The Big Interview

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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.

1월 30일

Billy Bragg

Why musician Billy Bragg has outsourced his memoir. More than 600 friends, associates, collaborators and fans collaborate in ‘Billy Bragg: A People’s History’, a book about the life and works of a songwriter whose work has become a soundtrack to people’s lives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30분
1월 9일

Richard Thaler

Pioneer of behavioural economics Richard Thaler discusses the arc of his career, from ‘heretic’ to Nobel Prize winner, and why it was so difficult to convince economists that behaviour and human nature contradict their theories. Also: his rules for a better way to play Scrabble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35분
2025. 12. 12.

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Russian politician, historian and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza speaks to Andrew Mueller about surviving solitary confinement in a Siberian prison, Putin’s future and why he hasn’t lost faith in Russian democracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

44분
2025. 11. 28.

Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to Andrew Mueller about her new memoir and the role that empathy plays in leadership, especially in times of crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

33분
2025. 11. 14.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Andrew Ross Sorkin – CNBC Squawk Box host, Dealbook founder, co-creator of TV series ‘Billions’ and author of ‘Too Big To Fail’ – has released a new book, ‘1929’, exploring the characters behind the Great Depression. He speaks with Chris Cermak about its lessons and when the next financial bubble will burst. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29분
2025. 10. 17.

Laura Trevelyan

The long-time anchor of BBC World News America on becoming a US citizen the day after Donald Trump’s election and how her family’s history of slave ownership led her to apologise and offer reparations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31분
2025. 07. 04.

Odile Renaud-Basso

The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, founded after the Cold War, discusses Ukraine’s rebuilding and the institution’s newfound purpose in an age of retrenching from foreign aid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30분
2025. 06. 13.

American cyber-defence specialist Jen Easterly on why protecting US infrastructure matters

Jen Easterly led the agency keeping the US safe from cyber attacks for four years. She’s worried about where things have gone over the past few months. Emma Nelson discusses her life of service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30분

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32개의 평가

Smart, gentle, enjoyable

2019. 12. 04.

bethmcel

Interviewer is great! So glad to have stumbled on this podcast. Thank you
Don’t listen to the author interviews before reading the books...

2019. 05. 25.

Brandan Halpin

The interviewer gives away the ending of Ottessa Moshfegh’s “DescriptionMy Year of Rest and Relaxation” through questioning plot motivations that happen within the last 10 pages of the book. This was unnecessary and completely spoiled the ending. I wish I had not listened to this.

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.