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

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   Patrick McGee

   Did Apple’s Rise Fuel China’s Fight for Tech Supremacy? With Patrick McGee · Jul 2025

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   Paul Krugman

   Zombie Economics, with Paul Krugman and Linda Yueh · Feb 2020

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   Paul Morland

   Is the Planet Running Out of People? with Paul Morland · 2 episodes

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   Rachel Botsman

   Rachel Botsman and Helen Lewis on Technology and Trust · Jan 2019

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   Robert Caro

   The Art of Political Power, with Robert Caro and William Hague · Oct 2015

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   Sarah Frier

   No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram, with Sarah Frier and Linda Yueh · Feb 2021

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   Sebastian Mallaby
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   Sheila Warren

   NFT's and Why Blockchain Means Business, with Sheila Warren and Carl Miller · Mar 2021

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   Simon Jenkins

   Is This the Twilight of American Supremacy? Simon Jenkins on Why the World Needs the USA · 4 episodes

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    Simon Kuper

    Why Trust in Politicians is So Low, with Simon Kuper · 2 episodes

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    Suzanne Simard

    The Hidden Language of Trees with Suzanne Simard · May 2021

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    Tom Whipple

    Tom Whipple in Conversation With Rosamund Urwin on Why Gender Still Matters · Aug 2018

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    Tomiwa Owolade

    What Britain Gets Wrong About Race · Oct 2023

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    Andrew Graham-Dixon

    Have We Finally Solved The Mystery of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring? With Andrew Graham-Dixon · 2 episodes

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    Azeem Azhar

    Business Weekly: Exponential, with Azeem Azhar · Sep 2021

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    Bari Weiss
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    Bruno Maçães

    Bruno Maçães and Linda Yueh on the Chinese World Order · Dec 2018

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    Cal Flyn

    Archive: The Allure of Abandoned Places, with Cal Flyn · 2 episodes

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    Diarmaid MacCulloch

    Sex, Gender and Christianity: A 3,000 Year History, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Mary Beard (Part Two) · 3 episodes

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    Eliza Filby

    How the Bank of Mum and Dad Took Over the Economy, with Eliza Filby · Sep 2024

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    Eliza Reid

    Archive: Secrets of the Sprakkar, with Eliza Reid · 2 episodes

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    Evan Ratliff
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    Guy Raz

    How I Built This, with Guy Raz · Oct 2021

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    Hanno Sauer

    A History of Good and Evil, with Hanno Sauer · Sep 2024

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    James Barr

    James Barr and Catherine Philp on the Secret British-American Rivalry in the Middle East · Nov 2018

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    John Kay
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    Julia Ioffe

    Julia Ioffe and Clarissa Ward on Putin, Russia and the Women Fighting For A Better Future (Part Two) · 2 episodes

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    Katherine Rundell

    The Bewildering Magic of the Narwhal, the Greenland Shark, and the Golden Mole · Jan 2023

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    Katja Hoyer

    Weimar and Hitler: How did fascism take hold in Germany’s historic town? With Katja Hoyer · May 2026

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    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Mistaken Identities: The Conflict Over Culture, Class, Gender and Nation with Kwame Anthony Appiah and John Gray · Oct 2018

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    Max Richter

    Max Richter on Finding Inspiration, with Shahidha Bari · Jan 2025

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    Naomi Wolf

    Naomi Wolf on 'Vagina: A New Biography' · Dec 2013

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    P.J. O'Rourke

    P.J. O’Rourke and Lionel Shriver on the Battle for the White House · 4 episodes

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    Paulina Rowinska

    On the Map: Why Mathematics Can Be Seen Everywhere We Go, with Paulina Rowinska · Aug 2024

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    Peter Schiff
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    Rachel Cockerell

    The Search for a Jewish Homeland in Texas, with Rachel Cockerell and James McAuley · Jul 2025

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    Rana Foroohar

    The Sunday Debate: Break Up The Tech Giants · 2 episodes

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    Slavoj Žižek

    Slavoj Žižek and Shahidha Bari on Hegel in a Wired Brain · 3 episodes

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    Stephen Witt

    Is Nvidia the most important company in the world? With Stephen Witt · Jun 2025

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    Tiffany Jenkins

    A Cultural History of Privacy, with Tiffany Jenkins · Apr 2025

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