2026-02-27
38 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
Fatima Bhutto was born into the world of high politics in Pakistan.
She was just 14 when she witnessed the assassination of her politician father outside of their home and was forced to flee the country.
On today's episode,
Fatma joins host Maithili Rao to discuss how behind the public and political fallout of this story,
she was battling anxiety, depression,
and the entrapment of a dangerously coercive relationship with an older man.
Drawing on her new memoir, The Hour of the Wolf,
she also sheds light on how her relationship with her loyal Jack Russell Coco helped her begin to heal.
Let's join our host, Maithili Rao, now with more.
Welcome to Intelligent Squared.
I'm Maithili Rao.
Our guest today is Fatima Buto.
Fatima Buto is the author of the novels The Runaways and the Shadow of the Crescent Moon,
which was long listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Her nonfiction books include New Kings of the World and Songs of Blood and Sword,
which deals with her father's murder and the Buto family's history in Pakistani politics.
Her journalism and essays have appeared in the New Statesman, The New York Times, and The Guardian.
Today, I'm delighted to be speaking with Fatima about her new memoir, The Hour of the Wolf.