I’m Matt Stadlen and for 20 years I’ve been talking to and interviewing public figures from around the world. In this series I’ll be interviewing famous names from every walk of life and with a broad range of views, politics and perspectives. Every guest will get 20 questions, and the plan is for you to have a better sense of each of them by the end of their interview.
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Booking probability
42%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchI’m Matt Stadlen and for 20 years I’ve been talking to and interviewing public figures from around the world. In this series I’ll be interviewing famous names from every walk of life and with a broad range of views, politics and perspectives.
Recent episodes include "20 Questions With Professor Alex Edmans" (28 September 2026, 57 minutes), "20 Questions With Poppy Cooks" (10 September 2026, 41 minutes), and "20 Questions With Raymond Blanc" (7 September 2026, 75 minutes).
20 Questions With publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 179 episodes.
Booking probability for 20 Questions With is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. 20 Questions With requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. 20 Questions With's contact route on record: public web form.
20 Questions With is an arts podcast with 179 episodes published.
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Episode #179
Professor Alex Edmans offers insights into his books, The Madness of Markets, May Contain Lies, and Growing The Pie. How might the colour of the sky impact investment decisions? How do we make sense of a world in which...
Episode #178
Social media sensation Poppy O'Toole charts her rise to cooking stardom, delights in the joys of potatoes, and explains her brand new book, The Actually Delicious Batch Cook Book.
Episode #177
The man who helped teach Britain to cook! Of the thousands of people I've had the good fortune to interview, no one has seemed more passionate about what they do than Raymond Blanc. Here he takes us on the almost...
20 Questions With
The Liberal Democrats have 71 MPs, but we hear much more about Reform UK, a party with just eight MPs. So what does it mean to be a Lib Dem in 2026? I talked to Deputy Leader and Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper to...
Episode #175
One of Britain's best known educators, a prolific contemporary historian and biographer of Prime Ministers from Major and Blair to Sunak (out soon!) and Starmer (upcoming!), Sir Anthony Seldon offers his insights on the...
Episode #174
England men's all-time record try scorer, Rory Underwood, gives a rare interview, offering insights into his extraordinary career. He tells the story of how, as the son of a Malaysian Chinese mother and English father...
Episode #173
The co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice and establisher of Conservative Home, Tim Montgomerie, explains why he left the Tory Party and joined Reform.
Episode #172
Barry Gardiner, a Labour MP for almost 30 years and counting, explains why he thinks Keir Starmer should be replaced as Labour leader and Prime Minister, and why he has faith in the British public that they won't vote...
Episode #171
Opera sensation Danielle de Niese charts her rise to worldwide fame as the daughter of Sri Lankan Burgher immigrants to first Australia and then America. Debuting at the Met as a 19 year-old Barbarina in Mozart's The...
Episode #170
Immigration Minister Mike Tapp explains the government's immigration and asylum policy, outlines his "firm but fair" approach, defends Prime Minister Keir Starmer and calls for stability - "Look, I don't give a sh*t...
Episode #169
What was it like being Chancellor of the Exchequer during the mini budget crisis under Liz Truss's brief Prime Ministership? Kwasi Kwarteng takes us back to the fateful days in the autumn of 2022 with his insider's...
Episode #168
Former Conservative Justice Secretary David Gauke outlines his vision of a route back to power for the Tories amid the headwinds from Reform.
Episode #167
Clive Tyldesley's voice is one of the most iconic in sport. The soundtrack to some of the most dramatic moments in football history, it is recognised up and down the country and beyond. Here Tyldesley takes us behind...
Episode #166
The youngest editor of Wisden for 72 years when he was appointed in 2012, Lawrence Booth gets under the skin of the game and its challenges and thrills in this conversation at the Oval on the cusp of the Test summer...
Episode #165
One of the greats of ballet, Ed Watson takes us behind the scenes of his time as a Principal at the Royal Ballet, exploring the physical and emotional demands of being a global star.
Episode #164
Shirt-maker Emma Willis tells the remarkable story of her rise from door-to-door selling to a shop on Jermyn Street and another in Mayfair. Based in Gloucester, Emma's team sell 13,000 - 14,000 shirts a year, both...
Episode #163
Maurizio Bragagni is Chairman and CEO of Tratos Ltd, a multinational company that sells cables around the world. Born and raised in Italy, Bragagni is a champion of British manufacturing. Here he tells the story of his...
Episode #162
Best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Sir Alexander McCall Smith takes us on the journey of his remarkable life, from a childhood in British-run Rhodesia to world-wide fame as a Scottish writer. He...
Episode #161
Multi-award-winning journalist, and Channel 4 News anchor, Matt Frei appears on the 20 Questions With podcast from Israel during the third week of the war with Iran. Fresh from dashing around the country covering...
Episode #160
Sir Richard Peto is Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford. He has helped to reduce the premature deaths of tens of millions of people across the world with his research...
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Professor of Finance and Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance, London School of Business
Channel 4 News Europe Editor, LBC, Channel 4
clothing designer and BBC's Sewing Bee judge, The University of Law
senior research fellow at the National Centre for Social Research, University of Strathclyde
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