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1285 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Kojo Koram

   How Will a New Era of Drugs Shape Our World? With Kojo Koram · Jun 2026

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   Kristian Rönn

   Business Weekly: Counting the Cost of Climate Change, with Kristian Rönn · Feb 2022

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   Kwasi Kwarteng
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   Kübra Gümüsay

   On Speaking and Being: The Power of Words, with Kübra Gümüsay · Jul 2022

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   Laura Bates

   Incels and the Men Radicalised to Hate Women, with Laura Bates and Sonia Sodha · Oct 2020

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   Laura Kuenssberg
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   Laura Spinney

   Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, with Laura Spinney · Apr 2025

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   Lauren Working

   How Did the Americas Transform Renaissance England? With Lauren Working · Jun 2026

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   Laurie Penny

   Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback, with Laurie Penny · Apr 2022

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    Lawrence Freedman

    Is the Russia–Ukraine War a Failure of Strategy? With Lawrence Freedman · 2 episodes

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    Laxman Narasimhan

    Business Weekly: No Bullsh*t Leadership with Reckitt CEO Laxman Narasimhan · Sep 2021

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    Layal Liverpool

    How Inequality in Healthcare Makes Society Sick, with Layal Liverpool and Chris van Tulleken, Part Two · 2 episodes

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    Layla Saad

    We Need To Talk: Me and White Supremacy, with Layla Saad and Emma Dabiri · Jun 2020

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    Lea Ypi

    Coming of Age at the End of History, with Lea Ypi · Jan 2022

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    Leah Thomas

    Understanding Environmental Inequality, with Leah Thomas · Sep 2022

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    Leslie Johnston
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    Lewis Gordon

    Reflections on Black Consciousness: Lewis Gordon and Paul Gilroy in conversation · Mar 2022

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    Liam Byrne

    Why Are Populists Winning? With Liam Byrne and Will Hutton · 2 episodes

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    Liam Shaw

    How can we win the battle against antibiotic resistance? With Liam Shaw · Aug 2025

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    Linda Colley

    Constitutional Rights and Wrongs, with Linda Colley · Nov 2021

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    Linda Grant
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    Linda Kinstler

    The Crimes of History, with Linda Kinstler and Peter Pomerantsev · May 2022

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    Lionel Barber

    Lionel Barber and Zanny Minton Beddoes on the Story of the World’s Wildest Investor, Part Two · 3 episodes

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    Lixing Sun

    How and Why did Sexual Reproduction Evolve on our Planet? With Dr Lixing Sun · Apr 2026

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    Liz Pelly

    The Rise of Spotify, with Liz Pelly · Mar 2025

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    Lizzie Wade

    What Can Ancient Civilisations Teach Us About Survival? With Lizzie Wade · May 2025

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    Lola Young

    My Childhood in the Care System, with Baroness Lola Young · Jan 2025

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    Lucy Cooke

    The Animal Queendom: Rethinking Zoology, with Lucy Cooke · Mar 2022

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    Lucy Foulkes

    The Teen Mental Health Crisis and How Adolescence Shapes Us, with Lucy Foulkes and Pandora Sykes (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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    Lucy Hannah
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    Luke Harding

    Luke Harding and Alastair Campbell: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest (Part Two) · 2 episodes

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    Lynda Gratton

    The New Long Life: Flourishing in a Changing World, with Lynda Gratton and Andrew J Scott · Jun 2020

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    Madawi Al-Rasheed

    The Saudi Project, Part One: The Birth of a Nation · 2 episodes

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    Madhumita Murgia

    The Long Shadow of AI, with Madhumita Murgia · Mar 2024

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    Manveen Rana

    Iraq: 20 Years On | Invasion, Occupation and Failures · Mar 2023

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    Marcel Dirsus

    What Keeps Tyrants in Power? with Marcel Dirsus · Aug 2024

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    Marcus Breitschwerdt
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    Marcus Gilroy-Ware

    The Truth about Fake News, with Marcus Gilroy-Ware and Richard Seymour · Jul 2021

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    Marcus Ryder

    Black British Lives Matter, with Marcus Ryder MBE · Nov 2021

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    Marie Bamyani

    The Afghan Women Writing for Freedom, with Marie Bamyani, Zarghuna Kargar and Lucy Hannah · May 2022

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