Profile Podcast
An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
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Oliver Letwin
Sat 30 Mar 2019
This week Oliver Letwin persuaded the Commons to try to agree its own Brexit plan.
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Jacinda Ardern
Sat 23 Mar 2019
The New Zealand PM was widely praised for her response to the Christchurch attacks.
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Nan Goldin
Sat 9 Mar 2019
Photographer Nan Goldin has been grabbing headlines not for her art but for her activism.
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Jennifer Doudna
Sat 2 Mar 2019
Jennifer Doudna co-created the revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPR.
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Luciana Berger
Sat 23 Feb 2019
Becky Milligan profiles MP Luciana Berger of the newly formed Independent Group.
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Juan Guaid贸
Sat 2 Feb 2019
Edward Stourton profiles Venezuela鈥檚 self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido.
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Reed Hastings
Sat 22 Dec 2018
The founder of Netflix, the streaming service that鈥檚 turned us all into binge watchers.
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Dr Gail Bradbrook
Sat 15 Dec 2018
Gail Bradbrook is behind the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion.
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Julian Smith
Sat 1 Dec 2018
The government's chief whip, charged with getting the PM's Brexit deal through Parliament.
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Caroline Corby
Sat 24 Nov 2018
The new chair of the Parole Board, which rules on releasing the most serious prisoners.
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Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
Sat 17 Nov 2018
One of the world's most dangerous and powerful men is on trial in New York.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Sat 10 Nov 2018
The story of the youngest woman ever elected to the US congress.
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Jair Bolsonaro
Sat 3 Nov 2018
Edward Stourton looks at the life and career of Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Sat 27 Oct 2018
Helen Grady looks at the life of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Esther McVey
Sat 20 Oct 2018
Mark Coles profiles Esther McVey, the minister defending universal credit.
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Eliot Higgins
Sat 13 Oct 2018
Mark Coles looks at the man behind the investigative website Bellingcat.
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Malorie Blackman
Sat 6 Oct 2018
Mark Coles profiles children's author and former children's laureate Malorie Blackman.
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Tiger Woods
Sat 29 Sep 2018
Mark Coles looks at the life of one of the most successful golfers, Tiger Woods
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Sat 22 Sep 2018
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the woman behind 大象传媒 drama Killing Eve is profiled by Mark Coles.
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Sat 15 Sep 2018
Mark Coles looks at Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's nominee for the US Supreme Court.
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