Alain Elkann Interviews

Alain Elkann Interviews podcasts are an unprecedented window into the minds of some of the most well-known and -respected figures of the last twenty-five years. Alain Elkann has mastered the art of the interview, approaching the task as somewhere between snapping a photograph and writing a short story. With a background in novels and journalism, and having published over twenty books translated across ten languages, Alain infuses his interviews with innovation, allowing them to flow freely and organically. A small selection, to which we will gradually add, are presented here as podcasts for the first time.

Alain Elkann Interviews is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Alain Elkann Interviews, a society show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #302

  Will AI Replace Translators? Alastair McEwen on the Future of Language - 302 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Sep 12, 202636 minS1

  A LIFE IN TRANSLATION. Alastair McEwen was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in July 1950. He is a man of letters, a former teacher and, above all, one of the most distinguished translators of Italian literature into English. To date, he has published over 100 book-length translations (novels and non-fiction), essays, articles, and poems, plus several feature film scripts and operatic librettos. He has translated some of the most important Italian writers of our time: Umberto Eco, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi, Fleur Jaeggy, Alessandro Baricco, Aldo Busi and many others. "One of the great pleasures of translation: you are constantly learning about subjects you previously knew nothing about." "Translations change because language changes." "If you stop reading for a month, the modern world moves so quickly that you can fall behind to an extraordinary degree." https://www. alainelkanninterviews.com/ alastair-mcewen/

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  Episode #301

  Michelle Yeoh: "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Become" - 301 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Sep 5, 202642 minS1

  FEARLESS, ALWAYS EVOLVING. Michelle Yeoh , the Malaysian actress born in 1962, is considered to be one of the greatest female action movie stars. In a career spanning over four decades, she has acted in film and television productions covering a wide range of genres and received various accolades. Yeoh gained global recognition in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and starred in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Her versatility continued in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and The Lady (2011), a biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi. In 2023 she became the first Asian performer to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) and she received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in February, 2026. "When I set out to do a movie, the main intention is to do a good movie, to be very satisfied that it's something that you will be proud of." "The movies and the characters that I have done are not the same, and I tried my very best to do that so that I am constantly evolving and learning." "I do believe that the harder you work, the luckier you become, so that when the opportunity does arise you are prepared for it." https://www. alainelkanninterviews.com/ michelle-yeoh

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  Episode #299

  Jacques Grange: A Life of Art, Taste and Extraordinary Interiors - 299 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Aug 16, 202640 minS1

  THE MASTER OF ECLECTIC DESIGN. Jacques Grange is a world-famous French interior designer, renowned for his eclectic style, high-profile celebrity clientele, and classical training. Born on June 27, 1944, in France, Jacques studied at the École Boulle and the École Camondo in Paris. He worked under legendary designer Henri Samuel, assisting on major restorations like the Grand Trianon at Versailles. Jacques opened his own Paris-based design firm in 1970. Known for seamlessly blending traditional and contemporary tastes, he combines high art, antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries, and modern statement pieces with a touch of wit. "A room should never be entirely predictable. If everything is perfect, it becomes boring." "I have never believed that everything should come from the same century." "I don't separate my life from my work." https://www. alainelkanninterviews.com/ jacques-grange/

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  Episode #298

  Ralph Toledano: Failure, Memory and the Lost World of Tangiers - 298 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Aug 8, 202651 minS1

  TALKING ABOUT A LOST WORLD. Ralph Toledano is an art historian and a writer. He recently published La Lune dans le Tourbillon , the fourth volume of a series of novels that explores the lives, questions of identity and spirituality, failures and hopes of members of the Sephardic elite of Moroccan origin: Un Prince à Casablanca , Revoir Tanger , Le Retour du Phénix were the previous ones. "Forgiveness is the key to hope and to reconstruction." "One has to take the best of the past and project it in the future, because the future is hope of bettering life as a whole, and not only for oneself." "A collapse is sometimes necessary for a rebirth" https://www. alainelkanninterviews.com/ ralph-toledano

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  Episode #297

  Dame Caroline Michel on How AI, TikTok and Amazon Are Transforming Publishing - 297 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Aug 1, 202641 minS1

  IN LOVE WITH LITERATURE. Caroline Michel is since 2007 both the CEO of literary agency Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) and has served as Chair and previously Trustee of Hay Literary Festival. She is a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), a high-ranking official award that is the female equivalent of a knighthood and given by the British monarch to women for major national service. Among Dame Caroline's many appointments, she is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Vice President of the London Library and a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces, as well as having been a member of the Booker Prize Advisory Committee. "People see truth and authenticity in a book and they love the object." "The cultural power of language and books from anywhere in the world is very exciting" "Now, as an agent, you work alongside the publisher the whole way to make sure that the process doesn't slip off everybody's attention." www.alainelkanninterviews.com/ caroline-michel/

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