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Trailer for The Exchange (The New Statesman), a weekly long-form interview series covering politics, culture, society, and philosophy, featuring guests including Salman Rushdie, Ai Weiwei, and Masha Alyokhina (Pussy Riot).

Guest backgrounds

Salman Rushdie (writer); Ai Weiwei (artist/activist); Masha Alyokhina (Pussy Riot member).

Key claims

Ai Weiwei suggests skepticism toward his statements (“you shouldn’t believe anything I said”) and frames his work as “The Last Work.” Alyokhina raises the idea of being politically present but physically absent from Russia.

Notable examples

discussion of “the 11th hour of life,” an exhibition titled “Ai Weiwei, The Last Work,” and questions about returning to Russia; also debates on education as a commodity and sex as personal and political.

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0:00The Exchange from The New Statesman. Weekly, in-depth, long-form interviews with guests including Salman Rushdie. Would you say you are in the 11th Hour of Life? I hope I'm only in about the 9th or 10th. Ai Weiwei. So if you were to put on an exhibition called Ai Weiwei, The Last Work, we shouldn't believe it. Actually, you shouldn't believe anything I said. And Masha Alyokhina from Pussy Riot. Is there a world in which you could ever go back to Russia? Politically we exist there. Physically we do not exist there. Covering politics. The most governmentally illiterate Labour Prime Minister in history.

0:35Culture. I'm not in the mood to take any risks lately. Society. Should education be a commodity? No. And philosophy. Sex is both personal and political and public. Listen wherever you are listening to this.

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The Exchange: long form, in-depth interviews from the New Statesman.


Featuring guests including Salman Rushdie, Ai Weiwei, Masha Alyokhina (Pussy Riot) and more.


Hosted by Oli Dugmore and New Statesman journalists.


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Find full video episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSfumUEfFlcI6Ikce00MGPSvU5fu-MCWu


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