chancellor: Jeremy Hunt (Part 2)

146. The Rise and Fall of The Conservative Party: Jeremy Hunt (Part 1)

145. Gary Stevenson: Masculinity, Money, and the Myth of Meritocracy (Part 2)

144. Gary Stevenson: From Teenage Drug Dealer to Millionaire Trader (Part 1)

143. Iraq, Trump, and America’s Slide to Authoritarianism (Congressman Seth Moulton)

142. The Truth About Net Zero's Credibility (Emma Pinchbeck)

141. The President of Cyprus: Iran, Israel, and the Cyprus Issue (Nikos Christodoulides)

140. The Next President of France? Gabriel Attal on Macron, Le Pen, and Israel-Iran

139. Speaker Kevin McCarthy: In Defence of Donald J. Trump

138. The Anxious Generation: How Silicon Valley Has Rewired Our Brains (Jonathan Haidt)

137. Jacinda Ardern: Why I Stepped Down as Prime Minister of New Zealand

136. Ed Miliband: Farage, Starmer and The Fight for Net Zero (Part 2)

135. Ed Miliband: Blair, Brown, and Battling his Brother (Part 1)

134. Palestine's Most Popular Politician: Marwan Barghouti's Son on Occupation, Resistance, and Hope

133. Trump vs. Europe: Flattery, Pushback, and Powerplays (Congressman Jim Himes)

132. Former Head of MI6: Russia, China, and Trump (Sir Alex Younger)

131. The Global Health Crisis: USAID cuts, Trump, and the limits of AI (Atul Gawande)

130. The Prime Minister of Australia: Trump, China, and Social Media (Anthony Albanese)

129. Trump’s America: Fear, Polarisation, and The Future (Ezra Klein)

128. Whips, Chaos, and secrets from Westminster (Simon Hart)

127. Donald Trump vs American Freedom: Who Wins? (Moises Naim)

126. Israel, Gaza, and the United Nations (Francesca Albanese)

125. Peter Kyle: AI, grief, and the power of Elon Musk

124. The Man Who Got To Trump (Michael Wolff)

123. Canada Decides: Who will be the next Prime Minister? (Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney)

122. How Europe can survive Trump (Frans Timmermans)

121. Yulia Navalnaya: The Woman Who Could Bring Down Putin

120. The New President of Syria: Trump, Palestine, and having a $10 million bounty on your head (Ahmed al-Sharaa)

119. Tommy Vietor: How Democrats can fight Trump

118. Ex-Head of Mossad: Hamas, Ceasefire, and Netanyahu (Uzi Arad)

117. Is the UN fit for purpose? (Tom Fletcher)

116. Is AI the answer to human suffering? (James Manyika)

115. Ben Wallace: Britain's mistake in Ukraine, Trump vs. NATO, and visiting Iran with Jeremy Corbyn

114. The future of Wales (Eluned Morgan)

113. How likely is World War 3? (Ian Bremmer)

112. Bill Clinton: Putin, Palestine, and Trump

111. Angela Merkel: Putin, Trump, and Europe's future

110. Chris Patten: Conservatism, China, and the future of democracy

109. Is it time to legalise assisted dying? (Kim Leadbeater)

108. Mhairi Black: Independence, inequality, and the future of the SNP

107. General David Petraeus: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the US military's role in the world

106. Michael Lewis: Donald Trump, Sam Bankman-Fried, and the future of the USA

105. War and Peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East (George Mitchell)

104. Timothy Snyder: How will the US election result impact Ukraine?

103. Archbishop of Canterbury: Faith, mental health, and the future of the Church

102. Alan Johnson: From Blair to Starmer - What can Labour learn? (Part 2)

101. Alan Johnson: The Prime Minister We Never Had? (Part 1)

100. Anne Applebaum: Corruption, Populism, and Ending the War in Ukraine

99. Team of Rivals: Blair, Brown and the secrets of New Labour (Douglas Alexander)

98. Nate Silver: Can we predict who will win the 2024 US election?

97. How to fight fake news and strengthen democracy (Audrey Tang)

96. Frank Luntz: The World's Most Prolific Pollster

95. DNC Special: An alternative view from a Trump supporter (David Urban)

94. DNC Special: The Young Buck (Josh Elliot)

93. DNC Special: The Veteran Congresswoman (Rosa DeLauro)

92. DNC Special: The Attack Dog (Bob Mulholland)

91. DNC Special: The Pollster (John Anzalone)

90. Why we should ban all money from politics and kids from social media (Peter Malinauskas)

89. David Davis: The danger of Farage and the battle for the soul of the Tory Party

88. Bush and Iraq, being J.D. Vance’s boss, and why Trump loses (David Frum)

87. Nick Clegg: Biden, Brexit, and kicking Trump off Facebook (Part 2)

86. Nick Clegg: Coalition, Cameron, and Chaos (Part 1)

85. Lisa Nandy: Making Britain a cultural superpower

84. Denmark's former PM on the power of centrist politics, fighting misogyny, and joining the Kinnock empire (Helle Thorning-Schmidt)

83. The Man Who Ran Downing Street

82. Wes Streeting: Labour, privatisation, and the NHS

81. Alex Chalk, Lord Chancellor: How to fix Britain’s prisons

80. Bridget Phillipson: Can we save Britain's schools?

79. Nadhim Zahawi: Iraq, Conservatism, and why he backed Boris Johnson

78. David Blunkett: Education, policing immigration, and the future of the Labour Party (Part 2)

77. David Blunkett: Tony Blair, growing up blind, and where Margaret Thatcher went wrong (Part 1)

Legacy... Margaret Thatcher

76. Rachel Reeves: Britain’s next Chancellor?

75. The Greek Prime Minister vs Rishi Sunak: The Elgin Marbles, immigration, and the EU

74. Kwasi Kwarteng: Liz Truss, becoming Chancellor, and Britain on the brink (Part 2)

73. Kwasi Kwarteng: Boris Johnson, the British Empire, and Rwanda (Part 1)

72. Nancy Pelosi: From JFK's inauguration to fighting Donald Trump

71. Israel's former PM on why Netanyahu is finished, the settler movement, and corruption - Ehud Olmert

70. Sadiq Khan: Faith, power, and the truth about Boris Johnson

69. The brutal truth about net zero and how to vanquish climate populists, with Dieter Helm

68. Israel-Gaza: How the conflict divided Britain and the US, with Ed Kessler

67. A Tale of Two Spies: The former heads of MI5 and MI6 on the Iraq War, double agents, and the IRA

66. Antony Gormley: Art, religion, and the battle for culture

65. Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of Kosovo: Vladimir Putin, surviving prison, and Serbia

64. Caroline Lucas: Leading the Green Party, leaving politics, and the importance of protest

63. Sajid Javid: Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Shamima Begum (Part 2)

62. Sajid Javid: Austerity, the Tory leadership contest, and the problem with 'islamophobia' (Part 1)

61. James Rubin: Working for Biden, American intervention, and the fight against Russian disinformation

60. Anthony Scaramucci: What it's like to be Donald Trump's Communications Director

59. Robert Sapolsky: The psychology behind Donald Trump, the science of stress, and the illusion of ‘free will’

58. Humza Yousaf, First Minister of Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon, independence, and his family's escape from Gaza

57. Tucker Eskew, spin doctor to George W. Bush and Sarah Palin: Why I'm voting Democrat

56. Bill Gates: Conspiracy theories, AI, and the politician he most admires

55. Gillian Keegan: The future of British schools, union 'barons', and Sunak's Rwanda battle

54. Guy Verhofstadt: Is there a case for a European army?

53. Seb Coe: Corruption, gender, and the geopolitics of sport

52. Tom Holland: How religion shaped politics and the Western world

51. Tim Peake: Will humans colonise Mars?

50. Angela Rayner: From zero GCSEs to Britain’s most powerful woman?

49. Christiana Figueres: COP28, Costa Rica, and surviving the climate crisis

48. Simon Sebag Montefiore: The impact of conflicting histories in the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars

47. Tony Klug: Could the Israel-Hamas conflict restart the peace process?

46. Arancha González Laya: The World’s Most Powerful Organisations

Introducing... Legacy

45. Dr Comfort Ero: Resolving deadly conflicts & reforming the UN

44. Mark Carney: Bank of England, Trussonomics, and Brexit

43. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Trump, Biden, and the American Dream

42. Sayeeda Warsi: Britain and the Muslim World

41. Reid Hoffman: Bankrolling Biden to beat Trump, the "PayPal Mafia", and Musk's messiah complex

40. Minette Batters: The Most Powerful Farmer in Britain

39. Theresa May: Donald Trump, David Cameron, and ‘Brexit means Brexit’ (Part 2)

38. Theresa May: Windrush, police, and the cult of personality (Part 1)

37. Chris Hipkins, New Zealand PM: Working with Xi Jinping, fighting to stay in power, and zero covid's double-edged sword

36. Andy Burnham and Andy Street: A Tale of Two Cities

35. Cathy Ashton: Dealing with Putin and Lavrov, Kosovo–Serbia, and 'radical humility'

34. Ed Davey: Leading the Lib Dems, fighting the Tories, and a coalition with Starmer’s Labour?

33. Mustafa Suleyman: Will AI save or destroy humanity?

32. Miriam González Durántez: Navigating Silicon Valley, the Cameron-Clegg years, and the fight for gender equality

31: Yuval Noah Harari: The dangers of AI and the future of humanity (Part 2)

30: Anthony Joshua: Responding to failure, Saudi Arabia, and Tyson Fury

29: Yuval Noah Harari: Crisis and tragedy in Israel (Part 1)

28: Paul Nurse: The power of genetics, battling politicians, and the fight against cancer

27: Feargal Sharkey: Teenage Kicks, Bobby Sands, and saving our rivers

26: Francis Fukuyama: Trump, Modi, and ‘The End of History’

25: Michael Ignatieff: Fighting Orban's Global Conservative Cabal

24: John Major: The Gulf War, Black Wednesday, and Populism (Part 2)

23: John Major: From Brixton to Downing Street (Part 1)

22: Kate Raworth: Doughnut economics and thriving in balance

21: Mary McAleese: Building bridges as the President of Ireland

20: Jonathan Powell: How to negotiate with terrorists

19: Leo Varadkar: Ireland's Taoiseach on NATO, China, and Joe Biden

18: George Osborne: Austerity, Boris Johnson, and the UK's next Prime Minister

17: Gerry Adams: The Troubles, Margaret Thatcher, and the IRA

16: Tony Blair: Taking insults, swallowing pride, and negotiating with both sides

15: Hillary Clinton: Fighting Putin, the Return of Trump, and the Killing of Osama Bin Laden

14: David Miliband: The Age of Impunity

13: Brian Cox: Succession, socialism, and Scotland

12: David Baddiel: God, Anti-Semitism and the Y-Word

11: Gary Lineker: Politics, football and the BBC

10: Rahima Mahmut: The Uyghur Genocide

9: Bernie Sanders: A fight for equality

8: Bertie Ahern: The Troubles, peace, and the future of Ireland

7: Fiona Hill: Working with Trump and fighting against Putin

6: David Lammy: The Future of Foreign Policy

5: Michael Johnson: Politics, protest, and sport

4: Michel Barnier: The Truth Behind Brexit

3: Alan Milburn: Can the NHS be saved?

2: Marina Litvinenko: Fighting Putin's poison

1: Michael Heseltine: From Thatcher to Sunak

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