Speaking My Mind by Leo Varadkar · Audiobook preview

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Speaking My Mind
Authored by Leo Varadkar
Narrated by Leo Varadkar

0:00 Intro
0:03 Speaking My Mind
0:37 Epigraph
1:32 Prologue
5:26 PART ONE: Young Fine Gaeler, 1979–2011
10:25 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

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Leo Varadkar shares his fascinating experience as Irish prime minister at a time of much change and turbulence, in this remarkably honest memoir.

Leo Varadkar was an unlikely Taoiseach – the youngest on taking office in 2017, the first Taoiseach to be gay, and the first person of colour to be Taoiseach.

Equally unlikely was his decision to bow out of politics in his mid–forties. Now, liberated from the constraints of office, he tells his fascinating story with characteristic courage and candour, and provides a unique insight into the formation and evolution of a senior politician.

In Speaking My Mind Leo Varadkar shares his pride in helping to bring about transformational changes, such as marriage equality. He describes experiences that only a prime minister could have – speaking frankly to Pope Francis on the legacy of church abuses, connecting with Barack Obama about both being the ‘tall, dark guy with the funny name’, navigating challenges such as the pandemic and the fallout from Brexit. And he writes honestly about the costs that go with the immense privilege of holding high office.

Speaking My Mind is a revealing, intimate and important memoir from a singular public figure.

© Leo Varadkar 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Leo Varadkar grew up in Dublin, the son of an Irish mother and an Indian father. He studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin, but practised as a doctor for just a short time before becoming a full–time politician after election to Dáil Éireann (the Irish parliament) in 2007. He became a cabinet minister in 2011 and in 2017, at the age of 38, he became Taoiseach. Leo Varadkar served as Taoiseach until 2020 and again from late 2022 until his resignation in April 2024. He lives with his partner in Dublin.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Published on: September 11, 2025
ISBN: 9781405981774
Duration: 13 hr, 22 min
Genres: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography / Political, Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State, History / Europe / Ireland, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy