Desperately Seeking Wisdom

A Podcast where well-known people talk about what they’ve learned from their own personal challenges.

Host Craig Oliver is joined by a wealth of high-profile guests...

A podcast hosted by Craig Oliver, for people hoping to live a simpler, more fulfilled life - and want to hear the wisdom others gained after facing life's challenges.

During a successful career that has included editing the BBC's flagship news programmes and six years as the Director of Politics and Communications at No.10 Downing St, Craig began to wonder if he was going about life in the right way. Desperately Seeking Wisdom, was born, a podcast about people who have faced major challenges in life and learned some incredible lessons that could benefit everyone.

A podcast that's sparking national conversation...

The Mirror

Emily Maitlis has revealed in the Desperately Seeking Wisdom podcast how the BBC nearly did not include Prince Andrew's Pizza Express claim, to save him from ridicule afterwards.

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Martin Luther King Jr and Mother Teresa would have been labelled as “woke”, according to the BBC’s Clive Myrie. Speaking to Craig Oliver on the Desperately Seeking Wisdom podcast.

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Rory Stewart still struggles to understnad how Liz Truss became Prime Minister. The former MP told the Desperately Seeking Wisdom Podcast that Truss was "the most terrible secretary of state" he had come across.

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