Influential with Katty Kay4 Apr 2025Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of US historyAward-winning documentary-maker Ken Burns tells Katty Kay about his unique approach to chronicling history, from the Civil War to jazz and baseball.4 Apr 202528 Mar 2025Ottolenghi: Food is how we connectThe famed chef and author tells the BBC's Katty Kay that it was finding academia too “esoteric” that led him to seek out a simpler path: to help the world simplify its food.28 Mar 202521 Mar 2025Author Ann Patchett on finding kindness amid chaosThe award-winning writer and reluctant bookshop owner tells Katty Kay about seeing kindness in a world of chaos, and her decision to stay off social media.21 Mar 202514 Mar 2025Wynton Marsalis on the liberating spirit of jazzAward-winning musician Wynton Marsalis tells Katty Kay how growing up surrounded by music shaped his own journey with jazz.14 Mar 20257 Mar 2025Vera Wang, 75, was ready to 'age out' of fashionVera Wang tells Katty Kay how she shifted from being a Vogue fashion editor to the world's most beloved wedding dress designer.7 Mar 202528 Feb 2025Derek Jacobi at 86: 'I was born to be an actor'With screen credits in Gladiator and I, Claudius and stage roles like Shakespeare's Hamlet and Don John, the UK actor tells Katty Kay his time in the spotlight isn't over yet.28 Feb 202521 Feb 2025Brooke Shields at 59: Ageing 'was a shock'In the new series of Influential, actress Brooke Shields tells Katty Kay about becoming famous aged 11 months and taking control of her life and career on her own terms.21 Feb 202515 Jul 2024Aly Raisman on competing at the highest levelThe decorated US gymnast opened up to the BBC's Katty Kay about blocking out the noise, trusting her training and her winning mindset.15 Jul 20248 Jul 2024Jackie Joyner-Kersee's gold-medal attitudeThe retired athlete and hall-of-famer opened up to the BBC's Katty Kay about the challenges she faced on the road to the Olympics, and the winning mindset that saw her through them.8 Jul 2024...
