Read Smart on the Biggest Election Year in History
In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
Tune into the first Read Smart episode of 2024 – and what a year it’s set to be. With more than two billion voters in 50 countries heading to the polls, 2024 is set to be the biggest election year in history. Join host Razia Iqbal as she delves into the topic with author and journalist Samanth Subramanian and Stephen Bush, Associate Editor of the Financial Times. Find out our guests’ predictions for this crucial upcoming year, alongside what they think the current health of democracy is looking like in the current political climate.
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Read Smart
To mark 21 years of rewarding the best non-fiction writing, The Baillie Gifford Prize has launched a new podcast generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. This series is hosted by Razia Iqbal, special correspondent at BBC. Each episode celebrates a fantastic backlist of winners and go behind the scenes at the 2019 prize, from the longlist through to the winner announcement.
