Daily: Is there LIFE AFTER POWER? Tales of the ex-leaders

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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One day you’re one of the world’s most powerful people, the next you’re out of work. So what do ex-leaders get up to when they leave office? And are they ever any good at it? BBC Radio producer and author of The Ex-Men: How Our Former Presidents and Prime Ministers are Still Changing the World Giles Edwards takes Ros Taylor behind the closed doors of members-only clubs – and reveals how these ex-men (and women) still shape public life without us even knowing. “You can get more done in fifteen minutes as Prime Minister than fifteen months as a former Prime Minister.” “Clinton touched something in the Democratic Party soul that Obama didn’t.” Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved
0:05.5	photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.
0:11.8	Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?
0:13.0	I loved going to college.
0:14.0	It's good you can retrain and do something.
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1:15.0	What the hell do you do now? And are you going to be any good at it?
1:19.0	With me today is Charles Edwards, author of the X-Men,
1:22.0	how our former presidents and prime ministers are still
1:25.1	changing the world.
1:26.1	Welcome to the bunker, Giles.
1:28.1	Thank you for having me, Ros, lovely to be here.
1:29.9	There are more ex-leaders than ever before, aren't there?
1:32.3	That's a good thing for democracy isn't it?
1:34.1	It's definitely a good thing and yes there are in you know back in the 70s in the 80s hesitate
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