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Cade Metz, New York Times Technology correspondent and author of the incredibly fascinating book Genius Makers talks to me  about the history of AI, whether it's going to take all our jobs, what his thoughts are on Universal Basic Income, Extinction Level Events and whether we're in a new Cold War.

Such an interesting guy and a really thrilling book to read. If you plan on being employed in the next 30 years, you...

Buy the book! No Filter by Sarah Frier all about the rise of Instagram.

Sarah Frier, a Bloomberg News technology reporter talks through the early days of journalism including covering a murder at her student newspaper! Then we dive deep on the story of Instagram, it's rise from nothing to being bought by for $1bn, the tension between the Insta founders & Zuck as well as how Instagram deliberately went after celebr...

Jacqui Smith, the former Home Secretary of the UK talks through how she got into that role, her political ambitions, whether she'd make a better politician now than when she was actually in power and whether we dismiss politicians too quickly when they've reached a certain age.

Jacqui was only the 3rd women to reach one of the 3 most important UK offices of state when she became Home Secretary and we discuss the ...

Peter King, probably the most well known, most successful sports journalists in America talks to Richard about his career, how we got to where he is, his focus on doing the best job he can wherever his is, his relationships with NFL players and the difficulty of writing bad things about them and he kindly entertains a couple of Richard's ideas for improving the sport.

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Rory Sutherland, author of Alchemy and Vice Chairman of Ogilvy gives us a tour around his incredible brain. We probably had the widest ranging discussions of any guest I've spoken to (or person I may have ever met) but the real focus is on why you have to think differently to be successful, why we misunderstand the world and people's motivations and why human behaviour departs from rationality. 

I think it's...

Joslyn Thompson Rule, a Nike Master Trainer who has worked with some of the most elite athletes in the world tells her story. We talk about how an accident when she was younger showed her that she had the determination to get through anything and how rowing at university helped her go from an outsider to an insider.

We then get onto fitness and why it's so important to have the right mindset before beginning her fitne...

Matt is a senior writer for the Sunday Times magazine and his latest book, Man Down, explores the depression and anxiety that afflicts men in their mid-40's when life hasn't turned out quite how they'd hoped/expected.

We talk through why that is, how we can avoid it, the impact that we have on our kids and the pressure conveyor belt that we put them on from an early age.

Really interesting to talk t...

Iain Dale is one of the most prolific radio and podcast personalities in the UK. He presents the Evening Show on LBC Radio (Monday-Thursday 7pm-10pm). He was named Radio Presenter of the Year for 2013 & 2016 at the Arqiva Awards, and was shortlisted for Speech programme of the year at the 2013 Sony Radio Awards. In 2014 he won a Sony Award for ‘Best Interview of the Year.

He's also written untold number of books f...

Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman of S4 Capital is the man who built up WPP into the world leading marketing and advertising conglomerate that it became. I asked him what motivates him and we talked about how coming from an immigrant family drove him to success, how close he was with his dad and whether he made the right choices of balancing work and family life.

An incredibly fascinating person and a great honour to ...

Annie Duke, former professional poker player and author of Thinking in Bets and How to Decide talks through decision making processes, the role of luck in all different types of outcomes and how to make big decisions on the public stage plus lots more. She was an incredible guest and her work and track record speaks for itself. 

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David Epstein, the brilliant author of Range and The Sports Gene talks to me about lots of topics from why children should sample lots of different sports from a young age, to why making mistakes as you learn leads to holding onto the knowledge longer and why being OK with being misunderstood as you navigate your career can lead to a more fulfilling job.

Some of the books that we mention are Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother...

Matt Ridley, author of multiple books including The Rational Optimist talks about his background, his illustrious family history and how that motivates him. We also talk through why we as a population tend towards pessimism and what to do about it as well as how we as a society can be more innovative.

I really enjoyed talking to Matt and hope you enjoy listening too. Please rate and review us on iTunes and let me have any ...

Stu Turton the bestselling and Costa Award winning author of The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and the new book The Devil and the Dark Water talks through everything from his need to write, his inability to relax, his method writing style and the whole process of creating a book from the actual plotting through to the marketing.

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