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 Alain Elkann, with 276 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Alain Elkann hosts Alain Elkann Interviews, a society show with 276 episodes published.

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  Episode #305

  Colum McCann: Why Storytelling Matters More Than Ever - 305 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Oct 3, 202638 minS1

  FINDING JOY IN DESOLATION Colum McCann 's eight novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world's most prestigious literary awards and honours, including the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin in 2009. His novel TransAtlantic was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent work, Apeirogon , also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international bestseller on four continents. "Storytelling is the thing we have between us that is perhaps the most profound, the closest thing to God that I can recognise." "Writing is a little like being a musician who wants to learn different instruments." "I love being out in the world, listening to people, travelling. Then I have to come indoors, close the door and shut everything out."

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  Episode #304

  Gilda Moratti: A Recipe for Life - Laughing, Dancing and Nature - 304 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Sep 26, 202646 minS1

  JOURNEY OF RESILIENCE. Gilda Moratti is the daughter of the founder of San Patrignano, one of Europe's most important rehabilitation communities that for over 40 years has offered free help to thousands of girls and boys with addiction problems. In Gilda's journal titled Terra , published by Francesco Brioschi Editore, the protagonist Terra is the founder of humanitarian and educational foundations. Terra is a strong, enterprising and determined woman. She fights to protect the environment and animals. Her mission is to track down criminals, smugglers and traffickers and, one by one, bring them to justice. Over the years, dangerous intelligence operations take her to the four corners of the world, until one morning when the course of her life changes forever. Inspired by her own true story, Gilda's diary Terra recounts the suffering caused by illness and an almost miraculous rebirth. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, she must find the strength within herself to survive. Alongside conventional treatment, she embarks on a path to healing: she practices meditation, lives in close contact with nature, and revisits and reworks her past through her travel diaries. Over time, she learns to let the pain wash over her, to recognise it as necessary; and at the same time, she must first fall apart if she is to put herself back together again. "When I was first diagnosed, I was told I might have two months. It has now been five years." "I am surrounded by love. For me, that is enough. More than enough. It is beautiful." "Crying is important, of course. But sometimes you can also turn something into a laugh. It is good for the heart." https://www. alainelkanninterviews.com/ gilda-moratti/

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  Episode #303

  Valeria Golino on Hollywood, Directing and a Life in Cinema - 303 - Alain Elkann Interviews

  Sep 19, 202641 minS1

  ICONIC ITALIAN ACTRESS & FILMMAKER. Valeria Golino is an acclaimed Italian actress and filmmaker. Born in Naples, Italy, she grew up between Greece and Italy and is one of the most internationally recognized Italian figures in cinema, fluent in Italian, Greek, French, and English. To English-language audiences, she is most famous for her prominent roles in late '80s and early '90s American films, including Rain Man (1988), Big Top Pee-wee (1988), and the parody comedies Hot Shots! (1991) and Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993). She holds the rare distinction of being one of only four actresses to have won the prestigious Volpi Cup for Best Actress twice at the Venice Film Festival (for Storia d'amore in 1986 and Per amor vostro in 2015). She has starred in celebrated European projects such as Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and prominent television series like Apple TV+'s The Morning Show . Golino has also found critical success behind the camera, directing well-received films like Miele (2013) and Euforia (2018), as well as the 2024 drama series L'Arte della Gioia ( The Art of Joy ). "I became an actress by Chance, but I continued by Choice. I like being an actress, and now I like directing even more." "You feel that you've done something that may be useful — not practically, perhaps, but useful to the soul. Cinema can make you change your mind." "I think if you lose childhood and innocence, somehow you lose yourself. A lot of my childhood has stayed with me. It never left, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing." https://www. alainelkanninterviews.com/ valeria -golino/

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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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