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The Mishal Husain Show

Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity and tenacity to weekly conversations with world leaders, business titans, and cultural icons, revealing who they really are and how they see the world changing around them. Subscribe today at Bloomberg.com/audio or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. For annotated transcripts of Mishal's conversations head to Bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

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Yotam Ottolenghi on Simple Food in Complicated Times

28 Oct 2026
33m
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Chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi reflects on his 25-year career and the release of his new book, Simple Too, which addresses the modern cook's need for accessible yet sophisticated recipes. The pandemic and digital culture have shifted home cooking habits, moving away from performative, complex meals toward pract...

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Suhasini Haidar on Modi’s Challenges: Trump Abroad and Gen Z at Home

23 Oct 2026
39m
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Rory McIlroy on His Secret Goal, Trump and the Future of Golf

20 Oct 2026
29m
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Michael Palin on the Philippines, China and the Fish-Slapping Dance

16 Oct 2026
43m
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Melania, Soft Power & the Iran War with Writer Azadeh Moaveni

09 Oct 2026
38m
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Even a 0.1% AI Risk Matters: Google’s James Manyika

02 Oct 2026
41m
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Caught in the Iran War: Qatar’s PM on the Middle East “Earthquake”

25 Sep 2026
27m
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Qatar’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al Thani, navigates the complexities of the current Middle East crisis, characterizing the regional instability as an "earthquake" that demands robust national resilience. As a central mediator between the United States, Iran, and other conflicting parti...

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Trump's 'Unreality Bubble’ Meets the Midterms: Maggie Haberman

18 Sep 2026
39m
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Forget the Manosphere: Jon Ronson on Why Men Feel Lost

11 Sep 2026
38m
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US Versus China, Cheap AI & Human Love: AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee

04 Sep 2026
44m
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AI’s rapid acceleration in capability and cost-efficiency is fundamentally reshaping global labor markets and organizational hierarchies, necessitating a shift in how humans define their professional value. While American firms like OpenAI and Anthropic dominate high-end proprietary models, Chinese companies are pursui...

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Colm Tóibín on 1970s Barcelona, Trump's America and Escaping into Art

28 Aug 2026
40m
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Hamid Karzai on the Taliban, Pakistan and His Daughters’ Future

21 Aug 2026
40m
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Why will.i.am Says Human Creativity Will Survive AI

14 Aug 2026
25m
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Adjoa Andoh on Shonda Rhimes, ‘Bridgerton’ and Becoming Lady Danbury

07 Aug 2026
35m
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History’s Not Just About Great Men: Peter Frankopan on Iran and Ukraine

31 Jul 2026
35m
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Geopolitical stability is currently being reshaped by the interplay of geography, logistics, and resource control rather than the actions of individual leaders. Historian Peter Frankopan argues that modern conflicts, such as the wars in Ukraine and between the United States and Iran, demonstrate the difficulty of achie...

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Karen Hao on the Reckless Race for Global AI Power

24 Jul 2026
34m
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The AI industry functions as a modern empire, consolidating historic levels of economic and political power through the extraction of data, intellectual property, and labor. These dominant companies operate with minimal accountability, often exploiting highly educated workers for data labeling while simultaneously auto...

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"He's Weak": Tucker Carlson on How Trump Failed America

17 Jul 2026
52m
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Taming Labour and Facing Down Farage: Steve Richards on Burnham's Plan

10 Jul 2026
47m
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America in Free Fall? Historian Jill Lepore on the US at 250

03 Jul 2026
40m
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The US Constitution faces a crisis of rigidity, as its historical design for amendment has become effectively paralyzed by modern political polarization. Historian Jill Lepore argues that this constitutional stagnation forces political change through the Supreme Court and executive orders, leading to an unhealthy "cult...

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Can Republicans Win California Again? Steve Hilton Thinks So

26 Jun 2026
39m
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Steve Hilton, a former British political strategist and current Republican candidate for governor of California, outlines his vision for reversing the state’s economic decline. He argues that California’s high cost of living, excessive regulation, and long-term one-party dominance have driven nearly two million residen...

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