More About Hannah MacInnes

Hannah MacInnes is a broadcaster and journalist who frequently presents on Times Radio and several podcasts.

She has guest hosted the How To Academy’s podcast which looks at new ideas for  changing ourselves, the community, and the world. She has also hosted a podcast for The Bookseller ahead of the Nibbies (the British Book Awards), where she interviewed shortlisted authors about their books and their career in writing. Hannah also hosts The Klosters Forum podcast, focussing on environmental issues such as plastic pollution, food systems, biodiversity, and the built environment.

She spent over eight years working as a planning editor at BBC Newsnight, where she also worked as a producer and filmmaker. This time has given her extensive knowledge on the best way to engage an audience of any demographic on any topic.

Hannah has a unique talent to present about contemporary global issues, with particular experience in dissecting the intersection of culture and politics. She voices opinions on topics as far and wide as climate change and literary heroines.

She has also contributed to written publications, including the Radio Times, TLS, and The Evening Standard, as well as her own blog The Conversationist.

Hannah is a highly sought-after speaker, facilitator and host, with a curious, fresh, exciting, relatable, and professional perspective on a variety of topics, on the television, radio, and on the page. She has hosted and moderator at major literary events such as Hay Festival and Cheltenham Festival, conferences, and debates.

In 2023 she was the host of the Blue Earth Summit; hosted the Abu Dhabi Culture Summit; and interviewed celebrity guests at the Wilderness Festival

Hannah MacInnes | Speaking Topics

– The  Environment

– Farming

– Brexit

– The Economy

– Gender Equality

– Literature

– Culture

She is also a proficient interviewer and has engaged in enthralling ‘fireside chats’ with big names in politics, entertainment, literature, and conservation. Her interviewees include Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Clinton, Dame Jane Goodall, David Mitchell, Dolly Alderton, Ed Miliband, Elizabeth Gilbert, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Hunt, Louis Theroux, Madeleine Albright, Melinda Gates, Mike Leigh, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nadiya Hussein, Philip Pullman, Robert Webb, Rory Stewart, Russell Brand, Sean Penn, and Silvio Berlusconi.

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