The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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 events, global affairs, and the big ideas shaping the world today, offering listeners in-depth perspectives from those at the heart of change. The Rest Is Politics Plus: Become a member for exclusive bonus content, early access to Question Time episodes to live show tickets, ad-free listening for both TRIP and Leading, our exclusive newsletter, discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, and our members’ chatroom on Discord. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com.

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Yuval Noah Harari 2 episodes
Alan Johnson 2 episodes
David Blunkett 2 episodes
Ed Miliband 2 episodes
John Major 2 episodes
Neil Kinnock 2 episodes
Nick Clegg 2 episodes
Nicola Sturgeon 2 episodes
Theresa May 2 episodes
Gary Stevenson 2 episodes

Every guest on The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
184. President of Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Apr 2026

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Brian Cox
13: Brian Cox: Succession, socialism, and Scotland · Apr 2023

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Ezra Klein
129. Trump’s America: Fear, Polarisation, and The Future (Ezra Klein) · Apr 2025

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Bernie Sanders
9: Bernie Sanders: A fight for equality · Mar 2023

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Arnold Schwarzenegger
43. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Trump, Biden, and the American Dream · Oct 2023

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Tony Blair
16: Tony Blair: Taking insults, swallowing pride, and negotiating with both sides · May 2023

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Yuval Noah Harari
31: Yuval Noah Harari: The dangers of AI and the future of humanity (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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Jimmy Wales
169. Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia vs. Musk, AI, and the Battle for Truth · Jan 2026

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Fiona Hill
7: Fiona Hill: Working with Trump and fighting against Putin · Feb 2023

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Jonathan Haidt
138. The Anxious Generation: How Silicon Valley Has Rewired Our Brains (Jonathan Haidt) · Jun 2025

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Nate Silver
98. Nate Silver: Can we predict who will win the 2024 US election? · Sep 2024

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Robert Sapolsky
59. Robert Sapolsky: The psychology behind Donald Trump, the science of stress, and the illusion of ‘free will’ · Feb 2024

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Bill Gates
56. Bill Gates: Conspiracy theories, AI, and the politician he most admires · Jan 2024

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Tom Holland
52. Tom Holland: How religion shaped politics and the Western world · Dec 2023

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Michael Lewis
106. Michael Lewis: Donald Trump, Sam Bankman-Fried, and the future of the USA · Nov 2024

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David Baddiel
12: David Baddiel: God, Anti-Semitism and the Y-Word · Apr 2023

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Ai Weiwei
181. Ai Weiwei: China, Censorship, and Dissidence Through Art · Mar 2026

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Reid Hoffman
41. Reid Hoffman: Bankrolling Biden to beat Trump, the "PayPal Mafia", and Musk's messiah complex · Oct 2023

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Mustafa Suleyman
33. Mustafa Suleyman: Will AI save or destroy humanity? · Aug 2023

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Hillary Clinton
15: Hillary Clinton: Fighting Putin, the Return of Trump, and the Killing of Osama Bin Laden · Apr 2023

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Atul Gawande
131. The Global Health Crisis: USAID cuts, Trump, and the limits of AI (Atul Gawande) · Apr 2025

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David Frum
88. Bush and Iraq, being J.D. Vance’s boss, and why Trump loses (David Frum) · Aug 2024

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Tina Brown
190. How the Media Still Misunderstands Trump (Tina Brown) · May 2026

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Anne Applebaum
100. Anne Applebaum: Corruption, Populism, and Ending the War in Ukraine · Sep 2024

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David Miliband
14: David Miliband: The Age of Impunity · Apr 2023

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Francis Fukuyama
26: Francis Fukuyama: Trump, Modi, and ‘The End of History’ · Jul 2023

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Ian Bremmer
113. How likely is World War 3? (Ian Bremmer) · Dec 2024

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Rahm Emanuel
189. Rahm Emanuel: China, Technology, and the Future of the Democratic Party · May 2026

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Simon Sebag Montefiore
48. Simon Sebag Montefiore: The impact of conflicting histories in the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars · Nov 2023

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Tim Berners-Lee
153. The Man Who Invented The World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee) · Sep 2025

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Timothy Snyder
104. Timothy Snyder: How will the US election result impact Ukraine? · Oct 2024

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Will MacAskill
188. Will AI Give China or the US Total Power? (William MacAskill) · May 2026

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Alan Johnson
102. Alan Johnson: From Blair to Starmer - What can Labour learn? (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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Anthony Joshua
30: Anthony Joshua: Responding to failure, Saudi Arabia, and Tyson Fury · Aug 2023

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Antony Gormley
66. Antony Gormley: Art, religion, and the battle for culture · Mar 2024

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Chris Patten
110. Chris Patten: Conservatism, China, and the future of democracy · Dec 2024

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David Blunkett
78. David Blunkett: Education, policing immigration, and the future of the Labour Party (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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David Davis
89. David Davis: The danger of Farage and the battle for the soul of the Tory Party · Aug 2024

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David Lammy
6: David Lammy: The Future of Foreign Policy · Feb 2023

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

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190. How the Media Still Misunderstands Trump (Tina Brown)
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183. From Bradford to Westminster: Faith, Identity, and Power (Naz Shah)
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