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Actor Ben Platt

Jo chats to Tony award winning actor Ben Platt about his new Netflix series The Politician.

Jo chats to actor Ben Platt, about his new Netflix series, The Politician.

Ben plays Payton Hobart, a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, California, who's known since age seven that he's going to be President of the United States. But first he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School. To get elected Student Body President, secure a spot at Harvard, and stay on his singular path to success, Payton will have to outsmart his ruthless classmates without sacrificing his own morality and carefully crafted image. The series also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange and Zoey Deutch.

Ben won the Tony award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2017 for his performance as the title character in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Music Played

  • Moby

    Go

  • Sampa the Great

    Final Form

    • Final Form.
    • Ninja Tune.
    • 1.

  • Inspiral Carpets

    This Is How It Feels

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Francis and the Lights, Bon Iver & Ye

    Take Me To The Light

  • Kae Tempest

    People's Faces (Radio 2 Session, 17 Jun 2019)

  • Fugees

    Fu Gee La

    • Columbia.

  • Ben Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda

    Found Tonight

  • MUNA

    Number One Fan

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Halo

    • I Am...Sasha Fierce.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Ben Abraham

    This Is On Me (feat. Sara Bareilles)

  • Gang of Youths

    What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out

    • Go Farther in Lightness.
    • Mosy Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Ren Harvieu

    Teenage Mascara

    • Teenage Mascara.
    • Bella Union.
    • 1.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Cold Little Heart

    • Polydor.

  • Lizzo

    Good As Hell

    • Coconut Oil.
    • Nice Life.
    • 5.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Rex Orange County

    10/10

  • Fun Boy Three & Bananarama

    It Ain't What You Do...

    • The Very Best Of Bananarama.
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • NAO

    Another Lifetime

    • Saturn.

  • IDLES

    Danny Nedelko

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Sky Full Of Song

    • High As Hope.

  • Gizmo Varillas & Al Lewis

    Csygod de Gariad

    • Danza De Sombras.
    • Musica Records.
    • 1.

  • Oh Wonder

    Hallelujah

    • Hallelujah.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Hallelujah

    • More Best Of Leonard Cohen.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Wed 18 Sep 2019 19:00
    成人快手 Radio 2