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The culinary legend and actress sits down with Robert Bound to discuss her cookbooks, which span the flavours of India, and how she unintentionally became a household name for anyone with a taste for South Asian cuisine.

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193	30 Nov 2023 33 min	Madhur Jaffrey The culinary legend and actress sits down with Robert Bound to discuss her cookbooks, which span the flavours of India, and how she unintentionally became a household name for anyone with a taste for South Asian cuisine.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
192	24 Nov 2023 25 min	Malcolm Gladwell Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell sits down with Georgina Godwin to discuss his life, career and gripping podcast series, ‘Revisionist History’.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
191	17 Nov 2023 29 min	Bob Brown The former Australian senator sits down with Andrew Mueller to reflect on the highlights of his political career and how he became leader of the world’s first Green party.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
190	10 Nov 2023 30 min	Margaret MacMillan The celebrated Canadian historian sits down with Andrew Mueller to discuss her bestselling books, the history of warfare and the challenge that Vladimir Putin poses to the world order.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
189	3 Nov 2023 31 min	Badiucao Chinese dissident artist Badiucao sits down with Georgina Godwin to discuss his life in self-imposed exile and how he uses his art to challenge censorship and human-rights abuses in China.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
188	27 Oct 2023 31 min	Rhiannon Giddens The Grammy award-winning American singer sits down with Andrew Mueller to discuss her remarkable career and mission to highlight the untold stories of people who have contributed to musical history in the US.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
187	14 Jul 2023 30 min	Steve Earle Steve Earle, one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation, joins Andrew Mueller to discuss his new tour, play and why his enduring hit ‘Copperhead Road’ is the newest state song of Tennessee, where marijuana remains illegal.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
186	7 Jul 2023	Erna Solberg The former prime minister of Norway sits down with Andrew Mueller to discuss her political career and the future of Europe’s relationship with Russia.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
185	30 Jun 2023 26 min	Chuck D Andrew Mueller sits down with the ground-breaking hip-hop pioneer and revolutionary activist to discuss his extraordinary career and his new illustrated memoir, ‘Livin’ Loud: ARTitation’.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
184	23 Jun 2023 26 min	Jason Rezaian Journalist Jason Rezaian of ‘The Washington Post’ discusses his 544 days in an Iranian prison, what it took to get him out and what he believes should be done to help other journalists who have been wrongfully detained.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
183	16 Jun 2023 30 min	Carla Hayden The first African American and female Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, joins Christopher Cermak to discuss the role of libraries as a cornerstone of democracy and her efforts to spread the word about their wonders.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
182	9 Jun 2023 34 min	Angélique Kidjo Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo joins Emma Searle to discuss her unstoppable career and genre-defying repertoire.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
181	2 Jun 2023 19 min	James Olson The former chief of counterintelligence for the CIA, looks back on his 30-year career with the agency and discusses how he coped with the moral dilemmas of spying.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
180	26 May 2023 26 min	Nathan Law Trailblazing pro-democracy activist Nathan Law joins Andrew Mueller to discuss his new memoir and how he went from being Hong Kong’s youngest legislator to living in political exile in the UK.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play
179	19 May 2023 33 min	Mubin Shaikh Former counterterrorism operative Mubin Shaikh joins Andrew Mueller to explain how he went from being a supporter of Islamist extremism to working undercover for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service inside the “Toronto 18” terrorist group.	Download Share X (formerly Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn Email	Play

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