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The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 199 episodes
196. How America Talks Itself Into Endless Wars
195. Can the West Reclaim its Power from Trump? (Malcolm Turnbull)
194. Is Putin Losing His Grip on Russia?
193. James Cleverly: Why Has There Been A Radical Shift On The Right?
192. Are We On The Brink Of World War III? (Odd Arne Westad)
191. Is It Already Too Late to Control AI? (Anthropic Co-Founder, Jack Clark)
190. How the Media Still Misunderstands Trump (Tina Brown)
189. Rahm Emanuel: China, Technology, and the Future of the Democratic Party
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
E95. 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)
E90. 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)
E61. 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
E41. 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
E11: 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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