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Apr 2026
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Nicholas Thompson on leading change and ...

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Georgina Godwin meets Nicholas Thompson, CEO of ‘The Atlantic’, to discuss ‘The Running Ground’, a memoir which intertwines his career in journalism, his relationship with his father and his passion for running. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
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