In this episode, Sofia Johanson interviews Rachel Cunliffe. Rachel is the associate political editor of The New Statesman. Having previously served as Comment and Features Editor at City AM, she now covers Westminster and national politics, interviewing MPs such as John Hayes and Chris Skidmore and the head of the Vote Leave campaign, Matthew Elliot. Rachel is a regular contributor to the New Statesmen Podcast, and she also writes about her own life, from "The Disaster House" to personal essays in the Deleted Scenes Column.

Rachel discusses her beginnings in journalism, her career over the last decade, and the challenges of being a political journalist in the modern world - from the tumultuous nature of contemporary politics, to facing the real dangers that come with being a journalist in the digital age. She shares the need to be flexible in order to excel in modern journalism, her experiences writing about her own life, and the story behind her favourite interview to date.

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Credits:

Host & Editor: Sofia Johanson

Producer: Eden Kilgour

Director: Alice Hazell

Composer: Henry Nurse

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