Francine Lacqua is Editor at Large and TV news anchor for Bloomberg.

With decades of experience interviewing leaders in business and politics, she has launched a podcast, Leaders, and talks us through three very different interviews: a CEO of one of the world's biggest banks; a fashion entrepreneur who has a "shapewear" partnership with Kim Kardashian; and Melinda French Gates, business leader and philanthropist and former wife of Bill Gates.

Leaders with Francine Lacqua:

• Homepage: https://www.bloomberg.com/btv/series/leaders-with-lacqua
• Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1623682235
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqq4LnWs3olXnyY_CJUC2M1NtT_VdXw8i

Episodes of Leaders featured on this episode of POP-The Podcast:

‘I Was Ruthless About Killing Complexity’: HSBC CEO on Rewiring the Bank: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-was-ruthless-about-killing-complexity-hsbc-ceo-on/id1623682235?i=1000758149108

Emma Grede on the Kardashians and Why Work From Home Is ‘Career Suicide': https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emma-grede-on-the-kardashians-and-why-work-from-home/id1623682235?i=1000763755419

Melinda French Gates on Tech, Billionaire Wealth and Why She Worries About the Truth: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melinda-french-gates-on-tech-billionaire-wealth-and/id1623682235?i=1000755513346

Francine’s dream interview:

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Francine's Pod Picks:

Acquired:

• Homepage: https://www.acquired.fm/
• Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/acquired
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AcquiredFM

Odd Lots:

• Homepage: https://www.bloomberg.com/oddlots
• Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1056200096
• YouTube (audio): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0MuA6M0zkZyy-99-qc87wKV

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day:

• Homepage: https://www.elizabethday.org/podcasts
• Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1407451189
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowToFailPodcast

Francine’s book picks:

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/238226991-london-falling

Supremacy by Parmy Olson: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/parmy-olson/supremacy/9781035038244

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