The Mishal Husain Show

Max Richter is one of the most successful classical composers alive. His catalog has had more than 4 billion streams and his works range from an eight-hour album based on the science of sleep to the Oscar-nominated score for the film Hamnet. Richter’s work often responds to political upheavals and current events. His new album, ‘While The Flood Rages’, derives from his score for a ballet inspired by Margaret Atwood‘s MaddAddam trilogy of books. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, he discusses his influences, his creative process and how music is his refuge from the world. This episode features the tracks: ‘On The Nature of Daylight’, by Max Richter, from the album ‘The Blue Notebooks’. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon. ‘While The Flood Rages’, by Max Richter, from the album While The Flood Rages. Courtesy of Decca Records, part of Universal Music Group. Contact The Mishal Husain Show [email protected] Visit https://www.bloomberg.com/mishal to read Mishal’s notes and reflections on this conversation. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US political climate is reaching fever pitch. The midterms are days away, following closely on elections in Brazil, Serbia and Israel, while in the UK, Andy Burnham's government has just unveiled its first budget. For MIT professor Daron Acemoglu, co-winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics, the stakes go beyond individual governments or countries to the state of democracy itself. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Acemoglu talks about his latest book, ‘What Happened to Liberal Democracy: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity’. In it he offers a prescription for the center-left of politics, the political tradition with which he is aligned, and which he argues needs a new focus in the age of AI and algorithmic social media. Contact The Mishal Husain Show [email protected] Read Mishal’s notes on this episode https://www.bloomberg.com/mishal Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a conversation recorded live in London to mark the one-year anniversary of The Mishal Husain Show, Mishal Husain talks to Israeli-British chef Yotam Ottolenghi about the challenges facing the hospitality industry, opening new restaurants, the politics of food and the Israeli elections. Contact The Mishal Husain Show [email protected] Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

India’s “Cockroach” protests have returned to the streets of Delhi, and just as the country faces intensifying challenges from abroad, including fallout from the Iran war and tensions with the US, China and Pakistan. In a conversation on the sidelines of Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in New Delhi last week, Suhasini Haidar, diplomatic editor for The Hindu, unpacks India’s shifting place in the world and Gen Z discontent at home. Contact The Mishal Husain Show [email protected] Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this conversation recorded at Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Mishal Husain talks to Rory McIlroy about his career as one of the world’s top professional golfers. McIlroy is one of a very small group of men to have achieved a career grand slam, winning all four major golf tournaments. Now he’s looking to what might be next. They also discuss the LIV Golf breakaway league, the behavior of fans and the future of the game. Contact The Mishal Husain Show [email protected] Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.