The Louis Theroux Podcast

Louis is joined in the Spotify studio by author, YouTuber and inequality economist Gary Stevenson. Gary tells Louis about growing up in a Mormon family, his disagreement with Rory Stewart, and why he thinks a wealth tax could solve financial inequality.

Please note this episode was recorded before Gary announced he was stepping back from his YouTube channel.



Warnings: Strong language.



Links/Attachments:



Documentary: How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson (2026) - Channel 4

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-get-filthy-rich-with-gary-stevenson



Book: The Trading Game, Gary Stevenson (2024)

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455809/the-trading-game-by-stevenson-gary/9781802062731



Podcast: The Rest is Politics: 144. Gary Stevenson: From Teenage Drug Dealer to Millionaire Trader (2025)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vfmQmoA9frvGh5aRQvZLi



Book: Politics on the Edge, Rory Stewart (2024)

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442034/politics-on-the-edge-by-stewart-rory/9781529922868



TV Show: That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006-2010) - Channel 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h242eDB84zY



Video: “I'm QUITTING!" Gary Stevenson vs Piers Morgan On Wealth, Economic Growth & Elon Musk (2026) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLmFZBB3Apw



Article: Gary Stevenson may have been Citi’s most profitable trader… in developed market foreign exchange (2026) - Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/5c48b680-daf6-40d2-9522-ad997eb07b63



Video: How COVID-19 MAKES the Rich Richer - Gary EXPLAINS the theory (2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiblHqbpXHs



Article: The Sunday Times Rich List (2026)

https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list



Play: Poet In Da Corner, Debris Stevenson (2018)

https://open.spotify.com/album/2QDC46EK9W1ndEyFbFkabH



Play: My Brother’s a Genius, Debris Stevenson (2026)

https://www.nyt.org.uk/get-tickets/my-brothers-a-genius-london





Credits:

Producer: Tom Fuller

Researcher: Beth Johnstone

Senior Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest

Video Mixer: Alfie Butler

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett 

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira 

Series Producer: Millie Chu

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows 

  

A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify 

www.mindhouse.co.uk 


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Today, Louis speaks to actor, director and renaissance woman Olivia Wilde. Following the release of her film The Invite, the pair discuss the secrets to a healthy relationship, her unusual family name, and her experience in the 'garbage disposal' of tabloid media.



Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.



Links/Attachments:



Film: The Invite (2026)

https://a24films.com/films/the-invite



Film: I Want Your Sex (2026)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32332915/



Film: Booksmart (2019)

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81061054



Film: Don’t Worry Darling (2022)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81592177



Documentary: Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (2026)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81920687



Book: The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Oscar Wilde (1888)

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/31359/the-happy-prince-and-other-stories-by-wilde-oscar/9780241776285



Book: Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel (2006)

https://www.estherperel.com/mating-in-captivity



Podcast: Where Should We Begin? (2017 – present)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3fKOTwtnX5oZLaiNntKWAV



Advert: Dinner With the Russians, Cockburn’s Special Reserve (1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17rOl7i55ag



Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell (1949)

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/books-by-orwell/nineteen-eighty-four/



Credits:

Producer: Millie Chu 

Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett 

Production Assistant: Artemis Chu

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira 

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows 

  

A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify 

www.mindhouse.co.uk 
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Louis sits down with Grammy award-winning rapper, producer and former Beastie Boy Mike D. Speaking ahead of the release of his first solo album, Thank You, Mike tells Louis about breaking rap into the mainstream, the mechanics behind the Beastie Boys’ 20 foot hydraulic penis, and breaking up the band after Adam Yauch’s death.

Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.



Links/Attachments:



Song: Rapture, Blondie (1980)

https://open.spotify.com/track/1hQr0D1ZXbGHFcWLhusijv



Book: Everybody’s Fly, Fat Five Freddy with Mark Rozzo (2026)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775871/everybodys-fly-by-fab-5-freddy-with-mark-rozzo/



Song: Cooky Puss, Beastie Boys (1983)

https://open.spotify.com/track/7DZSImZVNfImxqehwNtPuB



Song: Rapper’s Delight, Sugarhill Gang (1979)

https://open.spotify.com/track/7sZDbHZiuHEzS00vzCuhqS



Song: Good Times, Chic (1979)

https://open.spotify.com/track/0PQFPcSK1gnBGlbV4CZCG0



Song: The Message, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982)

https://open.spotify.com/album/4dEczweFPXeLMMVD1zIdi7



Song: Sucker M.C.’s, Run-D.M.C. (1983)

https://open.spotify.com/track/3hx5R8nOKu5zvhlfDNSIQC



Album: Licensed to Ill, Beastie Boys (1986)

https://open.spotify.com/album/11oR0ZuqB3ucZwb5TGbZxb



Radio Show: The Goon Show (1951-1960) - BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072vdz



Film: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/



Film: Caddyshack (1980)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080487/



Album: Paul’s Boutique, Beastie Boys (1989)

https://open.spotify.com/album/1kmyirVya5fRxdjsPFDM05



Song: Shadrach, Beastie Boys (1989)

https://open.spotify.com/track/1vIJBVsuMouxSuDxRtTaYI



Album: Hello Nasty, Beastie Boys (1998)

https://open.spotify.com/album/1HhBu55aklCwIus7KffIji



Song: Intergalactic, Beastie Boys (1998)

https://open.spotify.com/track/5fpizYGbi5IQoEraj6FP0R



Song: What We Got, Mike D (2026)

https://open.spotify.com/track/3UeGo2iTVN98fWW96iRL5p



Song: Switch Up, Mike D (2026)

https://open.spotify.com/track/1FHSvpvNWmJcpDcmsxrtbH





Credits:

Producer: Millie Chu 

Assistant Producer: Beth Johnstone

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett 

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira 

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows 

  

A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify 

www.mindhouse.co.uk 
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In this episode, Louis speaks to singer, songwriter and Spice Girl Melanie C. Speaking ahead of the 30th anniversary of Wannabe, Melanie and Louis discuss deleted Spiceworld scenes, showing off her guns to Arnold Schwarzenegger and why there’s no such thing as a ‘former’ Spice Girl.  

 

Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.  

 

Links/Attachments: 

 

Song: Wannabe, Spice Girls (1996) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1Je1IMUlBXcx1Fz0WE7oPT   

 

Song: I’m So Excited, The Pointer Sisters (1984) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3moCFGH9twneH0SHMNeeCt  

 

TV Show: Friends – NBC (1994-2004) 

https://www.netflix.com/title/70153404  

 

Song: Say You’ll Be There, Spice Girls (1996) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/1yTQ39my3MoNROlFw3RDNy  

 

Book: Who I Am, Mel C (2023) 

https://www.waterstones.com/book/who-i-am/melanie-c/9781802793383  

 

Film: Spice World (1997) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120185/  

 

Album: Sweat, Mel C (2026) 

https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZrlQz1UiDn1pCThyICAeD  

 

 

 

If you've been affected by the topics discussed in this episode, visit spotify.com/resources. 

 

Credits: 

Producer: Millie Chu  

Researcher: Mark Maughan 

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest 

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards 

Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams 

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows  

   

A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify  

www.mindhouse.co.uk  
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Louis is joined in the Spotify studio by model, actress, musician and owner of the world’s best eyebrows, Cara Delevingne. Cara tells Louis about the moment she knew she had to get sober, engagement rumours, and being Karl Lagerfeld's muse.

 

Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.  

Links/Attachments: 

Song: I Forgot, Cara Delevingne (2026) 

⁠https://open.spotify.com/track/02zcxkBgtRdpHovTLgJRl1⁠ 

 

Song: Out of My Head, Cara Delevingne (2026) 

⁠https://open.spotify.com/track/5ExQZsB1FkAemKYykuvDUv⁠ 

 

Film: Paper Towns (2015) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3622592/  

 Film: Suicide Squad (2016) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386697/  

 

Film: London Fields (2018) 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/london_fields  

 

If you've been affected by the topics discussed in this episode, visit spotify.com/resources. 

 

Credits: 

Producer: Millie Chu  

Researcher: Maan Al-Yasiri 

Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams

Audio Mixer: Tom Guest 

Video Mixer: Scott Edwards 

Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  

Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  

Executive Producer: Arron Fellows  

   

A Mindhouse Studios Production for Spotify  

www.mindhouse.co.uk  
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