Sir David Attenborough: The Voice of the Natural World Turns 100 | From Big Lives
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Pushkin Industries
4.4 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Sir David Attenborough turns 100 this year—and no one has done more to shape how humanity sees our planet. But for years, there was one issue he didn’t talk about...Every week on the new Pushkin show, Big Lives, hosts Kai Wright and Emmanuel Dzotsi dig into the BBC archive to explore the story behind the icons who shape our culture—trailblazers like David Bowie, George Michael, Muhammed Ali, and Tina Turner—and better understand how each legend set the stage for our contemporary cultural landscape. Here, Emmanuel and Kai chart the story of how one nerdy rock-collecting kid became one of TV’s biggest stars, and took on the most important mission of his life. If you like what you hear, find more episodes of Big Lives wherever you get podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | From the first Chinese emperor thousands of years ago to today's biohacking billionaires, |
| 0:09.4 | the rich and powerful have always wanted to cheat death. |
| 0:12.3 | And so they started to act like gods. |
| 0:14.5 | If they could hack the world, could they hack life itself? |
| 0:17.8 | In a special episode of the business history podcast, |
| 0:23.7 | Kara Swisher talks about the business of longevity and humanity's obsession with living forever. |
| 0:26.6 | You can listen to the Kara Swisher episode of business history |
| 0:29.3 | wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:30.8 | And you can watch it on YouTube. |
| 0:40.6 | Pushkin. Pushkin. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, listeners, this is Kai Wright. |
| 0:49.7 | And Emmanuel Jochi, we're dropping into your feed today to share our new podcast, Big Lives. |
| 0:56.8 | Each week, we explore a cultural icon from music to comedy to film to TV, you name it, |
| 1:01.5 | but someone who too often has been flattened into just a meme, |
| 1:05.4 | a punchline or a single photo we can't unsee. |
| 1:08.9 | And we do this by diving into the BBC archive. |
| 1:16.1 | I'm talking 100 years of some of the more surprising, interesting, and honestly, complicated moments that have ever been broadcast. |
| 1:18.7 | I hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:19.6 | And if you do, find Big Lives wherever you listen to your podcasts. |
| 1:26.2 | From BBC Studios, I'm Pushkin Industries, this is Big Lives. |
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