Ronan Farrow, investigative journalist, New Yorker.

Ronan Farrow, investigative journalist, New Yorker.

My guest today is the Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist Ronan Farrow. Born in New York City he earned his degree in philosophy at just fifteen. While a teenager he served as a UNICEF Spokesperson for Youth, advocating for children and women caught up in the Darfur crisis in Sudan. In 2009, at 22 years old, he became a special advisor to the Obama administration, then a Rhodes Scholar, earning his PhD in political science at Magdalen College, Oxford.


It was his work detailing allegations of sexual misconduct against the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, published in the New Yorker, that situated my guest in the centre of the global spotlight, however. His reporting has had profound effects, both within the film industry, and further afield.


Through all of this, video games have been a constant. “I love video games,” he told the New York Times in 2021. “Big nerd here."


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Danny Wallace, writer & broadcaster (Yes Man, Assassin's Creed series).

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Nainita Desai, composer (Immortality, Call of Duty, Tales of Kenzera: Zau).

Nainita Desai, composer (Immortality, Call of Duty, Tales of Kenzera: Zau).

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Eugene Jarvis, gamemaker (Defender, Robotron: 2084, Smash TV).

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Uwe Boll, film director (House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Postal).

Uwe Boll, film director (House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Postal).

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Derek Yu, gamemaker (Spelunky, UFO 50).

Derek Yu, gamemaker (Spelunky, UFO 50).

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Chris Deering, former President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

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