Summary
In Young Again Kirsty Young asks her guests what advice they would give to their younger selves. In this episode Naomi Klein shares the origins of her political activism. Having shot to fame aged 29 with the anti-globalisation bestseller No Logo, Naomi Klein has gone on to publish several books about politics, climate, capitalism and the disorienting impact of social media. Growing up in a political family, Naomi initially rejected her parents' activism, but, as she describes to Kirsty, a series of painful events instilled in her the importance of campaigning for social change. She talks to Kirsty about the battles she has won and lost.
Producer: Laura Northedge Research by: Martha Owen Content Editor: Richard Hooper Editor: Alice Feinstein Senior Technical Producer: Duncan Hannant Presenter: Kirsty Young
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| 0:00.0 | Why do some big successful brands go bust? |
| 0:05.0 | Toast is back for a new series, taking a look at the decisions that often left investors burnt. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Sean Farrington, a BBC business journalist. I'll be hearing about the hype. |
| 0:15.0 | They're going to do the deal that makes them the most money at that point of time. |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm picking what went wrong, talking to owners and employees to ask, what can we learn? |
| 0:25.4 | It was being undercut by similar rivals. It just couldn't survive. |
| 0:30.3 | Toast. Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.9 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:38.3 | Hi, I'm Kirstie Young, and this is Young Again, my podcast for BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:49.3 | What conversations would you have with your younger self? |
| 0:52.3 | How do you reflect on the big decisions you've made? |
| 0:55.5 | And what have you learned from your life so far? |
| 0:58.7 | In this episode of Young Again, I'm talking with a writer and activist |
| 1:02.3 | whose stock in trade is debate and controversy |
| 1:05.0 | and whose threshold for rubbing people up the wrong way |
| 1:08.3 | is generally higher than most of us. |
| 1:10.7 | But we spoke at a time in her life when her very persona and sense of self |
| 1:14.6 | has been deeply disturbed by a serious case of mistaken identity. |
| 1:19.6 | It takes a bit of explaining, but as you listen, I think you'll get the gist pretty quickly, |
| 1:23.9 | and as far-fetched as it may at first seem, |
| 1:27.4 | in this new era of our digital |
| 1:29.1 | existence, her experience holds lessons for us all. In this edition of Young Again, I'm in conversation |
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