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Long-form conversations about the lives and careers of the world's leading and most exciting names from the worlds of art, design, literature, politics, business and food. We hear from the masters themselves, about their art, their craft, their secrets and successes.

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The former US congresswoman, Emmy award-winning journalist and women’s-rights activist sits down with Christopher Cermak to discuss motherhood and the arc of her remarkable career in politics.

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176	10 Feb 2023 28 min	Marjorie Margolies: The former US congresswoman, Emmy award-winning journalist and women’s-rights activist sits down with Christopher Cermak to discuss motherhood and the arc of her remarkable career in politics.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
175	2 Dec 2022 27 min	Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, speaks to Carlota Rebelo about his country’s fight for freedom and how he manages to keep hope alive.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
174	25 Nov 2022 30 min	M aka Michael Chow: The painter and restaurateur discusses his remarkable life and new London show with Robert Bound.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
173	4 Nov 2022 30 min	Karl Jenkins: The man behind ‘The Armed Man’ and ‘Adiemus’ speaks to Emma Nelson about his remarkable life and career as one of Britain’s greatest and most versatile composers.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
★	1 Nov 2022 24 min	Yana Peel: Chanel’s global head of arts and culture sits down with Robert Bound to share her take on the evolving international art market, and how the brand endeavours to champion trailblazing artists.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
172	28 Oct 2022 30 min	Tony Cragg: The Turner Prize-winning British sculptor speaks to Robert Bound about his creative process and his fascination with the emotional qualities of materials.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
170	21 Oct 2022 32 min	Aleksander Kwaśniewski: Former president of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski meets Andrew Mueller in Warsaw to discuss his remarkable political career, why he decided to lead Poland into the EU and Nato, and what it was like to sit across a table from Vladimir Putin.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
169	14 Oct 2022 30 min	Marin Alsop: Internationally renowned conductor Marin Alsop sits down with Emma Searle to discuss the joys and challenges of leading an orchestra and how, despite rejections and being told, “Girls can’t do that,” she persisted to become the first woman to lead major orchestras in Europe, South America and the US.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
168	7 Oct 2022 30 min	Mellissa Fung: The Canadian journalist sits down with Emma Nelson to discuss her career as a war correspondent, being abducted on assignment in Afghanistan and how this trauma refuelled her mission to tell the stories of those caught in conflict.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
167	30 Sep 2022 30 min	Firooz Zahedi: Photographer Firooz Zahedi sits down with Rob Bound to discuss his special friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and how he went from growing up in conservative Iran to capturing Hollywood glamour.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
166	23 Sep 2022 30 min	Alexander Stubb: The former prime minister of Finland sits down with Markus Hippi to discuss his remarkable political career, Finland's decision to join NATO, and the war in Ukraine.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
165	16 Sep 2022 30 min	Edward Enninful: Edward Enninful: the editor in chief of British ‘Vogue’ sits down with Sophie Grove to discuss his new memoir, ‘A Visible Man’, growing up in Ghana and what it was like working with some of the most iconic fashion trailblazers, including Kate Moss, Anna Wintour and Naomi Campbell.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
164	8 Jul 2022 30 min	Platon: The award-winning photographer has turned his camera on political figures and global superstars, including the Obamas, Prince and Muammar Gaddafi. He sits down with Charlie Filmer-Court to discuss his life’s work and what it was like to be an inch away from Vladimir Putin as he captured his photograph.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
163	1 Jul 2022 30 min	Vitali Shkliarov: The Belarusian-American democratic activist and political strategist sits down with Christopher Cermak to discuss what it was like to work on Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns, his imprisonment in Belarus and his lifelong goal to help opposition politicians challenge authoritarian regimes in eastern Europe.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play
162	24 Jun 2022 30 min	Poppy Northcutt: The women’s rights attorney and former Nasa engineer speaks to Emma Nelson about working on the male-dominated space programme in the 1960s, what it was like to help retrieve the Apollo 13 astronauts after their mid-flight disaster and why she’s concerned about the threat to Roe vs Wade.	Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Share via email	Play

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The Big Interview

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Marjorie Margolies:

Dmytro Kuleba:

M aka Michael Chow:

Karl Jenkins:

Yana Peel:

Tony Cragg:

Aleksander Kwaśniewski:

Marin Alsop:

Mellissa Fung:

Firooz Zahedi:

Alexander Stubb:

Edward Enninful:

Platon:

Vitali Shkliarov:

Poppy Northcutt: