Sir Anthony Seldon

Why Are You More Successful Than Me? with Richard Bacon

Oct 22, 2026 1h 11m

About this episode

Why Is Sir Anthony Seldon More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode, the honorary historian of Downing Street and author of over 50 books, talks to Richard about his fascination with Britain’s Prime Ministers, what really drives them to take on the biggest job in the country, what he thinks of Boris Johnson (spoiler: he doesn’t like him), how being a teacher is one of the most important jobs in the world and how technology should help schools to create happy people. His latest book is Sunak at 10, available now. You can follow us on Instagram: @yesyesmediatv&nbsp; @whyareyoumoresuccessfulthanme You can follow us on TikTok: WhyAreYouMoreSuccessfulThanMe - Full episodes are available to watch on Spotify & YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@WhyAreYouMoreSuccessfulThanMe -&nbsp; If you have any questions and comments you can email us at:&nbsp;moresuccessfulpod@yesyesmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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