Riz Ahmed
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1,209 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 10 Jun
Riz Ahmed’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I go through periods of time where I put my phone away, totally.
I put it in a little safe and I lock it away for like 12 hours or 20 hours or, you know, before we had a kid, me and my wife would go away and she, as a novelist, she has to do that kind of deep work, you know.
You can't kind of dip in and out of it.
The way she does it at least, she can't.
And so the phone would go away for like five days.
We'd check into a hotel, give it to them and say, we'll take this when we check out.
Time feels totally different.
My experience of the day feels totally different.
The thoughts in my mind are totally different.
I'm a little bit closer to being obsessed with the Velcro on the shoe again.
You know what I mean?
I would love to just...
Actor Riz Ahmed has spoken recently about how British spies tried to recruit him on three separate occasions.
He found the surprise approaches as both hilarious and comedic.
And I suppose in deference to his patriotic duty, went on to tell people about them, which I suppose the spy agency wasn't too happy with.
So is the only way into the world of espionage to be headhunted?
And what are the skills required?
To share expertise, I'm joined by the Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham, Dr. Dan Lomas.
Good morning, Dan.
Morning, thanks for having me on.
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