Imagine there was one podcast you could turn to where you were introduced not just

to some of the world's most powerful individuals but just as important to the way they think, what makes

them tick and how they make the decisions that affect all of our lives in politics, business,

innovation and culture. Well you're in the right place.

Welcome to Power Play.

Power Play is Politico's new Transatlantic podcast hosted by me and McElvoy.

Each week we take listeners inside the minds of those who wield power across the Atlantic

and beyond to better understand the choices they make and how that

shapes the news agenda like my encounter with the chief of Britain's secret

intelligence service Richard Moore.

If you look at Putin's behaviors on that day,

Prigosian started off, I think, as a traitor at breakfast.

He had been pardoned by supper, and then a few days later he was invited for tea.

So there are some things down that even the chief of

my six finds it a little bit difficult to try and interpret in terms of who's in

and who's out. And our podcast doesn't end there.

Our political teams from across the globe will pick up the conversation, bringing us expert analysis,

in a way only political journalists can, lifting the lid on what's been said and what isn't.

They'll help me and I hope you to cut through the noise and the spin and get the inside story.

Margaret Vestager does have a future in mind in politics for herself.

She's clearly signaled her interest in becoming the next head of the European Investment Bank,

which is a big financial front line position, and of course she will need the

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