Today’s guest is the former Prime Minister, Sir John Key.

The money trader-turned-politician-turned-board chair with a real passion for golf served as New Zealand’s 38th Prime Minister from 2008 until 2016.

Sir John’s famously been called a “rich prick” a “smiling assassin” and even “bland”. We discuss all of those names, why he's comfortable with his wealth, the most important lessons his mother taught him, yarns with Obama, the state of the world, and political regrets.

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