The Feb. 19 arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles, puts the British Royal Family into uncharted territory. The former Prince Andrew was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office after further details emerged of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

For this bonus episode, Mishal Husain speaks to Allegra Stratton, a contributing editor to Bloomberg who previously worked for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 

She’s also joined by Harry Wilson, a reporter on Bloomberg UK’s finance team who’s been involved in reporting on Epstein’s emails and has previously broken stories about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

They discuss Andrew’s business links and the significance of today’s events for the monarchy and the UK. 

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The Feb. 19 arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles, puts the British Royal Family into uncharted territory. The former Prince Andrew was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office after further details emerged of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
For this bonus episode, Mishal Husain speaks to Allegra Stratton, a contributing editor to Bloomberg who previously worked for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.&nbsp;
She&rsquo;s also joined by Harry Wilson, a reporter on Bloomberg UK&rsquo;s finance team who&rsquo;s been involved in reporting on Epstein&rsquo;s emails and has previously broken stories about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
They discuss Andrew&rsquo;s business links and the significance of today&rsquo;s events for the monarchy and the UK.&nbsp;
Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net
Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity and tenacity to weekly conversations with world leaders, business titans, and cultural icons, revealing who they really are and how they see the world changing around them.

Subscribe today at Bloomberg.com/audio or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. For annotated transcripts of Mishal's conversations head to Bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity and tenacity to weekly conversations with world leaders, business titans, and cultural icons, revealing who they really are and how they see the world changing around them.
Subscribe today at Bloomberg.com/audio or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. For annotated transcripts of Mishal's conversations head to Bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

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Bonus Episode: The Andrew Story

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“KPop Demon Hunters” is the brainchild of Korean-Canadian animator Maggie Kang. It’s Netflix’s biggest-ever film and follows Rumi, Mira and Zoey, members of the girl band Huntrix, as they battle to save the world from dark forces. 

As you’ll hear, Kang grew up loving Korean pop music long before it was globally cool and forged a Hollywood career on films including “The Lego Ninjago Movie” and “Kung Fu Panda 3.” In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Kang explains how she had always hoped a story about Korea would one day come her way. But it never did, so she came up with her own.

Kang is in the middle of a life-changing moment. Her movie has already scored wins at the Golden Globes and the Grammys, and now all eyes are on the Oscars. The extraordinary thing is that no one expected “KPop Demon Hunters” to be such a smash hit. Husain asks Kang what it’s been like adjusting to all the attention, and of course whether there’s a sequel in the works.

03:06 - “A global phenomenon”
04:17 - The screaming fans
05:01 - The movie theater screenings 
06:49 - Pitching “KPop Demon Hunters”
09:27 - Living between two cultures
12:04 - Growing up as an “outsider”
16:34 - Kang’s first animation book 
17:16 - “I liked to draw” 
18:21 - Recording the voiceover, over and over
20:11 - The story of “Golden” 
21:39 - Rumi, Mira and Zoey in “Golden”
23:00 - Waiting for “the tingles”
25:25 - “We kinda worried it was a little cheesy”
27:27 - Helping the world find Korean culture
29:30 - Choosing the title for a “kooky” movie
34:20 - A message from Kang to the fans
34:48 - “There’s a sequel, surely?”
35:14 - Live action “KPop Demon Hunters”? 
37:01 - “I’m still very grounded”
37:22 - Diving back into the sequel? 
38:00 - “Wow! You are going to the Oscars!”

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&ldquo;KPop Demon Hunters&rdquo; is the brainchild of Korean-Canadian animator Maggie Kang. It&rsquo;s Netflix&rsquo;s biggest-ever film and follows Rumi, Mira and Zoey, members of the girl band Huntrix, as they battle to save the world from dark forces.&nbsp;
As you&rsquo;ll hear, Kang grew up loving Korean pop music long before it was globally cool and forged a Hollywood career on films including &ldquo;The Lego Ninjago Movie&rdquo; and &ldquo;Kung Fu Panda 3.&rdquo; In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Kang explains how she had always hoped a story about Korea would one day come her way. But it never did, so she came up with her own.
Kang is in the middle of a life-changing moment. Her movie has already scored wins at the Golden Globes and the Grammys, and now all eyes are on the Oscars. The extraordinary thing is that no one expected &ldquo;KPop Demon Hunters&rdquo; to be such a smash hit. Husain asks Kang what it&rsquo;s been like adjusting to all the attention, and of course whether there&rsquo;s a sequel in the works.
03:06 - &ldquo;A global phenomenon&rdquo; 04:17 - The screaming fans 05:01 - The movie theater screenings 06:49 - Pitching &ldquo;KPop Demon Hunters&rdquo; 09:27 - Living between two cultures 12:04 - Growing up as an &ldquo;outsider&rdquo; 16:34 - Kang&rsquo;s first animation book 17:16 - &ldquo;I liked to draw&rdquo; 18:21 - Recording the voiceover, over and over 20:11 - The story of &ldquo;Golden&rdquo; 21:39 - Rumi, Mira and Zoey in &ldquo;Golden&rdquo; 23:00 - Waiting for &ldquo;the tingles&rdquo; 25:25 - &ldquo;We kinda worried it was a little cheesy&rdquo; 27:27 - Helping the world find Korean culture 29:30 - Choosing the title for a &ldquo;kooky&rdquo; movie 34:20 - A message from Kang to the fans 34:48 - &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a sequel, surely?&rdquo; 35:14 - Live action &ldquo;KPop Demon Hunters&rdquo;? 37:01 - &ldquo;I&rsquo;m still very grounded&rdquo; 37:22 - Diving back into the sequel? 38:00 - &ldquo;Wow! You are going to the Oscars!&rdquo;
Read this interview with Mishal&rsquo;s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview
Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Creator Maggie Kang on the Global Hit No One Saw Coming

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This winter has been exceptionally brutal in Ukraine. Already the coldest in more than a decade, it’s been made worse by Russian attacks on energy infrastructure that have left millions with no heating and intermittent power.

As Russia’s war approaches its fourth anniversary, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is under intense pressure from Donald Trump to hold elections and accept a peace deal within months. But inside Ukraine and among its allies, there remains deep skepticism that Vladimir Putin is truly interested in a durable peace.

Celebrated writer Andrey Kurkov has lived the  reality of the wartime winter in his home city of Kyiv. Best known for his 1996 novel “Death and the Penguin,” set in post-Soviet Ukraine, Kurkov also has written extensively about the current war, publishing three volumes of diaries alongside his fiction. While he’s been determined to remain in Ukraine throughout the conflict, he says the present conditions have been too much to bear. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, he talks about his hopes for peace and how he  plans to return to Kyiv in the spring.

02:54 Situation in Kyiv: “Winter allied with Russia”
04:53 Four years since full-scale invasion
07:12 Ukraine is “fragmented”
09:12 “Writing nonfiction is a duty”
12:03 “Nobody’s winning”
14:20 Kurkov’s relationship with Russia
17:47 How the war changed Kurkov and his country
20:19 Kurkov’s message to the Munich Security Conference
21:53 Capitulation “camouflaged” as a peace deal
24:15 Support for Zelenskiy in Ukraine
26:15 Corruption scandals: “I’m very angry”
2:49 “I hope the war will be over this year”
31:43 Observing the war as a diarist
33:14 Humor as a “psychological defense”
35:17 “We are part of Europe”



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This winter has been exceptionally brutal in Ukraine. Already the coldest in more than a decade, it&rsquo;s been made worse by Russian attacks on energy infrastructure that have left millions with no heating and intermittent power.
As Russia&rsquo;s war approaches its fourth anniversary, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is under intense pressure from Donald Trump to hold elections and accept a peace deal within months. But inside Ukraine and among its allies, there remains deep skepticism that Vladimir Putin is truly interested in a durable peace.
Celebrated writer Andrey Kurkov has lived the&nbsp; reality of the wartime winter in his home city of Kyiv. Best known for his 1996 novel &ldquo;Death and the Penguin,&rdquo; set in post-Soviet Ukraine, Kurkov also has written extensively about the current war, publishing three volumes of diaries alongside his fiction. While he&rsquo;s been determined to remain in Ukraine throughout the conflict, he says the present conditions have been too much to bear. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, he talks about his hopes for peace and how he&nbsp; plans to return to Kyiv in the spring. 02:54 Situation in Kyiv: &ldquo;Winter allied with Russia&rdquo; 04:53 Four years since full-scale invasion 07:12 Ukraine is &ldquo;fragmented&rdquo; 09:12 &ldquo;Writing nonfiction is a duty&rdquo; 12:03 &ldquo;Nobody&rsquo;s winning&rdquo; 14:20 Kurkov&rsquo;s relationship with Russia 17:47 How the war changed Kurkov and his country 20:19 Kurkov&rsquo;s message to the Munich Security Conference 21:53 Capitulation &ldquo;camouflaged&rdquo; as a peace deal 24:15 Support for Zelenskiy in Ukraine 26:15 Corruption scandals: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very angry&rdquo; 2:49 &ldquo;I hope the war will be over this year&rdquo; 31:43 Observing the war as a diarist 33:14 Humor as a &ldquo;psychological defense&rdquo; 35:17 &ldquo;We are part of Europe&rdquo; 
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You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal&rsquo;s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview">https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview</a> Contact The Mishal Husain Show <a href="mailto:mishalshow@bloomberg.net">mishalshow@bloomberg.net</a>
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Author Andrey Kurkov on Winter in Kyiv and Why Putin Won’t Stop

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In 2007 when he was UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband delivered an address to the Labour Party conference. He described a world with “fewer countries at war” and “more democracies than ever before.”

Two decades later, with that vision further from view, Miliband is head of the New York-based International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest aid agencies. Its “Emergency Watchlist” cites 20 urgent crises, from Haiti to Sudan and the Middle East to Myanmar. The group finds itself increasingly constrained by widening conflict and shrinking government aid.

The IRC role, however, gave Miliband new purpose after his bid to lead Labour ended in dramatic and personal fashion when in 2010 he lost to his own brother. Now he sees his old friends and rivals back in power, forced to make decisions he finds painful. 

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Miliband discusses the current state of politics in the UK, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership. He talks about Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” and his old boss, former Prime Minister Tony Blair. They also discuss Miliband’s family heritage. 

02:30 - His refugee parents and link to work at IRC
08:09 - Growing up, democracy “seemed like the norm”
08:59 - 2007 speech at Labour Party Conference
10:54 - Mark Carney’s 2026 speech at Davos
12:49 - “America will no longer be Atlas”
13:49 - “More autocracies than democracies in the world today”
14:26 - “A revolution in America’s role in the world”
15:42 - IRC work on the US-Mexico border
17:55 - IRC’s 2026 Emergency Watchlist: Sudan and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
18:36 - “Remediation of desperate suffering is our business”
19:06 - “If you talk to the people you have hope.”
23:31 - Jared Kushner’s plans for Gaza
26:21 - Tony Blair and the Board of Peace
32:12 - Cuts to foreign aid
34:55 - “Challenging period” for UK Labour, Starmer
36:06 - Threats from Reform and Andy Burnham
39:07 - What next for Miliband?
40:28 - Relationship with Hilary Clinton

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You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

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In 2007 when he was UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband delivered an address to the Labour Party conference. He described a world with &ldquo;fewer countries at war&rdquo; and &ldquo;more democracies than ever before.&rdquo; Two decades later, with that vision further from view, Miliband is head of the New York-based International Rescue Committee, one of the world&rsquo;s largest aid agencies. Its &ldquo;Emergency Watchlist&rdquo; cites 20 urgent crises, from Haiti to Sudan and the Middle East to Myanmar. The group finds itself increasingly constrained by widening conflict and shrinking government aid. The IRC role, however, gave Miliband new purpose after his bid to lead Labour ended in dramatic and personal fashion when in 2010 he lost to his own brother. Now he sees his old friends and rivals back in power, forced to make decisions he finds painful. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Miliband discusses the current state of politics in the UK, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer&rsquo;s leadership. He talks about Donald Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;Board of Peace&rdquo; and his old boss, former Prime Minister Tony Blair. They also discuss Miliband&rsquo;s family heritage. 02:30 - His refugee parents and link to work at IRC 08:09 - Growing up, democracy &ldquo;seemed like the norm&rdquo; 08:59 - 2007 speech at Labour Party Conference 10:54 - Mark Carney&rsquo;s 2026 speech at Davos 12:49 - &ldquo;America will no longer be Atlas&rdquo; 13:49 - &ldquo;More autocracies than democracies in the world today&rdquo; 14:26 - &ldquo;A revolution in America&rsquo;s role in the world&rdquo; 15:42 - IRC work on the US-Mexico border 17:55 - IRC&rsquo;s 2026 Emergency Watchlist: Sudan and the Occupied Palestinian Territory 18:36 - &ldquo;Remediation of desperate suffering is our business&rdquo; 19:06 - &ldquo;If you talk to the people you have hope.&rdquo; 23:31 - Jared Kushner&rsquo;s plans for Gaza 26:21 - Tony Blair and the Board of Peace 32:12 - Cuts to foreign aid 34:55 - &ldquo;Challenging period&rdquo; for UK Labour, Starmer 36:06 - Threats from Reform and Andy Burnham 39:07 - What next for Miliband? 40:28 - Relationship with Hilary Clinton
Watch this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS
You can find the written version of this interview with Mishal&rsquo;s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview
Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net
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David Miliband on Global Disorder, Labour’s ‘Mistakes’ and Deploying $1 Billion on Crises

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