An Inconvenient Ruth
Every week Ruth will be speaking to some of the countries' biggest success stories about their achievements, challenges, victories and dissappointments.
Ruth will cover the opportunities, triumphs, compromises, failures and inconvenient truths that they have endured and find out what drives some of Britain's most prominent people.
Episodes
Introducing 'I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan'
Hi, An Inconvenient Ruth listener,
We’ve got another brand new podcast we think you’ll enjoy.
‘I’ve Been Thinking’ is a new weekly show hosted by Peter Frankopan. As well as being a best-selling author (Silk Roads), Professor of Global History and Oxford and voted as one of the World’s Top 50 Thinkers, Peter uses this podcast to speak with some incredible guests looking at topics from around the world that help understand and explain the past, present and future.
Guests include former Director of the FBI James Comey and Chinese artist & activist Ai Weiwei.
This is a taster of what you can expect from the show. If you like what you hear please search for I’ve Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.
01/07/21•2m 42s
Introducing ‘If It Bleeds It Leads’
Hi An Inconvenient Ruth fans – we have a new True Crime podcast we think you’ll enjoy called ‘If It Bleeds It Leads’
Could you be a criminal? What separates the way you think, from the criminal mind? Join the world’s leading professor of criminology, Prof. David Wilson and star of Silent Witness Emilia Fox as they discover what’s really going on behind some of the most notorious crimes.
What do you do with have-a-go heroes who try to stop you robbing a bank? What's it like inside an escalating prison riot? And how do you deal with Britain’s most infamous hitman telling you he's been ordered to kill you? In this podcast series you’ll hear from offenders, the police, crime experts and investigators as we delve into the workings of the criminal mind.
Here’s a sneaky peak and the first Episode drops on Monday 14th June. If you like what you hear search for ‘If It Bleeds It Leads’ on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.
11/06/21•2m 58s
Commander Chris Hadfield
Ruth speaks to International Space Station commander, Chris Hadfield
11/04/21•47m 45s
Linda Calvey
Ruth speaks to author and former armed robber, Linda Calvey - her latest book "The Locksmith" is out March 18th.
18/03/21•47m 19s
Sir Anthony Seldon
Ruth speaks to Sir Anthony Seldon, educator and Prime Ministerial biographer
14/03/21•47m 10s
Rory Stewart
Ruth speaks to former cabinet minister and definitely not a spy, Rory Stewart
14/02/21•50m 21s
Ambassador Samantha Power
Ruth speaks to Samantha Power, former US ambassador to the UN and President Biden's nominee to lead USAID
07/02/21•46m 45s
US Capitol Riot Special with Anthony Scaramucci & Professor Scott Lucas
Ruth speaks to former Trump spokesperson and Anthony Scaramucci & Professor of US Politics, Scott Lucas
10/01/21•47m 38s
Sir Nicholas Soames
Ruth speaks to Sir Nicholas Soames: member of parliament for 36 years, friend to Prince Charles and grandson to Winston Churchill
27/12/20•38m 40s
James Blunt
Ruth speaks to pop-star, ex tank driver and unofficial king of Twitter, James Blunt
13/12/20•43m 58s
Introducing Hunting Ghislaine with John Sweeney
Hi An Inconvenient Ruth fans
LBC have a new podcast we think you’ll enjoy - Hosted by legendary reporter John Sweeney, Hunting Ghislaine is a 6 part series about Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of a disgraced billionaire and the former partner of a super-rich paedophile who killed himself while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.
After hiding for almost a year, she now finds herself facing multiple charges for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually exploit and abuse under-age women which could lead to her spending the rest of her life in jail.
In this new podcast series, Hunting Ghislaine, reporter John Sweeney investigates a fairy story which happens the wrong way round, of how a princess ends up accused of being the monster and no-one at all ends up happily ever after. First Episode available 19th November. Listen on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts
13/11/20•1m 5s
Former Met Police boss - Lord John Stevens
Ruth speaks to Lord John Stevens, the man who investigated loyalist spies in Northern Ireland, looked into Princess Diana's death, and led Britain's largest police force for five years.
01/11/20•44m 5s
Olympic record holder - Dame Katherine Grainger
Ruth speaks to Olympic record holder, Dame Katherine Grainger
25/10/20•45m 15s
Introducing "What Next?" with Lionel Barber
Hi Ruth Davidson fans
LBC have a new podcast we think you’ll enjoy - Hosted by Lionel Barber, the former Editor of the Financial Times, What Next? focuses on life after COVID-19 and sees the multi-award-winning journalist and author discover how the world is adapting to the pandemic, what needs to change and, most importantly, what lessons we have learnt that will shape our lives for the future. Each week, Lionel will be speaking to some of the biggest leading influential figures in the health, politics, business, technology, arts and environment world, such as former Prime Minister Tony Blair; Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation; ITV’s Chief Executive Dame Carolyn McCall and many more. Follow Lionel on Twitter: @lionelbarber. Listen and subscribe now on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts
15/10/20•43s
New Series
An Inconvenient Ruth returns to LBC with a weekly show & podcast. Listen live on LBC at 9pm on Sundays, or download the podcast.
11/09/20•23s
Sue Black
Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson interviews one of the UK’s top forensic anthropologists, Professor Dame Sue Black. How do you become an expert in death? In this episode, Black explains how working with dead bodies on a daily basis makes her happier and more appreciative of life. From tragic tales of war crimes in Kosovo to cutting edge science leading to successful convictions - with warmth and humour, one of the world’s top experts in dead bodies shares how she’s far more afraid of the living than she is the dead!
27/12/19•50m 22s
Joan Bakewell
With a colourful and varied career, listen to Joan Bakewell as she tells Ruth Davidson of how she was one of the first crews to cross the Berlin Wall in 1989, her affair with Harold Pinter which is the basis for Pinter's 1978 play Betrayal and her work battling ageism and getting people to talk about death.
26/12/19•47m 50s
Piers Morgan
In this episode, you’ll hear how Piers Morgan always wanted to be a celebrity journalist, his thoughts on being sacked from the Mirror, his meetings with a ‘complex’ and ‘manipulative’ Princess Diana, how he voted in the 2019 General Election, how he communicates with Donald Trump and being diagnosed as a good psychopath.
25/12/19•48m 47s
Martha Lane Fox
A tech pioneer who sits on the board of Twitter and set up the Government’s websites - Martha Lane Fox opens up about how Twitter and tech still don’t do enough for women, how the British tech sector will need 'the most forward facing, skilled workforce' post Brexit and the brutal car accident where she almost lost her life. Despite an innovative vision and dogged determination, the path to success for Martha Lane Fox was far from easy
24/12/19•48m 39s
George Osborne
In this episode, Ruth talks to former Chancellor-turned-Editor George Osborne, as he tells her of his upbringing, reforming an "out of date" Tory party, his partnership with David Cameron to lead the Conservatives, austerity and what he really thinks of Boris Johnson.
23/12/19•56m 10s