Show 282 - Sam McAlister

The Political Party

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4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This is the astonishing inside account of Prince Andrew's Newsnight interview. The details will blow your mind. Sam McAlister produced the show for years and was able to convince guests to give interviews when no-one else could. In her new book 'Scoops', she takes us behind the scenes of various interviews including Julian Assange, Steven Seagal and Amy Schumer. It's a fascinating inside account of how she manages to secure the biggest guests as well as honesty about the mistakes made along the way. The years spent trying to convince Prince Andrew to do the show, the meetings she had with him before, the experience of being in that room as the interview unfolds and then his reaction afterwards will all astound you.

Buy Sam's book 'Scoops' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scoops-Behind-Scenes-Shocking-Interviews/dp/0861544404/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AU16NUDYA3FA&keywords=9780861544400&qid=1642179379&sprefix=9780861544400,aps,62&sr=8-1

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is Sam McCallus to the former
0:15.3	news night producer who made the Prince Andrew interview happen and not just that interview,
0:20.4	many more. She details them in her phenomenal book, Scoops, which has just come out.
0:25.2	And every chapter tells behind the scenes stories of a different type of interview.
0:29.7	And there's a chapter on Julian Assange on Amy Schumer on Steven Segal and it all builds to
0:34.5	the Prince Andrew one. And it's a phenomenal story about how you hold people to account,
0:40.3	how these interviews actually happen because obviously with the Prince Andrew one,
0:43.7	the question everyone is left with apart from why did he say the things he said, why didn't he
0:47.8	apologize is why did he do it? Why how on earth was he convinced to do it? And the reason he was
0:54.2	convinced to do it is because Sam McCallister convinced them to do it and she's a phenomenal individual
1:00.6	who is really capable of getting these people on camera and as a result we see these powerful
1:06.2	people who help to account they create these phenomenal moments of television. They can change.
1:11.2	I mean the effect was he had to step back from his Royal duties. You know this is the effect of that
1:16.8	is really really big. So it's just such a thrilling read. And on top of that I mean
1:24.5	everyone remembers the interview. You then read the account of it. There's so much more detail
1:28.9	in there than you would imagine. The absolutely blows your mind and we talk about it. And Sam
1:34.9	again shares more stuff today that I wasn't aware of. I'm not going to ruin any of that because
1:41.6	it is genuinely mind-blowing. Particularly the moments once they stop filming and they're in
1:48.6	their bucking and palace, Emily Maithless, Sam and some of the others. And the tension that most
1:56.0	people would presume is in that room and the reaction to it. Well I'm not going to ruin any of it.
2:02.1	I mean it's just incredible. So just before we come to this phenomenal interview with Sam
2:08.0	the next live show of the political parties on Monday the 25th of July we form a home secretary
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