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Kirsty hosted Desert Island Discs for 12 years. The show sees famous people are asked to choose and discuss eight pieces of music that they\u2019d most like to have with them if they were left alone on a desert island.<\/p>\n
She hosted 496 episodes of the show, interviewing stars including Judi Dench, David Beckham and Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n
However, she took several months off after being diagnosed with chronic fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis before deciding to leave in 2019.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Her new podcast Young Again for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds begins this week, which will see her explore the life stories of some of the world’s most prominent figures through a series of in-depth conversations.<\/p>\n Speaking about the new podcast to the aforementioned publication, she said: \u201cThat\u2019s the great thing about broadcasting conversation \u2013 there\u2019s an intimacy to it. I love to listen to two or more interesting and interesting people. It\u2019s a joyous thing. So Young Again is more of the thing I like, more free-ranging, less prescriptive, and even more like a conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked whether it will remind listeners of Desert Island Discs, she responded: \u201cI hope not. I very deliberately decided it was a podcast I wanted to make, not a radio show. I think the \u2018undoneness\u2019 of it, that feeling of taking your shoes off, is much closer to life.\u201d<\/p>\n Kirsty is married to Soho House founder Nick Jones. The couple share two daughters, and Kirsty is stepmother to Nick\u2019s daughters from his previous marriage.<\/p>\n Nick was treated for prostate cancer in 2022, something Kirsty reflects on during the interview, saying: \u201cLife sharpens. It actually gets sharper: the people I want to spend time with, how I want to spend my time\u2026 if I do work, what do I want to do? Getting older, having a period of ill health, it adds a piquancy to your decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n You can read the full interview with Kirsty Young in this week\u2019s Radio Times, which is out now.<\/p>\n
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