Why is Tom Molnar More Successful Than Richard? On this week’s episode, the co-founder of the fast-growing, high street behemoth Gail’s talks to Richard about how he got obsessed with bread, running 197 stores (and counting), how they almost doomed it before it started by calling it ‘Fat Fingers’, protests against branches opening, what it means to take outside funding, and whether the £1 Greggs sausage roll is better than theirs. WARNING: contains scenes of Richard eating a Gails’s blueberry muffin, which would never be allowed to happen on the BBC.

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Why Is Matt Haig More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode, Part 2, the best-selling author talks to Richard about the importance of recognising the moment, how social media changes people in ways we don't yet understand, his battles against bleak mental health, addictions, and most chilling of all, growing up in Newark.

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Why Is Matt Haig More Successful Than Richard? On this week’s episode, Part 1, one of the biggest fiction writers in the world today talks to Richard about the worrying rise of AI, online bullies from Brazil which led to some great publicity and book sales, teenage shoplifting, and how an interview with Richard led to Matt’s ADHD diagnosis.

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Why Is Bella Freud More Successful Than Richard? On this week’s episode, the iconic fashion designer talks to Richard about growing up with no money, her first job working for the legendary Vivienne Westwood, how clothes can bring you confidence, the ups and downs of running her own fashion brand (and how her dad, the artist Lucian Freud,  designed her logo) and the power of silence. 

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Why Is Will Beckett More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode, the founder of the iconic steakhouse Hawksmoor talks to Richard about his meat-based triumph, the lessons learned from his failed early ventures, suppressing the British urge to downplay success, his mum's career as a wine journalist, and Richard's opinion that medium-well steak is much, much better than rare steak, a statement that only cowards could disagree with.

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Why Is Harland Miller More Successful Than Richard? On this week's live episode at the Nevill Holt Festival, the superstar artist talks to Richard about his iconic Penguin inspired art pieces and their brilliant titles, how he nearly got sued by one the UK's most beloved booksellers, how success was a dirty word at art school, their shared love for Whitby (although Richard doesn't love the buffet his Mum does when he's there) and how many pieces of his own work Harland has hanging at home. 

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Why is Sara Pascoe More Successful Than Richard? On this week’s episode the acclaimed stand up talks to Richard about what it was like behind the scenes of LOL: Last One Laughing, Sara playing Richard’s producer in The Thick Of It, the highs and lows of her IVF journey, balancing her children not sleeping with late night gigs.

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Why is Alain De Botton More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode, globally-acclaimed author and philosopher Alain de Botton talks to Richard about how success is driven by unhappiness, how the happiest people are the ones we have never heard of, why we always believe the times we’re living in are the worst, the meaning of philosophy, and meeting each other for the first time in a North London newsagent.

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Why Is Jeremy King More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode Jeremy King the legendary restaurateur behind The Ivy, The Wolseley, Le Caprice and now Simpson's in the Strand talks to Richard about the time the renowned restaurateur Peter Langan ate a cockroach, how having complete control of your business is the only way to not be miserable, how Ozempic has affected restaurants, enjoying dental work without anesthetic and what he looks for in every restaurant he enters.

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Why is Miles Kane More Successful Than Richard? On this week’s episode Miles talks to Richard about growing up the Wirral in Merseyside with his cousin James Skelly (The Coral) and how music was always the centre of their world, his Mum being running a butchers, his album Sunlight in the Shadows and what success means to him today.

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