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The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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The Rest Is Politics’ Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart interview politicians, leaders, intellectuals, and more. From inside and outside of politics, guests join Rory and Alastair to discuss life, leadership, and the philosophy that’s led them to success in their chosen field. Their conversations cover key political…

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The Rest Is Politics: Leading

209. Shabana Mahmood: Palestine Action, Faith, and What I Told Starmer

208. Mustafa Suleyman: Is AI Actually Conscious?

207. Gordon Brown: How to Fix a Fracturing World

206. How Putin's War Changed Finland Forever (Sanna Marin)

205. Anthony Scaramucci: Why America Keeps Making the Same Mistakes

204. Will a Wealth Tax Actually Fix Britain? (Dan Neidle)

203. The Man Taking On Infantino: UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin

202. Is Peace in the Middle East Closer Than We Think? (A Palestinian & An Israeli's View)

201. How Westminster Breaks Politicians and Why Britain Isn't Ready for War

200. Count Binface: Nigel Farage's Biggest Threat?

199. Is Trump's Chaos Pushing Iceland Towards the EU? (Prime Minister of Iceland, Kristrún Frostadóttir)

198. How Trump’s Imperial Presidency Really Works

197. The Billionaire Tax Debate (Gabriel Zucman)

196. How America Talks Itself Into Endless Wars

195. Can the West Reclaim its Power from Trump? (Malcolm Turnbull)

194. Is Putin Losing His Grip on Russia?

193. James Cleverly: Why Has There Been A Radical Shift On The Right?

192. Are We On The Brink Of World War III? (Odd Arne Westad)

191. Is It Already Too Late to Control AI? (Anthropic Co-Founder, Jack Clark)

190. How the Media Still Misunderstands Trump (Tina Brown)

189. Rahm Emanuel: China, Technology, and the Future of the Democratic Party

188. Will AI Give China or the US Total Power? (William MacAskill)

187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism

186. President Aleksandar Vučić: Russia, China, and How Serbia Could Join the EU

185. Can Labour Win Back Scotland? (Anas Sarwar)

184. President of Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

183. From Bradford to Westminster: Faith, Identity, and Power (Naz Shah)

182. Culture Wars, Identity, and What Needs To Change In Congress (Sarah McBride)

181. Ai Weiwei: China, Censorship, and Dissidence Through Art

180. The Only European Leader Defying Trump? (Pedro Sánchez)

179. President Stubb: Trump’s Unlikely Best Friend

178. Gavin Newsom: The Next President Of The United States?

177. Olaf Scholz: Putin, Power, and Far-Right Populism

176. How Close Are We To War With Iran? (Robert Malley)

175. Ex-Director of GCHQ: China, Russia, and the Threats Facing the UK (Jeremy Fleming)

174. Taking On Europe's Last Dictator: The Fight Against Lukashenko and Putin

173. The man Putin can’t silence: Bill Browder and sanctioning Russia

172. Neil Kinnock: Trump, Thatcher, and Why Labour Lost In 1992 (Part 2)

171. Neil Kinnock: A Labour Rebel’s Path To Power (Part 1)

170. President of Moldova, Maia Sandu: Holding the Line Between Democracy and Putin

169. Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia vs. Musk, AI, and the Battle for Truth

168. A Climate Special: Populism, Security, and Leadership

167. Faith, Depression, and Finding Calm in the Chaos (Professor Mark Williams)

166. John Swinney: Identity, Independence, and The Future of Scotland

165. Anna Wintour: Culture, Influence, and the Power of Decisive Leadership

164. Zack Polanski: Do The Greens Have What It Takes?

163. Prison Reform, Masculinity, and Restorative Justice (James Graham and Jacob Dunne)

162. Gareth Southgate: Patriotism, Leadership, and How To Inspire Young Men

161. Putin, Trump, and 500 Years of Resisting Russia (Radek Sikorski)

160. Michael Gove: Education, Brexit, and Trump (Part 2)

159. Michael Gove: My Journey From Left to Right (Part 1)

158. Baroness Hale: The Supreme Court, Boris Johnson, and the ECHR

157. Ukraine, Diplomacy, and the Future of Europe (Dmytro Kuleba)

156. Defence Secretary, John Healey: Is Britain Ready For War?

155. Mike Pompeo On Russia, Trump, and China

154. Maro Itoje: Inequality, Identity, and Hope

153. The Man Who Invented The World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee)

152. "A War on Children": A Generation in Gaza at Risk (James Elder)

151. Prime Minister of Norway: On Trump, Tech, and Brexit Lessons (Jonas Gahr Støre)

150. Nicola Sturgeon: What Really Happened In The Scottish Referendum (Part 2)

149. Nicola Sturgeon: On Margaret Thatcher, Alex Salmond, and the Push for Independence (Part 1)

148. The President of Guyana: The Fastest Growing Economy in the World (Irfaan Ali)

147. I Thought It Was a Prank - Then I Was Chancellor: Jeremy Hunt (Part 2)

146. The Rise and Fall of The Conservative Party: Jeremy Hunt (Part 1)

145. Gary Stevenson: Masculinity, Money, and the Myth of Meritocracy (Part 2)

144. Gary Stevenson: From Teenage Drug Dealer to Millionaire Trader (Part 1)

143. Iraq, Trump, and America’s Slide to Authoritarianism (Congressman Seth Moulton)

142. The Truth About Net Zero's Credibility (Emma Pinchbeck)

141. The President of Cyprus: Iran, Israel, and the Cyprus Issue (Nikos Christodoulides)

140. The Next President of France? Gabriel Attal on Macron, Le Pen, and Israel-Iran

139. Speaker Kevin McCarthy: In Defence of Donald J. Trump

138. The Anxious Generation: How Silicon Valley Has Rewired Our Brains (Jonathan Haidt)

137. Jacinda Ardern: Why I Stepped Down as Prime Minister of New Zealand

136. Ed Miliband: Farage, Starmer and The Fight for Net Zero (Part 2)

135. Ed Miliband: Blair, Brown, and Battling his Brother (Part 1)

134. Palestine's Most Popular Politician: Marwan Barghouti's Son on Occupation, Resistance, and Hope

133. Trump vs. Europe: Flattery, Pushback, and Powerplays (Congressman Jim Himes)

132. Former Head of MI6: Russia, China, and Trump (Sir Alex Younger)

131. The Global Health Crisis: USAID cuts, Trump, and the limits of AI (Atul Gawande)