How I Found My Voice

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How I Found My Voice episodes

November 25, 2019 Richard Branson
Samira Ahmed speaks to business mogul Sir Richard Branson about becoming a serial entrepreneur developing the Virgin brand, signing some of the biggest names in music and the next frontiers of space travel.
How I Found My Voice is an Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. If you enjoy this podcast please tell your friends, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.
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45 min
November 18, 2019 Chris Wylie
Samira Ahmed speaks to the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Chris Wylie. He speaks to Samira about data micro-targeting, leaking documents that led to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal and the part he played in developing technologies that can help shape election results.
How I Found My Voice is an Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. If you enjoy this podcast please tell your friends, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.
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47 min
November 11, 2019 Naomi Klein
Samira Ahmed speaks to the journalist, social activist and New York Times best-selling author Naomi Klein. She speaks to Samira about growing up in a politically active family, being at the forefront of protest movements, the case for a Green New Deal and her views on Extinction Rebellion.
How I Found My Voice is an Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. If you enjoy this podcast please tell your friends, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.
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46 min
November 04, 2019 Jess Phillips
Samira Ahmed speaks to the Labour Party politician and MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips. She speaks to Samira about holding truth to power, her gift for swearing and women pushing back.
How I Found My Voice is an Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators.
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56 min
October 28, 2019 Michael Palin
Samira Ahmed speaks to the actor, writer and comedian Michael Palin. Part of the legendary Monty Python comedy group, Palin has helped shape British comedy on our TV screens. From growing up with a father who stuttered to finding his comedy partners and travelling the world, Palin speaks about the moments that shaped and inspired his voice.
How I Found My Voice is an Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators.
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1 hr 1 min
October 22, 2019 Season 2 TRAILER: launching 28 October
Season 2 of How I Found My Voice is nearly here! Launching on 28th October, Samira Ahmed is joined by a range of new guests including actor Michael Palin, businessman Richard Branson, climate activist Naomi Klein, journalist Jon Snow, Pakistani novelist Fatima Bhutto, comedian Richard Osman and the Guilty Feminist podcaster Deborah Frances-White. Join us as we discuss how each of them came to find their voice.

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6 min
June 03, 2019 Lyse Doucet
Samira Ahmed speaks to the BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet. Renowned as a foreign correspondent in some of the toughest war zones in the past thirty years, Doucet speaks about the moments that shaped her voice from growing up in a small Canadian town to reporting from the front lines in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. How I Found My Voice is a new Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators.
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49 min
May 31, 2019 Bonus: Lang Leav
Samira Ahmed speaks to poet Lang Leav in this short bonus episode of the podcast. From posting her poetry on Tumblr to becoming an Instagram sensation, Leav speaks about how modern poetry uses social media platforms and reflects on the inspirations that shaped her voice. How I Found My Voice is a new Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators.
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18 min
May 27, 2019 Samuel West
Samira Ahmed speaks to the actor Samuel West. West speaks about the moments that shaped and inspired his voice from growing up in a household of actors with famous parents and wanting to be accepted into the 'family business' to his lifelong socialism. How I Found My Voice is a new Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators.
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43 min
May 20, 2019 Sayeeda Warsi
Samira Ahmed speaks to the Conservative politician Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. Warsi speaks about the moments that shaped and inspired her voice from growing up in a working-class family in Yorkshire to becoming the first Muslim politician to serve in a British Cabinet. Throughout her journey one mantra kept her going: 'If not me then who? If not now then when?' How I Found My Voice is a new Intelligence Squared podcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators.
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52 min

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How I Found My Voice is the podcast that explores how some of the world’s greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. This Intelligence Squared podcast goes…