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Whether at home, work or play, this podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin - help you live life better.Back for series two, Melissa Hemsley presents a series of conversations with inspiring authors and experts on subjects from produ
Introducing Live.Life.Better. episode one, an all new podcast from Virgin Books and Penguin Living. To hear episode two, which focuses on happiness, search and subscribe for Live.Life.Better.In the first episode of Live.Life.Better. we've a r
The Virgin Podcast may still be on its hiatus but we have something new to share with you. Live.Life.Better., which once again sees Dominic Frisby at the reigns, is your ultimate guide to self-improvement.The all new podcast, brought to you b
We end our run of the best of the Virgin Podcast by revisiting Dominic's interview with Alastair Campbell - the original spin doctor, Tony Blair’s former head of strategy, and a man fascinated about what it takes to win. Campbell's most recent
In our latest pick from the best of the Virgin Podcast, we hear once more from Mark Dawson, bestselling author of the John Milton and Soho Noir novels, about how writers can become entrepreneurs. Mark worked as a DJ, a door-to-door ice cream
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg is our guest this week as we continue to play the best episodes from the past year of the Virgin Podcast. Charles spoke to us back in May when he was in London promoting his book Smarter Faste
In this edition of the Virgin Podcast, we revisit our conversation with Cecile Reinaud, founder of Séraphine maternity fashion line, who tells Dominic how her company began as a small shop in Kensington in 2002 and has since grown into a worldw
This week on the Virgin Podcast, we return to our interview with Alec Ross - Barack Obama's former social media manager and a long-time adviser to Hillary Clinton on technology policy - as we discuss robotics, globalisation, algorithms, cloud c
In this edition of our summer replays we go back to November 2015 and Dominic's conversation with Richard Reed, the founder of Innocent Drinks. Richard explains the serendipitous beginnings of the smoothie company - which he launched with a
This week, we revisit our conversation with Martin Lindstrom from Spring 2016 in which we discussed his extraordinary life as a business thinker, branding expert and quasi-detective. Martin spends his time observing people’s habits and behav
Paul Hannam is an academic, environmentalist, entrepreneur and author of The Wisdom of Groundhog Day. It's perhaps ironic therefore that we return to our interview with Paul from the beginning of 2016 for this episode of the best of the Virgin
Adam Grant is a best-selling author and the (scarily young) professor of management and psychology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.In this fascinating conversation from March 2016, Adam talks about his latest book, Ori
"Storytelling is fundamental to business," says Dan Kieran, CEO of Unbound - a bespoke publishing company born of Dan's passion to find a better way to service the needs of both writers and readers - and "being a writer is the perfect training
For this week's episode of the Virgin podcast, we revisit our interview with Brene Brown from November 2015. Brene is an "emotions researcher" at the University of Houston who rocketed to fame in 2010 with a TED talk that has since been view
Over the next 12 weeks, we’ll be replaying the best episodes of the Virgin Podcast from the past year. We kick things off with James Watt, the co-founder of the Scottish brewery, Brewdog, who we spoke to in December 2015. James’ products ha
"My life is a fairytale," says Alyssa Smith. One of Britain's most inspiring and influential young entrepreneurs, Alyssa was recently voted one of the top 100 jewellers in the UK.nnnIn this episode of the Virgin Podcast, you'll hear about how
Tyler Winkelvoss has quite a CV. He’s studied at both Harvard and Oxford, he and his twin brother represented the US in rowing at the Beijing Olympics, he played some kind of role in the early development of Facebook and he made good as an earl
Determination. Iron will. Sheer bloodymindedness. Angela Duckworth calls it 'grit', and in this episode of the Virgin Podcast, the management-consultant-turned-teacher-turned-psychologist explains more about her thesis regarding passion and pe
Mark d'Inverno is Professor of Computer Science at Goldsmiths in London. One of his main areas of research is the theory and application of artificial intelligence.What can robots actually do? How close are we to walking side by side with sen
This week's interview is with the extraordinary Juliana Buhring, who holds the record as the fastest women to cycle around the world. That she took to her bike - with no background as an endurance athlete - was a result of a series of tragedie
Husband and wife team Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are known around the world for their (often controversial) financial analysis and economic insight, from the wildly popular Keiser Report internet and TV show.In this edition of the Virgin Po
In today’s interview you are going find out all about the industries of the future. My guest is Alec Ross. Alec was head of social media for Barack Obama’s successful 2008 election campaigns, when Obama first won the democrat nomination then th
This week's guest is Dave Birch, the director of innovation at Consult Hyperion, a company which advises corporations on payment technology, and a man therefore expertly placed to speak to the issues around a cashless society. How close are
“In everything I write, I try to be as honest as I can and cleave to the truth as much as possible.”This week we welcome journalist, author broadcaster James Delingpole to the show. James is an extremely provocative man, and he believes that
The New York Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Charles Duhigg joins Dominic to discuss his new book Faster Smarter Better, the follow-up to the best-selling The Power of Habit.Charles outlines the (neuro)science behind crea
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