Mishal Husain

Mishal Husain hosts the global interview podcast The Mishal Husain Show and is Editor-at-Large at Bloomberg Weekend. Since May 2025 her weekly, in-depth conversations have included Elon Musk, Shonda Rhimes, Prime Ministers Mark Carney and Keir Starmer, ‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong and UN AIDS chief Winnie Byanyima.

She was a presenter of the ‘Today’ programme on BBC Radio 4 from 2013 to 2024 and her television work for the BBC included the main UK news bulletins, international news, live coverage of royal events and UK election debates.

Mishal has presented several BBC documentaries on diverse topics, from the Arab uprisings to Malala Yousafzai, Mahatma Gandhi and Queen Elizabeth II. In 2025, she was featured in the BBCs celebrity ancestry show ‘Who Do You Think You Are.’

Mishal has written two books, the Sunday Times bestseller ‘Broken Threads: A Family from Empire to Independence’ and ‘The Skills: How to Win at Work.’ She won the Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Journalism in 2024 and in 2025 delivered Oxford University’s prestigious annual Romanes Lecture. She has been profiled in British Vogue, and the London Press Club has twice named her Broadcaster of the Year.