HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
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Mindu Hornick: Don't let Auschwitz memories erode
Mon 27 Jan 2020
Mindu Hornick and her sister survived Auschwitz 75 years ago, but their family did not
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Don Bacon: Will Republicans regret their loyalty to Trump?
Fri 24 Jan 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican Congressman Don Bacon
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Alexander Blackman: How should crimes on the battlefield be handled?
Wed 22 Jan 2020
Former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman killed a wounded Taliban fighter in 2011
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Tony Garnett: Making TV with a radical purpose
Mon 20 Jan 2020
Another chance to hear our 2016 interview with the pioneering film and TV producer
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Seth Freedman: Spying for Harvey Weinstein
Fri 17 Jan 2020
Who polices the shadowy world of private intelligence?
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Douglas Silliman: What is Donald Trump's strategy in Iraq?
Wed 15 Jan 2020
The former US ambassador to Iraq assesses the White House's possible next moves
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Sir Antony Gormley: Britain's most successful sculptor
Mon 13 Jan 2020
His inspiration is the human body, in fact, his own body.
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Vali Nasr: Have strategic realities in the Middle East changed?
Fri 10 Jan 2020
Who鈥檚 gained and who鈥檚 lost after the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani?
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Ayad Allawi: What if the US pulls out of Iraq?
Wed 8 Jan 2020
Do rising tensions between the US and Iran spell disaster for Iraq?
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Malcolm Gladwell: Should we trust strangers?
Mon 6 Jan 2020
Stephen Sackur meets the author described as America's most famous intellectual
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Andrew Mitchell MP: What will Boris Johnson do next?
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The scale of the Conservative Party triumph promises to have seismic consequences.
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Staffan de Mistura: Can the international community still stop wars?
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Is it time to acknowledge the irrelevance of the international peacemakers?
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Bill Bryson: US author demystifying the British
Mon 16 Dec 2019
What has US author Bill Bryson learned from his gentle search for understanding?
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Aryana Sayeed: Afghanistan鈥檚 biggest pop star
Fri 13 Dec 2019
She has braved death threats to campaign for women鈥檚 rights and artistic freedom
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Eliot Higgins: Searching for facts in a 'post-truth' world
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Can complex truths be revealed using digital fragments from the worldwide web?
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Megan Phelps-Roper: Leaving 'America's most obnoxious hate group'
Mon 9 Dec 2019
A former Westboro Baptist Church member discusses leaving the group
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Daniel Jones: The man who unveiled the CIA鈥檚 darkest secrets
Fri 6 Dec 2019
Daniel Jones led a six-year investigation into the CIA's torture practices after 9/11
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Behrouz Boochani: Six years as a marooned migrant
Wed 4 Dec 2019
Behrouz Boochani is now a prize-winning author, but is his long-term fate any clearer?
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Stephen Sackur is on the road in Zimbabwe
Mon 2 Dec 2019
How are Zimbabweans faring in the face of economic collapse and environmental crisis?
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Wendell Pierce: A tale of two Americas
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Wendell Pierce starred as Detective Bunk Moreland in the American TV series The Wire
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Liu Xiaoming: How will China respond to unrest in Hong Kong?
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Is Chinese leader Xi Jinping facing the most serious challenge of his presidency?
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Mangaliso Ndlovu: Can Zimbabwe avert environmental disaster?
Mon 25 Nov 2019
Zimbabwe is wrestling with economic crisis, endemic corruption and prolonged drought.
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Christopher Ruddy: How much trouble is Donald Trump in?
Fri 22 Nov 2019
Will the impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill derail Donald Trump's presidency?
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Author and explorer - Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Mon 18 Nov 2019
What's Sir Ranulph Fiennes' motivation for a life of extreme adventure?
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Investigative journalist - Ronan Farrow
Fri 15 Nov 2019
How did a Hollywood insider break the story that took the shine off Tinseltown?
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Minister for Islamic Affairs in Malaysia -Mujahid Yusof Rawa
Wed 13 Nov 2019
Are racial and religious divides threatening Malaysia鈥檚 stability and future prospects?
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Esther Duflo - Nobel Prize-winning economist
Fri 8 Nov 2019
Shaun Ley speaks to the Nobel Prize winning economist Esther Duflo.
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Hong Kong鈥檚 Secretary for Housing and Transport , 2012 鈥� 2017 - Anthony Cheung
Wed 6 Nov 2019
How long can Hong Kong protests go on without a major intervention from Beijing?
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Richard Haass - President, Council on Foreign Relations
Mon 4 Nov 2019
Stephen Sackur interviews former senior US diplomat Richard Haass.
