
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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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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What is the logic behind Trump’s “chaotic” political strategy? Are Europe and America heading for a divorce? What did it feel like to get ousted as the Speaker of the House on a global stage? Rory and Alastair are joined by former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy to discuss all this and more. Sign up to Revolut Business today via: https://get.revolut.com/z4lF/leading, and add money to your account to get a £200 welcome bonus. This offer’s only available until 7th July 2025 and other T&Cs apply. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Social Producer: Celine Charles Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Nicole Maslen Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Previous episodes
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143 - 139. Speaker Kevin McCarthy: In Defence of Donald J. Trump Sun, 15 Jun 2025
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142 - 138. The Anxious Generation: How Silicon Valley Has Rewired Our Brains (Jonathan Haidt) Sun, 08 Jun 2025
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141 - 137. Jacinda Ardern: Why I Stepped Down as Prime Minister of New Zealand Sun, 01 Jun 2025
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140 - 136. Ed Miliband: Farage, Starmer and The Fight for Net Zero (Part 2) Thu, 29 May 2025
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139 - 135. Ed Miliband: Blair, Brown, and Battling his Brother (Part 1) Sun, 25 May 2025
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138 - 134. Palestine's Most Popular Politician: Marwan Barghouti's Son on Occupation, Resistance, and Hope Sun, 18 May 2025
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137 - 133. Trump vs. Europe: Flattery, Pushback, and Powerplays (Congressman Jim Himes) Sun, 11 May 2025
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136 - 132. Former Head of MI6: Russia, China, and Trump (Sir Alex Younger) Sun, 04 May 2025
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135 - 131. The Global Health Crisis: USAID cuts, Trump, and the limits of AI (Atul Gawande) Sun, 27 Apr 2025
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134 - 130. The Prime Minister of Australia: Trump, China, and Social Media (Anthony Albanese) Sun, 20 Apr 2025
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133 - 129. Trump’s America: Fear, Polarisation, and The Future (Ezra Klein) Sun, 13 Apr 2025
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132 - 128. Whips, Chaos, and secrets from Westminster (Simon Hart) Mon, 07 Apr 2025
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131 - 127. Donald Trump vs American Freedom: Who Wins? (Moises Naim) Sun, 30 Mar 2025
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130 - 126. Israel, Gaza, and the United Nations (Francesca Albanese) Mon, 24 Mar 2025
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129 - 125. Peter Kyle: AI, grief, and the power of Elon Musk Mon, 17 Mar 2025
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128 - 124. The Man Who Got To Trump (Michael Wolff) Mon, 10 Mar 2025
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127 - 123. Canada Decides: Who will be the next Prime Minister? (Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney) Mon, 03 Mar 2025
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126 - 122. How Europe can survive Trump (Frans Timmermans) Mon, 24 Feb 2025
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125 - 121. Yulia Navalnaya: The Woman Who Could Bring Down Putin Mon, 17 Feb 2025
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124 - 120. The New President of Syria: Trump, Palestine, and having a $10 million bounty on your head (Ahmed al-Sharaa) Mon, 10 Feb 2025
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123 - 119. Tommy Vietor: How Democrats can fight Trump Mon, 03 Feb 2025
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122 - 118. Ex-Head of Mossad: Hamas, Ceasefire, and Netanyahu (Uzi Arad) Mon, 27 Jan 2025
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121 - 117. Is the UN fit for purpose? (Tom Fletcher) Mon, 20 Jan 2025
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120 - 116. Is AI the answer to human suffering? (James Manyika) Mon, 13 Jan 2025
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119 - 115. Ben Wallace: Britain's mistake in Ukraine, Trump vs. NATO, and visiting Iran with Jeremy Corbyn Mon, 06 Jan 2025
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118 - 114. The future of Wales (Eluned Morgan) Mon, 30 Dec 2024
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117 - 113. How likely is World War 3? (Ian Bremmer) Mon, 23 Dec 2024
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116 - 112. Bill Clinton: Putin, Palestine, and Trump Mon, 16 Dec 2024
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115 - 111. Angela Merkel: Putin, Trump, and Europe's future Mon, 09 Dec 2024
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114 - 110. Chris Patten: Conservatism, China, and the future of democracy Mon, 02 Dec 2024
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113 - 109. Is it time to legalise assisted dying? (Kim Leadbeater) Mon, 25 Nov 2024
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112 - 108. Mhairi Black: Independence, inequality, and the future of the SNP Mon, 18 Nov 2024
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111 - 107. General David Petraeus: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the US military's role in the world Mon, 11 Nov 2024
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110 - 106. Michael Lewis: Donald Trump, Sam Bankman-Fried, and the future of the USA Mon, 04 Nov 2024
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109 - 105. War and Peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East (George Mitchell) Fri, 01 Nov 2024
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108 - 104. Timothy Snyder: How will the US election result impact Ukraine? Mon, 28 Oct 2024
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107 - 103. Archbishop of Canterbury: Faith, mental health, and the future of the Church Sun, 20 Oct 2024
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106 - 102. Alan Johnson: From Blair to Starmer - What can Labour learn? (Part 2) Sun, 13 Oct 2024
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105 - 101. Alan Johnson: The Prime Minister We Never Had? (Part 1) Sun, 06 Oct 2024
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104 - 100. Anne Applebaum: Corruption, Populism, and Ending the War in Ukraine Sun, 29 Sep 2024
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103 - 99. Team of Rivals: Blair, Brown and the secrets of New Labour (Douglas Alexander) Sun, 22 Sep 2024
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102 - 98. Nate Silver: Can we predict who will win the 2024 US election? Sun, 15 Sep 2024
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101 - 97. How to fight fake news and strengthen democracy (Audrey Tang) Sun, 08 Sep 2024
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100 - 96. Frank Luntz: The World's Most Prolific Pollster Sun, 01 Sep 2024
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99 - 95. DNC Special: An alternative view from a Trump supporter (David Urban) Mon, 26 Aug 2024
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98 - 94. DNC Special: The Young Buck (Josh Elliot) Sun, 25 Aug 2024
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97 - 93. DNC Special: The Veteran Congresswoman (Rosa DeLauro) Sat, 24 Aug 2024
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96 - 92. DNC Special: The Attack Dog (Bob Mulholland) Fri, 23 Aug 2024
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95 - 91. DNC Special: The Pollster (John Anzalone) Fri, 23 Aug 2024
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94 - 90. Why we should ban all money from politics and kids from social media (Peter Malinauskas) Sun, 18 Aug 2024