Episode 1 – General David Petraeus
Andrew Neil talks to the former CIA director about Ukraine, America’s role in the world and its politics at home
Podcast
The Backstory
with Andrew Neil
In this series of in-depth conversations, I’ll speak to the people in power and those trying to influence them to find out what’s driving events at home and abroad. We’ll be publishing a new episode every Tuesday.
Episodes
Member exclusive – Inside the Interview: General David Petraeus
In a bonus episode for Tortoise members, Andrew Neil reflects on his interview with former CIA director and commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus
Episode 2 – Fiona Hill
Andrew Neil talks to the British-born Russia expert about Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and how she went from a deprived town in the North East of England to advising three US presidents
Member exclusive – Inside the interview: Fiona Hill
In a bonus episode for Tortoise members, Andrew Neil reflects on his interview with former director for Europe and Russia at the US National Security Council, Fiona Hill
Episode 3 – Robert Kagan
Andrew Neil talks to the hawkish US foreign policy thinker about Russia’s war in Ukraine, his belief in liberal interventionism and why he thinks there’s a constitutional crisis in the United States
Member exclusive – Inside the interview: Robert Kagan
In a bonus episode for Tortoise members, Andrew Neil reflects on his interview with Robert Kagan, a contributing columnist at the Washington Post and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
Episode 4 – Wolfgang Ischinger
Andrew Neil talks to a man once described as Europe’s most powerful ambassador about Germany’s shifting security policy and why he would still invite Russia’s foreign minister to the Munich Security Conference
Member exclusive – Inside the interview: Wolfgang Ischinger
In a bonus episode for Tortoise members, Andrew Neil reflects on his interview with Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador and chair of the Munich Security Conference from 2008 until 2022
Episode 5 – Ash Sarkar
Andrew Neil talks to the left-wing writer and contributing editor at Novara Media about why she’s “literally a communist”, her support for Jeremy Corbyn and how she deals with the abuse she gets on Twitter