HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
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Anielle Franco: Can Brazil tackle racial inequality?
Fri 30 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Brazilian minister of racial equality
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover: Can the Anglican church hold together?
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Church of England鈥檚 first black woman bishop
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Patrick Verkooijen: Is climate change inevitable?
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation
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Dmytro Kuleba: Will Ukraine get the help it needs?
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine鈥檚 Foreign Minister
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Shashi Tharoor: Is India on the right path?
Wed 21 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Indian opposition politician and writer
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Daniel Ellsberg: The dangers of military might
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Another chance to listen to our 2022 interview with the Pentagon Papers whistleblower
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Andy Burnham: Can power in the UK be decentralised?
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the mayor of Manchester
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Peter Singer: Is the animal rights movement unstoppable?
Fri 9 Jun 2023
The philosopher called for animal liberation 50 years ago - has the movement succeeded?
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Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro): Satire in South Africa
Wed 7 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the political cartoonist in Cape Town
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Abdullah Mohtadi: What do Iran's Kurds want?
Mon 5 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of the Iranian Kurdish political movement Komala
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Ama Ata Aidoo: Celebrating women in Africa
Fri 2 Jun 2023
A 2014 interview with the acclaimed Ghanaian author, who has died aged 81
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Martin Amis: The 2013 interview
Wed 31 May 2023
Another chance to hear Stephen Sackur's 2013 interview with the late novelist Martin Amis
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John Steenhuisen: Is he a credible alternative to the ANC?
Mon 29 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of South Africa鈥檚 biggest opposition party
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Julius Malema: What would he do with power?
Fri 26 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party
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Fikile Mbalula: Will the ANC pay the price of failure?
Wed 24 May 2023
Stephen Sackur is in Johannesburg to speak to secretary general of the ANC
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Sir Isaac Julien: The lasting impact of art
Fri 19 May 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to an artist whose work is rich with cultural and political messages
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Jane Horrocks: The pathway to empowerment
Wed 17 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an actor with an extraordinary range
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Hartmut Dorgerloh: Where do colonial treasures belong?
Fri 12 May 2023
Stephen Sackur interviews the director of the Humboldt Forum
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Wavel Ramkalawan: Are the Seychelles becoming paradise lost?
Wed 10 May 2023
Stephen Sackur talks to the president of the Seychelles
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Karin Kneissl: Vienna鈥檚 ties to Moscow and the impact of Austrian neutrality
Mon 8 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Austria鈥檚 former foreign minister
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Penpa Tsering: Preserving Tibet's identity
Fri 5 May 2023
Sarah Montague speaks to the president of Tibet's self-declared government-in-exile
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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann: Has war in Ukraine led to a rethink in Germany?
Wed 3 May 2023
Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the German parliament's defence committee
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Niels Annen: Germany's new foreign policy
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Is Germany set to pivot away from its reliance on Russian energy and Chinese trade?
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Baaba Maal: Can the Sahel overcome its challenges?
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Senegalese musician
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John Cooper Clarke: Punk and poetry
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the pioneering performance poet
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Vladimir Kara-Murza: Defying Putin
Fri 21 Apr 2023
A 2017 interview with the Russian activist, who was jailed for 25 years earlier this week
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P茅ter Szijj谩rt贸: Is Hungary alienating the EU and Nato?
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's foreign minister
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Christo Grozev: Investigating Russia
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bellingcat's lead Russia investigator
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Danny Danon: Is Netanyahu jeopardising Israel鈥檚 future?
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Israel is in political turmoil with deteriorating security. Can Netanyahu end the chaos?
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Ben Ferencz: The last Nuremberg trials prosecutor
Wed 12 Apr 2023
A 2017 interview with the Nuremburg Nazi trials prosecutor, who has died aged 103
