The Powerful and the Damned, with Lionel Barber and Manveen Rana

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🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Lionel Barber was editor of the Financial Times for the tech boom, the global financial crisis, the continuing rise of China, Brexit, and the established media’s fight for survival in the age of disinformation. In this episode he revealed what transpired during interviews and private meetings and exchanges with Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Prince Andrew. From the rise of China to conversations with billionaire bankers facing economic meltdown, Barber offered unique insight into the people who continue to shape our world and who, quite literally, make the news. Barber was in conversation with Manveen Rana, senior investigative journalist and host of the Stories of Our Times podcast. To find out more about Barber's book, click here: https://bit.ly/3mu62b8 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligence
1:04.2	Squared today we're joined by Lionel Barber former editor of the Financial Times
1:08.4	and author of the new book The Powerful and The Damned private diaries in turbulent times.
1:13.2	And in conversation with Manveen Rana, senior investigative journalists at the Times and host of the
1:17.8	excellent stories of our Times podcast, they took us through the defining moments and
1:22.4	characters during Barbara's time as editor from what it was like to interview Vladimir Putin about the rise of populism to what Angla Merkel really thought of Brexit and former British Prime Minister David Cameron.
1:33.8	It's a fascinating and far-ranging discussion touching on topics like austerity,
1:38.2	the recent US election and how to run a newspaper in the digital age. If you do enjoy it, you can find a link for
1:44.5	Lionel Barber's excellent book in the podcast description. But now let's go to the episode.
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