How did the richest people on the planet make their fortunes?
Im Simon Jack and Im Xing Singh.
Join us for good bad, billionaire.
Each episode we pick a billionaire and we find out how they made their money, like the comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the financier George Soros, the golf star Tiger woods.
Then Simon and I have a decision to make.
Do we think they are good bad or just another billionaire?
Good bad billionaire?
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BBC Sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm Lauren La Verne and this is the Desert Island Discs podcast.
Every week I ask my guests to choose the eight tracks, book and luxury they'd want to take with them if they were cast away to a desert island.
And for rights reasons, the music is shorter than the original broadcast.
I hope you enjoy listening.
My castaway this week is the director and writer Greta Gerwig.
This year, Barbie made her the first woman in cinematic history to have the sole directors credit for a billion dollar blockbuster.
The film takes the titular doll on a fantastical philosophical journey thats a love letter to Hollywoods golden age and both a celebration and critique of all that Barbie herself represents.
Greta was born in Sacramento, California, where she grew up with big passions, everything from fencing to ballet.
She initially dreamed of studying musical theatre, but first found acclaim acting in indie films so understated they were sometimes called mumblecore.
And then she went behind the camera.
First there was Lady Bird, inspired in part by her own naughtys childhood about a teenage girl dreaming of moving to New York to make art with a capital a.
The film was nominated for five oscars.