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Amol Rajan: Why I’m leaving the BBC | Political Currency

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Our final special summer interview sees George Osborne sit down with Amol Rajan, as he leaves the Today Programme and sets out on a new venture. They discuss his new endeavour, the changing media landscape, and how AI will impact podcasts like this.

They hit on Celebrity Traitors, University Challenge, and why Amol never went into politics. George even probes him on the rumoured feuds at the Today Programme.

Amol gets into the very meaning of life with George, as they debate the impact AI will have on jobs, relationships, and podcasts like this one. They take it all the way back to Marx, before reflecting on the value of connections, which Amol will carry forward into his next undertaking.

Next week we’re back to our regular schedule, but with a twist. Ed and George will be back covering politics, but not from our Hoxton studio. We’ll be broadcasting from the British Museum alongside the Bayeux Tapestry. Mark your calendars, as you won’t want to miss it.
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20 Comments

@AndrewBrent-j5f 1 month ago

The exam question really is ‘which one of these two loves himself more..??’🤔

@Just-add-water154 1 month ago (edited)

WHERE WERE THEY !! ....Over the past 3 years of GENOCIDE !! Oh that's right ! ...they were peddling the Pro-Israeli "ESTABLISHMENT" propaganda lies ! ....investigative Journalism never came into it, during this period of COWARDLY SELF PRESERVATION ! ...and at such a pivotal time in History, they FAILED the simplest test of their HUMANITY ! ...I see no signs of self reflective shame or humility, only the cosy waffling of privilege. FREE ! 🇵🇸 PALESTINE !!

@russpayne6808 1 month ago (edited)

Does anyone really care? It's been obvious for years that Amol is in it (every interview - point scoring) for Amol alone. He's a very bright guy, but with sadly little coaching/mentoring within BBC on how to project a major theme. He has to be front and centre of every debate, as you see here, shutting down George O from the start.

@nellwalker8512 1 month ago

Oh dear. So self congratulatory and self absorbed. Can't bear either of them.

@leo1961berlin 1 month ago

"I'm quite good at selling myself," says the lover of bling, who normally wears far more personal jewellery than we see here. Curiously, if you study his body language, it is noticeable that he is very defensive. He crosses his arms repeatedly. That makes me think he's not being completely open and honest, despite his protestations, I suspect a high degree of calculation in whatever he says and does. What he still hasn't learned to curb is his tendency to gabble. He swallows more syllables and indeed words than is good for him. And the listeners too.

@charlesaeneas 1 month ago

I don't like the way YouTube videos start off with trailers of what's to come. I always try to fast forward it.

@adejames1960 1 month ago

To save people from listening throughout the whole episode, Amol is casing the dollar, thinks he's amazing, and is a closet Tory.

@stephensharp3033 1 month ago (edited)

AI has a manuscript copy of the interview before it is released. Or it converts an hour into words in a few seconds.

@eshaibraheem4218 1 month ago

There's something about these two voices which makes my ears close down. Nothing they say merits the effort of analysis.

@Vervoxly 1 month ago

36:47 Great point by Amol

@Listeningcarefully-k7u 1 month ago

I listened to this on the radio. I was looking forward to hearing an interview with Amol Rajan. Is this supposed to be an interview format or a chat? It really didn't work. George Osborne constantly interrupted with silly comments - derailing Amol's flow. Amal was about to tell us about his clever father - and once again George sweeps in and obliterates the story. George Osborne is not a good interviewer nor had he anything interesting or sensible to add to a conversation piece. A lost opportunity to really understand something of Amal's experience of the Today programme and what lies at the root of his tremendous drive for growth, ownership and a platform for his big ideas. Disappointing.

@roxanabarbulescu6210 1 month ago

What Rivals episode is this?

@DalstonVinyl 2 weeks ago

As a long term Today listener, Im delighted that he has left.

@cathyhough8282 1 month ago

sorry couldn't watch this

@NeilDHerbert 1 month ago

He wants to own, control and grow his channel. I can understand why this is appealing. Is money also a part of it? George just pulled on this, is one more prominent than the other?