The Mishal Husain Show

Even a 0.1% AI Risk Matters: Google’s James Manyika

Amid the furious debate over the pace and potential risks of AI development, top tech executives have publicly united around a call for their industry to be regulated. As Google's senior vice presid...

2026-10-02

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Caught in the Iran War: Qatar’s PM on the Middle East “Earthquake”

“Our region has experienced what I can only describe as an earthquake.” That was how Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s prime minister, began remarks at a special UN G...

2026-09-25

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Trump's 'Unreality Bubble’ Meets the Midterms: Maggie Haberman

Few journalists have watched Donald Trump as closely or for as long as Maggie Haberman. The New York Times reporter first encountered him as a tabloid fixture in the 1990s and has since chronic...

2026-09-18

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Forget the Manosphere: Jon Ronson on Why Men Feel Lost

Author Jon Ronson has spent years focusing on the unusual people and societal undercurrents of our changing world. He has written a series of bestselling books featuring extremists, conspiracy theor...

2026-09-11

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US Versus China, Cheap AI & Human Love: AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee

Chinese artificial intelligence companies are rapidly closing the gap with their American rivals despite years of US restrictions on advanced chips. But the race between the world’s two AI sup...

2026-09-04

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Colm Tóibín on 1970s Barcelona, Trump's America and Escaping into Art

The writer Colm Tóibín knows something about leaving home. As a young man living in Spain, he discovered a freedom he hadn’t known growing up in Ireland. Later, he would settle in ...

2026-08-28

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Hamid Karzai on the Taliban, Pakistan and His Daughters’ Future

It's been 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the US-led invasion of Afghanistan that brought Hamid Karzai, then a little-known tribal leader, to power. Two decades later, Karzai witnesse...

2026-08-21

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Why will.i.am Says Human Creativity Will Survive AI

The Grammy award winning musician, tech CEO and college professor will.i.am says he believes in the power of artificial intelligence to assist human creativity. He tells Mishal Husain why his attitude...

2026-08-14

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Adjoa Andoh on Shonda Rhimes, ‘Bridgerton’ and Becoming Lady Danbury

“Bridgerton” has been a global television phenomenon for more than six years, thanks in part to British actor Adjoa Andoh. She has described her role playing Lady Danbury in the Shondaland...

2026-08-07

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History’s Not Just About Great Men: Peter Frankopan on Iran and Ukraine

Uncertainty about the US-Israel war with Iran and its endgame continues to cast a long shadow over global trade, while Ukraine’s increasingly sophisticated counterattacks are imposing mounting c...

2026-07-31

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Karen Hao on the Reckless Race for Global AI Power

Over the last few years, artificial intelligence tools have revolutionized the way many people work and learn.  But industry critic Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI, argues the choices AI comp...

2026-07-24

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"He's Weak": Tucker Carlson on How Trump Failed America

Tucker Carlson was one of Donald Trump’s most prominent allies when he campaigned for re-election and through his first year back in the White House. The US-Israel war with Iran, however, mark...

2026-07-17

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Taming Labour and Facing Down Farage: Steve Richards on Burnham's Plan

Andy Burnham appears set to walk into 10 Downing Street and take power as the UK’s latest prime minister. Behind the mid-term departure of Keir Starmer has been, at least in part, the rise of ...

2026-07-10

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America in Free Fall? Historian Jill Lepore on the US at 250

For America’s 250th anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore joins Mishal Husain to take her through her book on the US Constitution. We The People explores how the Consti...

2026-07-03

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Can Republicans Win California Again? Steve Hilton Thinks So

In November, California will choose a new governor to replace Gavin Newsom, pitting Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra, a former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, US Congressman and state at...

2026-06-26

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Bonus: Alastair Campbell & Jacob Rees-Mogg Debate Brexit 10 Years On (Live)

It’s 10 years since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. It was an enormous decision, one that has contributed to the churn of British prime ministers since, a phenomenon that h...

2026-06-23

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AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No

Meredith Whittaker has spent years arguing that privacy is a prerequisite for a free society. As the president of the nonprofit foundation behind the encrypted messaging app Signal, she now finds he...

2026-06-19

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Gary Lineker on the World Cup, Trump and the Fans Left Behind

For decades, Gary Lineker anchored live sporting events for the BBC. Now he’s a podcaster and media boss. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, he talks about his new Netflix show and hopes f...

2026-06-12

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Ebola Is Back: Virus Pioneer Peter Piot Explains the Threat

Peter Piot first encountered the Ebola virus in a laboratory in Antwerp in 1976. At the time, the pathogen was largely unknown. Now, almost 50 years later, a new outbreak is spreading through parts of...

2026-06-05

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Cuba on the Brink: Ada Ferrer on Life Under US Pressure

Ada Ferrer won the Pulitzer Prize in 2022 for her acclaimed book, Cuba: An American History, which examined the island’s relationship with the US. Her latest work, Keeper of My Kin, tells her ...

2026-05-29

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