Brandi Carlile, singer-songwriter: I believe in the separation of church and state
‘I believe so profoundly in the separation of church and state, and in the dangers of theocracy creeping into the corners of a democracy’BBC Music Correspondent Mark Savage speaks to US singer-songwri...
14 Nov 202522min
Maria Alyokhina, Russian punk activist: The price of political art was prison
Vitaly Shevchenko speaks to Maria Alyokhina, founding member of the Russian punk activist group Pussy Riot, about the power and the price of protest.Pussy Riot came to the world’s attention with its P...
12 Nov 202522min
Sir Salman Rushdie, author: Writing fiction in a time of lies
James Coomarasamy speaks to acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie as he publishes his first work of fiction since surviving a near-fatal attack in 2022, by a man armed with a knife, who is now serving 2...
10 Nov 202522min
Nhial Deng Nhial, South Sudanese politician: South Sudan is being run down
‘There's basically a total failure of governance. Nothing is working. There is very serious political instability that has actually manifested itself in violence all across the country.’James Copnall ...
7 Nov 202522min
Sir Bradley Wiggins, cyclist: I couldn’t see hope or joy
''There were periods when I couldn’t see any hope or joy,'' says British cycling champion Sir Bradley Wiggins in a deeply personal interview with Anna Foster The first Briton to win the Tour de France...
5 Nov 202522min
Edward Enninful, former editor of British Vogue: Fashion has to be more inclusive
‘Fashion has to be more inclusive, it has to speak to people outside the normal demographic’BBC presenter Amol Rajan speaks to Ghanaian-born Edward Enninful, who rose to the pinnacle of fashion in Bri...
3 Nov 202523min
Sir Philip Pullman, author: Fantasy can be unsatisfactory
‘A lot of the fantasy that I have read is unsatisfactory for me because it's not interested in psychology, it's not interested how people think or feel’Katie Razzall speaks to renowned British author ...
31 Okt 202522min
Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder: We’re living in an era of a massive lowering of trust
‘We’re living in an era of a massive lowering of trust’Shaun Ley speaks to Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, one of the most visited websites in the world.He talks about how to trust in a digital ...
29 Okt 202522min
