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So, everyone.

So, everyone.

So, everyone. So everyone, it seems, leaves a legacy.

I'm certainly many of the people we interview here on leading will shape the world, I guess, for many future generations.

Very proud of some of the people we've been interviewing recently the world these

knowledge.

So here's question.

How have the biggest characters in history changed the way we live today?

That is the subject of a new podcast called Legacy, which is a partnership between

a goalhanger who make our shows and Wundery, another leading podcast producer.

And it's hosted by a broadcaster and journalist Afu Hirsch and my friend the historian and author Peter

Frankapan and they'll be examining the legacies for ranger characters including Mikhail Gorbachev

Cecil Rhodes Pablo Picasso and Nina Simone.

Their first series is all about Napoleon.

And here's a clip from episode one.

Napoleon. Napoleon, famous guy, big name, huge in France, all over the world. What do you think when you hear about the name Napoleon?

I used to be a lawyer and when I think of Napoleon

I think of Napoleonic code when countries became independent from Europe they

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