Latest Johnsimpson Podcast Episodes

6. John's Return to The Amazon

John Simpson's World Podcast - October 08, 2019 10:19 - 30 minutes ★★★ - 1 rating
On his way through the Amazon, seven days from even the tiniest village, John ends up getting shipwrecked, circled by a hungry jaguar, harpooning monkeys for dinner, dicing with piranhas, sipping hallucinogenic drugs from a cauldron and encountering a six foot goldfish wearing a hat and sunglass...

5. What Will Happen to the EU (when Britain leaves)?

John Simpson's World Podcast - September 30, 2019 10:52 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 1 rating
Assuming Britain makes the leap… what's next for the UK and for Europe? Will the US help us out? Will the Chinese take an interest? And WTF is happening in France…? With over 53 years as a foreign reporter (including many spent as ‘the BBC Common Market Correspondent’) John Simpson has an idea o...

4. What’s Really Happening in Russia?

John Simpson's World Podcast - September 24, 2019 10:27 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 1 rating
Once again John nail’s it with his experienced view on what is happening in the world, this time in Russia. Is Russia the superpower they want us to believe they are? Why did the US play such a foolish game after the collapse of communism? Do we need to be worried about Putin and indeed his incr...

3. What’s Really Happening in the US?

John Simpson's World Podcast - September 16, 2019 04:30 - 30 minutes ★★★ - 1 rating
If you’ve found yourself wondering WTF is going on in the USA – which we’re pretty sure the whole world has – this episode is for you. With over 53 years of political reporting behind him John gives us his unique take on American politics from the 60s until today and the explains the reasons beh...

2. 18 Months to Save the Human Race?

John Simpson's World Podcast - August 07, 2019 22:30 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 1 rating
Have we reached a crisis point in the race to save the planet from doom? And do we only have, as Prince Charles said, 18 months to save the human race? Whilst we’ve all been busy talking about Brexit, Trump and China have we let it get too late to do something about the disastrous decline of the...

1. Why Are We Here...? Introducing John Simpson's World Podcast

John Simpson's World Podcast - August 07, 2019 11:53 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 1 rating
Why is John Simpson is doing a podcast? Why he is not doing it with the BBC? On this episode John (and producer Lisa Francesca Nand) introduce the podcast, what topics we're going to cover in Season 1, some of the amazing guests we have lined up for Season 2, namedrop everyone John's met from Ca...