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The Rest Is Politics: Leading

27: Feargal Sharkey: Teenage Kicks, Bobby Sands, and saving our rivers

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

Goalhanger

Government, News, Politics

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Can we reverse the damage done to our polluted rivers and seas? What was it like to write Teenage Kicks? How has Brexit hamstrung the music industry? From punk singer to political activist, Feargal Sharkey is now the leading figure in the fight against sewage and water pollution in the UK. On today's episode of Leading he sits down with Alastair to discuss environmentalism, growing up in Derry, the success of The Undertones, and much, much more. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by London Business School, and it's a business school I'm

0:08.7

very happy to endorse because Shoshana my wife did an MBA at London Business School. She

0:13.1

found it incredibly useful, and actually I've had the pleasure over the years of doing

0:16.8

a certain amount with London Business School too. What this school really does is I think

0:20.2

give you an extraordinary opportunity because it has excellent teaching of critical business

0:25.8

skills. London Business School has got a fantastic track record of helping graduates achieve their

0:30.4

career goals in a huge variety of industries, finance, consultancy, technology, entrepreneurship,

0:36.4

91 percent of the 2022 MBA class accepted a job offer within three months of graduating.

0:42.0

So if you're looking to invest in what London Business School would call the career of a lifetime,

0:46.7

the MBA team would love to hear from you. For more information visit London.edu forward slash

0:52.1

MBA that's london.edu forward slash MBA.

1:01.2

Welcome to the Rest Dispologies Leading with me, Aleister Campbell, flying so low today without

1:05.5

Rory Stewart who is logistically challenged, shall we say, between between airports,

1:11.6

but I'm delighted to be joined by somebody who you'll have heard if you listen to the

1:16.5

Rest Dispologies question time a few days ago and who has got a very, very interesting

1:22.4

history. We'll talk a bit about your childhood, we'll talk a bit about your career,

1:27.2

very successful career as a musician, but the reason why you're on Leading is because in recent

1:35.0

months in particular you've become a really prominent and significant voice in a very,

1:41.8

very important cultural, political, social, economic debate, and that is water.

1:47.8

So welcome, Earl Sharkey. Hello, Mr. Campbell, thank you very much and thank you for the glorious

1:52.8

praise and wise words and insight. All of it completely untrue, of course, on my own.

1:56.4

I don't think it will be bashful in the retire quietly back to my home in North London.

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