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Beth Ditto continues her Wise Women curation with a programme first broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 2 in 2011 in which Paul Simon talks to Johnnie Walker about his long career in music.

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel first troubled the charts in 1957 with their pop hit Hey Schoolgirl, released under the moniker Tom & Jerry. Johnnie finds out how, at nearly 16 years old, Paul Simon found himself performing for Dick Clark on the hit TV show American Bandstand. The singer-songwriter went on to pen pop standards such as Bridge Over Troubled Water, Mrs Robinson and You Can Call Me Al. He was selected by Time Magazine as one of the "100 People Who Shaped The World".

Simon talks openly about his relationship with his father, his time in the UK during the 60s, his work with Art Garfunkel, his immense solo success, and the writing of his album So Beautiful Or So What.

The pair bond over the importance of family and Paul's long-lasting love affair with rhythm and song-writing, during an interview which was recorded in Norwalk, Connecticut during rehearsals for Paul's 2011 tour.