Emma Barnett
4/30/20261 hr 7 min
Why is Emma Barnett More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode Emma talks to Richard about her incredible career to date fronting the Today programme and Woman's Hour, how to get into the industry, her new hit podcast Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett, and her hugely popular business Colour Your Streets. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe - we have more amazing guests like this one. - You can follow us on Instagram: @yesyesmediatv @whyareyoumoresuccessfulthanme
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Emma Barnett· Guest0:25
A listener got locked in her kitchen, and instead of ringing her family and friends, she rang me, and we sat ourselves. [laughs] Chrissy, you can look this up. But it isn't just about the number of right-wing people you have on and the number of left-wing people on. It's the angles you take. It's the worldview you have.
Richard Bacon· Host0:45
Welcome to Why Are You More Successful Than Me? I'm Richard Bacon. This is Mark Haines who produces it. Today, we are [chuckles] well, we'll say we. I mean me. I'm talking to Emma Barnett- Mm. -who is the host of the Today program on BBC Radio 4. She's a really outstanding journalist and an outstanding person. She, she's only just turned 40, and she's already hosted the Today Show for ages, which is... When you think growing up of what the Today Show was, it, they, you sort of imagined all the presenters to be men around the age of 65.
Emma Barnett· Guest1:19
[chuckles] Uniformly gray- Didn't you?
Richard Bacon· Host1:21
Um [laughs] -from the top of their heads to the bottom of their soles of their shoes. And then you've got Amol Rajan, and you've got her, and the, the... And they've already been doing it a while, and they're only about 40.