Alain Elkann Interviews

Alain Elkann

Alain Elkann Interviews podcasts are an unprecedented window into the minds of some of the most well-known and -respected figures of the last twenty-five years. Alain Elkann has mastered the art of the interview, approaching the task as somewhere between snapping a photograph and writing a short story. With a background in novels and journalism, and having published over twenty books translated across ten languages, Alain infuses his interviews with innovation, allowing them to flow freely and organically. A small selection, to which we will gradually add, are presented here as podcasts for the first time.

  1. What Does China Really Want? Dr. Yu Jie on Xi Jinping, Taiwan and Global Power - 290 - Alain Elkann Interviews

    4 dgn geleden

    What Does China Really Want? Dr. Yu Jie on Xi Jinping, Taiwan and Global Power - 290 - Alain Elkann Interviews

    CHINA FIRST. Dr. Yu Jie is Senior Research Fellow for China, Chatham House. She focuses on the interplay between China's domestic political economy and foreign policy and is a seasoned commentator in major international media outlets, including BBC News, the Financial Times and Foreign Policy. She regularly briefs senior policymakers from G20 governments and leading intergovernmental organisations. In July 2025, Project Syndicate recognised her as 'one of the most notable female voices' in global affairs. "It is very much a self-centred way of looking at the world and its position in the rest of the world." "Both China and Russia would prefer a world led by multipolar order" "Chinese young people no longer consider the West is the absolute one and only destination they want to go to." https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/yu-jie-2/

    37 min.
  2. Benoist F. Drut: The Art of Collecting: What Most People Get Wrong About Taste - Alain Elkann Interviews

    7 jun

    Benoist F. Drut: The Art of Collecting: What Most People Get Wrong About Taste - Alain Elkann Interviews

    SEAMLESSLY BLENDING ART DECO AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. Benoist F. Drut is managing partner of Maison Gerard, a leading source for French Art Deco furniture, lighting and objects, and — more recently — postwar and contemporary design. Founded in 1974 by Gerardus Widdershoven, Maison Gerard maintains two premises on East 10th Street in Manhattan and is an  elegant presence at both The Winter Show and at Salon Art + Design. "I always have my eyes open. I have to stay curious, aware, and inquisitive, that's my job." "Being based in New York, your main competitors are in London and Paris, but we sell everywhere.  Shipping is not difficult these days." "I am known to spend more time with people that may not be able to afford some of our goods but are passionate about our material than with people who have the means!" https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/benoist-drut/

    41 min.
  3. Marcantonio Brandolini d'Adda: How to Turn Family Legacy Into a Modern Business - Alain Elkann Interviews

    31 mei

    Marcantonio Brandolini d'Adda: How to Turn Family Legacy Into a Modern Business - Alain Elkann Interviews

    A CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR. Marcantonio Brandolini d'Adda, born in 1991, is a Venetian entrepreneur and artist with diverse creative pursuits. The family business, Laguna~B, specialises in contemporary Murano glassware, and from this base Brandolini d'Adda is now expanding his activities into a universe of complementary ventures, including a design studio, a restaurant, and a magazine called EVERYTHING that serves as a communication platform for the various projects of his group of companies. "EVERYTHING reflects the creative and cultural environment where it was born." "EVERYTHING is a collaborative endeavour: even though I've initiated it." "I'm an artist, and the relationship between artist and entrepreneur is always complicated." https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marcantonio-brandolini

    32 min.
  4. Dr. Wong Siew Te: The Man Who Dedicated His Life to Saving the World's Rarest Bear - Alain Elkann Interviews

    24 mei

    Dr. Wong Siew Te: The Man Who Dedicated His Life to Saving the World's Rarest Bear - Alain Elkann Interviews

    CHOSEN TO SAVE SUN BEARS. Dr. Wong Siew Te is a Malaysian wildlife biologist, wildlife conservationist, tropical forest ecologist and nature lover. He studied veterinary science in Taiwan and later wildlife biology at the University of Montana where he began his focus on the rare and little-known Malayan sun bear, the endangered smallest species of bear in the world. In 2008 Wong founded the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) in Sabah, Malaysia, and he still runs it today. A CNN Hero, Wong received the President's Award from the International Association for Bear Research and Management. "The bears are very shy animals. They all know that humans are the most dangerous animal that has ever been created on planet Earth" "The orangutan receives a lot of conservation attention, but not the sun bear. That's why the idea of setting up the sun bear centre first came about." "I think I was the chosen one to help and to save sun bears. My professor chose me to study wild sun bears, and I accepted. Everything happens for a reason." https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/wong-siew-te

    44 min.
  5. Piero Lissoni on Design, Architecture & Creative Freedom - Alain Elkann Interviews

    17 mei

    Piero Lissoni on Design, Architecture & Creative Freedom - Alain Elkann Interviews

    MILANESE MASTER OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN.  Piero Lissoni is a multi-award-winning-architect, designer and art director. One of the masters of contemporary design, he has an almost forty-year history in the development of projects the world over in the fields of architecture, landscape, interior, product and graphic design. He is art director for Alpi, Boffi, Living Divani, Lualdi, Porro and Sanlorenzo as well as being the founder and director of the interdisciplinary studio Lissoni & Partners. "When you're born in Milano and grow up in the polytechnic of Milano it becomes quite natural to control 360 degrees of everything." "I think it was a disease, and I became an architect." "We need to live in our own times, even if sometimes they are imperfect." https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/piero-lissoni/

    36 min.
  6. Paolo Colombo on Love, Greece, and Making Time Visible Through Art - Alain Elkann Interviews

    10 mei

    Paolo Colombo on Love, Greece, and Making Time Visible Through Art - Alain Elkann Interviews

    A PASSION FOR GREECE. Paolo Colombo is an Italian artist and poet. Born in 1949 in Turin, Italy, he lives and works in Athens, Greece. He was a curator between 1986 and 2017 in Philadelphia, in Geneva, in Istanbul, in Torino and in Athens. His works of visual poetry are exhibited widely. "Greece is my world" "Language is very connected with painting, regardless whether I make a painting of a poem or not." "I love the language, I love the music, I love the dances" https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/paolo-colombo-3/

    39 min.
  7. Nathalie Droulers: Architecture, Taste and the Balance of Opposites - Alain Elkann Interviews

    3 mei

    Nathalie Droulers: Architecture, Taste and the Balance of Opposites - Alain Elkann Interviews

    COMBINING ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN. Nathalie Droulers and her twin sister Virginie were born in Milan in 1973. Nathalie graduated in Architecture from the Polytechnic University in Milan in 1997. She worked in New York as a Creative Director in product design development and in 2000 returned to Italy, where she collaborated with the Milan-based Dstudio as a Project Manager. In 2005 she founded Nathalie Droulers Studio, developing residential and commercial projects internationally. Her sister Virginie graduated in Graphic Design from Parsons School of Design in New York in 1999. She worked in New York from 1997 to 2000, and when she returned to Italy she founded Kv Design, a graphic and packaging firm. In 2007, Nathalie and Virginie founded Droulers Architecture together, with the aim of creating an international studio developing residential, commercial and leisure projects, now also specialised in architecture and interior design for luxury yachts. Droulers collaborates with a team of specialised and skilled professionals in a concerted effort to achieve these ambitious goals. "Naturally and luckily, we gradually moved into our respective roles." "One of our most important qualities is our ability to listen to what our clients want." "Getting the new generation on board is probably the biggest success we could achieve." https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/nathalie-droulers/

    39 min.
  8. Jay McInerney on New York During COVID: A City Without People - Alain Elkann Interviews

    26 apr

    Jay McInerney on New York During COVID: A City Without People - Alain Elkann Interviews

    COVID REFLECTIONS. Jay McInerney is a well-known American writer, one of the most gifted of his generation. Novelist, screenwriter and wine connoisseur, McInerney recently published See You on the Other Side, the eagerly anticipated final volume of his stunningly accomplished and profoundly affecting fictional tetralogy: Brightness Falls, The Good Life, and Bright Precious Days. "The stories that I'm interested in ultimately are the personal ones." "The people who come here are ambitious and energetic and they come here because it's the biggest stage in America that there is." "There is something special about the voices of people in their 20s, which we need." https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jay-mcinerney/

    36 min.
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Alain Elkann Interviews podcasts are an unprecedented window into the minds of some of the most well-known and -respected figures of the last twenty-five years. Alain Elkann has mastered the art of the interview, approaching the task as somewhere between snapping a photograph and writing a short story. With a background in novels and journalism, and having published over twenty books translated across ten languages, Alain infuses his interviews with innovation, allowing them to flow freely and organically. A small selection, to which we will gradually add, are presented here as podcasts for the first time.

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  • Maker
    Alain Elkann
  • Jaren actief
    2019 - 2026
  • Afleveringen
    100
  • Beoordeling
    Veilig
  • Website van aflevering
    Alain Elkann Interviews

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