Tony Sirico (pictured), Jos茅 Eduardo dos Santos, Ann Shulgin, Ivana Trump
John Wilson on The Sopranos actor Tony Sirico, ex Angolan president Jos茅 Eduardo dos Santos, pioneering therapist Ann Shulgin and businesswoman and media personality Ivana Trump.
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Tony Sirico, the former armed robber turned actor who found fame playing the role of mobster Paulie Walnuts in ground-breaking television series The Sopranos.
Jos茅 Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola as president for 37 years, steering the country through a bloody civil war, and reaping the benefits of an oil boom while being accused of huge levels of corruption.
Ann Shulgin, a therapist who pioneered the use of psychedelics and MDMA in therapy together with her chemist husband Sasha.
And Ivana Trump, the Czechoslovakian skier and model whose marriage to Donald Trump made her a fixture of tabloid and society pages for decades.
Producer: Tim Bano
Interviewed guest: Fr Robert Sirico
Interviewed guest: Dr Justin Pearce
Interviewed guest: Amanda Feilding
Interviewed guest: Professor David Nutt
Archive clips used: Paramount Pictures, The First Wives Club (1996); American Playhouse, The Big Bang (1989); NBC Today, 20th Anniversary of 'The Sopranos' 10/01/2019; HBO, The Sopranos (1999); Miramax/ Sweetland Films/ Magnolia Production, Bullets Over Broadway (1994); YouTube, Com铆cio Jos茅 Eduardo dos Santos - Angola 1992 16/09/2010; 主播大秀 Sound Archive, Independence celebrations in Angola 11/11/1975; 主播大秀 Radio 4, News 23/02/2002; 主播大秀 News Archive, Angola vote in first election for 16 years 05/09/2008; 主播大秀 Two, Panorama - The Corrupt Billionaire 25/01/2020; Viveka Films, MDMA The Movie - Promo Clip (2016); CBS News, When Ecstasy was legal 1985; gaiamedia/ YouTube channel, Ask the Shulgins 17/03/2014; 主播大秀 One, Wogan - Ivana Trump interview 03/06/1992; CBS Sunday Morning, Ivana Trump interview 08/10/2017; 主播大秀 Radio 4, Woman's Hour - Ivana Trump interview 03/06/1992; HBO/ Harpo Productions, The Oprah Winfrey Show 25/04/1998; 主播大秀 One, Modern Times - The Fame Game 03/01/1996; Del Monte/ Brian Jackson, UK Del Monte pears advert (2014).
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Tony Sirico
Last Word spoke to his brother Fr Robert Sirico.
Jos茅 Eduardo dos Santos
Last Word spoke to Dr Justin Pearce, senior lecturer in history at Stellenbosch University and former 主播大秀 reporter based in Angola.
Ann Shulgin
Last Word spoke to her friend and drugs policy researcher Amanda Feilding, and Dr David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London.
Ivana Trump
In her own words.
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- Fri 22 Jul 2022 16:00主播大秀 Radio 4
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