Israeli actor Amit Rahav, 25, is best known for his role as Yanky Shapiro in Netflix's 2020 phenomenon 'Unorthodox'. He grew up in Tel Aviv, where he was neighbourhood friends with Shira Haas, who plays the runaway wife he attempts to track down in the multi-award-winning miniseries. Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his work on the show, Rahav is definitely an independent spirit himself, and it's a delight to talk to him about childhood anxiety, his army service, how OCD and religion intertwine, and the emotional hangover of being part of such a big hit. He's a dream guest for the final episode of this season of 'Benign Narcissist'.

Twenty-one-year-old Londoner, Jasmine Lee Jones, was a student at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2019 when her first full-length play, 'seven methods of killing kylie jenner', was produced by the Royal Court Theatre. The play had a sell-out run, culminating in Jasmine being awarded Most Promising Playwright by both the Evening Standard and the Critics' Circle. That was before the world - and theatre - shut down...

Here Jasmine talks to Emma about the toxic synthesis of capitalism and beauty, how celebrity crushes (or resentments!) can cause creative breakthrough, and what happens in your head when the art you've been deemed the future of is put on pause.

Anoushka Shankar, sitarist and composer, was trained in her art from age seven  by her father, Ravi Shankar, eventually traveling the world as part of his ensemble. When she began to explore music on her own, it was via electronica, collaborating with Karsh Kale on the album 'Breathing Underwater'. Over her career she has earned seven Grammy nominations. 

Anoushka's record 'Land of Gold' focused her listeners on the plight of refugees, and she remains a committed activist for this cause. She has collaborated with everyone from her late godfather George Harrison to her sister Norah Jones, from MIA to Ibeyi. A mother of two, Anoushka's tenth  and most personal album, 'Love Letters', was released last year. Co-produced with Alev Lenz, it is this podcast's favourite 'divorce' album since Paul Simon's 'Graceland'.