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The Anglo-Jewish writer Tanya Gold went on holiday to Auschwitz and didn't much like what she saw. She writes about the experience in “My Auschwitz Vacation: On Holocaust tourism” which ran in this month's Harper's. But, as she told me, she would have preferred the piece to have been entitled: “Her Gay Romp Through Jewish Poland” - in honor, of course, of Mel Brooke's satirical “Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp With Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden” from his 1967 movie The Producers. And there is certainly something Brookean about Gold's predilection for outrage - a healthy thing, I suspect, especially given the soporific quality of much contemporary Holocaust writing. Tanya Gold is a freelance journalist, who has written for the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Times (London), amongst other publications. She was awarded Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2010, also being nominated for Columnist of the Year, and was commended in the Feature Writer of the Year category in 2009.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode we welcome Aamna Mohdin to discuss her memoir, Scattered: The Making and Unmaking of a Refugee.Aamna is the Guardian's first community affairs correspondent, reporting on the social, political and economic experiences of the UK's diverse communities, with a focus on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Aamna spent her early years in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the Netherlands, before arriving in the UK aged seven.Aamna is the winner of the British Journalism Award 2022 and her journalism has been shortlisted for the British Press Awards.Libreria wishes to thank Bloomsbury Publishing for the opportunity to host this interview for The Libreria Podcast.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Ann Marie McGivern is a Vaccine injured.  GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: John Mair is one of the most prolific editors of books on modern journalism in Britain today. This publication is his 24th ‘hackademic' text; he is currently putting together the 25th – on ‘Anti-Social Media'. The books bring together the work of journalists and academics to discuss vital issues such as data journalism, Brexit, Trump and the media, the death of print and the Leveson Inquiry. The genre he invented – with books jointly edited with Richard Tait, Tor Clark, Richard Lance Keeble, Raymond Snoddy and others – is widely recognised as constituting a major addition to contemporary journalism studies. John has practised journalism at the BBC, Channel Four and other broadcasters and taught it at the universities of Coventry, Westminster, Brunel, Kent and Edinburgh Napier. He has judged the British Press Awards, the British Journalism Awards, the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards and helped to set up the Steve Hewlett Memorial Lecture and Scholarships.  

Sathnam Sanghera is a best-selling writer and journalist. He grew up in Wolverhampton to Punjabi parents in a home where, in his words, “no one read books or owned them, let alone wrote them”. When he started school, he couldn't speak English but he went to graduate from Cambridge University with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature.He started out writing for newspapers, winning the Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2002. He now writes for The Times. In 2008 he published his memoir of his early life called The Boy With the Topknot.More recently he has focused on our colonial history. In 2021 he published Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, which was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards. Then came Empireworld: How British Imperialism has shaped the Globe, which quickly became a best-seller. Sathnam's musical choices include Bach, John Coltrane, Debussy and Jasdeep Singh Degun.

The memoirist Bryony Gordon is unparalleled in using her talent to bring the raw honesty of her experiences to other women. Generosity and a desire to help others shines through and defines her copious achievements. In this episode, Bryony talks everything from running with boobs to bullying. Bryony's new book, Mad Woman is the hotly anticipated follow-up to bestseller, Mad Girl. Since 2006, Gordon has written the "Notebook" column which appears each Thursday in The Daily Telegraph, as well as additional special features. In 2007, Gordon was shortlisted for Young Journalist of the Year, at the British Press Awards. In June 2014, Gordon published her first book, The Wrong Knickers: A Decade of Chaos, a memoir. In 2016, Gordon published her second book, Mad Girl, a memoir about her struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bulimia, alopecia and drug dependency. This episode was recorded in March 2024. Bryony is running the Brighton Marathon in April 2024 to raise money for Mental Health Mates. Support her here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/BryonysBigChallenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, author & journalist Hala Jaber provides an update on the Gaza ceasefire. GUEST OVERVIEW: Hala Jaber is a Lebanese-British journalist and author of HEZBOLLAH: BORN WITH A VENGEANCE and THE FLYING CARPET TO BAGHDAD: ONE WOMAN'S FIGHT FOR TWO ORPHANS OF WAR. She is the first journalist to win Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the British Press Awards back-to-back (2005, 2006, 2012). In 2007 she co-won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for her work in Iraq. https://twitter.com/HalaJaber    

GUEST OVERVIEW: Hala Jaber is a Lebanese-British journalist and author of HEZBOLLAH: BORN WITH A VENGEANCE and THE FLYING CARPET TO BAGHDAD: ONE WOMAN'S FIGHT FOR TWO ORPHANS OF WAR. She is the first journalist to win Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the British Press Awards back-to-back (2005, 2006, 2012). In 2007 she co-won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for her work in Iraq. https://twitter.com/HalaJaber  

Dan McCrum is a multi-award winning journalist and author. He is a member of the Financial Times investigations team, and has spent 15 years writing about business from New York and London. His reporting has been recognised with more than a dozen prizes, including journalist of the year at the 2020 British Press Awards. His first book is ‘Money Men: a hot start up, a billion dollar fraud, a fight for the truth. It tells the thrilling inside story of the astonishing rise and crashing fall of the $30bn German fintech Wirecard, and has been made into the Netflix feature documentary Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard.

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to EMPIRELAND author Sathnam Sangheera about how imperialism has shaped both modern Britain and America and how to escape this colonial legacy in the 21st century Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but, after attending Wolverhampton Grammar School, graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material, the former being adapted by BBC Drama in 2017 and named Mind Book of the Year in 2009. His third book, Empireland: How Imperialism Has Been Shaped Modern Britain became an instant Sunday Times bestseller on release in 2021, was named Book of the Year (non-fiction: narrative) at the 2022 British Books Awards, and inspired Empire State of Mind, the acclaimed two-part documentary for Channel 4 for which he earned a Best Presenter shortlisting at the 2022 Grierson Awards. He has won numerous awards for his journalism, including Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2002, Media Commentator of the year in the 2015 Comment Awards and the Edgar Wallace Trophy for Writing of the Highest Quality at the 2017 London Press Club Awards. Name as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On todays episode of the WTFinance podcast I spoke with Dan McCrum - multi-award winning journalist at the Financial Times and author of the recently released book "Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth".On the podcast we talked about how Dan was involved in the story, what was Wirecard, how it became the tech darling of Germany and EU, how the fraud was discovered and the fallout of the whole situation. I hope you enjoy!Buy the book here - https://uk.bookshop.org/books/money-men-a-hot-startup-a-billion-dollar-fraud-a-fight-for-the-truth/97817876350430:00 - Introduction0:25 - Influence for writing the book?1:20 - Dan involved in the story3:50 - What is Wirecard?6:15 - Jan Marsalek7:30 - How did Wirecard go from a dot.com bubble to the Tech darling of Germany and EU9:25 - National and Investor support10:45 - When did you realise there were issues with Wirecard?13:25 - Missing money in the Philippines17:00 - Did they discover the fraud during that visit?18:45 - Shocked when you heard of collapse of Wirecard?21:25 - What has been the fallout?22:40 - Jan Marsalek the person they have been blaming?23:30 - One message to takeaway from the book/interview?Dan McCrum is multi-award winning journalist and author. In 15 years at the Financial Times he has covered business and finance from New York and London, helping to uncover fraudulent accounting at several listed companies. He is currently a member of the investigations team, and his reporting on Wirecard was recognised with more than a dozen awards and prizes, including journalist of the year at the 2020 British Press Awards.Dan got a taste for newsprint as a paperboy in his family's newsagent. Before becoming a journalist he tried his hand at painting and decorating, selling cook books door-to-door, and learned a thing or two about finance in the research department of an investment bank. He lives with his family in St Albans.Dan McCrum - Website - https://danmccrum.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/FD?LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-mccrum-b985a47/WTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Best-selling British author Fiona Barton's new who-dunnit is Local Gone Missing. A cast of characters keep secrets and the reader guessing when a charismatic local man vanishes without trace from a small seaside town in southern England. It's being described as a "dark and twisty read". Fiona turned to fiction-writing in her early fifties, after a distinguished career in British newspapers (including The Mail on Sunday where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards), followed by years of volunteer work in Sri Lanka training exiled and threatened journalists. Fiona speaks with Kathryn from the south of England.

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter for all our great updates.Our guest this week is Hamish McRae an economic commentator for the Independent who writes weekly columns on economics and finance.  He has been financial editor of Guardian and the Independent and has won numerous awards, including Business and Finance Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards.His most recent book, The World in 2050, How to Think about the Future, was described by the Economist as thoughtful and sensible. Dominic discusses with Hamish the changes that will affect our global society in the short, and long term.Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast.  Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode?  Share it with them now.

In this episode, I chat with author Fiona Barton about her life as a journalist, volunteering in Sri Lanka where she worked with journalists facing exile, and her latest novel, Local Gone Missing.Fiona Barton is the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow, The Child, and The Suspect. She has trained and worked with journalists all over the world. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail On Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards. Fiona lives in England, and her latest novel, Local Gone Missing is about Detective Elise King and her investigation into a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds.  Fiona BartonReporters Without FrontiersOlive Kitteridge, Elizabeth StroutOlive Again, Elizabeth StroutLessons in Chemistry, Bonnie GarmusSupport the show

Fiona Barton's debut, The Widow, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been published in 36 countries and optioned for television. Her second novel, The Child, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Born in Cambridge, Fiona currently lives in Sussex and south-west France. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards. While working as a journalist, Fiona reported on many high-profile criminal cases and she developed a fascination with watching those involved, their body language and verbal tics. Fiona interviewed people at the heart of these crimes, from the guilty to their families, as well as those on the periphery, and found it was those just outside the spotlight who interested her most. Local Gone Missing Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective—or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing—the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes.    Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her house cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town, but she sees and hears everything.    The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put the town on the map with a weekend music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs. When a man disappears the first night of the festival, Elise starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.    "Barton presents such an embarrassment of riches. . . .Layers and layers of unlovely revelations about people who seemed perfectly nice."         --Kirkus Reviews "A captivating read. A first-grade suspense novel and highly recommended." --MysteryTribune

Fiona Barton's debut, The Widow, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been published in 36 countries and optioned for television. Her second novel, The Child, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Born in Cambridge, Fiona currently lives in Sussex and south-west France. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards. While working as a journalist, Fiona reported on many high-profile criminal cases and she developed a fascination with watching those involved, their body language and verbal tics. Fiona interviewed people at the heart of these crimes, from the guilty to their families, as well as those on the periphery, and found it was those just outside the spotlight who interested her most. Local Gone Missing Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective—or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing—the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes.    Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her house cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town, but she sees and hears everything.    The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put the town on the map with a weekend music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs. When a man disappears the first night of the festival, Elise starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.    "Barton presents such an embarrassment of riches. . . .Layers and layers of unlovely revelations about people who seemed perfectly nice."         --Kirkus Reviews "A captivating read. A first-grade suspense novel and highly recommended." --MysteryTribune

The Unusual Suspect reads like a thriller, with a complex protagonist who just happens to be a real human being. Stephen Jackley was deeply affected by the poverty and inequality he saw in the world. There was only one thing he could think of to do. Rob a bank.To tell us about Stephen Jackley is Ben Machell. Ben is a feature writer for The Times and The Times Magazine and a contributor to publications including VICE and Esquire. He has been shortlisted for Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards.The transcript can be found hereWe're proud to be supporting Wild Words Festival - a brand new literary festival for the whole family. Find out more at wildwordsfest.com and get 10% off with the code NonFicPod. Wild Words Fest is for everyone who enjoys the written or spoken word with performances, panels, workshops, and author talks. If Hay Festival is the Fortnum and Mason of literary festivals then Wild Words is your local farmers' market. Book now for the best prices! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henry knows the world of politics, and regularly pokes fun at Boris at the same time as Britney Spears in his satirical column for the Financial Times. Join us to explore who has power in the world of politics, what is takes to get it, keep it, what it takes to change it and more than a little bit about the furrier side of life. Expect fireworks. ABOUT HENRY (@henrymance)Henry Mance is the FT's chief features writer. An award-winning journalist, he writes features and interviews for the FT Weekend, as well as a weekly satirical column on politics and culture. He was previously a political correspondent and the FT's media correspondent. He was named ‘Interviewer of the Year' at the 2017 British Press Awards, and his work has also appeared in the Guardian, GQ, Tatler and Aeon. Henry's recently published book, ‘How to Love Animals in a Human-Shaped World', is a wide-ranging and personal journey that explores humans' relationships with other species – covering topics including farming, pets, zoos, and conservation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matthew Parris discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Matthew Parris is a columnist for The Times and presents Great Lives on BBC Radio Four. He was a Conservative MP from 1979 to 1986 and was a Parliamentary Sketchwriter for the Times for nearly fourteen years. He has been Columnist of the year at the British Press Awards. His books include Fracture: Stories of how great lives take root in trauma, which discusses geniuses who have suffered childhood trauma, and Scorn: The Wittest and Wickedest Insults in Human History. His autobiography Chance Witness: An Outsider's Life in Politics won the Orwell Prize. He was an awarded an RSPCA medal for jumping into the River Thames and rescuing a dog. Britain did not win the Second World War https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2019/sep/02/empire-britain-second-world-war-hitler A dessert spoon of vinegar in a glass of cold water https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/apple-cider-vinegar-the-right-way-and-time-to-drink-it/articleshow/79994734.cms The Boer War was a small British disgrace https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/boer-war Calvados https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/spirits/best-calvados-uk-brandy-b1796934.html The English treatment of the Irish https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2019/02/how-britains-dark-history-with-ireland-haunts-brexit How to empty a bottle of ketchup https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2016/12/03/how-to-empty-the-ketchup-bottle-every-time This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Philip Stephens, the author of “Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit”, to tell the story of a nation struggling to reconcile its waning power with past glory. Philip Stephens is associate editor of the Financial Times and director of the editorial board. As chief political commentator he writes on global and British affairs. He joined the Financial Times in 1983 after working as a correspondent for Reuters in Brussels and has been the FT's economics editor, political editor and editor of the UK edition. He was educated at Wimbledon College and at Oxford university. He won the David Watt Prize for Outstanding Political Journalism; Political Journalist of the Year by the UK Political Studies Association; and Political Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gillian Tett is an award-winning journalist, and chair of the Financial Times' US editorial board. As editor-at-large, she writes weekly columns covering a range of economic issues, and in 2019 co-founded ‘FT Moral Money,' a twice-weekly newsletter which has since become one of their most widely-read and impactful initiatives. In 2019, she won ‘Journalist of the Year' at the British Press Awards for her prison interview with fraudster Bernie Madoff. An acclaimed author, she covered the global crash of 2008; and her latest book ‘Anthro-Vision' utilises her extensive education in anthropology to “assess the post-covid age, and make sense of a world undergoing severe disruption.” In this in-depth interview, Gillian reflects on her time reporting during Trump's presidency - how “constant de-stabilisation and confrontation” made it difficult to spot what she calls “social silences;” reflects on four decades in journalism, and the positive impact she's witnessed as the industry becomes less male-dominated; and argues the current focus on ‘big data' ignores an understanding of anthropology, which would “give the full picture” - why corporate projects fail, bank traders miscalculate losses, and pandemic policies succeed or fail.

I am also the CEO of JC & Associates which is a consultancy that helps businesses develop better working cultures and relationships with their stakeholders.  I have been working as a business anthropologists for over 20 years. By business anthropologist, I mean that I use my anthropological training to advise businesses on how to improve their organisational cultures, or think about how they connect with their consumers, or begin to design future strategies that take into account the most complex and often messy concept that they are constantly faced with, culture.  There is no doubt that once leaders or teams embrace the subtle ways in which culture works, they can feel liberated and empowered to move forward in a positive way. However, selling-in an anthropological approach can, at times be a challenge. This is mainly because companies often need ‘quick fixes' or want to see the value before they have addressed any business challenge. As I said, culture is messy and therefore it takes time to unravel, one needs to see in between the lines and identify the gray spaces of everyday culture. This a key strength of social or cultural anthropology in business.  So, how to we make sense of culture and society and how do we communicate the massive value that an anthropological approach can offer business, politics, policy makers and more? To help me explore this I spoke with Gillian Tett, about her new book Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology can explain business and life.  Gillian is the chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large at the Financial Times. She is perhaps best known for predicting the 2007-8 financial crisis, this led to her bestselling book Fool's Gold which was one of the definitive books on the crash.  Like me, Gillian holds a PhD in social anthropology. She studied at the University of Cambridge, where her PhD focused on marriage rituals in Tajikistan. Her work for the FT has taken her around the world and she has won numerous awards, including Columnist, Journalist and Business Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. She is also a regular at Davos. Although Anthro Vision has just been published it has already gained much acclaimed attention in the global media and business press. She has already discussed the book on BBC radio 4's Start the Week alongside the psychologist Daniel Kahneman,  While Melinda Gates states that. 'Anyone working to rebuild a more equal world will benefit from Tett's well-argued case that to solve twenty-first-century problems, we must expand our fields of vision and fill in old blind spots with new empathy.' All relevant links in the show notes. I start by asking Gillian why she felt the need to write Anthro-Vision. I hope you enjoy. Show Notes: Gillian: @gilliantett Financial Times Moral Money Newsletter Gillian's Books: Fools Gold The Silo Effect Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life  John: Twitter LinkedIn JC & Associates Decoding Culture Newsletter Training Programme  TEDx Talk

Gillian Tett is an Editor-at-Large for the Financial Times, where she is chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US. She has written about the financial instruments that were part of the cause of the financial crisis that started in the fourth quarter of 2007, such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits, and SPVs. She became renowned for her early warning that a financial crisis was looming.In 2014, she was named Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards and was the first recipient of the Royal Anthropological Institute Marsh Award. In June 2009 her book Fool's Gold won Financial Book of the Year at the inaugural Spear's Book Awards. Tett's past roles at the FT have included US managing editor, assistant editor, capital markets editor, deputy editor of the Lex column, Tokyo bureau chief, and a reporter in Russia and Brussels.—————————————————————— Registration for SALT New York is now open! Join us September 13-15, 2021 and sign up at https://register.salt.org/event/411f76d9-c215-4719-9bc4-8dfac6cfacdd/summaryFor podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vU9wpfOOsuEModerated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC. 

I have been working as a business anthropologists for over 20 years. By business anthropologist, I mean that I use my anthropological training to advise businesses on how to improve their organisational cultures, or think about how they connect with their consumers, or begin to design future strategies that take into account the most complex and often messy concept that they are constantly faced with, culture.    There is no doubt that once leaders or teams embrace the subtle ways in which culture works, they can feel liberated and empowered to move forward in a positive way. However, selling-in an anthropological approach can, at times be a challenge. This is mainly because companies often need ‘quick fixes' or want to see the value before they have addressed any business challenge. As I said, culture is messy and therefore it takes time to unravel, one needs to see in between the lines and identify the gray spaces of everyday culture. This a key strength of social or cultural anthropology in business.    So, how to we make sense of culture and society and how do we communicate the massive value that an anthropological approach can offer business, politics, policy makers and more?   To help me explore this I spoke with Gillian Tett, about her new book Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology can explain business and life.    Gillian is the chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large at the Financial Times. She is perhaps best known for predicting the 2007-8 financial crisis, this led to her bestselling book Fool's Gold which was one of the definitive books on the crash.    Like me, Gillian holds a PhD in social anthropology. She studied at the University of Cambridge, where her PhD focused on marriage rituals in Tajikistan. Her work for the FT has taken her around the world and she has won numerous awards, including Columnist, Journalist and Business Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. She is also a regular at Davos.   Although Anthro Vision has just been published it has already gained much acclaimed attention in the global media and business press. She has already discussed the book on BBC radio 4's Start the Week alongside the psychologist Daniel Kahneman,    While Melinda Gates states that. 'Anyone working to rebuild a more equal world will benefit from Tett's well-argued case that to solve twenty-first-century problems, we must expand our fields of vision and fill in old blind spots with new empathy.'  SHOW NOTES: Gillian Financial Times FT Moral Money Newsletter Twitter Books: Anthro Vision Fools Gold The Silo Effect BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week John Decoding Culture Newsletter Training Programme  Twitter LinkedIn JC & Associates

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3eDxOQq Covid-19 has tossed us into a digital world, in many spheres - including finance. But we forget the human factor at our peril. As we return to offices we need to recognize the vital insights that anthropology can offer to finance and businesses as they try to navigate the future Speaker: Gillian Tett serves as the chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US of the Financial Times. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. She is also the co-founder of FT Moral Money, a twice weekly newsletter that tracks the ESG revolution in business and finance which has since grown to be a staple FT product. In 2020, Moral Money won the SABEW best newsletter. Previously, Tett was the FT's US managing editor from 2013 to 2019. She has also served as assistant editor for the FT's markets coverage, capital markets editor, deputy editor of the Lex column, Tokyo bureau chief, Tokyo correspondent, London-based economics reporter and a reporter in Russia and Brussels. Tett is the author of The Silo Effect, which looks at the global economy and financial system through the lens of cultural anthropology. She also authored Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe, a 2009 New York Times bestseller and Financial Book of the Year at the inaugural Spear's Book Awards. Additionally, she wrote the 2003 book Saving the Sun: A Wall Street Gamble to Rescue Japan from its Trillion Dollar Meltdown. Her latest book, Anthro-Vision, A New Way to See Life and Business came out in June 2021. Tett has received honorary degrees from the University of Exeter, the University of Miami, St Andrew's, London University (Goldsmiths), Carnegie Mellon, Baruch and an honorary doctorate from Lancaster University in the UK. In 2014, Tett won the Royal Anthropological Institute Marsh Award and was named Columnist of the Year at the British Press Awards. Her 2012 article “Madoff spins his story” won the SABEW Award for best feature article. Other awards include a President's Medal by the British Academy (2011), being recognized as Journalist of the Year (2009) and Business Journalist of the Year (2008) by the British Press Awards, and as Senior Financial Journalist of the Year (2007) by the Wincott Awards. In 2017, Tett won the commentator of the year from Editorial Intelligence. Before joining the Financial Times in 1993, Tett was awarded a PhD in social anthropology from Cambridge University based on field work in the former Soviet Union. While pursuing the PhD, she freelanced for the FT and the BBC. She is a graduate of Cambridge University.

"We need to come to terms with the randomness and unpredictability of disaster." Support Talking Beats with Daniel Lelchuk. The great writer and historian Niall Ferguson is on the show for the 100th episode. His most recent book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe, seeks to bring many different catastrophes of history under one umbrella and ask questions about what we as a society can do better. Hardly a history of disaster, the book offers a theory of disasters. Often times, as Niall explains, it is not the boss at the top who is responsible for failure, but a middleman. What nuances do we miss when we evaluate disaster and oversimplify? Are we getting better or worse and handling disaster? Daniel and Niall also cover a fascinating segment on music, and its potential dangerous intersection with politics. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, where he served for twelve years as the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History. He is also a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is the author of fifteen books. His first, Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation 1897-1927, was short-listed for the History Today Book of the Year award, while the collection of essays he edited, Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals, was a UK bestseller. In 1998 he published to international critical acclaim The Pity of War: Explaining World War One and The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild. The latter won the Wadsworth Prize for Business History and was also short-listed for the Jewish Quarterly/Wingate Literary Award and the American National Jewish Book Award. In 2001, after a year as a Houblon-Norman Fellow at the Bank of England, he published The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000. Ferguson was the Philippe Roman Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics in 2010-11. His many prizes and awards include the GetAbstract International Book Award (2009), the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012), the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013), the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize (2013), the Philip Merrill Award of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education (2016); and Columnist of the Year at the 2018 British Press Awards. He has received honorary degrees from the University of Buckingham (UK), Macquarie University (Australia), and the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile). In addition to writing a regular column for Bloomberg Opinion, he is the founder and managing director of Greenmantle LLC, an advisory firm, and a co-founding board member of Ualá, a Latin American bank. He also serves on the board of Affiliated Managers Group and is a trustee of the New York Historical Society and the London-based Centre for Policy Studies. Niall Ferguson is married to the author and women's rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. He has five children.

Amelia Gentleman is a reporter for the Guardian. She was named Journalist of the Year at the 2019 British Journalism Awards and won the 2018 Paul Foot journalism award for her reportage on the Windrush scandal. She has also won the Orwell Prize and Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards. Peter Geoghegan is an Irish writer, broadcaster and investigations editor at openDemocracy. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the London Review of Books and dozens of other publications. His latest book Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics is published by Head of Zeus. Eliot Higgins started his work in online open source investigation as a hobby on his first blog ‘The Brown Moses Blog’, named after a Frank Zappa song. His work on the UK phone hacking scandal and examining videos from the conflict in Syria led to increasing recognition among the journalist and human rights communities. Higgins launched Bellingcat in 2014, and it has since grown into a team of volunteer investigators, as well as a broader community of investigators and supporters across the world, attracting funding from a range of organisations including the Open Society Foundations and National Endowment for Democracy. 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. This talk was recorded online 5x15 in 2021. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

In this address to the IIEA, Philip Stephens offers his analysis on the role of a post-Brexit UK in the world. He reflects on his latest book Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit (2021), which draws on decades of personal contact and interviews with senior politicians and diplomats in Britain, the United States and across the capitals of Europe. The book has been described as “a profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage.” About the Speaker: Philip Stephens is an award-winning journalist and chief political commentator at the Financial Times. He was previously director of the Financial Times  editorial board. Throughout his career, he has had unique access to foreign policymakers in Britain and around the world. Mr Stephens has won the David Watt Prize for Outstanding Political Journalism; the UK Political Studies Association's Political Journalist of the Year; and Political Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards. He is the author of Politics and the Pound and Tony Blair.

On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Tom Bergin about his new book, Free Lunch Thinking, and what the United States -- and the world -- needs to do to set a path for a more considered future. Tom Bergin has reported on the energy industry for over twelve years, having previously worked as an oil broker. He is in charge of Reuters's coverage of the oil industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and his work has been published in The New York Times, The Times, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The Globe and Mail andthe Shanghai Daily, as well as in dozens of newspapers and magazines around the world. He is a regular television and radio commentator, appearing on CNBC, ITV, the BBC and other outlets as far away as New Zealand. In 2013, he was named Business Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards.Apart from the oil industry, Tom has reported on financial scandals, including the rise and fall of Enron, environmental issues, EU politics and terrorist attacks. He lives in London with his wife, a former Reuters reporter turned investment banker, and two young sons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed first book, "The Looting Machine", about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award, and he has just published the highly regarded "Kleptopia, How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed first book, "The Looting Machine", about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award, and he has just published the highly regarded "Kleptopia, How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed first book, "The Looting Machine", about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award, and he has just published the highly regarded "Kleptopia, How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Hencke is an investigative journalist who was named Political Journalist of the Year at the 2012 British Press Awards. He talks to Tom about why he thinks Donald Trump will not succeed in stopping Joe Biden from being inaugurated as President in January and why this could be bad news for Boris.

On today's episode, Tom Burger, author of Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World, discusses the New York Times' recent revelations about Donald Trump and his taxes. Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed book The Looting Machine, about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Catherine Belton, author of Putin's People, discusses how the KGB took a punt on Trump and won. Catherine Belton worked from 2007-2013 as the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times, and in 2016 as the newspaper's legal correspondent. She has previously reported on Russia for Moscow Times and Business Week. In 2009, she was shortlisted for Business Journalist of the year at the British Press Awards. She lives in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, Tom Burgis, Financial Times investigations correspondent and author of Kleptopia, discusses breaking the code of secrecy of money. Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed book The Looting Machine, about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decca Aitkenhead is chief interviewer at the Sunday Times. Beginning her career at The Independent in 1995, she then spent 21 years at The Guardian, winning ‘Interviewer of the Year’ at the British Press Awards in 2009. In 2018 she joined the Sunday Times where she has profiled the very biggest names including Hillary Clinton, JK Rowling, Oprah Winfrey and most recently made headlines talking to Tony Blair. She has also written her memoir ‘All At Sea’ which reflects on the tragic death of her husband and coming to terms with her grief. In this in-depth interview, Decca reveals some of the methods behind her successful technique, reflects on her explosive 2008 interview with then chancellor Alistair Darling where he inadvertently revealed “the country was facing the worst recession in 60 years”, and discusses how she has been able to write about the devastating events in her personal life with such honesty.

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Catherine Belton, investigative correspondent for Reuters, former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times. She has previously reported on Russia for Moscow Times and Business Week. In 2009, she was shortlisted for Business Journalist of the year at the British Press Awards.They talked about her new book, Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West, Mikhail Prokhorov, money laundering, the mysterious eighth man in the Trump Tower meeting, the “Kremlin pimp,” the role of sports ownership. RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:FRIDAY July 24, 2020 Jarod Hector on the NBA’s unpublished and ever changing health policies.WEDNESDAY July 22, 2020 Adena Jones on the return of basketball.MONDAY July 20, 2020 Jeff Asher on Louisiana’s COVID numbers.FRIDAY July 17, 2020 Jarod Hector on the NBA not making public the rules of play in the bubble.WEDNESDAY July 15, 2020 Adena Jones on life in the NBA bubble and WNBA wubble and Allen Iverson love with John Jervay.MONDAY July 13, 2020 Marcus Elliott on whether he worries about the players risking their lives.FRIDAY July 10, 2020 Ben Aronson on DeSean Jackson's anti-Semitic posts.WEDNESDAY July 8, 2020 Adena Jones on WNBA player reaction Kelly Loeffler, and Dr. Carl Suddler on inspiring NBA players to make their own demands.MONDAY July 6, 2020 Jane McManus on how gender might play a role in the decisions being made in reopening U.S. sports. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.truehoop.com/subscribe

Timothy Allen on BBC Human Planet, Judging Travel Photographer of the Year & Thinking Differently About Photography Income Creation."Offer more than you're asking for."- Timothy Allen  Timothy Allen (@timothy_allen | humanplanet.com) Timothy Allen was born in Tonbridge in the South East of England in 1971.  At 22, after graduating from Leeds University with a BSc Zoology he left the UK and spent 3 years travelling through Indonesia before beginning a part-time diploma in photography at Hereford College of Art and Design.  After joining an aid convoy to Bosnia in order to shoot his first-year reportage project his work received some attention and he consequently left college, moved to London and began working for the Sunday Telegraph, later inspiring commissions from all the British broadsheet publications and finally, a 6 year position at The Independent working predominantly on features and portraits.  Timothy joined Axiom Photographic Agency in 2002 leading him to cover a dynamic and broad spectrum of global stories with subjects ranging from the civil war in the remote Spice Islands of far eastern Indonesia, to the intriguing subculture of The World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield , Illinois.Beginning in 2009 the BBC commissioned Timothy to work on the landmark series Human Planet. For two years he was in charge of the production's photography at a time when the first DSLRs were beginning to adopt HD film capabilities and consequently his job included shooting film footage and multimedia content as well as the conventional photographic stills destined for use in the programme's worldwide publicity, a best selling book and a touring photographic exhibition. The weekly blog he wrote documenting his experiences during that incredible project can be found here.In recent years the focus of his work has continued to move in the direction of multimedia production taking him to every corner of the globe, from 19 000 ft up in the Himalayas to 40 metres beneath the South China Sea as well as projects within communities in the Arctic, tropical rain forests and remote desert locations.Timothy is a regular commentator on TV and radio in the field of media and travel/exploration and he has appeared in a number of films and documetaries.  He is also an experienced public speaker having undertaken inspirational lecture tours for the likes of the Royal Geographical Society as well as giving keynote presentations at conferences and corporate events around the world.  He also runs a small number of very popular workshops and expeditions for photographers and filmmakers who desire the opportunity to work and learn alongside him. In 2016 Timothy created a photography scholarship award in conjunction with the Sharjah Government Media Bureau. Each year the Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship Award (TAPSA) is awarded to 5 photographers from around the world and includes a 10 day trip to the United Arab Emirates to work alongside Allen.Commendations include:  6 Picture Editors Guild Awards, 19 Travel Photographer of the Year commendations including the overall title in 2013, The Pangea Award of Excellence at SIPA 2016, 2 British Press Awards nominations as Photographer of the Year and a Press Photographer's Year Award. ‘Human Planet' has received a host of awards including 2 BAFTAs, an Emmy and the ITB Cultural Book Prize.“Better known for my photographs of far away places I am also a producer/director of films. I began work in London's Fleet Street… Guardian, Telegraph and Times before settling down at The Independent for 6 years.  After leaving the world of photojournalism I slipped into a life on the road shooting documents of the most interesting things I could find on the planet.  My passion has always been indigenous cultures, sparked by a life-changing encounter I had with an isolated  community whilst on an university ecological research project in 1991.  Nowadays I love visiting remote locations and the exceptional people who inhabit them.Please don't mistake me for a documentarian in the traditional sense.  That, I am certainly not.  My films and photographs are often very subjective and I enjoy viewing the world through overly romantic eyes.  Similarly, my intention is not to ‘document disappearing cultures for the sake of future generations'.  That is a concept I've never felt comfortable with.  As far as I can tell, the main motivation behind my work is a desire to understand myself and the relationships I have with other people. It is a very personal journey of discovery that is also my living.   If my work inspires you to do the same then that is a good thing as far as I'm concerned.  It is my belief that our individual journeys offer us all the chance to become better people.When ever I get the chance I travel as a backpacker and I always turn off my mobile phone while I'm away.  I am a traveler from the pre-internet generation of Poste Restante and word-of mouth so I'm always looking for that kind of experience in my 21st century journeys. I try not to get cynical about the contemporary world but forgive me if my years get the better of me every now and then. Amongst many other things, I love the outdoors, gardening and especially my adoptive country Wales where I live with my family on a quiet hill near Hay on Wye.”Please enjoy!***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.Follow Matthew:Twitter: twitter.com/matthewdawalker Instagram: instagram.com/matthewdawalker

If victors write history, and Bashar al-Assad is consolidating his grip on Syria after nearly a decade of civil war, is there any hope of justice for victims of state-sponsored abuse in Syria? Russia and China have blocked efforts to set up an international tribunal for Syria, so Syrians in exile have been searching for ways to use national laws, and the principle of universal jurisidiction to pursue accountability. Last year Germany arrested two Syrian men and charged them with committing crimes against humanity. When they go on trial this year, it will be the world's first prosecution for state-backed torture in Syria. Activists have also filed cases in Norway, Sweden and Austria, and international groups are stockpiling evidence in the hope of future court cases. But with the top members of Assad's government safely ensconced in Damascus, how much impact can these cases have? About the speaker: Emma Graham-Harrison is senior international affairs correspondent for the Guardian and Observer. She has covered conflicts, political crises, energy and the environment in more than 40 countries across five continents, and was based in China, Afghanistan and Spain for over a decade, before returning to London to take up her current roving role. She graduated from Oxford with a first class degree in Chinese Studies, and speaks Mandarin and Spanish. Awards include Foreign Reporter of the Year at the 2017 British Press Awards; her investigative work on the Cambridge Analytica investigations was also recognised at the British Press Awards and by the London Press Club.

Lawton started his career at the Western Daily Press in 1993 before joining the Daily Express and then The Daily Telegraph. He moved to the Daily Mail in 2002 and was chief football correspondent and executive sport editor before becoming chief sports reporter. In September 2019 he joined The Times.Lawton was named Sports News Reporter of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2015, and Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards in 2016. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Simon and Rachel speak with Jay Rayner, the restaurant critic of the Observer. After studying politics at Leeds University, where he edited the student newspaper, Jay entered national newspaper journalism, winning Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 1992. The restaurant critic of the Observer since 1999, Jay has also worked extensively in television, including as a judge on Masterchef, and written several books. Jay talked about how, in his view, there is no such thing as “food writing” (just writing that happens to be about food), his lesser-known stint as a novelist and his celebrated hatchet job on Le Cinq, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Paris. You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd and produced by Nicola Kean. Our social media is managed by Eoin Redahan, our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

How can you turn failure into success? This month, journalist and table-tennis champion Matthew Syed will explain the science of success using real life stories and practical takeaways. Matthew Syed is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. He has won numerous prizes for his writing including Feature Writer of the Year at the SJA Awards and Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. He is also a three-time Commonwealth table tennis champion and a two-time Olympian. Check out our website: www.rigb.org/ Twitter: twitter.com/Ri_Science YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution And Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution

Fiona Barton’s debut novel THE WIDOW was an instant international sensation when it published in 2016. Upon release it drew rave reviews, spent seven weeks on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list. Barton quickly followed up with 2017’s THE CHILD, which was selected by librarians nationwide as a Library Reads selection and hit the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestsellers lists. Barton returns with her highly anticipated third novel THE SUSPECT, again featuring fan-favorite intrepid reporter Kate Waters. After two girls go missing in Thailand during their gap year, Kate receives a call from her police contact Bob Sparkes, who wants the media to help sound the alarm. Kate can’t help but think of her son Jake, who ran off to Thailand after a rough patch in school and has barely been heard from since. When the story of the missing girls turns to tragedy, Kate flies to Thailand to investigate the potentially grisly crime. But upon her arrival, her professional and personal worlds collide in a shocking manner. While Barton’s previous books have posed moral dilemmas about how far Kate would go to get the story, now, Kate must face the question: what happens when the reporter becomes the reported? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Fiona Barton is the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow and The Child. She has trained and worked with journalists all over the world. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards. Born in Cambridge, England, she currently lives in southwest France and England. Photo Credit: Jenny Lewis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support

Christina Lamb, a multi award-winning foreign correspondent for the UK Sunday Times in conversation with Aparna Balakumar, a final year Media and Communications student at the University of Sydney. Christina Lamb has acted as Washington Bureau Chief for the paper and in 2009 was awarded the prestigious Prix Bayeux Calvados for her reporting from Afghanistan. She won the Foreign Press Association Award for Story of the Year in 2007, and has been named Foreign Correspondent of the Year in the British Press Awards five times. She is the author of many books including the best-selling memoir she co-authored with Afghan schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World. Held as part of the Sydney Ideas program on 7 August 2017: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2017/christina_lamb.shtml

Martin Fletcher, former foreign editor at the Times and Feature Writer of the Year at the 2015 British Press Awards, speaks to IBTimes UK about the state of Zimbabwe and particularly the plight of the country's white farmers, thousands of which had their farms seized between 2000 and 2013. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christina Lamb is one of Britain's leading foreign correspondents. As a young journalist barely into her twenties, she went to live with the Afghan Mujahidin fighting the Russians; her dispatches saw her named Young Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards in 1988. Since then she has travelled by canoe through the Amazon rainforest, reported undercover from Zimbabwe, infiltrated a crime syndicate in Brazil, and survived an ambush by the Taliban. She has won Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times as well as the Prix Bayeux, Europe's most prestigious award for war correspondents. She's currently Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Sunday Times, and the author of several best-selling books, including a new book about her time in Afghanistan, 'Farewell Kabul'. During this last year she has been reporting on the refugee crisis in Europe, from detention camps in Libya and rescue ships in the Mediterranean. It's an extraordinary career, and it all started completely by chance when she was a young intern - with a surprise wedding invitation from Benazir Bhutto. In Private Passions, Christina Lamb talks to Michael Berkeley about the pressures and pleasures of her working life, and vividly describes encounters with critical danger. She was on the bus with Benazir Bhutto when a bomb exploded, killing more than a hundred people. She chooses music which transports her back to the countries she has lived in: tabla music she first heard in a bazaar in Pakistan, and drumming she danced to in the Rio Carnival. She has recently discovered the music of Clara Schumann, and Tchaikovsky's The Seasons in a brand-new recording by Lang Lang. And Maria Callas singing in Tosca is a must - it's the soundtrack for the first time she met her Portuguese husband. A Loftus Production for BBC Radio 3 Produced by Elizabeth Burke.

Media writer Maggie Brown and managing director of Lemonade Money Faraz Osman join Olly Mann to discuss the week's biggest stories. With Jeremy Clarkson suspended from the BBC, Top Gear's last episodes postponed and a live tour in doubt, the panel discusses what more the broadcaster could have done with this troubled talent. Can they afford to lose him, and what message does it send out to other staff? Plus, we celebrate the journalists and scoops at this year's British Press Awards, unpick the latest surge in Snapchat's valuation and Rona Fairhead's call for an end to the BBC Trust. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Laura Bates talks about the ever expanding everyday sexism project. Laura Bates is the founder of the award-winning Everyday Sexism Project, an ever-increasing collection of over 100,000 testimonies of gender inequality which has been described as “one of the biggest social media success stories on the internet”. The project has expanded into 20 countries worldwide and become internationally renowned, featuring in media from the New York Times to the Times of India. Laura has an online following of a quarter of a million Twitter and Facebook followers. Laura writes regularly for the Guardian, Independent and TIME among others. She was the recipient of the Georgina Henry Women in Journalism award for Innovation at the 2015 British Press Awards. Laura’s first book, Everyday Sexism, was shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Book of the Year award and Political Book Awards Polemic of the Year, and named one of the Bookseller’s Top 10 Non Fiction Books of the Year. Laura works closely with politicians, schools and universities worldwide, as well as bodies from the United Nations to the Council of Europe to combat gender inequality. She is also Contributor for Women Under Siege, a New York-based organisation working against the use of rape as a tool of war in conflict zones worldwide, and she is Patron of Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support, part of the Rape Crisis network. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Kirsty Young's castaway is the critic and satirist Craig Brown. A prolific writer, he's lampooned everyone from DH Lawrence to Victoria Beckham and, earlier this year, he became the first journalist to win three separate prizes at the British Press Awards. He showed early promise - when he was 14 he started writing spoofs of Harold Pinter plays, and his characters have their own entries in Who's Who.Producer: Leanne Buckle.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the critic and satirist Craig Brown. A prolific writer, he's lampooned everyone from DH Lawrence to Victoria Beckham and, earlier this year, he became the first journalist to win three separate prizes at the British Press Awards. He showed early promise - when he was 14 he started writing spoofs of Harold Pinter plays, and his characters have their own entries in Who's Who. Producer: Leanne Buckle.

At last night's British Press Awards, the News of the World and the Guardian were both up for Scoop of the Year - the Guardian, for its stories about phone hacking at the News of the World. It came on the day when two News of the World journalists were arrested as part of the Met Police inquiry into phone hacking. Steve Hewlett went along to the awards discuss the developments with some of the award nominees and with Bob Satchwell of the Society of Editors, which runs the awards.This week Ofcom published its finding on Frankie Boyle's joke about Katie Price's son Harvey, broadcast last year on his Channel 4 show Tramadol Nights. Ofcom found that Channel 4 had made an "erroneous decision on a matter of editorial judgement" but that there was no failure in its compliance process and imposed no sanction. Katie Price's lawyer, Mark Bateman, explains why she is still calling for an apology.And Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, looks at the challenges facing the BBC in his final few weeks in office, ahead of the appointment of his replacement Lord Patten.

From Bryan's Bio: “Born Manchester. Educated Bolton School and King’s College. Cambridge. Degree in English. At The Times as Financial News Editor and Deputy Arts Editor from 1976 to 1984. Freelance journalist ever since. Three times won Feature Writer of the Year and twice commended in the British Press Awards. Have contributed to, among others, Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Spectator, Times Literary Supplement, The Tablet, New York Times, Vanity Fair etc. I am currently a special feature writer, commentator, reviewer and columnist for The Sunday Times. My books are: The Culture Club: Crisis in the Arts, Richard Rogers: a biography, The Pleasures of Peace: Art and Imagination in Postwar Britain, Understanding the Present: Science and the Soul of Modern Man, The First Church of the New Millennium: a novel, Brave New Worlds: Genetics and the Human Experience (winner of a medical writing prize whose name I cannot remember); Aliens: Why They Are Here and How to Live forever or Die Trying. I have lectured, debated or taught numerous universities, including Boston, St Andrews, Glasgow, Leeds, Cambridge, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin, London, Liverpool John Moores, Architectural Association, Glasgow School of Architecture and I have been a fellow of the World Economic Forum.”.