India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1996–2012; later India head coach
Recorded · ESPNcricinfo · 2011
One of the things, Bradman said has stayed in my mind.
The 2010s
The deepest part of the record, and the decade the podcast interview took over from the profile.
35 people · 2,865 answers
If you could put a message on a giant billboard, what would it say and why?
United States international footballer, 2001–2015
Recorded · Speakola · 2018
GIVE ME THE RESPECT I'VE EARNED AND GIVE IT TO MY WOLF PACK TOO.
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Recorded · The Nobel Foundation · 2014
Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?
Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
Recorded · TED · 2014
We cannot afford to be color blind. We have to be color brave.
South Africa international rugby union flanker and captain
Recorded · Red Bull · 2019
To be remembered for all the things that you do and as someone who makes people smile, touches people's lives – that is what should wake you up every single morning.
Chancellor of Germany, 2005–2021; Leader of the Christian Democratic Union 2000–2018
Recorded · The Harvard Gazette, Harvard University · 2019
Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.
What is one of the best investments you have made — of money, time, or energy?
President of Liberia, 2006–2018
Recorded · The Nobel Foundation · 2011
My journey was supported by my many teachers and mentors who guided me to a world opened up by the enlightenment of higher education, and which led to my conviction that access to quality…
Co-founder and chief executive of Airbnb
Recorded · Fortune · 2017
We need to have mentors. I think I've always been pretty shameless about seeking out people much smarter and much more experienced than me from the very beginning.
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Recorded · The Nobel Foundation · 2014
Her story is why I dedicate the Nobel Peace Prize money to the Malala Fund, to help give girls quality education, everywhere, anywhere in the world and to raise their voices.
Leader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016–2021
Recorded · The Nobel Foundation · 2012
Can we afford to indulge in compassion fatigue?
India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1989–2013
Recorded · ESPNcricinfo · 2013
In the last 24 years that I have played for India I have made new friends, and before that I have had friends from my childhood. They have all had a terrific contribution.
Novelist
Recorded · The Guardian · 2017
The desk helps, now that I have it. I’ve stacked piles of books that I love on it to act as talismans. They help, too.
What is an unusual habit or small pleasure you are oddly fond of?
Composer, record producer and visual artist
Recorded · Telekom Electronic Beats · 2011
I call it “stolen time”—there’s nothing more valuable than stolen time.
Leader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016–2021
Recorded · The Nobel Foundation · 2012
Long years ago, sometimes it seems many lives ago, I was at Oxford listening to the radio programme Desert Island Discs with my young son Alexander.
Essayist and novelist
Recorded · The Guardian · 2010
Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it’s a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I will always choose the latter.
44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
Recorded · Ben Tiggelaar · 2018
I would end every night reading these ten letters. It made the numbers and the policies very concrete and very specific.
British wheelchair racer, 1988–2007; member of the House of Lords
Recorded · The Best You Magazine · 2015
One thing that I did was race against the British men a lot and they used to push me round the road; they used to make my life really hard but then when I was racing against the best women…
Novelist, essayist and journalist
Recorded · The Guardian · 2010
Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.
Everyone here · A–Z
Alison Moyet, Arlene Phillips, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Aung San Suu Kyi, Barack Obama, Bear Grylls, Bill Clinton, Chris Hoy, David Guetta, David Vélez, Derek Sivers, George Takei, Gloria Estefan, Gloria Steinem, Jenna Coleman, Jimmy Carter, John Lewis, Julie Andrews, Malala Yousafzai, Mario Molina, Mellody Hobson, Mike Skinner, Neil Gaiman, Nish Kumar, Oliver Sacks, Omid Djalili, Romola Garai, Sandi Toksvig, Sarah Perry, Shinya Yamanaka, Shirley Manson, Simone Biles, Suzanne Vega, Tony Judt, Warren Buffett