Snowcast

Snowcast A weekly podcast in which Jon Snow chats to original thinkers, campaigners, performers and creators.

17/12/2023

Our latest episode is a weird and wonderful adventure with superstar podcaster Dan Schreiber from No Such Thing As A Fish
Dan believes that genius and madness often go hand in hand, and the stories he share include Nobel prize winners and US presidents.

05/12/2023

Head to the Caribbean with Jon Snow and Liz Bonnin - to hear more about the conservation heroes and “incredible human beings” who give Liz reasons to be hopeful, when leaders fail to do the same.

Listen at snowcast.uk or on your favourite podcast app 🎧

30/11/2023

“We dared to dream and we will not regret dignity” were the words Waad Al-Kateab shared at the 2020 Oscars.
The Syrian filmmaker chats to Jon Snow about her new film, which follows five athletes hoping to compete with the Refugee Olympic Team. She shares these stories to: "show the world who we are, not the labels that are attached to us."

19/11/2023

"You need those teachers...you need to meet people that fundamentally see something in you."

Filmmaker Carol Morley talks to Jon Snow about the inspiring teacher who changed her life - and the brilliant career that followed.

10/11/2023

As Professor Mary Beard launches Being Roman on BBC Sounds, she talks to Jon Snow about arguing responsibly, democracy, and leaders of the past and present.
🎧 Listen on all the usual podcast apps or at snowcast.uk

02/11/2023

Ava Glass vividly remembers the “calmly deceptive” woman who befriended her at the Home Office. It was Ava’s first encounter with a spy, inspiration for a book, and you can hear more from this brilliant raconteur in Jon Snow's podcast.

26/10/2023

“I didn’t hesitate…I just immediately thought I’m going to stop you.”
Steve Gallant had resolved never to use violence again when he took action on London Bridge, to prevent more people getting hurt. Hear Steve talk about prisons, parole and purpose, in Jon Snow's weekly podcast.

20/10/2023

🚀Get on board Zak Ové’s The Mothership Connection. The artist talks to Jon Snow about his soaring sculpture in London's Regent’s Park. Part psychedelic totem pole, part space rocket, it brings us joy (and a Parliament earworm).

17/10/2023

This week’s Snowcast guest is the editor and author Sarah Sands. She chats to Jon Snow about her busy career in journalism, as well as hedgehogs, loss, and acts of kindness. 🦔

03/10/2023

As the UK Covid-19 Inquiry enters its second phase, Jon Snow speaks to Michael Mansfield KC about holding people to account for failures - and the tremendous fight that can be required to get change.

01/10/2023

“It’s been genuinely grim and I think there are lots of people that want to change that.”
Sir Chris Bryant talks to Jon Snow about parliamentary standards, at a time when a record number of MPs have been sanctioned.

26/09/2023

The astonishing story of BA Flight 149 is now in the Snowcast feed.

On 1 August 1990, nearly 400 passengers and flight crew were caught up in the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. They were taken hostage, used as human shields and endured months of terror.

Stephen Davis talks to Jon Snow about the story he's been working on for 30+ years - and why he's still determined to get answers.

18/09/2023

“Your attitude towards how you age actually influences cellular ageing”
Jon Snow's latest podcast guest is Professor Rose Anne Kenny - an expert in ageing who has over 35 years of clinical and research experience in this field.

04/08/2023

"Speaking up isn't welcome" in the Metropolitan Police.
Jess McDonald worked as a detective but experienced bullying and burnout. In this week's podcast, she tells Jon Snow that the culture of silence is the first thing she'd change.

30/07/2023

Jon Snow comes face-to-face with Boris Johnson again...via Matt Forde's impersonation.

26/07/2023

"We need a society where people are properly rewarded and they enjoy their jobs. I think that makes our country better..."
Mick Lynch of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) chats to Jon Snow about strikes, workers' rights and nationalisation.

19/07/2023

Hands up if you've read Queenie?
This week's guest is the wonderful Candice Carty-Williams, who shares an insight into how she creates her characters, both for the page and on screen in her BBC One & BBC iPlayer series Champion.

15/07/2023

This week's podcast guest is the Booker-winning writer and poet Ben Okri. Here’s a taster of his new book, dedicated to “those who love the world enough to fight for it”.

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