How I Found My Voice

Samira Ahmedspeaks to business mogul Sir Richard Branson about becoming a serial entrepreneur developing the Virgin brand, signing some of the biggest names in music and the next frontiers of space travel. How I Found My Voiceis anIntelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. If you enjoy this podcast please tell your friends, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Season 2 is proudly supported byTHE OUT, innovative car rental powered by Jaguar Land Rover. Take advantage of a special 5% discount today using the code 'SMART5'. Photo credit: Visual Eye. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmedspeaks to the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Chris Wylie. He speaks toSamiraabout data micro-targeting, leaking documents that led to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal and the part he played in developing technologies that can help shape election results. How I Found My Voiceis anIntelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. If you enjoy this podcast please tell your friends, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Season 2 is proudly supported byTHE OUT, innovative car rental powered by Jaguar Land Rover. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmedspeaks to the journalist, social activist and New York Times best-selling author Naomi Klein. She speaks toSamiraabout growing up in a politically active family, being at the forefront of protest movements, the case for a Green New Deal and her views on Extinction Rebellion. How I Found My Voiceis anIntelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. If you enjoy this podcast please tell your friends, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Season 2 is proudly supported byTHE OUT, innovative car rental powered by Jaguar Land Rover. Photo credit: Kourosh Keshiri See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmedspeaks to the Labour Party politician and MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips. She speaks to Samira about holding truth to power, her gift for swearing and women pushing back. How I Found My Voiceis an Intelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. Season 2 is proudly supported by THE OUT, innovative car rental powered by Jaguar Land Rover. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmedspeaks to the actor, writer and comedian Michael Palin. Part of the legendary Monty Python comedy group, Palin has helped shape British comedy on our TV screens. From growing up with a father who stuttered to finding his comedy partners and travelling the world, Palin speaks about the moments that shaped and inspired his voice. How I Found My Voiceis an Intelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. Season 2 is proudly supported by THE OUT, innovative car rental powered by Jaguar Land Rover. Photo credit: John Swannell. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 2 of How I Found My Voice is nearly here! Launching on 28th October, Samira Ahmed is joined by a range of new guests including actor Michael Palin, businessman Richard Branson, climate activist Naomi Klein, journalist Jon Snow, Pakistani novelist Fatima Bhutto, comedian Richard Osman and the Guilty Feminist podcaster Deborah Frances-White. Join us as we discuss how each of them came to find their voice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmedspeaks to the BBC's Chief International CorrespondentLyse Doucet. Renowned as a foreign correspondent in some of the toughest war zones in the past thirty years, Doucet speaks about the moments that shaped her voice from growing up in a small Canadian town to reporting from the front lines in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. How I Found My Voiceis a newIntelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmedspeaks to poet Lang Leav in this short bonus episode of the podcast. From posting her poetry on Tumblr to becoming an Instagram sensation, Leav speaks about how modern poetry uses social media platforms and reflects on the inspirations that shaped her voice. How I Found My Voiceis a newIntelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmedspeaks to the actorSamuel West. West speaks about the moments that shaped and inspired his voice from growing up in a household of actors with famous parents and wanting to be accepted into the 'family business' to his lifelong socialism. How I Found My Voiceis a newIntelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samira Ahmed speaks to the Conservative politician Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. Warsi speaks about the moments that shaped and inspired her voice from growing up in a working-class family in Yorkshire to becoming the first Muslim politician to serve in a British Cabinet. Throughout her journey one mantra kept her going: 'If not me then who? If not now then when?' How I Found My Voiceis a newIntelligence Squaredpodcast that explores how some of the world's greatest artists and thinkers became such compelling – and unique – communicators. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices