HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
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Frances O'Grady: How can workers defend their interests?
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the General Secretary of the UK鈥檚 Trades Union Congress
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Slava Vakarchuk: A rock star on the frontline
Wed 27 Apr 2022
A Ukrainian musician who has exchanged stadium gigs for a military uniform
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Making an enemy of Putin
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the exiled Russian businessman
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: 804 days in an Iranian jail
Wed 20 Apr 2022
The story of an Australian academic who was released from an Iranian jail in 2020
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Omid Djalili: Can jokes be funny without being mean?
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur talks to one of the UK's most popular comedians
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Dr Njoki Ngumi: Can art change Kenya?
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to one of Kenya鈥檚 most ground-breaking cultural figures
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Sergei Guriev: Is Moscow outmanoeuvring the West's sanctions?
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Russian economist
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Tsai Ming-yen: Could Putin鈥檚 strategy be a template for China to follow?
Mon 11 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Taipei鈥檚 representative to the EU
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Nikita Mazepin: Sanctions on Russia 'are cancel culture'
Fri 8 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to sanctioned F1 Driver Nikita Mazepin.
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Dmytro Kuleba: Is diplomacy at a dead end?
Wed 6 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine's Foreign Minister as evidence of atrocities emerges
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Claude Joseph: Can Haiti be saved?
Mon 4 Apr 2022
What will it take to resolve the Caribbean nation's crises?
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Maria Butina: What is Russia achieving in Ukraine?
Fri 1 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to a pro-Putin member of Russia鈥檚 state Duma
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Mairead McGuinness: How far will the EU go to support Kyiv?
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU commissioner for financial services
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Ilya Ponomarev: A former Russian MP on fighting Putin
Fri 25 Mar 2022
Gabriel Gatehouse speaks to an ex-Russian MP who is fighting in Ukraine - against Russia
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Francis Fukuyama: The end of the end of history?
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Sarah Montague speaks to the renowned political scientist
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Iv谩n Fischer, Conductor and Composer
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Iv谩n Fischer, Conductor and Composer
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Tobias Ellwood: How should the West stand up to Putin?
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee
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Jonas Gahr St酶re: Easing Europe off Russian energy
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the prime minister of Norway
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Jonas Gahr St酶re: Easing Europe off Russian energy
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St酶re.
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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: Is the fate of Belarus tied to the fate of Ukraine?
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the exiled leader of Belarus's opposition
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Michael Carpenter: Is this a new age of conflict?
Wed 9 Mar 2022
Will Russia's invasion of Ukraine lead to a new, long-term cold war?
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Former Ukrainian PM
Mon 7 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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Andrey Kurkov: Putin's attack on Ukraine's identity
Wed 2 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Ukraine's most celebrated novelists
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David Miliband: President of the International Rescue Committee
Tue 1 Mar 2022
Is the West doing enough in response to Putin鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine?
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Iv谩n Fischer: The power and joy of music
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned Hungarian conductor and composer
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Leonid Volkov: How strong is Putin's grip on Russia?
Fri 25 Feb 2022
How should the West respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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Ingrid Betancourt: Can Colombia defeat corruption?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Colombian presidential candidate
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Jamie Raskin, Democrat Congressman, House Committe to Investigative January 6th Attack
Fri 18 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jamie Raskin, US Congressman (Dem)
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Yuri Vitrenko: Russia, Ukraine and Europe's energy
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of Naftogaz, Ukraine's biggest energy company
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Kiril Petkov: Is Bulgaria ready to stand up to Russia?
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews the Prime Minister of Bulgaria
