HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
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Juergen Stark - Former member, Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Wed 4 Apr 2012
Though much has changed in the last few months, has the eurozone really been saved?
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn - British Playwright
Mon 2 Apr 2012
Sarah Montague chats to Alan Ayckbourn, perhaps the most performed playwright alive.
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Nabeel Rajab - President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
Fri 30 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to one of Bahrain's most outspoken human rights activists.
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Len McCluskey - Leader of Unite, Britain's biggest union
Wed 28 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to Len McCluskey, leader of Unite, Britain's biggest union.
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Frank Chikane - South African Head of Presidency, 1999 - 2009
Mon 26 Mar 2012
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Sir Mark Walport - Director, Wellcome Trust
Thu 22 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Mark Walport the Director of the Wellcome Trust.
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Aimee Mullins 鈥� Athlete, actor and model
Tue 20 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur asks, what is the real lesson of the remarkable story of Aimee Mullins?
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Otis Williams - The Temptations
Sun 18 Mar 2012
An interview with the only surviving original member of Motown group The Temptations.
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Mohamed Waheed - President of the Maldives
Thu 15 Mar 2012
President Mohamed Waheed of the Maldives talks to Stephen Sackur.
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Abdel El-Menway - Former Head of Egyptian TV
Tue 13 Mar 2012
Meet the man who helped draft former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak's final speech.
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Said Ferjani - Ennahda political party, Tunisia
Sun 11 Mar 2012
Is Tunisia a model which the rest of the Arab world can follow?
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Moncef Marzouki - President of Tunisia
Thu 8 Mar 2012
Hardtalk is in Tunisia a year after the revolution which gave birth to the Arab Spring.
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Jacqueline Wilson - Children's author
Tue 6 Mar 2012
Jacqueline Wilson talks to Sarah Montague, the most borrowed author from British libraries
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Nana Akufo-Addo - Ghanaian presidential candidate
Sun 4 Mar 2012
Nana Akufo-Addo on whether Ghana can use its resource wealth to benefit the many.
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Egemen Bagis - Turkey's Chief EU Negotiator
Thu 1 Mar 2012
Can Turkey shape events beyond its borders? Stephen Sackur talks with Egemen Bagis.
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David Miliband - UK Foreign Secretary 2007-2010
Tue 28 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to Britain's former foreign secretary and Labour MP David Miliband.
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Georges Chikoti - Angolan Foreign Minister
Sun 26 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to Angola's foreign minister, Georges Chikoti.
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Yoweri Museveni - President of Uganda
Thu 23 Feb 2012
Has Uganda's leader fallen into the trap of overstaying his time in power?
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Eugenia Tymoshenko - Daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko
Tue 21 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to Eugenia Tymoshenko about her mother's imprisonment in Ukraine.
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Fawzia Koofi
Sun 19 Feb 2012
Fawzia Koofi, Afghan politician, who will run for the presidency of her country in 2014.
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Sir Clive Woodward - Director of Sport, British Olympic Association
Thu 16 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur meets Sir Clive Woodward, performance director for Britain's Olympic team.
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Paul Volcker - Former US Federal Reserve chairman
Tue 14 Feb 2012
America has lost its economic swagger; Stephen Sackur asks - can it get it back?
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John McCain - US Senator
Sun 12 Feb 2012
Can the Republican Party find a candidate capable of turfing Barack Obama out of office?
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John Fahey - President, World Anti-Doping Agency
Thu 9 Feb 2012
Tim Franks speaks to John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Hilde Johnson - UN Special Rep in South Sudan
Tue 7 Feb 2012
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the UN head of mission for South Sudan, Hilde Johnson.
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Mary King - British Olympic Equestrian
Thu 2 Feb 2012
Tim Franks talks to veteran three day eventer Mary King about her Olympic ambitions.
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Dr Gene Sharp - Political Theorist
Tue 31 Jan 2012
The man credited with the strategy behind the toppling of governments from Serbia to Egypt
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Edwin Cameron - South African Constitutional Court Judge
Sun 29 Jan 2012
Why are gay activists like Edwin Cameron still struggling against homophobia in Africa?
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Gus O'Donnell - Former Head of UK Civil Service
Fri 27 Jan 2012
Gus O'Donnell has been at the heart of government in Britain for 30 years.
