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Kishore Mahbubani: Has Covid-19 weakened the West?

A former Singaporean diplomat says the pandemic has shifted the global balance of power

• 23 mins

Katie Hill: When a politician's nude photos are leaked

What does a former Congresswoman's case tell us about sexism and modern politics?

• 23 mins

Natalia Kaliada: Where do Belarus activists go from here?

An exiled artist gives her thoughts on the protests against Alexander Lukashenko

• 23 mins

Natalia Pasternak: Brazil's battle between science and politics

We hear from the microbiologist who has hit out at Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro

• 23 mins

Sam Harris: A place for conversation in an angry world

Is extremism and intolerance drowning out reasoned debate?

• 23 mins

Alfre Woodard: The artist and the activist

A veteran screen actor discusses making art in America's current political climate

• 23 mins

UN Secretary General António Guterres: Is multilateralism dead?

Is the pandemic is unleashing a tsunami of scapegoating, hate and xenophobia?

• 23 mins

Laura Kövesi: Can the EU's 'corruption buster' deliver?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU's first public prosecutor

• 23 mins

Frank Luntz: Can Donald Trump win?

We speak to the veteran Republican party pollster and consultant Frank Luntz

• 23 mins

Gitanas NausÄ—da: Will people power take Belarus in a new direction?

The Lithuanian president discusses the geopolitics at play in neighbouring Belarus

• 23 mins

Douglas Ross: Can the new Scottish Conservative leader preserve the UK?

Polls suggest more and more Scots want out of the United Kingdom - can Ross preserve it?

• 23 mins

Rafael Grossi: Is the world's nuclear watchdog being undermined?

We speak to the new chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency

• 23 mins

Thomas Chatterton Williams: Race, identity and power

A mixed-race American writer who challenges the so-called 'woke' culture

• 23 mins

Leonid Volkov: What next for Russia's opposition?

Alexey Navalny's chief of staff discusses the future of the anti-Putin political movement

• 23 mins

Yusef Salaam: How to reform the US criminal justice system

Poet and activist Yusef Salaam on the chance of real change in the US justice system

• 23 mins

Paolo Gentiloni: Can Europe's economy recover?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the European Commissioner for the Economy

• 23 mins

Leroy Logan: How hard is it to root out discrimination in the police?

Leroy Logan was one of London's top black policemen until his retirement seven years ago

• 23 mins

James Rebanks: Sustainable food in a growing world

Are this shepherd's ideas for more sustainable farming compatible with affordable food?

• 23 mins

Joe Henrich: Is Western society 'weird'?

A Harvard professor argues the West's cultural power has skewed our view of normality

• 23 mins

Narendra Taneja: How well has India handled the coronavirus crisis?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the national spokesman for India's ruling BJP

• 23 mins

Volodymyr Zelensky: How is Ukraine's president faring?

Has the former actor, elected in April 2019, been able to deliver on his pledges?

• 23 mins

Rob Schenck: Can Trump still count on the religious right?

Will the evangelical Christian right still give Donald Trump their support?

• 23 mins

Jim O'Neill: Is this a time for governments to be bold?

A British economist explains why he thinks big measures are needed to revive growth

• 23 mins

Jack Kingston: Can Trump win?

The polls consistently say Trump is in trouble. Is there reason to think they are wrong?

• 23 mins

Peter Frankopan: Can history offer us any lessons on the coronavirus pandemic?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the historian and bestselling author

• 23 mins

Dominique Schnapper on secularism in France after Samuel Paty's killing

Dominique Schnapper heads a council which advises the French government on secularism

• 23 mins

Jim Clyburn: Can Biden win?

Is Democratic party confidence more than skin deep?

• 23 mins

Perez Hilton: The 2000s' gossip-in-chief

Gossip is as old as the hills, but has the age of the internet put it on steroids?

• 23 mins

Jacob Bleacher: Putting astronauts back on the moon

Is space exploration a potential lifeline or a massive vanity project?

• 23 mins

Leopoldo Lopez: An opposition leader in exile

Has he lost faith in the Venezuelan opposition's ability to win their struggle?

• 24 mins