“Hamish and the ABC team have done it again with this insightful series profiling the backgrounds, childhoods, personalities, personal habits, strengths and weak points of current national leaders around the world, with a stirring and dramatic soundtrack akin to what we heard during the excellent ‘Russia if you’re listening’ and ‘China if you’re listening ABC podcast series.
There are some fascinating guests from a mix of backgrounds (academics, journalists, contemporaries of the leaders profiled and humble community members) who help bring alive what makes these leaders tick. What comes through is how accidental some of these leaders’ rises to power have been, and how unlikely they were when younger to rise to the top (Putin being a prime example).”
Dean M99 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
02/16/23