Pullman Voices is a collaboration between Monocle Radio and Pullman Hotels & Resorts that creates a space for meaningful exchanges – revealing fresh perspectives from cultural pioneers, business leaders and creative minds.
Publisher
Monocle
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business · education · government · society & culture
Feng Chen Wang is a Chinese, London-based fashion designer who embodies what it means to update tradition. Her eponymous brand creates pieces that are deeply personal yet globally resonant, merging traditional Chinese references with modern tailoring, sportswear influences and futuristic silhouettes. As her brand marks a decade of boundary-pushing design, Wang reflects on her upbringing in Fujian, collaborations with major brands such as Converse and why straddling cultures is her superpower in both design and business.
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14 Aug 2025
Crossing the divide: Ole Scheeren
Ole Scheeren is the award-winning German architect behind some of the world’s most ambitious and unconventional buildings. From tech campuses in Asian megacities to residential apartment blocks in Vancouver, Scheeren’s designs seamlessly bridge opposing aesthetics and functionalities. In this episode he tells us about the power of cross-cultural collaboration and how this can enrich the lives of those who live, work and gather in his spaces.
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7 Aug 2025
Leading lights: Roxanne Varza
What does it take to grow ambitious start-ups into impactful businesses and foster diverse, inclusive leadership from the start? Roxanne Varza is director of Paris’s Station F, the world’s largest start-up campus. Previously head of Microsoft’s French start-up activity and named by Business Insider as one of tech’s 30 most influential women under 30, she tells Monocle’s Tom Edwards what it takes to be a Station F company and how to champion progressive change in the workplace.
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10 Jul 2025
Full circle: Shalini Goyal Bhalla
Could the circular economy be the answer to climate change? Monocle’s correspondent in New Delhi, Lyndee Prickitt, meets India’s foremost expert on the circular economy, Shalini Goyal Bhalla. She is the managing director of think-tank International Council for Circular Economy and has written books on the subject. She tells us about the opportunities that moving towards a circular model would provide for business and innovation, as well as the planet.
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3 Jul 2025
Productive disruption: Amelia Christie-Miller
Amelia Christie-Miller discusses disrupting the food industry with Bold Bean Co by reshaping consumer perception of beans in an interview with Tom Edwards.
26 Jun 2025
Purposeful spaces: Charles Landry
Urban change advisor Charles Landry discusses with Tom Edwards how intentional urban design fosters culture and helps cities realize their full potential in this interview.
19 Jun 2025
What does it mean to be visionary?: John Amaechi
Organizational psychologist John Amaechi discusses with Tom Edwards leading people to positive change, current challenges to DEI initiatives, and driving progress through positive friction in this interview.
22 May 2025
Digital decency: Julia Hobsbawm
Julia Hobsbawm is an author and the CEO of global work trends and change
network Workathon. In this episode she shares how to build a healthier relationship with our online lives and offers a blueprint for navigating digital spaces with decency and respect.
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15 May 2025
Always learning: David Hieatt
David Hieatt is the founder of Hiut Denim Co and The Do Lectures, an idea- sharing platform featuring some of the world’s most interesting thinkers. He has previously worked for some of the biggest advertising agencies in the world and was the founder of sportswear brand Howie’s. Hieatt didn’t have the most traditional path into his career. Despite not finishing his education, the thread that runs through his career is a commitment to learning. In this episode he tells Tom Edwards about how being open to continuous education has taken him on an incredible journey and why sometimes you take your lessons from the most unexpected places.
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9 May 2025
The power of being present: Dumi Oburota
Monocle’s Tom Edwards is joined by serial entrepreneur Dumi Oburota to discuss the power of being present and of meaningful exchange. From his experiences in the music industry, nurturing the career of acclaimed British rapper Tinie Tempah to closing deals on his newly founded drinks brand Severan, Oburota tells us why he’s a firm believer in the magic of human connection.
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28 Apr 2025
Activating change: Pallavi Dean
In the first episode of Monocle’s collaboration with Pullman Hotels, Monocle’s Tom Edwards is in Dubai to meet the architect and founder of design practice Roar, Pallavi Dean. A seasoned globe-trotter, Dean is no stranger to new geographies and beginnings. We ask her how activating change can help to breed the resilience and agility needed to grow.
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Who has been a guest on Pullman Voices
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Amelia Christie-Miller
Charles Landry
John Amaechi
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YouTube views
10,568,132
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Apple Podcasts (US)
3.5 / 5
2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100
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37
Social presence
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YouTube
93
Engagement
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