Kim Hill Wants To Know

Kim Hill is back asking questions in her inimitable style. She has conversations with guests from around the world about topics that spark her interest and will do the same for you.

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What's Changed For Malcolm Gladwell

Episode 1
Best-selling author, journalist and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell sits down with Kim Hill to explain his latest book and how his perspective has changed last 25 years. He delivers insights into the power in numbers and his surprising interests.
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What Drives Jon Lee Anderson

Episode 2
Jon Lee Anderson’s life of adventure began when he was a young boy. The veteran New Yorker journalist tells Kim Hill about covering conflicts, doing jail time and his fascination with rebels which led to discovering Che Guevara's body in Bolivia.
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Why Ingrid Robeyns Wants To Get Rid of Billionaires

Episode 3
How much money is too much? Belgian-Dutch philosopher and economist Professor Ingrid Robeyns has written a book called Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth and she tells Kim Hill why the uber rich should be forced to give up their cash.
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Whether Boris Johnson is Attempting to Salvage His Political Career

Episode 4
If you put Kim Hill and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a room together - this is what you get.  A fiery yet invigorating conversation about Johnson's political career and his new book Unleashed.
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About William Dalrymple's History

Episode 5
Historian, author and podcaster William Dalrymple believes it was India's Golden Road - not China's Silk Road - that transformed the world. He tells Kim Hill about his latest book and his own family history in the Empire.
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When Caroline Crampton Realised She Was a Hypochondriac

Episode 6
Caroline Crampton resisted the idea that she was a hypochondriac, but now she's written an entire book on the history of the condition.
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Why Nick Wallis Continues Covering the UK's Post Office Scandal

Episode 7
Kim Hill speaks with journalist Nick Wallis about his time covering the UK’s Great Post Office scandal - described as England's worst miscarriage of justice - and discovers the story is far from over.
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What Anatoly Liberman Thinks of The English Language

Episode 8
Kim Hill sits down with linguist and etymologist Anatoly Liberman to talk about words – their meaning, their history and how languages evolve.
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How Brain Science Has Changed For Sir Richard Faull

Episode 9
Kim chats with neuroscientist Sir Richard Faull about the wonders of the human brain and the work being done to unlock its secrets.
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If Dame Linda Partridge Knows How To Defy Aging

Episode 10
The secret to living well for longer is one geneticist Dame Linda Partridge has been trying to uncover for much of her career. In this episode of Kim Hill Wants To Know, she talks with Kim about the scientific breakthroughs that could mean the end to aging as we know it.
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Introducing: Kim Hill Wants To Know

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Kim Hill is back asking questions in her inimitable style. She has conversations with guests from around the world about topics that spark her interest and will do the same for you.
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