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Emily Maitlis - award winning journalist, broadcaster and Newsnight's lead presenter - picks the Tracks of My Years. Born in Ontario, Canada, Emily also presents general elections for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and covers US politics from across America. She has won plaudits for her longer form interviews - with politicians, presidents and key players internationally and at home.

She spent six years reporting from the Far East, based in Hong Kong - speaks Spanish, French and Italian – and is the author of a recent book about her years as a Newsnight presenter.

In 2020, Emily began presenting the ´óÏó´«Ã½ podcast, Americast, alongside the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s North America Editor Jon Sopel and Chief North America Reporter Anthony Zurcher. The podcasts originally focused on the 2020 election and contain analysis as well as an array of interviews from across the political scene. Americast received positive reviews, at points becoming the UK's most listened to podcast of any genre, The podcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sounds was originally due to end after the election, however it continues every week to this day due to its popularity.

The next two tracks Emily has chosen come from Pulp and Blur.

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