WEBVTT - Introducing Big Lives with Kai Wright and Emmanuel Dzotsi

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin culture is moving fast, but its foundations are deep.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that to understand today, you need to understand

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<v Speaker 1>the icons who built it. I'm Kyrie and.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a Manuel Jochi, and we're super excited to bring

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<v Speaker 2>you big lives from BBC Studios and Pushkin Industries.

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<v Speaker 1>Each week, we take one cultural icon and dive into

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<v Speaker 1>the BBC's century deep vault of interviews, performances and forgotten

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<v Speaker 1>tapes to rediscover the legends buried beneath the headlines.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking legends like Jane Fonda.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's changing the system from the ground up. Is revolutionary.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I'm revolutionary to.

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<v Speaker 2>Muhammad Ali, I'm not just a box so I'm Edger Katie.

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<v Speaker 1>I can talk all week on millions of subjects to

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<v Speaker 1>Amy Winehouse and we.

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<v Speaker 2>Want to go on stage.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to stress as slutty as possible because it makes

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<v Speaker 1>me dance. But for some reason, to George, there's someone

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<v Speaker 1>standing there waving their genitals out.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't think that they're an officer of the law.

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<v Speaker 2>These icons are folks who too often become memes, punchlines,

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<v Speaker 2>or a single photo that can't unsee.

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<v Speaker 1>We go through over one hundred years of archive tape

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<v Speaker 1>for the BBC to put the nuance back in. The contradictions,

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<v Speaker 1>the jokes, the mistakes, the surprising bits, the gut lost and.

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<v Speaker 2>The archive transports us. It keeps proving that these icons

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<v Speaker 2>that we flattened into one liners, but they actually live

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<v Speaker 2>these big, chaotic, brilliant lives.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like a vicious circle. They love you, then they

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<v Speaker 1>hate you, then they feel sorry for you said I

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<v Speaker 1>love you again. Join us and learn how each legend

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<v Speaker 1>sets the stage for today's culture.

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<v Speaker 2>Big Lives begins on March twenty third and releases a

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<v Speaker 2>new episode every Monday. You can subscribe to Pushkin Plus

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<v Speaker 2>to listen to Big Lives ad free, and as a

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<v Speaker 2>Pushkin Plus describer, you actually also get bonus episodes for

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<v Speaker 2>audio books and binge's from other pushkin hosts.

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<v Speaker 1>Fine Pushkin Plus, the Big Live Show page on Apple

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<v Speaker 1>podcast or at pushkin dot fm, slash plus, and hey,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for your support.