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Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Award-winning LBC presenter and best-selling author James O’Brien hosts a series of compelling conversations with fascinating people from the worlds of politics, news and entertainment. These are thoughtful conversations with a curious and interested interviewer. For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: [email protected]

On your way to work in the car

While gardening in the backyard

Jon Ronson: “It's good training for a journalist, being bullied at school.”
KT Tunstall: “I lost my hearing, it didn’t come back.”
Dr. Rangan Chatterjee - This breathing exercise will save your life!
How have perceptions of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank changed? - James O'Brien Daily
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Alex James: 'Modern Life is Rubbish' was our last chance at success
Baroness Lola Young: From foster care to the House of Lords
Rupert Everett: “I stuck out like a sore thumb in Hollywood"
James Rebanks: The shepherd who tells the stories of ordinary, extraordinary people
Hanif Kureishi: A freak accident left me paralysed - and it broke me
Michel Roux: Cooking for presidents, kitchen battles and continuing the family legacy
Jon Sopel: The Making of a News Agent
Tony Blackburn: Escaping school, life at sea and landing the biggest job in radio
Jordan Stephens: Heartbreak, hitting rock bottom and finding my way back from self-destruction
Martin O'Neill: Trophies, titles and missing out on the FA Cup
Robin Askwith: The legendary actor with a life you couldn't make up
Russell Watson: From factory worker to performing for the Emperor of Japan
Joe Pasquale: All I ever wanted to do was make my mum laugh
Helen Lederer: "I've never been on the winning team when it matters"
Frank Skinner: "People will forgive you for anything but success"
Salman Rushdie: When I die, I know there will be nothing
Zeinab Badawi: Setting the record straight on African history
Angela Hartnett: One of the UK's top chefs shares her recipe for success
James Timpson: The secrets to running a successful business and making money
James Timpson: The secrets to running a successful business and making real money
Bryony Gordon: My OCD made me think my family would die
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: Finding my faith amidst hangovers, beatings and abuse
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi: "I don't enjoy politics... there's a lot of BS"
Gary Stevenson: Why I gave up making millions as a City trader to fight wealth inequality
Jason Watkins
Stephanie Beacham
Chris Packham
Emily Maitlis interviews James O'Brien on his book 'How They Broke Britain'
Miles Jupp
Chris McCausland
From The Vault: Dame Prue Leith
From The Vault: Steve Coogan
Tim Peake
Naomi Klein
Gabby Logan
Clive Myrie

During a relaxing bath

Kenneth Roth: Tyrants Trust Sycophants, I Challenge Them with the Truth
Ash Atalla: The Office, The IT Crowd, and the Unlikely Road to Comedy Success
Steven Frayne: I Had To Kill Dynamo To Be Steven
Carol Vorderman LIVE! Numbers, Politics, and Finding Her Voice
David Harewood: "I was not 'black' enough, I didn't know where I fit in"
Alistair McGowan: My friends laughed when I said I was doing comedy
Matt Forde: Doctors said I would never walk again
Zoe Lyons: My mum screamed about me..."I can't cope anymore"
80 years on from the liberation of Auschwitz - James O'Brien Daily
Should we fear the rise of A.I? - James O'Brien Daily
Rob Brydon: Rejection, manifesting success & meeting Steve Coogan
Shaun Keaveny: "I have self-doubt and massive amounts of imposter syndrome"
Dan Snow: I'd die if my kids said they wanted to be broadcasters
Sir David Jason: "I’m addicted to an audience"
William Dalrymple: A life shaped by history
Graeme Park: How I accidentally became a resident DJ at the Hacienda
From The Vault: Angela Rayner
From The Vault: Sir Keir Starmer
James Graham: The playwright with the Midas touch
Danny Wallace: How I got sucked into the conspiracy rabbit hole...
Julie Hesmondhalgh: How good telly and theatre can change the world
Caroline Lucas: Being Britain's first and only Green MP
Humza Yousaf: Getting the top job in Scottish politics & getting out of Westminster
Dame Sheila Hancock
James Blunt
Nick Wallis: Exposing the Post Office scandal
Fatima Whitbread
Dominic Grieve
Omid Scobie
Mary Beard