Zack Polanski: What would you most want to leave your children? — FLAPSS

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What would you most want to leave your children?

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Zack Polanski

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I’ve got no kids, but I’d like us to leave a planet for everyone’s children.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

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A book of passwords for all the electrical stuff in the house.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗

A sense of optimism.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗

A bushel of self-confidence.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Mariella Frostrup

A sense of the world being full of possibility and it being in their hands to make it a better one.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

A Reform government.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Doomscrolling on my phone.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

Catching Covid. I don’t think any of us know what we’re messing with still to this day.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

Being misrepresented by a Sun journalist 12 years ago.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Those who create the doom.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Getting elected with 85% of the vote.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

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