HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
-
![]()
Joe Henrich: Is Western society 'weird'?
Wed 7 Oct 2020
A Harvard professor argues the West's cultural power has skewed our view of normality
-
![]()
James Rebanks: Sustainable food in a growing world
Mon 5 Oct 2020
Are this shepherd's ideas for more sustainable farming compatible with affordable food?
-
![]()
Leroy Logan: How hard is it to root out discrimination in the police?
Fri 2 Oct 2020
Leroy Logan was one of London's top black policemen until his retirement seven years ago
-
![]()
Paolo Gentiloni: Can Europe's economy recover?
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the European Commissioner for the Economy
-
![]()
Yusef Salaam: How to reform the US criminal justice system
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Poet and activist Yusef Salaam on the chance of real change in the US justice system
-
![]()
Leonid Volkov: What next for Russia's opposition?
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Alexey Navalny's chief of staff discusses the future of the anti-Putin political movement
-
![]()
Thomas Chatterton Williams: Race, identity and power
Fri 18 Sep 2020
A mixed-race American writer who challenges the so-called 'woke' culture
-
![]()
Rafael Grossi: Is the world's nuclear watchdog being undermined?
Wed 16 Sep 2020
We speak to the new chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency
-
![]()
Douglas Ross: Can the new Scottish Conservative leader preserve the UK?
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Polls suggest more and more Scots want out of the United Kingdom - can Ross preserve it?
-
![]()
Gitanas Naus臈da: Will people power take Belarus in a new direction?
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The Lithuanian president discusses the geopolitics at play in neighbouring Belarus
-
![]()
Frank Luntz: Can Donald Trump win?
Wed 9 Sep 2020
We speak to the veteran Republican party pollster and consultant Frank Luntz
-
![]()
Laura K枚vesi: Can the EU's 'corruption buster' deliver?
Mon 7 Sep 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU's first public prosecutor
-
![]()
UN Secretary General Ant贸nio Guterres: Is multilateralism dead?
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Is the pandemic is unleashing a tsunami of scapegoating, hate and xenophobia?
-
![]()
Alfre Woodard: The artist and the activist
Wed 2 Sep 2020
A veteran screen actor discusses making art in America's current political climate
-
![]()
Sam Harris: A place for conversation in an angry world
Mon 31 Aug 2020
Is extremism and intolerance drowning out reasoned debate?
-
![]()
Natalia Pasternak: Brazil's battle between science and politics
Fri 28 Aug 2020
We hear from the microbiologist who has hit out at Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro
-
![]()
Natalia Kaliada: Where do Belarus activists go from here?
Wed 26 Aug 2020
An exiled artist gives her thoughts on the protests against Alexander Lukashenko
-
![]()
Katie Hill: When a politician's nude photos are leaked
Mon 24 Aug 2020
What does a former Congresswoman's case tell us about sexism and modern politics?
-
![]()
Kishore Mahbubani: Has Covid-19 weakened the West?
Fri 21 Aug 2020
A former Singaporean diplomat says the pandemic has shifted the global balance of power
-
![]()
Abdalla Hamdok: Exclusive interview with Sudan's Prime Minister
Wed 19 Aug 2020
Has the euphoria that followed last year's revolution given way to harsh realities?
-
![]()
Wu'er Kaixi: China's crackdown on Uighur dissent
Mon 17 Aug 2020
We speak to Wu'er Kaixi, a Chinese political dissident in exile since Tiananmen
-
![]()
Nikol Pashinyan: Peace for Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Fri 14 Aug 2020
We speak to the Armenian Prime Minister about their conflict with Azerbaijan.
-
![]()
Raoul Nehme: Can Lebanon be saved from collapse?
Wed 12 Aug 2020
We speak to Lebanon's economy minister following the resignation of the entire government
-
![]()
Chris Packham: 'Finding the good in the bad' of Covid-19
Mon 10 Aug 2020
Naturalist Chris Packham says new sustainable economies can emerge after Covid-19
-
![]()
Vanessa Neumann: Did Venezuela's opposition miss their chance?
Fri 7 Aug 2020
Is support waning for Venezuela's opposition?
-
![]()
Sir Jeremy Farrar: 'I do believe there will be a vaccine' in 2020 and 2021
Wed 5 Aug 2020
Sir Jeremy Farrar is a scientific advisor to the UK government
-
![]()
Leader of Ireland's Sinn Fein party Mary Lou McDonald
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Sinn Fein won the most votes at Ireland's election last February. Is it still as popular?
-
![]()
Angus Deaton: The cost of the 'deaths of despair'
Wed 29 Jul 2020
He won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2015. His new work looks at 'deaths of despair'
-
![]()
Gloria Allred: Epstein victim lawyer
Fri 24 Jul 2020
We speak to veteran women's rights lawyer Gloria Allred
-
![]()
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: 'No-one will be safe until everyone is safe'
Wed 22 Jul 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
