HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
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Adam Goodes: How racism drove him from Australian Rules football
Mon 20 Jul 2020
What lessons can the world learn from an Aboriginal sports star's experience?
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Husam Zomlot: How could Palestine respond to annexation?
Fri 17 Jul 2020
We speak to the Palestinian ambassador in London
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Nathan Law was a member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council and a pro-democracy activist
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Jane Goodall: A life with chimpanzees
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Can chimps and so many other species be saved from mass extinction?
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Ronny Tong: Has China killed Hong Kong's special status?
Mon 6 Jul 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to a member of Hong Kong's Executive Council
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Nadya Tolokonnikova: Pussy Riot & Russian protest
Fri 3 Jul 2020
What, if anything, can stir Russians to rebel?
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Kathy Sullivan: Exploring space and the Mariana Trench
Wed 1 Jul 2020
A former astronaut talks about exploring the deepest point under the ocean
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Armando Iannucci: Is this a bad time to be funny?
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Can the creator of Veep find humour amid the world's crises?
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Maria Ressa: Is the press under attack in the Philippines?
Fri 26 Jun 2020
We speak to Maria Ressa, the journalist just convicted of cyber-libel
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Andr茅 Leon Talley: Race, fashion and Vogue
Wed 24 Jun 2020
The former creative director at US Vogue looks back at his years in the fashion industry
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Chile Eboe-Osuji: Can the International Criminal Court achieve its goals?
Mon 22 Jun 2020
How will the institution cope in the face of hostility from President Trump?
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Jim McGovern: Can Biden unite the left?
Fri 19 Jun 2020
We speak to leftist Congressman Jim McGovern and ask if Biden can unite the Democrats
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Arancha Gonzalez: Why isn't the world working together?
Wed 17 Jun 2020
How much damage has the pandemic done to international collaboration?
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Epidemiologist Ian Lipkin: Are we getting the pandemic response right?
Mon 15 Jun 2020
A world-renowned epidemiologist analyses the international response to Covid-19
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Simon Cheng: 'We need to fight for democracy in Hong Kong and China'
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Simon Cheng was detained in China while working for the UK's Hong Kong consulate
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Mary Frances Berry: A new era in civil rights?
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Will the protests sweeping across the United States be a catalyst for genuine change?
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James Graham: How much do we care about protecting our culture?
Mon 8 Jun 2020
What happens next to the writers, performers and venues that enrich our lives?
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Rutger Bregman: Are humans essentially good?
Fri 5 Jun 2020
Do we humans massively underestimate our capacity to change things for the better?
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M谩rio Centeno: Can the Euro survive Covid?
Wed 3 Jun 2020
We speak to Portuguese Finance Minister & Head of the Euro group, M谩rio Centeno
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National General Secretary of India's BJP, Ram Madhav
Mon 1 Jun 2020
Ram Madhav is National General Secretary of India's ruling BJP
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Raghuram Rajan: Should economies pile up debt to cope with Covid-19?
Fri 29 May 2020
Former Governor of India's Reserve Bank and IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan
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Rocco Forte: Can hotels recover?
Mon 25 May 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Rocco Forte, boss of a string of luxury hotels
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French Minister for Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire: EU faces 'gravest crisis'
Fri 22 May 2020
France's Minister for Economy and Finance on how the EU should respond to the pandemic
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Anders Tegnell: Is Sweden the best model for coronavirus response?
Mon 18 May 2020
Sweden's no-lockdown response has attracted worldwide attention - is it working?
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David Miliband: President, International Rescue Committee
Fri 15 May 2020
Former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband on international response to coronavirus
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Luiz Henrique Mandetta: Brazil's sacked Health Minister speaks out
Mon 11 May 2020
Fired by Pres Bolsonaro, we ask Mr Mandetta if Brazil risks being the new Covid epicentre
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US Democrat Senate Candidate Jaime Harrison: Joe Biden 'bringing calm to the storm we're in'
Fri 8 May 2020
Jaime Harrison is running against Republican Senator Lindsay Graham in South Carolina
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Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld: 'Decline of the EU is possible but it's in our own hands'
Mon 4 May 2020
Pro-EU Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld on challenges for the EU as it deals with coronavirus
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Liu Xiaoming: Is China a victim of Covid-19 or the source of the problem?
Fri 1 May 2020
Can the world trust China to come clean over the Covid-19 virus?
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Yuval Noah Harari: Covid-19 - a new regime of surveillance?
Mon 27 Apr 2020
What 21st-century lesson can we draw from the spread of Covid-19?
