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Iain Dale All Talk
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Award-winning LBC radio presenter, writer and ‘For the Many’ podcast co-host, Iain Dale brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs as he speaks with high profile media and political figures.
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370. Francis Foster
2w ago01:13:04Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews comedian and podcaster (and former teacher) Francis Foster about his new book (UN)EDUCATED: MY LIFE AS A TEACHER, AND WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER BECOME ONE.
Transcribe →369. Dr Sian Williams
3w ago01:05:04Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews broadcaster-turned-counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams - live from Fowey!
Transcribe →368. Lord Peter Ricketts
4w ago01:01:11Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews former head of the Foreign Office and former national security adviser Lord Ricketts - live from Fowey.
Transcribe →367. Sarah Vine
May 2000:56:47Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews Mail columnist Sarah Vine, live in Fowey.
Transcribe →366. Sir Jeremy Hunt
May 1300:57:49Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews former Conservative foreign secretary and chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt, live in Fowey.
Transcribe →365. From the archive: Jonathan Powell
May 700:45:48Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews former Blair chief of staff Jonathan Powell back in 2011 about his book THE NEW MACHIAVELLI: HOW TO WIELD POWER IN THE MODERN WORLD.Jonathan Powell is now the PM's national security adviser.
Transcribe →364. Mary Beard
Apr 3000:48:44Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews the wonderful Mary Beard about her new book TALKING CLASSICS: THE SHOCK OF THE OLD.
Transcribe →363. James Macintyre
Apr 2200:52:27Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews the author James Macintyre about his new book GORDON BROWN: POWER WITH PURPOSE - going through Brown's political awakening, the battle for the Labour leadership, and then the huge challenges he faced in office.
Transcribe →362. Paul Bessell
Apr 1500:59:04Tap to summarizeIain Dale interviews author Paul Bessel about his new book FINDING DAD, a memoir-investigation into the life of Paul’s father, Peter Bessel: a Liberal MP (1964-1970), close friend of Jeremy Thorpe, later a key prosecution witness in the 1979 Thorpe conspiracy-to-murder trial. Bessel explains why he delayed writing for decades, what triggered the book, and how fearful he was of uncovering painful truths in his parents’ archives. The conversation traces Peter Bessel’s rise as a respected Cornish MP, his later financial collapse, a dramatic disappearance in 1974 that left his family suddenly impoverished, and the complicated, sometimes clandestine life he led (including secret “work” Bessel suspects may have involved US national security).
Transcribe →361. Carl Cashman
Apr 801:12:15Tap to summarizeIan Dale interviews Carl Cashman, Lib Dem leader on Liverpool City Council, about his reputation as the 'UK's hottest politician', his upbringing in Prescot, being raised largely by his grandparents, later meeting his biological father at 22, and how class, accent, and confidence shaped him.
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