BBC Radio 3 · Music

Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical passions and talk about the influence music has had on their lives.

Episodes

Lea Ypi, a professor of political theory, reflects on her childhood in communist Albania, where she navigated a state-imposed narrative of national superiority despite systemic scarcity and isolation. The collapse of the regime revealed her family’s hidden history of political persecution and collaboration, shattering ...