HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Intelligence and Security Chief, Kurdistan Regional Government - Masrour Barzani
Fri 15 Aug 2014
Can the Kurds rescue the state of Iraq?
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Secretary General of NATO - Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Wed 13 Aug 2014
Can NATO make the world a safer place? If not is it time it went into retirement?
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Andrei Konchalovsky 鈥� Russian Film Director
Fri 8 Aug 2014
Can Russia's experience of World War One help explain what is going on today?
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Karl von Habsburg
Mon 4 Aug 2014
The great nephew of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated in June 1914
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Prime Minister, Moldova - Iurie Leanca
Wed 30 Jul 2014
Can Moldova's bid for EU membership avoid a tug of war between Russia and the EU?
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Ama Ata Aidoo - Author
Mon 28 Jul 2014
How much is there really to celebrate about being female in Africa?
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Former Deputy Defence Minister, Israel - Danny Danon
Fri 25 Jul 2014
How does Danny Danon justify the high Palestinian death toll?
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Former Education Minister, Nigeria - Obiageli Ezekwesili
Wed 23 Jul 2014
Has Nigeria failed the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram and their families?
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Naturalist and Wildlife Film-maker - Chris Packham
Mon 21 Jul 2014
Is it time to radically rethink man鈥檚 relationship with the natural world?
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Lord High Chancellor, 2003 鈥� 2007 - Lord Falconer
Wed 16 Jul 2014
Can Attorney-General Lord Falconer defend the Assisted Dying Bill?
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Thomas Piketty - Economist
Mon 14 Jul 2014
His thesis on modern captialism is under intense fire but is Thomas Piketty unscathed?
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Swedish Foreign Minister - Carl Bildt
Fri 11 Jul 2014
What is the future direction of the European Union?
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Adviser to Israel Prime Minister - Dore Gold
Wed 9 Jul 2014
Could violent clashes triggered by deaths of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers escalate?
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Mohamoud Nur - Mayor of Mogadishu, 2010 - 2014
Mon 7 Jul 2014
What persuaded him to leave life in London to take up the post?
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Economic Historian - Deirdre McCloskey
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Is rising inequality the sickness that could kill capitalism?
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Salih Muslim Mohammed 鈥� Democratic Union Party, Syria
Wed 2 Jul 2014
What does the advance of Isis mean for moderate secular opposition groups inside Syria?
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War Correspondent - Anthony Loyd
Mon 30 Jun 2014
Is the fear factor forcing journalists to retreat from the frontline?
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Governor, Central Bank of Ireland - Patrick Honohan
Wed 25 Jun 2014
In Ireland, growth has returned, optimism is on the rise, but it is justified?
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Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation - Aubrey De Grey
Mon 23 Jun 2014
What would life be like without ageing? Is it a vision that's inspiring or dangerous?
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Photographer - David LaChapelle
Mon 16 Jun 2014
He has the ability to shock and offend, but does his work go deeper?
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British Foreign Secretary, 2001 鈥� 2006 - Jack Straw
Wed 11 Jun 2014
Veteran Labour MP Jack Straw on whether Labour can win next year鈥檚 general election
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Author
Mon 9 Jun 2014
How does Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie see Nigeria's story unfolding?
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Senior Adviser to Nigeria鈥檚 President - Doyin Okupe
Wed 4 Jun 2014
Are Nigeria's leaders capable of rescuing their country?
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Ugandan Opposition Leader - Kizza Besigye
Mon 2 Jun 2014
Dr Kizza Besigye has run three times against President Museveni but lost each time - why?
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Advisor to the Presidential Administration of Russia, 2001 to 2013 - Professor Sergey Karaganov
Fri 30 May 2014
Is restoring Russian greatness a coherent strategy?
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Actor - Viggo Mortensen
Mon 26 May 2014
Has the American movie industry contributed to the 鈥楬ollywoodisation鈥� of global culture?
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Foreign Minister, Estonia - Urmas Paet
Fri 23 May 2014
How much carrot and how much stick should the EU wield when dealing with Moscow?
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President of South Sudan - Salva Kiir Mayardit
Wed 21 May 2014
Will President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar's agreed ceasefire work?
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US Assistant Secretary of State - Victoria Nuland
Mon 19 May 2014
Can Western nations like the US stop Ukraine from falling into civil conflict?
