International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. On this episode we’re hearing a compilation from our award-winning podcast series How I Found My Voice which explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. Our host for the series, BBC journalist Samira Ahmed, revisits conversations with w ... Show More
Mar 2
CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Trump, Iran and the World in 2026 (Part Two)
As one of the world’s most respected journalists, CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour has witnessed some of the most consequential events of our time. In the Middle East, she has reported from the frontlines in the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 American-led invasion of ... Show More
38m 49s
Mar 1
CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Trump, Iran and the World in 2026 (Part One)
As one of the world’s most respected journalists, CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour has witnessed some of the most consequential events of our time. In the Middle East, she has reported from the frontlines in the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 American-led invasion of ... Show More
37m 51s
Jul 2021
Anna Meredith on Bumps Per Minute, British Podcast Awards, Generational Differences in Publishing
This summer Somerset House in London will be home to a new work by composer Anna Meredith, Bumps Per Minute, which has a distinctly fairground feel. It uses the random interactions of dodgem cars to create a new piece of music. And members of the public are invited to take part i ... Show More
28m 33s
Feb 2021
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy [Bridesmaids, The Heat, Mike & Molly, Spy, Superintelligence, Can You Ever Forgive Me?] joins Anna from Australia to talk about avoiding the pandemic (and saltwater crocs), being a parent, working with her husband, the brilliance of John Candy, the importance of ... Show More
1h 30m
Apr 2020
Katherine Langford, Jay Cutler & Josephine Langford?
Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield & Wes Bentley—hm, what do they call have in common? More importantly, if they were placed side-by-side could you tell them apart? Our first mid-pandemic celebrity divorce stuns the nation (but not E! News, who knew it wa ... Show More
1h 11m
Feb 2021
Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein [Portlandia, Transparent, The Nowhere Inn] is a writer, director, actress, comedian and rock star. She talks with Anna about why the Pacific Northwest is almost home, embracing the “not doing”, the influential rock band that was Sleater-Kinney, the markers of su ... Show More
1h 17m