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The Mishal Husain Show

The Mishal Husain Show

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Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity and tenacity to weekly conversations with world leaders, business titans, and cultural icons, revealing who they really are and how they see the world changing around them.

Subscribe today at Bloomberg.com/audio or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. For annotated transcripts of Mishal's conversations head to Bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

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Episodes
  • María Corina Machado Believes US Pressure on Maduro Is the Only Way
    Oct 31 2025

    Three weeks after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado finds herself supporting US intervention in her native country. Mishal speaks to Maria Corina on recent US boat strikes, Nicolas Maduro’s fate and the need for strength to secure peace.

    03:24 - "I had to go into hiding"

    03:51 - Impact of the Nobel Peace Prize

    05:38 - US Military build up

    10:21 - Prospect of US ground strikes

    13:10 - Is Machado speaking to the Trump Administration?

    16:00 - Prospect of regime change

    18:50 - Venezuela after Maduro

    23:04 - Machado's economic vision

    26:04 - What is the Venezuelan opposition planning next?

    28:23 - "We are ready to take our government"

    34:22 - Why Machado thinks this time is different

    Watch this podcast https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS

    You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

    Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net

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    37 mins
  • Nigel Farage Thinks Britain Has Had Too Many Unifiers
    Oct 24 2025

    After successfully pushing for Brexit, political disruptor Nigel Farage announced his retirement. Last year, he returned to frontline politics as the leader of Reform UK, an insurgent party that’s never held national power but is now polling ahead of Labour and the Conservatives. Mishal speaks with Farage about dismantling consensus politics, Britain’s future relationship with the European Union and what he thinks Donald Trump is getting right.

    4:02 - “We’ve not had enough change”
    7:10 - Working in the City of London in the 1980s
    11:46 Alignment with the European Union
    13:33 “Everything in life’s about risk”
    16:24 “Make Britain Great Again”
    21:00 The Bank of England
    25:19 “Putin is a very bad dude”
    30:15 Immigration and ICE raids
    35:12 Economic plans
    46:14 Reading to prepare for government

    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS

    You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

    Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net

    Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    51 mins
  • Mark Carney Has Learned From Donald Trump
    Oct 16 2025

    Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney talks to Mishal Husain about trade battles, Vladimir Putin's miscalculations and what he's learned from Donald Trump.

    You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

    Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net

    Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    38 mins
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