HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Regina Ip: What is Hong Kong's future?
Mon 22 Jan 2024
China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activism has been curtailed
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Mark Regev: Is Israel serving its own best interests?
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur talks to a spokesman for Israel鈥檚 prime minister
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Mohammad Marandi: Is Middle East conflict what Iran really wants?
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an academic who has advised the Iranian government
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Sir Nicholas Winton: A Holocaust hero
Fri 12 Jan 2024
A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution
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Alicia Kearns: How much will 2024 test the West?
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK鈥檚 House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
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Stephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?
Mon 8 Jan 2024
HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
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Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?
Fri 5 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament
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2023 in review
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year
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Naftali Bennett: Has Israel responded unwisely?
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel鈥檚 former prime minister
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Paul Caruana Galizia: Can his family get justice?
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the son of an assassinated Maltese investigative journalist
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Izzeldin Abuelaish: Can Palestinians still believe in forgiveness and peace?
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Palestinian doctor and acclaimed author
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Sandra Day O'Connor: The first female US Supreme Court judge
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Sandra Day O'Connor has died age 93. Re-listen to our 2006 interview
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Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: What Rwandans think of the UK migrant transfer deal
Fri 8 Dec 2023
The UK government paints President Kagame in positive hues. What do his opponents think?
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Fatih Birol: Is the global energy transition veering off course?
Mon 4 Dec 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the International Energy Agency
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Jasem Albudaiwi: Could the Gulf states be destabilised by the conflict in Gaza?
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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Philippe Lazzarini: Could Gaza become unliveable?
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of UNRWA, the UN鈥檚 refugee agency for Palestinians
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Simcha Rothman: Is violence in Israel's best interests?
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a member of Israel's far-right Religious Zionism party
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Cardinal Peter Turkson: Is the Catholic Church at a crossroads?
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a man widely seen as a contender to be Africa鈥檚 first pope
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Jonna Mendez: Does the world still need spies?
Fri 24 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to former US spy Jonna Mendez, who was the CIA鈥檚 chief of disguise
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Michel Roux: Is the business of fine food turning sour?
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the master chef and restaurateur Michel Roux
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Chris Coons: Is team Biden in trouble?
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of President Biden鈥檚 closest allies in the US Congress
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Mark Alford: Do US Republicans have a winning formula?
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Republican Congressman and loyal Donald Trump supporter
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Mervyn King: Global growth and inflation
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former governor of the Bank of England
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Fiona Hill: Are overseas wars exposing US weaknesses?
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an influential US foreign policy analyst
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Mustafa Barghouti: What next for the Palestinian people?
Wed 8 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative
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Carlo Rovelli: Life, the universe and white holes
Mon 6 Nov 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's best known physicists
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Abdallah Bou Habib: Could Lebanon get dragged into war with Israel by Hezbollah?
Wed 1 Nov 2023
If Hezbollah and its Iranian backers opt for all-out war, what then for Lebanon?
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Sir Lindsay Hoyle: Can the Speaker ensure parliament better serves the people?
Mon 30 Oct 2023
The Speaker of the UK House of Commons has has one of the toughest jobs in UK politics
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Jakov Milatovi膰: President of Montenegro
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic
