Ranked #1
#34: Niall Ferguson, historian
#34: Niall Ferguson, historian
Simon and Kassia speak to Niall Ferguson, conservative historian and author of The Ascent of Money and The Pity of War. ... Read more
17 Jul 2018
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46mins
Ranked #2
#43: Daisy Johnson, novelist
#43: Daisy Johnson, novelist
Simon and Eleanor speak to Daisy Johnson, who, earlier this year and at 27 years old, became the youngest person ever sh... Read more
20 Nov 2018
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55mins
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#53: Pandora Sykes, journalist and podcaster
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#20: Antony Beevor, military historian
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#30: Jonathan Shainin, editor, Guardian Long Read
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#8: Stig Abell, editor, Times Literary Supplement (TLS)
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#5: Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
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#46: Mark Haddon, novelist
#46: Mark Haddon, novelist
Simon speaks with Mark Haddon, who won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year award for his bestselling novel A Curious Inc... Read more
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#58: Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer, the New Yorker
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#19: Sam Knight, magazine writer
#19: Sam Knight, magazine writer
Simon interviews Sam Knight, a British writer who works mainly for the Guardian and the New Yorker and specialises in lo... Read more
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#26: Max Hastings, military historian
#26: Max Hastings, military historian
Simon speaks to Max Hastings, the best-selling military historian and erstwhile foreign correspondent and newspaper edit... Read more
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#15: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, commissioning editor, British Wired
#15: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, commissioning editor, British Wired
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#12: Patrick Walsh, literary agent, PEW Literary
#12: Patrick Walsh, literary agent, PEW Literary
Simon and Kassia interview literary agent Patrick Walsh, who runs PEW Literary in London and formerly co-founded Convill... Read more
12 Sep 2017
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#22: Patrick Kingsley, New York Times correspondent
#22: Patrick Kingsley, New York Times correspondent
Kassia and Simon interview Patrick Kingsley, a correspondent with the New York Times. Patrick previously covered migrati... Read more
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#55: Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante's translator
#55: Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante's translator
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#29: Julia Kelly, romance novelist
#29: Julia Kelly, romance novelist
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#10: Alice Fishburn, editor, FT Weekend Magazine
#10: Alice Fishburn, editor, FT Weekend Magazine
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37mins
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#4: Giles Wilson, founding editor, BBC News Magazine
#4: Giles Wilson, founding editor, BBC News Magazine
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22 May 2017
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27mins
Ranked #19
#27: Helen Lewis, deputy editor, the New Statesman
#27: Helen Lewis, deputy editor, the New Statesman
Kassia and Simon interview Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman. She spoke to us about what her current role ... Read more
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1hr 5mins
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#37: Clare Conville, literary agent, C+W
#37: Clare Conville, literary agent, C+W
Simon speaks to Clare Conville, the co-founder of literary agency C+W (formerly Conville and Walsh). Listed by the Obser... Read more
28 Aug 2018
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46mins
