HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jasvinder Sanghera, a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse.
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Radek Sikorski: Will Poland's new government unite or divide the country?
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur interview's Poland's foreign minister
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Naomi Alderman: Apocalypse soon?
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator
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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
