• 1 hour 5 minutes
    369. Dr Sian Williams

    Iain Dale interviews broadcaster-turned-counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams - live from Fowey!

    3 June 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    368. Lord Peter Ricketts

    Iain Dale interviews former head of the Foreign Office and former national security adviser Lord Ricketts - live from Fowey.

    27 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 56 minutes 47 seconds
    367. Sarah Vine

    Iain Dale interviews Mail columnist Sarah Vine, live in Fowey.

    20 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 57 minutes 49 seconds
    366. Sir Jeremy Hunt

    Iain Dale interviews former Conservative foreign secretary and chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt, live in Fowey.

    13 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 45 minutes 48 seconds
    365. From the archive: Jonathan Powell

    Iain Dale interviews former Blair chief of staff Jonathan Powell back in 2011 about his book THE NEW MACHIAVELLI: HOW TO WIELD POWER IN THE MODERN WORLD.

    Jonathan Powell is now the PM's national security adviser.

    7 May 2026, 12:00 am
  • 48 minutes 44 seconds
    364. Mary Beard

    Iain Dale interviews the wonderful Mary Beard about her new book TALKING CLASSICS: THE SHOCK OF THE OLD.

    30 April 2026, 12:00 am
  • 52 minutes 27 seconds
    363. James Macintyre

    Iain Dale interviews the author James Macintyre about his new book GORDON BROWN: POWER WITH PURPOSE - going through Brown's political awakening, the battle for the Labour leadership, and then the huge challenges he faced in office.

    22 April 2026, 12:00 am
  • 59 minutes 4 seconds
    362. Paul Bessell

    Iain Dale interviews author Paul Bessel about his new book FINDING DAD, a memoir-investigation into the life of Paul’s father, Peter Bessel: a Liberal MP (1964-1970), close friend of Jeremy Thorpe, later a key prosecution witness in the 1979 Thorpe conspiracy-to-murder trial. Bessel explains why he delayed writing for decades, what triggered the book, and how fearful he was of uncovering painful truths in his parents’ archives. The conversation traces Peter Bessel’s rise as a respected Cornish MP, his later financial collapse, a dramatic disappearance in 1974 that left his family suddenly impoverished, and the complicated, sometimes clandestine life he led (including secret “work” Bessel suspects may have involved US national security).

    15 April 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    361. Carl Cashman

    Ian Dale interviews Carl Cashman, Lib Dem leader on Liverpool City Council, about his reputation as the 'UK's hottest politician', his upbringing in Prescot, being raised largely by his grandparents, later meeting his biological father at 22, and how class, accent, and confidence shaped him.

    8 April 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    360. Naz Shah

    Iain Dale interviews Labour MP Naz Shah about being arrested with her mother for murder, how her background informs her work as an MP, what her faith means to her and more. Naz's new book is HONOURED: SURVIVAL, STRENGTH AND MY PATH TO POLITICS.

    1 April 2026, 12:00 am
  • 56 minutes 18 seconds
    359. Sir Sajid Javid

    Iain Dale interviews former Conservative chancellor Sir Sajid Javid about his upbringing, his parents' arrival in the UK, his father's work on the buses, forgiving him later in life for hitting Sajid as a child, Sajid's relationship with his brother and heroic mother and more. Sir Sajid's new book is THE COLOUR OF HOME.

    25 March 2026, 12:00 am
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