Special correspondent for BBC Studios Katty Kay

By Randy Cohen

Published July 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM EDT

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Special correspondent for BBC Studios Katty Kay, a regular contributor to MSNBC, and co-host, with Anthony Scaramucci, of the podcast The Rest Is Politics, talks to us about a Welbourne farm, her Swiss passport and her mother. “People call journalists curious; I think it’s just nosiness.”

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