James Copnall speaks to Emi Mahmoud about the war that's claimed more than 150,000 lives
Published on Tuesday, 29th April 2025.
David Brown speaks to Kurt Volker about 100 days of the second Trump presidency
Published on Sunday, 27th April 2025.
Dan Roan speaks to Sir Jim Ratcliffe on turning around the fortunes of the football club
Published on Tuesday, 22nd April 2025.
Victoria Uwonkunda speaks to musician and now opposition politician Bobi Wine
Published on Sunday, 20th April 2025.
Mark Savage speaks to Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress
Published on Tuesday, 15th April 2025.
Audrey Brown speaks to Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank
Published on Sunday, 13th April 2025.
Anna Holligan speaks to David Van Weel, the Dutch justice minister
Published on Tuesday, 8th April 2025.
Mpho Lakaje speaks to Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah - Namibia’s first female president
Published on Sunday, 6th April 2025.
Ione Wells speaks to Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador, ahead of the country's elections
Published on Wednesday, 2nd April 2025.
Laura Kuenssberg talks to Justin Welby, the former Archbishop of Canterbury
Published on Monday, 31st March 2025.
Laura Kuenssberg introduces The Interview podcast. First episode Monday 31 March
Published on Saturday, 29th March 2025.
A final look back at some of our best moments
Published on Friday, 28th March 2025.
A deep dive into the programme's archive
Published on Monday, 24th March 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Silicon Valley entrepreneur Reid Hoffman
Published on Wednesday, 19th March 2025.
A 2014 interview with Allen Ault, who became a campaigner against the death penalty
Published on Monday, 17th March 2025.
Stephen Sackur interviews European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde
Published on Friday, 14th March 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin
Published on Wednesday, 12th March 2025.
Niklas Frank on his father's crimes and the legacy of the Nazi era
Published on Monday, 10th March 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Roger Carstens, former US Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
Published on Friday, 7th March 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
Published on Wednesday, 5th March 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the dissident Chinese artist Badiucao
Published on Monday, 3rd March 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former senior judge, barrister and writer Lord Sumption
Published on Friday, 28th February 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Ukrainian-born Republican Congresswoman for Indiana
Published on Wednesday, 26th February 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to N. Ram, director of the Hindu Publishing Group
Published on Monday, 24th February 2025.
Laila Soueif is on hunger strike in a bid to win her son's release from prison in Egypt
Published on Wednesday, 19th February 2025.
Stephen Sackur interviews Jake Sullivan, who was Joe Biden's national security adviser
Published on Friday, 14th February 2025.
Sarah Montague speaks to the UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher
Published on Thursday, 13th February 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Omar Abdullah, chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Published on Wednesday, 12th February 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Chief Justice of India
Published on Monday, 10th February 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to India’s Oil Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri
Published on Friday, 7th February 2025.
Sarah Montague speaks to Basem Naim, a senior political figure in Hamas
Published on Wednesday, 29th January 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Mouaz Moustafa, founder of the Syrian Emergency Task Force
Published on Friday, 24th January 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Published on Wednesday, 22nd January 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the anti-Putin activist Vladimir Kara-Murza
Published on Wednesday, 15th January 2025.
Sarah Montague speaks to award-winning film-maker Asif Kapadia
Published on Monday, 13th January 2025.
Sarah Montague speaks to Alice Edwards, the UN special rapporteur on torture
Published on Friday, 10th January 2025.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Alan Hollinghurst, author of Our Evenings and The Line of Beauty
Published on Wednesday, 8th January 2025.
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur looks back on some of the most powerful moments from 2024.
Published on Monday, 23rd December 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba
Published on Friday, 20th December 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Washington Post editor Marty Baron
Published on Wednesday, 18th December 2024.
Stephen Sackur meets Terumi Tanaka, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Published on Friday, 13th December 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican congressman and Trump loyalist Mark Alford
Published on Friday, 6th December 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian activist Arab Barghouthi
Published on Thursday, 5th December 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Peter Boehringer of the far-right Alternative for Deutschland
Published on Wednesday, 4th December 2024.
A 2009 interview with novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, who died In November 2024 aged 91
Published on Monday, 2nd December 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to actor and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr
Published on Thursday, 28th November 2024.
An exclusive interview with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić
Published on Monday, 25th November 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Iran’s former VP for women and family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar
Published on Tuesday, 19th November 2024.
A 2011 interview of Paddy Hill, wrongfully convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings
Published on Monday, 18th November 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Oscar-winning film director Steve McQueen
Published on Friday, 15th November 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi.
Published on Wednesday, 13th November 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jamaica's minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett
Published on Monday, 11th November 2024.
Allan Little speaks to the Trinidadian human rights activist Jason Jones
Published on Friday, 8th November 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s ambassador in London, Andrei Kelin
Published on Monday, 4th November 2024.
Fred Fleitz is tipped for a new foreign policy role if Donald Trump returns to power
Published on Friday, 1st November 2024.
Stephen Sackur talks to Diane Foley, whose son was murdered by the Islamic State group
Published on Wednesday, 30th October 2024.
Stephen Sackur is in Washington DC to speak to Democratic Party Senator Chris Murphy
Published on Monday, 28th October 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton
Published on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024.
Stephen Sackur talks to the comedian, broadcaster and writer Frank Skinner
Published on Monday, 21st October 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Published on Thursday, 17th October 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ali Abbasi, director of a new Donald Trump film, The Apprentice
Published on Wednesday, 16th October 2024.
Former MEP Marietje Schaake is now a cyber expert at Stanford University
Published on Monday, 14th October 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s ambassador at the UN, Danny Danon
Published on Thursday, 10th October 2024.
Tamir Pardo, a former director of Mossad, is now a fierce critic of Benjamin Netanyahu
Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2024.
Allan Little speaks to Kim Aris, son of Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Published on Monday, 7th October 2024.
Mishal Husain speaks to the renowned human rights lawyer
Published on Friday, 27th September 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Venezuelan opposition leader
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lebanon’s economy minister, Amin Salam
Published on Thursday, 26th September 2024.
Peta has campaigned for decades to end animal abuse. But will we go animal-free?
Published on Tuesday, 24th September 2024.
Mishal Husain speaks to the former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
Published on Monday, 23rd September 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to world-famous photographer Oliviero Toscani
Published on Wednesday, 18th September 2024.
Stephen Sackur meets Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN refugee agency for Palestinians
Published on Friday, 13th September 2024.
Another chance to listen to a 2011 interview with legendary actor James Earl Jones
Published on Thursday, 12th September 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Balázs Orbán, a Hungarian MP and advisor to Viktor Orbán
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham
Published on Monday, 9th September 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament Fawzia Koofi
Published on Thursday, 5th September 2024.
Stephen Sackur meets an ex-Russian Orthodox priest who spoke out against the Ukraine war
Published on Tuesday, 3rd September 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza
Published on Monday, 2nd September 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Latvia’s defence minister Andris Sprūds.
Published on Friday, 30th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to leading artificial intelligence researcher Neil Lawrence
Published on Wednesday, 28th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur talks to an MEP and confidant of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni
Published on Sunday, 25th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Ukraine’s deputy prime ministers
Published on Wednesday, 21st August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a prominent Indian lawyer
Published on Monday, 19th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a US political activist and Kamala Harris fundraiser
Published on Friday, 16th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushka
Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned economist and professor of globalisation
Published on Monday, 12th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of conservative media group Newsmax
Published on Friday, 9th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Haiti’s interim prime minister
Published on Wednesday, 7th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur looks back at guests who have risked their liberty to reveal information.
Published on Monday, 5th August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an influential far-right Israeli politician
Published on Thursday, 1st August 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a US Democratic party congressman
Published on Wednesday, 31st July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a spokesman for the Indian prime minister's BJP party
Published on Monday, 29th July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Japan's Digital Transformation Minister, Taro Kono
Published on Friday, 26th July 2024.
Sarah Montague speaks to a politician banned from Venezuela's presidential election
Published on Tuesday, 23rd July 2024.
Sarah Montague speaks to the former Catholic priest turned conflict negotiator
Published on Wednesday, 17th July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an MP from President Putin’s United Russia party
Published on Monday, 15th July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Britain’s last ambassador to Afghanistan
Published on Friday, 12th July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key leader of an anti-Putin armed resistance movement
Published on Tuesday, 9th July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks with restaurateur and activist Asma Khan
Published on Monday, 8th July 2024.
The top Palestinian diplomat in London on whether hopes for a ceasefire have been dashed
Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Irish novelist
Published on Monday, 1st July 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an MEP in Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party
Published on Wednesday, 26th June 2024.
Stephen Sackur interviews a senior figure from the opposition Indian National Congress
Published on Friday, 21st June 2024.
Stephen Sackur interviews Ukraine’s foreign minister
Published on Thursday, 20th June 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of one of France's most acclaimed films, La Haine
Published on Tuesday, 18th June 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the President of the African Development Bank
Published on Monday, 17th June 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the French Minister Delegate for Europe
Published on Friday, 14th June 2024.
Mishal Husain speaks to an academic and 'forensic architect'
Published on Wednesday, 12th June 2024.
Sarah Montague speaks to a negotiator with nearly two decades' experience
Published on Tuesday, 4th June 2024.
Mishal Husain speaks to a man raised in a white nationalist family
Published on Monday, 3rd June 2024.
The former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister on the Palestinian people’s future.
Published on Thursday, 30th May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the data scientist and demographer
Published on Monday, 27th May 2024.
Sarah Montague speaks to Norway’s foreign minister
Published on Friday, 24th May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Published on Tuesday, 21st May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Gillian Slovo, an author with an extraordinary backstory
Published on Monday, 20th May 2024.
Stephen Sackur is in Helsinki to speak to the President of Finland Alexander Stubb.
Published on Friday, 17th May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the founder of the McLaren Formula 1 racing team
Published on Wednesday, 15th May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Canada’s defence minister Bill Blair.
Published on Monday, 13th May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lithuania’s foreign minister
Published on Tuesday, 7th May 2024.
The American social psychologist says childhood has been radically and negatively altered
Published on Sunday, 5th May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Mihai Popșoi, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
Published on Saturday, 4th May 2024.
Another chance to hear Stephen Sackur 2021 interview with the late Paul Auster
Published on Friday, 3rd May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency
Published on Wednesday, 1st May 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lebanon’s economy minister
Published on Monday, 29th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the International Court of Justice
Published on Friday, 26th April 2024.
Another chance to hear the 2013 interview with the acclaimed philosopher
Published on Wednesday, 24th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a veteran US diplomat
Published on Saturday, 20th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Ukrainian prime minister
Published on Friday, 19th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an Israeli MP and former ambassador at the United Nations
Published on Tuesday, 16th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed British actor
Published on Monday, 15th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the son of an assassinated Maltese investigative journalist
Published on Friday, 12th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an opposition politician who plans to challenge Zanu-PF's rule
Published on Wednesday, 10th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Scotland’s first minister
Published on Sunday, 7th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator
Published on Friday, 5th April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a bioethicist and disability rights campaigner
Published on Wednesday, 3rd April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America’s fiercest opponents of abortion rights
Published on Monday, 1st April 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Guyana
Published on Friday, 29th March 2024.
Will the South American country's people benefit from its record economic growth?
Published on Wednesday, 27th March 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the philosopher and author
Published on Monday, 25th March 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of the Dominican Republic
Published on Friday, 22nd March 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former politician and justice campaigner
Published on Wednesday, 20th March 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council
Published on Monday, 18th March 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the country’s former acting prime minister
Published on Thursday, 14th March 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an ally of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexey Navalny
Published on Wednesday, 13th March 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ericka Huggins, an original member of the Black Panther Party
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN
Stephen Sackur speaks to a writer re-examining the legacy of the British Empire
Published on Wednesday, 6th March 2024.
Sarah Montague talks to the president of Georgia
Published on Friday, 1st March 2024.
Stephen Sackur interviews world-renowned actor Ciarán Hinds
Published on Wednesday, 28th February 2024.
Sarah Montague speaks to its Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Published on Monday, 26th February 2024.
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Published on Friday, 23rd February 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bulgaria’s prime minister
Published on Wednesday, 21st February 2024.
Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.
Published on Monday, 19th February 2024.
When political tensions escalate, does humour get pushed out?
Published on Friday, 16th February 2024.
Partisan warfare in Washington DC is blocking aid to Kyiv. What does Ukraine think?
Published on Tuesday, 13th February 2024.
Cornel West, philosopher and activist has launched his own bid for the White House.
Published on Monday, 12th February 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s permanent representative to the UN
Published on Wednesday, 7th February 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to José Ramos Horta, President of Timor-Leste
Published on Monday, 5th February 2024.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the country's former prime minister
Published on Thursday, 1st February 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's justice minister
Published on Wednesday, 31st January 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jasvinder Sanghera, a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse.
Published on Monday, 29th January 2024.
Stephen Sackur interview's Poland's foreign minister
Published on Friday, 26th January 2024.
Published on Wednesday, 24th January 2024.
China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activism has been curtailed
Published on Monday, 22nd January 2024.
Stephen Sackur talks to a spokesman for Israel’s prime minister
Published on Thursday, 18th January 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an academic who has advised the Iranian government
Published on Wednesday, 17th January 2024.
A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution
Published on Friday, 12th January 2024.
Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
Published on Wednesday, 10th January 2024.
HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
Published on Monday, 8th January 2024.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament
Published on Friday, 5th January 2024.
A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023
Published on Friday, 29th December 2023.
Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year
Published on Wednesday, 27th December 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former prime minister
Published on Wednesday, 20th December 2023.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Palestinian doctor and acclaimed author
Published on Friday, 15th December 2023.
Sandra Day O'Connor has died age 93. Re-listen to our 2006 interview
Published on Monday, 11th December 2023.
The UK government paints President Kagame in positive hues. What do his opponents think?
Published on Friday, 8th December 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the International Energy Agency
Published on Monday, 4th December 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Published on Friday, 1st December 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of UNRWA, the UN’s refugee agency for Palestinians
Published on Thursday, 30th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a member of Israel's far-right Religious Zionism party
Published on Tuesday, 28th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a man widely seen as a contender to be Africa’s first pope
Published on Monday, 27th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former US spy Jonna Mendez, who was the CIA’s chief of disguise
Published on Friday, 24th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the master chef and restaurateur Michel Roux
Published on Wednesday, 22nd November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of President Biden’s closest allies in the US Congress
Published on Friday, 17th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Republican Congressman and loyal Donald Trump supporter
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former governor of the Bank of England
Published on Monday, 13th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an influential US foreign policy analyst
Published on Friday, 10th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative
Published on Tuesday, 7th November 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's best known physicists
Published on Monday, 6th November 2023.
If Hezbollah and its Iranian backers opt for all-out war, what then for Lebanon?
Published on Tuesday, 31st October 2023.
The Speaker of the UK House of Commons has has one of the toughest jobs in UK politics
Published on Monday, 30th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic
Published on Friday, 27th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Turner Prize winning British artist Lubaina Himid
Published on Wednesday, 25th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Aiden Aslin, the British man who joined the Ukrainian army
Published on Saturday, 21st October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to US Democratic Party congressman Adam Smith.
Published on Friday, 20th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK
Published on Wednesday, 18th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Ukraine's deputy prime ministers
Published on Friday, 13th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Published on Thursday, 12th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the long-standing Israeli politician
Published on Tuesday, 10th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Conservative politician and former UK environment minister
Published on Thursday, 5th October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the European Union's economy commissioner
Published on Wednesday, 4th October 2023.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister
Published on Monday, 2nd October 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the UN's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs
Published on Thursday, 28th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur is in Tallinn for an exclusive interview with Estonia’s prime minister
Published on Tuesday, 26th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Afghan human rights campaigner
Published on Friday, 22nd September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Green Party of England and Wales's only Westminster MP
Published on Monday, 18th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Israeli historian and author
Published on Sunday, 17th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former Russian deputy energy minister
Published on Friday, 15th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a British pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence
Published on Wednesday, 13th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sweden’s foreign minister Tobias Billström.
Published on Thursday, 7th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to US Senator Lindsey Graham, a loyal backer of Donald Trump
Published on Tuesday, 5th September 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former speaker of the US House of Representatives
Published on Sunday, 3rd September 2023.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Sudan's former ambassador to Washington
Published on Friday, 1st September 2023.
Stephen Sackur meets the vice chairman of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party
Published on Wednesday, 30th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former punk rock star turned environmental campaigner
Published on Sunday, 27th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur talks to a Hong Kong lawmaker who's backing Beijing's security crackdown
Published on Wednesday, 23rd August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an advocate for survivors of abuse
Published on Sunday, 20th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Cambodian opposition leader
Published on Friday, 18th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the writers behind hit TV show Succession
Published on Tuesday, 15th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the pioneering performance poet John Cooper Clarke.
Published on Monday, 14th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the UK’s former environment minister
Published on Friday, 11th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Hong Kong democracy activist
Published on Wednesday, 9th August 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Ukrainian rock star who swapped his guitar for a gun
Published on Monday, 7th August 2023.
The former prime minister of Pakistan thinks he can stage a comeback
Published on Friday, 4th August 2023.
A theatre director whose work poses questions about race, identity, equality and justice
Published on Wednesday, 2nd August 2023.
Does rewilding show a pathway to a healthier planet or put eco-principles above people?
Published on Sunday, 30th July 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of Amnesty International.
Published on Wednesday, 26th July 2023.
An extreme swimmer trying to draw attention to the impacts of climate change
Published on Sunday, 23rd July 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Chilean president
Published on Friday, 21st July 2023.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a dissident Russian journalist and writer
Published on Wednesday, 19th July 2023.
Stephen Sackur interviews one of the world’s most innovative contemporary artists
Published on Monday, 17th July 2023.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to France’s Europe minister
Published on Friday, 14th July 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado.
Published on Wednesday, 12th July 2023.
A 2008 interview with the acclaimed journalist, who has died aged 82
Published on Friday, 7th July 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a controversial philosopher
Published on Tuesday, 4th July 2023.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Germany's special envoy on international climate action
Published on Monday, 3rd July 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Brazilian minister of racial equality
Published on Friday, 30th June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Church of England’s first black woman bishop
Published on Tuesday, 27th June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation
Published on Monday, 26th June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister
Published on Friday, 23rd June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Indian opposition politician and writer
Published on Wednesday, 21st June 2023.
Another chance to listen to our 2022 interview with the Pentagon Papers whistleblower
Published on Monday, 19th June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the mayor of Manchester
Published on Wednesday, 14th June 2023.
The philosopher called for animal liberation 50 years ago - has the movement succeeded?
Published on Friday, 9th June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the political cartoonist in Cape Town
Published on Tuesday, 6th June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of the Iranian Kurdish political movement Komala
Published on Sunday, 4th June 2023.
A 2014 interview with the acclaimed Ghanaian author, who has died aged 81
Published on Friday, 2nd June 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party
Stephen Sackur speaks to American writer, academic and cultural commentator Roxane Gay.
Another chance to hear Stephen Sackur's 2013 interview with the late novelist Martin Amis
Published on Wednesday, 31st May 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of South Africa’s biggest opposition party
Published on Monday, 29th May 2023.
Stephen Sackur is in Johannesburg to speak to secretary general of the ANC
Published on Wednesday, 24th May 2023.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to an artist whose work is rich with cultural and political messages
Published on Friday, 19th May 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an actor with an extraordinary range
Published on Wednesday, 17th May 2023.
Stephen Sackur interviews the director of the Humboldt Forum
Published on Thursday, 11th May 2023.
Stephen Sackur talks to the president of the Seychelles
Published on Wednesday, 10th May 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Austria’s former foreign minister
Published on Monday, 8th May 2023.
Sarah Montague speaks to the president of Tibet's self-declared government-in-exile
Published on Friday, 5th May 2023.
Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the German parliament's defence committee
Published on Wednesday, 3rd May 2023.
Is Germany set to pivot away from its reliance on Russian energy and Chinese trade?
Published on Thursday, 27th April 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Senegalese musician
Published on Wednesday, 26th April 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the pioneering performance poet
Published on Monday, 24th April 2023.
A 2017 interview with the Russian activist, who was jailed for 25 years earlier this week
Published on Friday, 21st April 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's foreign minister
Published on Wednesday, 19th April 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bellingcat's lead Russia investigator
Published on Sunday, 16th April 2023.
Israel is in political turmoil with deteriorating security. Can Netanyahu end the chaos?
Published on Thursday, 13th April 2023.
A 2017 interview with the Nuremburg Nazi trials prosecutor, who has died aged 103
Published on Tuesday, 11th April 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an influential voice on US policy on Northern Ireland
Published on Sunday, 9th April 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned human rights lawyer
Published on Monday, 3rd April 2023.
Sarah Montague speaks to the chief executive of the World Food Programme David Beasley
Published on Friday, 31st March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Romania's Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu.
Published on Wednesday, 29th March 2023.
Stephen Sackur interviews the newly elected president of the Czech Republic
Published on Monday, 27th March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Russian MP and pro-Kremlin TV host
Published on Wednesday, 22nd March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of Barnes & Noble James Daunt
Published on Monday, 20th March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian opposition politician Mustafa Barghouti
Published on Friday, 17th March 2023.
Sergei Pugachev helped Putin become President. Then they fell out. What does he know?
Published on Monday, 13th March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key architect of the government's controversial legal reforms
Published on Friday, 10th March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Greece's asylum and migration minister
Published on Wednesday, 8th March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the recently deported former Nicaraguan opposition leader
Published on Friday, 3rd March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Rain TV editor, Tikhon Dzyadko
Published on Wednesday, 1st March 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a prominent exiled Turkish writer and critic of the president
Published on Friday, 24th February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the British-Ukrainian historian and author
Published on Wednesday, 22nd February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Canadian doctor and assisted dying advocate
Published on Monday, 20th February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Somali-born model and activist, Waris Dirie.
Published on Friday, 17th February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of Britain’s biggest rail union the RMT
Published on Wednesday, 15th February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man who led Human Rights Watch for three decades
Published on Monday, 13th February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Ukrainian MP who leads the opposition party Golos
Published on Thursday, 9th February 2023.
A 2014 interview with the former president of Pakistan, who has died aged 79
Published on Wednesday, 8th February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a prominent opponent of Hungary’s Prime Minister
Published on Monday, 6th February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Russian foreign policy strategist and sometime Kremlin adviser
Published on Friday, 3rd February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the boss of Oxfam Great Britain
Published on Wednesday, 1st February 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the US special envoy for Iran
Published on Monday, 30th January 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Leopoldo Lopez, a key leader of Venezuela’s opposition.
Published on Friday, 27th January 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine’s foreign minister
Published on Wednesday, 25th January 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the state minister of the disputed enclave
Published on Monday, 23rd January 2023.
Stephen Sackur interviews President Lula’s foreign policy advisor
Published on Friday, 20th January 2023.
An interview with the director general of the World Trade Organization
Published on Wednesday, 18th January 2023.
Zeinab Badawi is in Sri Lanka to talk to an influential artist
Published on Monday, 16th January 2023.
A 2019 interview with a pioneering photojournalist
Published on Friday, 13th January 2023.
A former Russian diplomat who quit his post after the invasion of Ukraine
Published on Wednesday, 11th January 2023.
Stephen Sackur interviews a British doctor who fled war in Afghanistan as a child
Published on Monday, 9th January 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a senior figure in Imran Khan’s opposition PTI party
Published on Friday, 6th January 2023.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a prominent Russian opposition activist
Published on Wednesday, 4th January 2023.
Stephen Sackur looks back at some of Hardtalk’s most compelling interviews of the year
Published on Friday, 23rd December 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a prominent member of the UK's Labour party
Published on Friday, 16th December 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to two of this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureates
Published on Wednesday, 14th December 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the billionaire investor David Friedberg.
Published on Wednesday, 7th December 2022.
Stephen Sackur meets the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who exposed US lies about Vietnam
Published on Tuesday, 6th December 2022.
Stephen Sackur is in the US to speak to San Francisco’s mayor
Published on Friday, 2nd December 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the palliative care doctor and writer
Published on Wednesday, 30th November 2022.
How should society deal with public monuments to controversial figures from the past?
Published on Monday, 28th November 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man who signed the Tigray peace deal on behalf of the TPLF
Published on Friday, 25th November 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former analyst who leaked a trove of US military secrets
Published on Wednesday, 23rd November 2022.
Zeinab Badawi interviews the president of Georgia
Published on Monday, 21st November 2022.
Zeinab Badawi interviews one of the rising stars of South Africa's ruling party
Published on Friday, 18th November 2022.
Why an American judge thinks a new court is needed to put corrupt leaders on trial
Published on Wednesday, 16th November 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Britain's most celebrated journalists
Published on Friday, 11th November 2022.
Can Britain’s economy bounce back, or is any optimism misplaced?
Published on Wednesday, 9th November 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Finnish President
Published on Monday, 7th November 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former commander of the US army in Europe.
Published on Friday, 4th November 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Published on Wednesday, 2nd November 2022.
We speak to the PM of North Macedonia and ask what's next for the young country
Published on Monday, 31st October 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the writer and anti-racism campaigner
Published on Wednesday, 26th October 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Taiwan's digital minister
Published on Monday, 24th October 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Czech foreign minister, an ardent supporter of Ukraine
Published on Thursday, 20th October 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine’s energy minister
Published on Wednesday, 19th October 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man who was at the forefront of America's Covid response
Published on Thursday, 13th October 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews Lebanon’s minister of economy and trade
Published on Wednesday, 12th October 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the author of a new book about Donald Trump's rise and fall
Published on Friday, 7th October 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Russian rock musician exiled in London
Published on Wednesday, 5th October 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Iranian women’s rights activist
Published on Thursday, 29th September 2022.
We speak to Russian MP, Putin loyalist and influential TV host Evgeny Popov.
Published on Tuesday, 27th September 2022.
How a priest and broadcaster faced the shock of his husband's death
Published on Monday, 26th September 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s EU Integration Committee
Published on Friday, 23rd September 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a leading member of Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
Published on Monday, 12th September 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine's ambassador to the UK
Published on Friday, 9th September 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party
Published on Wednesday, 7th September 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Donald Trump's most forceful defenders in the US Senate
Published on Sunday, 4th September 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a survivor of the Holocaust
Published on Friday, 2nd September 2022.
How do you treat those responsible for the most heinous of crimes?
Published on Tuesday, 30th August 2022.
Stephen Sackur talks to the former chief rabbi of Moscow
Published on Monday, 29th August 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chief editor of the Kyiv Independent
Published on Thursday, 25th August 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews renowned artist Sir Peter Blake.
Published on Monday, 22nd August 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the prime minister of Latvia
Published on Thursday, 18th August 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews writer and environmental activist George Monbiot.
Published on Wednesday, 17th August 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews author and journalist Shon Faye
Published on Monday, 15th August 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh.
Published on Friday, 12th August 2022.
In 2019, Stephen Sackur spoke to the former member of the Black Panther movement
Published on Wednesday, 10th August 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews the artistic director emeritus of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Published on Friday, 5th August 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the acclaimed contemporary British artists
Published on Wednesday, 3rd August 2022.
A 2021 interview with the scientist behind the Gaia hypothesis
Published on Monday, 1st August 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters
Published on Friday, 29th July 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the International Energy Agency.
Published on Wednesday, 27th July 2022.
An interview with the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation
Published on Friday, 22nd July 2022.
Sarah Montague speaks to Omah Lay, Nigerian Afrobeats Musician
Published on Sunday, 17th July 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the chief justice of Ethiopia's Supreme Court
Published on Friday, 15th July 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil
Published on Wednesday, 13th July 2022.
Nury Turkel is leading the effort to pressure China to end the repression of the Uyghurs
Published on Thursday, 7th July 2022.
An influential writer argues the only way to not be racist is to be actively anti-racist
Published on Wednesday, 6th July 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former rugby player living with early-onset dementia
Published on Tuesday, 5th July 2022.
Sarah Montague speaks to the former governor of Hong Kong
Published on Thursday, 30th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Singapore’s minister of home affairs
Published on Tuesday, 28th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a China thinktank founder and sometime government adviser
Published on Friday, 24th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU’s Ambassador to the UK
Published on Tuesday, 21st June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic
Published on Sunday, 19th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy PM for European integration
Published on Thursday, 16th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Moldova's foreign minister and deputy prime minister
Published on Tuesday, 14th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the European Space Agency
Published on Monday, 13th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia's ambassador to the UN
Published on Thursday, 9th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled female politician
Published on Tuesday, 7th June 2022.
Why does Dr Njoki Ngumi believe art has the power to transform societies and lives?
Published on Sunday, 5th June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Iván Fischer, Conductor and Composer
Published on Thursday, 2nd June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an internationally renowned Harvard historian
Published on Wednesday, 1st June 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to America’s first transgender state lawmaker
Published on Sunday, 29th May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Uruguay
Published on Thursday, 26th May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of Nato
Published on Tuesday, 24th May 2022.
Does the Duque Presidency signal the conclusive failure of Colombia’s ruling elite?
Published on Sunday, 22nd May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America's biggest Christian preachers
Published on Friday, 20th May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the wife of the Wikileaks founder
Published on Tuesday, 17th May 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the CEO of Save the Children International
Published on Monday, 16th May 2022.
Victoria Spartz, Republican Congresswoman is an ardent advocate of US support for Kyiv
Published on Friday, 13th May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee
Published on Wednesday, 11th May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jim Green, former chief scientist at Nasa
Published on Sunday, 8th May 2022.
Zoltán Kovács, Hungary’s Secretary of State for International Communication on Russia
Published on Thursday, 5th May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the financier and anti-Putin campaigner behind the Magnitsky Act
Published on Wednesday, 4th May 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews Eduard Heger, Prime Minister of Slovakia
Published on Sunday, 1st May 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the General Secretary of the UK’s Trades Union Congress
Published on Thursday, 28th April 2022.
A Ukrainian musician who has exchanged stadium gigs for a military uniform
Published on Tuesday, 26th April 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the exiled Russian businessman
Published on Friday, 22nd April 2022.
The story of an Australian academic who was released from an Iranian jail in 2020
Published on Tuesday, 19th April 2022.
Stephen Sackur talks to one of the UK's most popular comedians
Published on Sunday, 17th April 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to one of Kenya’s most ground-breaking cultural figures
Published on Thursday, 14th April 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Russian economist
Published on Tuesday, 12th April 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Taipei’s representative to the EU
Published on Sunday, 10th April 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to sanctioned F1 Driver Nikita Mazepin.
Published on Thursday, 7th April 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine's Foreign Minister as evidence of atrocities emerges
Published on Tuesday, 5th April 2022.
What will it take to resolve the Caribbean nation's crises?
Published on Sunday, 3rd April 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a pro-Putin member of Russia’s state Duma
Published on Thursday, 31st March 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU commissioner for financial services
Published on Tuesday, 29th March 2022.
Gabriel Gatehouse speaks to an ex-Russian MP who is fighting in Ukraine - against Russia
Published on Friday, 25th March 2022.
Sarah Montague speaks to the renowned political scientist
Published on Wednesday, 23rd March 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee
Published on Wednesday, 16th March 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the prime minister of Norway
Published on Monday, 14th March 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Published on Friday, 11th March 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the exiled leader of Belarus's opposition
Will Russia's invasion of Ukraine lead to a new, long-term cold war?
Published on Wednesday, 9th March 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Published on Monday, 7th March 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Ukraine's most celebrated novelists
Published on Wednesday, 2nd March 2022.
Is the West doing enough in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine?
Published on Tuesday, 1st March 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned Hungarian conductor and composer
Published on Monday, 28th February 2022.
How should the West respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
Published on Friday, 25th February 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Colombian presidential candidate
Published on Monday, 21st February 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jamie Raskin, US Congressman (Dem)
Published on Friday, 18th February 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of Naftogaz, Ukraine's biggest energy company
Published on Wednesday, 16th February 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews the Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Published on Monday, 14th February 2022.
Michael McCaul accuses President Biden of not standing up to Mr Putin in Ukraine
Published on Friday, 11th February 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews actor George Takei
Published on Wednesday, 9th February 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the longtime leader of the French far right
Published on Monday, 7th February 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the foreign minister of Lithuania
Published on Friday, 4th February 2022.
Stephen Sackur talks to a satirist who made his name during Egypt's popular uprising
Published on Wednesday, 2nd February 2022.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the acclaimed Chilean author
Published on Monday, 31st January 2022.
An influential economist discusses what drives innovation
Published on Friday, 28th January 2022.
Is “one country, two systems” over?
Published on Wednesday, 26th January 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the adviser to Iran’s negotiators in Vienna
Published on Monday, 24th January 2022.
Stephen Sackur interviews a Conservative MP who has been working on online regulation
Published on Friday, 21st January 2022.
We speak to the Ukrainian defence minister and ask could Russia invade Ukraine?
Published on Wednesday, 19th January 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to philosopher and author Kathleen Stock
Published on Monday, 17th January 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the barrister and UK Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy
Published on Friday, 14th January 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a bestselling British Indian writer
Published on Wednesday, 12th January 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the US civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson
Published on Monday, 10th January 2022.
We speak to Sudan's former US Ambassador, and ask him if the generals will give up power
Published on Friday, 7th January 2022.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Harvard University constitutional law professor
Published on Wednesday, 5th January 2022.
Are we losing our ability to separate scientific fact from fiction?
Published on Monday, 20th December 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to President Bolsonaro’s former Foreign Minister
Published on Friday, 17th December 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the joint winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
Published on Wednesday, 15th December 2021.
Can America lead an effective global response to the climate change emergency?
Published on Friday, 10th December 2021.
Stephen Sackur interviews National Security Adviser of Pakistan Moeed Yusuf
Published on Wednesday, 8th December 2021.
Is Donald Trump still at the heart of American conservatives' worldview?
Published on Wednesday, 1st December 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man behind Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund
Published on Monday, 29th November 2021.
We speak to Rana Ayyub, who has dug deep into the past and present of India's PM
Published on Friday, 26th November 2021.
Stephen Sackur interviews the Hungarian opposition leader
Published on Wednesday, 24th November 2021.
A conservative activist claims America’s schoolchildren are being brainwashed about race
Published on Monday, 22nd November 2021.
Stephen Sackur talks to George Takei, forever famous as Lieutenant Sulu in Star Trek
Published on Wednesday, 17th November 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a rising star of the Democratic Party
Published on Monday, 15th November 2021.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Poland's deputy foreign minister
Published on Friday, 12th November 2021.
Why a former Manchester United and France star has revealed his emotional scars
Published on Wednesday, 10th November 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's most acclaimed directors
Published on Monday, 8th November 2021.
Albin Kurti has been a political prisoner and now sees Kosovo unifying with Albania
Published on Friday, 5th November 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key witness in President Trump's first impeachment trial
Published on Wednesday, 3rd November 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the executive director of the International Energy Agency
Published on Monday, 1st November 2021.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has ambitions for a more dynamic and green economy
Published on Thursday, 28th October 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Chilean-American writer
Published on Tuesday, 26th October 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to writer and comedian David Baddiel
Published on Sunday, 24th October 2021.
Why is an Australian mining billionaire trying to push a green agenda?
Published on Thursday, 21st October 2021.
Why a neurosurgeon is lobbying for the legislation of assisted dying
Published on Tuesday, 19th October 2021.
Is international justice an ideal which the world has signally failed to live up to?
Published on Monday, 18th October 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Adela Raz, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States
Published on Friday, 15th October 2021.
As a spike in fossil fuel prices looks to benefit Russia, how will it flex its influence?
Published on Wednesday, 13th October 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Published on Monday, 11th October 2021.
Is a nudge better than a shove when change is needed?
Published on Thursday, 7th October 2021.
Have the Nuremberg trials made genocide and crimes against humanity less likely today?
Published on Tuesday, 5th October 2021.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the EU's former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier
Published on Friday, 1st October 2021.
We speak to the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Published on Tuesday, 28th September 2021.
Stephen Sackur interviews British Indian musician and composer Nitin Sawhney.
Published on Sunday, 26th September 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's most celebrated cinematographers
Published on Thursday, 23rd September 2021.
Republicans in Texas have managed to ban abortion in almost all cases in their state
Published on Tuesday, 21st September 2021.
Why has Nicaragua slumped back into authoritarianism?
Published on Sunday, 19th September 2021.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell speaks to Zeinab Badawi in an exclusive interview
Published on Thursday, 16th September 2021.
Stephen Sackur interviews an explorer protecting indigenous people and their lands
Published on Tuesday, 14th September 2021.
Did the CIA’s enhanced interrogation programme amount to torture?
Published on Sunday, 12th September 2021.
First broadcast in September 2011. How did the 9/11 attacks change America?
Published on Thursday, 9th September 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Spain's Deputy PM and Economy minister Nadia Calviño
Published on Wednesday, 8th September 2021.
How does America see itself and its place in the world?
Published on Monday, 6th September 2021.
Hardtalk speaks to a former minister who has been involved in talks with the Taliban
Published on Wednesday, 1st September 2021.
An acclaimed and sometimes controversial artist talks to Stephen Sackur
Published on Monday, 30th August 2021.
What does the situation in Afghanistan say about the wider geopolitical balance of power?
Published on Thursday, 26th August 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Kenyan conservationist Paula Kahumbu
Published on Wednesday, 25th August 2021.
The conflict between government forces and Tigrayan rebels has cost thousands of lives
Published on Sunday, 22nd August 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a government adviser who escaped Kabul as the Taliban took over
Published on Friday, 20th August 2021.
How damaging could the consequences be?
Published on Tuesday, 17th August 2021.
An Olympic gymnastics champion who spoke out about abuse talks to Stephen Sackur
Published on Monday, 16th August 2021.
As conflict continues in northern Ethiopia, what is the endgame for Tigray’s rebels?
Published on Friday, 13th August 2021.
A musician who has spent four decades trying to talk to America’s most diehard racists
Published on Wednesday, 11th August 2021.
Hamid Mir was taken off air after he spoke out against Pakistan's powerful military
Published on Monday, 9th August 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
Published on Friday, 6th August 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Canadian First Nations leader and politician
Published on Wednesday, 4th August 2021.
How to address the sins and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade?
Published on Monday, 2nd August 2021.
Can the Malawian President keep the promises he made to voters last year?
Published on Friday, 30th July 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Hungarian Foreign Minister
Published on Wednesday, 28th July 2021.
Sarah Montague speaks to Afghanistan's National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib
Published on Monday, 26th July 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa’s transport minister
Published on Friday, 23rd July 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Haitian Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe
Published on Wednesday, 21st July 2021.
A cricketing great on his stand against racism and his support for taking the knee
Published on Monday, 19th July 2021.
Mexican journalist and activist Lydia Cacho is currently in exile for her own safety
Published on Friday, 16th July 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the prominent Labour MP
Published on Wednesday, 14th July 2021.
Lionel Shriver's latest book explores themes around ageing and voluntary euthanasia
Published on Wednesday, 7th July 2021.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Professor of Genomics Christian Happi.
Published on Monday, 5th July 2021.
Is Beijing's method of governing fit for the future?
Published on Wednesday, 30th June 2021.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Nigeria’s finance minister
Published on Friday, 25th June 2021.
Can fashion overturn negative stereotypes of Muslim women?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd June 2021.
The American rock band REM split up in 2011 after 31 years together
Published on Monday, 21st June 2021.
Johan Lundgren, CEO of budget airline giant EasyJet on the future of the aviation
Published on Thursday, 17th June 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Secretary General of NATO
Published on Wednesday, 16th June 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Barack Obama's former national security adviser
Published on Friday, 11th June 2021.
How an author found poetry in a near-death experience
Published on Monday, 7th June 2021.
Will restaurants come back to life after the pandemic?
Published on Thursday, 3rd June 2021.
Hardtalk speaks to the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Published on Tuesday, 1st June 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of the Natural History Museum in London
Published on Monday, 31st May 2021.
What happened to Imran Khan’s pledge to deliver clean, transparent governance?
Published on Thursday, 27th May 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's finance minister
Published on Wednesday, 26th May 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Commander of the US Army in Europe
Published on Monday, 24th May 2021.
Is confrontation with the West, President Putin’s strategic choice?
Published on Friday, 21st May 2021.
How much influence does the Palestinian Authority have in the latest conflict?
Published on Wednesday, 19th May 2021.
Will membership of the EU and Nato protect Estonia from possible Russian aggression?
Published on Monday, 17th May 2021.
We speak to Israel's ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely
Published on Thursday, 13th May 2021.
Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis on the scope for travel and tourism in summer 2021
Published on Tuesday, 11th May 2021.
Zeinab Badawi interviews the first woman to lead a political party in Afghanistan
Published on Monday, 10th May 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the boss of Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya English news channel
Published on Friday, 7th May 2021.
For 14 years, Mohamedou Salahi was held at Guantanamo Bay. He was released without charge
Published on Wednesday, 5th May 2021.
The artistic duo Gilbert and George have been creating art together since the late 1960s
Published on Monday, 3rd May 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba
Published on Wednesday, 28th April 2021.
Stephen Sackur interviews former British Ambassador to Washington, Paris and Ankara
Published on Monday, 26th April 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key ally of Alexei Navalny
Published on Friday, 23rd April 2021.
Climate denial is dead - says climate scientist Michael Mann. In its place? Inaction.
Published on Tuesday, 20th April 2021.
Silvia Foti on grappling with family responsible for the holocaust
Published on Friday, 16th April 2021.
Do politics or music matter more to the frontman of one of the world's biggest rock acts?
Published on Wednesday, 14th April 2021.
Zeinab Badawi interviews one of Zimbabwe's most influential cultural figures
Published on Monday, 12th April 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh
Published on Friday, 9th April 2021.
We speak to US economist Ken Rogoff, on the economic consequences of the pandemic
Published on Tuesday, 6th April 2021.
What does a former newspaper columnist's memoir reveal about the lives of the wealthy?
Published on Monday, 5th April 2021.
How one of the world's most renowned conductors overcame remarkable adversity
Published on Friday, 2nd April 2021.
We speak to feminist pornographer Erika Lust to ask if porn can be ethical
Published on Tuesday, 30th March 2021.
Stephen Sackur interviews the world's most famous performance artist.
Published on Monday, 29th March 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the European Commission
Published on Friday, 26th March 2021.
Stephen Sackur interviews one of Beijing’s most loyal backers in Hong Kong
Published on Wednesday, 24th March 2021.
The need for a new social contract that is less about 'me' and more about 'we'
Published on Monday, 22nd March 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the bestselling master of horror writing
Published on Friday, 19th March 2021.
Can a new generation of politicians deliver a fresh start for Kosovo?
Published on Wednesday, 17th March 2021.
We speak to CEO of the Serum Institute - the biggest vaccine producer in the world.
Published on Monday, 15th March 2021.
Why has Myanmar's transition to democracy gone so wrong?
Published on Friday, 12th March 2021.
What hope for human rights for Uighurs living in Xinjiang province?
Published on Wednesday, 10th March 2021.
Is it time to build a new conservative party from scratch?
Published on Monday, 8th March 2021.
What do the people of Myanmar want now - and what are they likely to get?
Published on Friday, 5th March 2021.
The EU's Executive Vice-President about strategy inside the world's largest trading bloc
Published on Wednesday, 3rd March 2021.
UK live music promoter Harvey Goldsmith on whether the creative world can be revived
Published on Monday, 1st March 2021.
It’s a great ambition, but is it achievable?
Published on Friday, 26th February 2021.
Can mainstream conservatives rescue the party from far right extremism?
Published on Wednesday, 24th February 2021.
Did the Trump presidency exhibit signs of early stage fascism?
Published on Monday, 22nd February 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain
Published on Friday, 19th February 2021.
Yogendra Yadav is a prominent opponent of changes to India's farm laws
Published on Wednesday, 17th February 2021.
Russia hopes its Sputnik V vaccine can help the world beat Covid 19
Published on Monday, 15th February 2021.
France's Europe Minister on the race for vaccines in the EU
Published on Friday, 12th February 2021.
A psychologist assesses the mental health impact of Covid-19
Published on Wednesday, 10th February 2021.
Where do US-China relations stand after Donald Trump's presidency?
Published on Monday, 8th February 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Belarusian opposition leader
Published on Friday, 5th February 2021.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's Chief Scientist
Published on Wednesday, 3rd February 2021.
Stephen Sackur asks exiled activist Madawi Al-Rasheed: what next for Saudi Arabia?
Published on Monday, 1st February 2021.
Ireland's Europe Minister on Covid vaccine supplies and the country's strategic vision
Published on Saturday, 30th January 2021.
We speak to Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff Leonid Volkov about the Russian opposition.
Published on Friday, 29th January 2021.
Why isn't Israel's speedy roll-out of the vaccine having more impact on infection rates?
Published on Wednesday, 27th January 2021.
Lina Khan, associate professor at New York's Columbia Law School, wants to tame big tech
Published on Thursday, 21st January 2021.
Activist and founding member of the Civic Party, Kenneth Chan, on Hong Kong's autonomy
Published on Wednesday, 20th January 2021.
Do the arts face a Covid crisis?
Published on Monday, 18th January 2021.
Should President Trump be impeached again - and how will he defend himself?
Published on Friday, 15th January 2021.
Barry Schoub chairs South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19 vaccines
Published on Wednesday, 13th January 2021.
How do we ensure that fact prevails over fiction?
Published on Monday, 11th January 2021.
The President remains Commander in Chief, but how tenable is that for the next two weeks?
Published on Friday, 8th January 2021.
We speak to the epidemiologist whose modelling of Covid-19 saw the UK lock down
Published on Wednesday, 6th January 2021.
Facebook, Amazon, Huawei, Alibaba. All American and Chinese. Where are the Europeans?
Published on Monday, 21st December 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of the conservative Newsmax media group
Published on Wednesday, 16th December 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
Published on Monday, 14th December 2020.
Will 2021 be even worse than 2020 for those experiencing extreme hunger?
Published on Friday, 11th December 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the paediatric neurosurgeon Owase Jeelani
Published on Monday, 7th December 2020.
A former finance minister is trying to rally opposition to Imran Khan's government
Published on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020.
Are there lessons to be learned from Trump's disruption of foreign policy norms?
Published on Monday, 30th November 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ethiopia’s Attorney General
Published on Friday, 27th November 2020.
Has the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the UK and its leader?
Published on Wednesday, 25th November 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation’s special envoy for Covid-19
Published on Monday, 23rd November 2020.
Poland's deputy foreign minister discusses his government's standoff with the EU
Published on Friday, 20th November 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's Justice Minister Judit Varga
Published on Wednesday, 18th November 2020.
Is a Joe Biden victory good news for the European Union?
Published on Monday, 16th November 2020.
HR McMaster served as President Trump's National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2018
Published on Friday, 13th November 2020.
We return to Trump Campaigner Jack Kingston following the election
Published on Wednesday, 11th November 2020.
Has he lost faith in the Venezuelan opposition's ability to win their struggle?
Published on Monday, 9th November 2020.
Is space exploration a potential lifeline or a massive vanity project?
Published on Wednesday, 4th November 2020.
Gossip is as old as the hills, but has the age of the internet put it on steroids?
Published on Monday, 2nd November 2020.
Is Democratic party confidence more than skin deep?
Published on Friday, 30th October 2020.
Dominique Schnapper heads a council which advises the French government on secularism
Published on Wednesday, 28th October 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the historian and bestselling author
Published on Friday, 23rd October 2020.
The polls consistently say Trump is in trouble. Is there reason to think they are wrong?
Published on Tuesday, 20th October 2020.
A British economist explains why he thinks big measures are needed to revive growth
Published on Friday, 16th October 2020.
Will the evangelical Christian right still give Donald Trump their support?
Published on Wednesday, 14th October 2020.
Has the former actor, elected in April 2019, been able to deliver on his pledges?
Published on Monday, 12th October 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the national spokesman for India's ruling BJP
Published on Friday, 9th October 2020.
A Harvard professor argues the West's cultural power has skewed our view of normality
Published on Tuesday, 6th October 2020.
Are this shepherd's ideas for more sustainable farming compatible with affordable food?
Published on Sunday, 4th October 2020.
Leroy Logan was one of London's top black policemen until his retirement seven years ago
Published on Friday, 2nd October 2020.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the European Commissioner for the Economy
Published on Wednesday, 30th September 2020.
Poet and activist Yusef Salaam on the chance of real change in the US justice system
Published on Monday, 28th September 2020.
Alexey Navalny's chief of staff discusses the future of the anti-Putin political movement
Published on Wednesday, 23rd September 2020.
A mixed-race American writer who challenges the so-called 'woke' culture
Published on Friday, 18th September 2020.
We speak to the new chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Published on Wednesday, 16th September 2020.
Polls suggest more and more Scots want out of the United Kingdom - can Ross preserve it?
Published on Sunday, 13th September 2020.
The Lithuanian president discusses the geopolitics at play in neighbouring Belarus
Published on Friday, 11th September 2020.
We speak to the veteran Republican party pollster and consultant Frank Luntz
Published on Tuesday, 8th September 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU's first public prosecutor
Published on Sunday, 6th September 2020.
Is the pandemic is unleashing a tsunami of scapegoating, hate and xenophobia?
Published on Thursday, 3rd September 2020.
A veteran screen actor discusses making art in America's current political climate
Published on Wednesday, 2nd September 2020.
Is extremism and intolerance drowning out reasoned debate?
Published on Sunday, 30th August 2020.
We hear from the microbiologist who has hit out at Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro
Published on Thursday, 27th August 2020.
An exiled artist gives her thoughts on the protests against Alexander Lukashenko
Published on Wednesday, 26th August 2020.
What does a former Congresswoman's case tell us about sexism and modern politics?
Published on Sunday, 23rd August 2020.
A former Singaporean diplomat says the pandemic has shifted the global balance of power
Published on Friday, 21st August 2020.
Has the euphoria that followed last year's revolution given way to harsh realities?
Published on Wednesday, 19th August 2020.
We speak to Wu'er Kaixi, a Chinese political dissident in exile since Tiananmen
Published on Sunday, 16th August 2020.
We speak to the Armenian Prime Minister about their conflict with Azerbaijan.
Published on Thursday, 13th August 2020.
We speak to Lebanon's economy minister following the resignation of the entire government
Published on Wednesday, 12th August 2020.
Naturalist Chris Packham says new sustainable economies can emerge after Covid-19
Published on Monday, 10th August 2020.
Is support waning for Venezuela's opposition?
Published on Friday, 7th August 2020.
Sir Jeremy Farrar is a scientific advisor to the UK government
Published on Wednesday, 5th August 2020.
Sinn Fein won the most votes at Ireland's election last February. Is it still as popular?
Published on Friday, 31st July 2020.
He won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2015. His new work looks at 'deaths of despair'
Published on Wednesday, 29th July 2020.
We speak to veteran women's rights lawyer Gloria Allred
Published on Thursday, 23rd July 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
Published on Wednesday, 22nd July 2020.
What lessons can the world learn from an Aboriginal sports star's experience?
Published on Monday, 20th July 2020.
We speak to the Palestinian ambassador in London
Published on Thursday, 16th July 2020.
Nathan Law was a member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council and a pro-democracy activist
Published on Wednesday, 15th July 2020.
Can chimps and so many other species be saved from mass extinction?
Published on Sunday, 12th July 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a member of Hong Kong's Executive Council
Published on Monday, 6th July 2020.
What, if anything, can stir Russians to rebel?
Published on Thursday, 2nd July 2020.
A former astronaut talks about exploring the deepest point under the ocean
Published on Wednesday, 1st July 2020.
Can the creator of Veep find humour amid the world's crises?
Published on Monday, 29th June 2020.
We speak to Maria Ressa, the journalist just convicted of cyber-libel
Published on Thursday, 25th June 2020.
The former creative director at US Vogue looks back at his years in the fashion industry
Published on Wednesday, 24th June 2020.
How will the institution cope in the face of hostility from President Trump?
Published on Monday, 22nd June 2020.
We speak to leftist Congressman Jim McGovern and ask if Biden can unite the Democrats
Published on Friday, 19th June 2020.
How much damage has the pandemic done to international collaboration?
Published on Wednesday, 17th June 2020.
A world-renowned epidemiologist analyses the international response to Covid-19
Published on Monday, 15th June 2020.
Simon Cheng was detained in China while working for the UK's Hong Kong consulate
Published on Friday, 12th June 2020.
Will the protests sweeping across the United States be a catalyst for genuine change?
Published on Tuesday, 9th June 2020.
What happens next to the writers, performers and venues that enrich our lives?
Published on Monday, 8th June 2020.
Do we humans massively underestimate our capacity to change things for the better?
Published on Friday, 5th June 2020.
We speak to Portuguese Finance Minister & Head of the Euro group, Mário Centeno
Published on Wednesday, 3rd June 2020.
Ram Madhav is National General Secretary of India's ruling BJP
Published on Monday, 1st June 2020.
Former Governor of India's Reserve Bank and IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan
Published on Friday, 29th May 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Rocco Forte, boss of a string of luxury hotels
Published on Wednesday, 27th May 2020.
France's Minister for Economy and Finance on how the EU should respond to the pandemic
Published on Friday, 22nd May 2020.
Sweden's no-lockdown response has attracted worldwide attention - is it working?
Published on Monday, 18th May 2020.
Former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband on international response to coronavirus
Published on Friday, 15th May 2020.
Fired by Pres Bolsonaro, we ask Mr Mandetta if Brazil risks being the new Covid epicentre
Published on Monday, 11th May 2020.
Jaime Harrison is running against Republican Senator Lindsay Graham in South Carolina
Published on Friday, 8th May 2020.
Pro-EU Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld on challenges for the EU as it deals with coronavirus
Published on Monday, 4th May 2020.
Can the world trust China to come clean over the Covid-19 virus?
Published on Friday, 1st May 2020.
Could Covid-19 enhance or undermine multi-lateral institutions?
Published on Wednesday, 29th April 2020.
What 21st-century lesson can we draw from the spread of Covid-19?
Published on Monday, 27th April 2020.
What drives the star of the hit HBO drama Succession?
Published on Sunday, 26th April 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's special envoy for Covid-19
Published on Friday, 24th April 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication
What will the economic landscape look like when the pandemic is over?
Published on Friday, 27th March 2020.
The Secretary General of the United Nations talks to Zeinab Badawi
Published on Thursday, 26th March 2020.
Acclaimed writer Margaret Heffernan has published a book on the fallacies of forecasting.
Published on Monday, 23rd March 2020.
The chief economist at the global economic forum, the OECD, discusses Covid-19
Published on Friday, 20th March 2020.
Does political uncertainty now make Ireland especially vulnerable to coronavirus?
Published on Wednesday, 18th March 2020.
Shaun Ley speaks to the president of the Syrian American Medical Society
Published on Monday, 16th March 2020.
How severe will the financial effects of the coronavirus be?
Published on Friday, 13th March 2020.
Democrat Congressman Anthony Brown on the best candidate to beat Donald Trump
Published on Wednesday, 11th March 2020.
Zeinab Badawi is in Johannesburg, talking to renowned artist William Kentridge
Published on Monday, 9th March 2020.
Mr Attal is the Minister for Youth and a rising star in the President’s En Marche party.
Published on Friday, 6th March 2020.
Shaun Ley interviews David Tait, successful financier and survivor of sexual abuse
Published on Wednesday, 4th March 2020.
Zeinab Badawi asks Mmusi Maimane about the state of South African politics
Published on Monday, 2nd March 2020.
Is the World Health Organisation moving fast enough?
Published on Friday, 28th February 2020.
What happens to a people living with trauma and collective despair?
Published on Wednesday, 26th February 2020.
Stephen Sackur cross examines one of America's most high profile lawyers.
Published on Monday, 24th February 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the woman who first coined the phrase "Me Too"
Published on Friday, 21st February 2020.
Top models are deemed to have a look that attracts and sells. But how diverse is it?
Published on Wednesday, 19th February 2020.
Stephen Sackur interviews UN Special Rapporteur on extra judicial killing Agnes Callamard
Published on Monday, 17th February 2020.
Is partisanship infecting every corner of today's realm of ideas?
Published on Friday, 14th February 2020.
The leader of the party's biggest financial backer on what it should do next
Published on Wednesday, 12th February 2020.
How hard is it to tell South Africa’s post-apartheid story?
Published on Monday, 10th February 2020.
The Scotish nationalists have plenty of passion, but do they have a winning strategy?
Published on Friday, 7th February 2020.
China's most internationally-famous artist reflects on its political and cultural reality
Published on Wednesday, 5th February 2020.
What does an accused hacker's case tell us about the realities of cyber security?
Published on Monday, 3rd February 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the outgoing EU Commission President
Published on Friday, 31st January 2020.
The country's former Ambassador for the Environment analyses the government's approach
Published on Wednesday, 29th January 2020.
Mindu Hornick and her sister survived Auschwitz 75 years ago, but their family did not
Published on Monday, 27th January 2020.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican Congressman Don Bacon
Published on Friday, 24th January 2020.
Former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman killed a wounded Taliban fighter in 2011
Published on Wednesday, 22nd January 2020.
Another chance to hear our 2016 interview with the pioneering film and TV producer
Published on Monday, 20th January 2020.
Who polices the shadowy world of private intelligence?
Published on Friday, 17th January 2020.
The former US ambassador to Iraq assesses the White House's possible next moves
Published on Wednesday, 15th January 2020.
His inspiration is the human body, in fact, his own body.
Published on Monday, 13th January 2020.
Who’s gained and who’s lost after the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani?
Published on Friday, 10th January 2020.
Do rising tensions between the US and Iran spell disaster for Iraq?
Published on Wednesday, 8th January 2020.
Stephen Sackur meets the author described as America's most famous intellectual
Published on Monday, 6th January 2020.
The scale of the Conservative Party triumph promises to have seismic consequences.
Published on Friday, 20th December 2019.
Is it time to acknowledge the irrelevance of the international peacemakers?
Published on Wednesday, 18th December 2019.
What has US author Bill Bryson learned from his gentle search for understanding?
Published on Monday, 16th December 2019.
She has braved death threats to campaign for women’s rights and artistic freedom
Published on Friday, 13th December 2019.
Can complex truths be revealed using digital fragments from the worldwide web?
Published on Wednesday, 11th December 2019.
A former Westboro Baptist Church member discusses leaving the group
Published on Monday, 9th December 2019.
Daniel Jones led a six-year investigation into the CIA's torture practices after 9/11
Published on Friday, 6th December 2019.
Behrouz Boochani is now a prize-winning author, but is his long-term fate any clearer?
Published on Wednesday, 4th December 2019.
How are Zimbabweans faring in the face of economic collapse and environmental crisis?
Published on Monday, 2nd December 2019.
Wendell Pierce starred as Detective Bunk Moreland in the American TV series The Wire
Published on Friday, 29th November 2019.
Is Chinese leader Xi Jinping facing the most serious challenge of his presidency?
Published on Wednesday, 27th November 2019.
Zimbabwe is wrestling with economic crisis, endemic corruption and prolonged drought.
Published on Monday, 25th November 2019.
Will the impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill derail Donald Trump's presidency?
Published on Friday, 22nd November 2019.
What's Sir Ranulph Fiennes' motivation for a life of extreme adventure?
Published on Monday, 18th November 2019.
How did a Hollywood insider break the story that took the shine off Tinseltown?
Published on Friday, 15th November 2019.
Are racial and religious divides threatening Malaysia’s stability and future prospects?
Published on Wednesday, 13th November 2019.
Can cinema change society?
Published on Monday, 11th November 2019.
Shaun Ley speaks to the Nobel Prize winning economist Esther Duflo.
Published on Friday, 8th November 2019.
How long can Hong Kong protests go on without a major intervention from Beijing?
Published on Wednesday, 6th November 2019.
Stephen Sackur interviews former senior US diplomat Richard Haass.
Published on Monday, 4th November 2019.
How has Gina Miller, a non-politician, had such an impact on Britain’s politics?
Published on Friday, 1st November 2019.
Stephen Sackur interviews a former Olympic swimmer turned artist, model, and now writer
Published on Wednesday, 30th October 2019.
What was it like to be a spy during the Troubles in Northern Ireland?
Published on Monday, 28th October 2019.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Armenia’s foreign minister.
Published on Friday, 25th October 2019.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Alfred Bosch, Catalan minister for foreign action.
Published on Wednesday, 23rd October 2019.
What will become - what should become - of Jack Letts?
Published on Monday, 21st October 2019.
Is Turkey creating further instability in Syria?
Published on Friday, 18th October 2019.
What makes a whistleblower?
Published on Wednesday, 16th October 2019.
Is it fanciful to imagine the machines taking over?
Published on Monday, 14th October 2019.
A successful businessman and lifelong gambler who has backed Brexit with his own cash
Published on Friday, 11th October 2019.
Singer-songwriter Brett Anderson on reinvention and outlasting the fluctuations of taste
Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2019.
How credible are the Brazilian Government's environmental policies?
Published on Monday, 7th October 2019.
Is Jameela Jamil's campaign to make us feel better about our bodies working?
Published on Friday, 4th October 2019.
Do Kashmiris have any choice but to accept their new reality?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd October 2019.
What have almost two decades of American intervention in Afghanistan achieved?
Published on Monday, 30th September 2019.
Is impeachment a trap for President Trump's opponents?
Published on Friday, 27th September 2019.
How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good, not harm?
Published on Wednesday, 25th September 2019.
Why is Lebanon dogged by chaos?
Published on Monday, 23rd September 2019.
South African government minister Naledi Pandor on violence against African migrants
Published on Friday, 20th September 2019.
Can Benny Wenda take on Jakarta, and win?
Published on Wednesday, 18th September 2019.
Is Hong Kong’s fragile status quo irretrievably broken?
Published on Monday, 16th September 2019.
Is there any clarity and coherence to the opponents of Brexit?
Published on Friday, 13th September 2019.
Has the EU's patience with British indecision run out?
Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2019.
Is Labour in any fit state to win an election amid Britain’s Brexit chaos?
Published on Friday, 6th September 2019.
Will Carola Rackete's actions encourage more people smuggling and more suffering?
Published on Wednesday, 4th September 2019.
What can we learn from someone who made the most of a life nearly ended in childhood?
Published on Monday, 2nd September 2019.
Can Gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature?
Published on Wednesday, 28th August 2019.
What does Mia Khalifa's story tell us about the porn industry and 21st century culture?
Published on Monday, 26th August 2019.
Out of step with both the US and Japan; how vulnerable is South Korea?
Published on Friday, 23rd August 2019.
Are claims of a smoke-free future clever strategic marketing or corporate hypocrisy?
Published on Wednesday, 21st August 2019.
Zeinab Badawi is in Khartoum to speak to the Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council.
Published on Monday, 19th August 2019.
How far are climate rebels prepared to go?
Published on Friday, 16th August 2019.
How will Kashmiris channel their anger, and how much support will they get?
Published on Thursday, 15th August 2019.
Can the US ever fix its problem with race?
Published on Monday, 12th August 2019.
Can Prime Minister Johnson deliver a no-deal exit? And what would it mean for Britain?
Published on Friday, 9th August 2019.
Can Ireland prevent itself becoming the collateral damage in a Brussels-London showdown?
Published on Wednesday, 7th August 2019.
Climate change is very big and moving very fast. Is the planet running out of time?
Published on Monday, 5th August 2019.
Can a calamitous conflict between the West and Iran be avoided?
Published on Friday, 2nd August 2019.
Hong Kong is in uproar. Alvin Yueng, who leads the Civic Party shares their fears.
Published on Wednesday, 31st July 2019.
What does freedom really mean for someone who spent four decades in solitary confinement?
Published on Friday, 26th July 2019.
Can art fix the world?
Published on Wednesday, 24th July 2019.
Will he be the next Governor of the Bank of England?
Published on Monday, 22nd July 2019.
Have voters in Istanbul dealt President Erdogan a serious blow?
Published on Friday, 19th July 2019.
Could the US and Iran stumble into a war?
Published on Wednesday, 17th July 2019.
What can Western democracies do to tame capitalism and reduce its worst effects?
Published on Monday, 15th July 2019.
Can a new government transform Greece's fortunes?
Published on Friday, 12th July 2019.
Is the British justice system failing the people it is supposed to serve?
Published on Wednesday, 10th July 2019.
What kind of country will emerge from the Brexit mess?
Published on Monday, 8th July 2019.
How effective and how sustainable is the Trump presidency?
Published on Friday, 5th July 2019.
Doped for decades, East German athletes still searching for truth and justice.
Published on Wednesday, 3rd July 2019.
How does Michael Sheen use his fame to help the Welsh community he grew up in?
Published on Friday, 28th June 2019.
What does the success of the Brexit Party in the European elections mean for the UK?
Published on Wednesday, 26th June 2019.
Is Washington losing the cyberwar?
Published on Monday, 24th June 2019.
How will historians view the Obama legacy?
Published on Wednesday, 19th June 2019.
Is Australia still a country wrestling with its identity?
Published on Monday, 17th June 2019.
How easy is it to fix broken hearts?
Published on Monday, 10th June 2019.
Political power inside the EU is no longer between the centre left and centre right.
Published on Friday, 7th June 2019.
Is a major Democratic Party funder in danger of pushing the party in the wrong direction?
Published on Wednesday, 5th June 2019.
Iyad El-Baghdadi is a human rights activist who was granted political asylum in Oslo
Published on Monday, 3rd June 2019.
What’s his conclusion about the long term viability of homo sapiens?
Published on Friday, 31st May 2019.
Eric Wainaina's music tackles issues like corruption. How political is he prepared to be?
Published on Wednesday, 29th May 2019.
HARDtalk explores the impact of having a father ‘disappeared’ by the Gaddafi regime.
Published on Monday, 27th May 2019.
Is it now too late to get to the truth behind the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings?
Published on Friday, 24th May 2019.
The movement’s rhetoric is unbending, but do the Palestinian people long for new ideas?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd May 2019.
How does the sporting notion of fairness cope with the complexities of gender identity?
Published on Monday, 20th May 2019.
Why have Vladimir Putin's opponents failed to make a dent in his strong-man rule?
Published on Friday, 17th May 2019.
Do sports do enough to protect the mental health of their players?
Published on Wednesday, 15th May 2019.
Does the debate on trans rights pose a problem for the gay liberation movement?
Published on Monday, 13th May 2019.
Is Venezuela on the brink of regime change or has the opposition seriously miscalculated?
Published on Wednesday, 8th May 2019.
Post-Brexit, how will Britain stack up as a source of global power and influence?
Published on Monday, 6th May 2019.
Is China becoming more authoritarian under President Xi JinPing?
Published on Friday, 3rd May 2019.
One of the US's most powerful federal prosecutors until President Trump fired him in 2017
Published on Wednesday, 1st May 2019.
What will it take to bring peace to Afghanistan?
Published on Monday, 29th April 2019.
Can Sudan make the transition to a democratic government?
Published on Friday, 26th April 2019.
Can the Democratic Republic of Congo set itself on a path of peace and reconciliation?
Published on Wednesday, 24th April 2019.
Nigerian writer and Nobel Literature laureate, Wole Soyinka
Published on Monday, 22nd April 2019.
Does Germany need to reboot its economic model?
Published on Friday, 19th April 2019.
How soon can Sudan become a democracy?
Published on Wednesday, 17th April 2019.
Is anger the fuel that propels Edouard Louis to write his books?
Published on Monday, 15th April 2019.
Jason Rezaian worked for the Washington Post in Tehran when he was arrested and jailed
Published on Friday, 12th April 2019.
Fifty years on, what was the significance of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon?
Published on Wednesday, 10th April 2019.
Stephen Sackur speaks to former US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.
Published on Monday, 8th April 2019.
Stephen Sackur talks to Philippe Lamberts MEP. Will Britain get more time to exit the EU?
Published on Thursday, 4th April 2019.
How much autonomy does Hong Kong really enjoy?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd April 2019.
Can literature help bridge America's racial divide?
The first Trump campaign member to be convicted as a result of the Mueller probe
Published on Friday, 29th March 2019.
How close to breaking point is Britain’s political system?
Published on Wednesday, 27th March 2019.
Former Norwegian PM and secretary general of Nato since 2014, Jens Stoltenberg
Published on Monday, 25th March 2019.
Is the World Bank braced for turbulence ahead?
Published on Wednesday, 20th March 2019.
Is UK policing fit for purpose?
Published on Monday, 18th March 2019.
Is there a way out of Venezuela’s protracted agony?
Published on Friday, 15th March 2019.
Does her work tell us something important about the Israeli psyche?
Published on Wednesday, 13th March 2019.
What can we learn from Professor Green's determination to break mental health taboos?
Published on Monday, 11th March 2019.
Whose message is resonating with European voters in upcoming parliamentary elections?
Published on Friday, 8th March 2019.
Is Brexit Britain's most serious peace time crisis since World War Two?
Published on Wednesday, 6th March 2019.
Is President Putin crushing press freedom in Russia?
Published on Friday, 1st March 2019.
Can Hungary's ruling party win Europe’s battle of ideas?
Published on Wednesday, 27th February 2019.
Do some comics risk promoting misunderstanding and perpetuating stereotypes in comedy?
Published on Monday, 25th February 2019.
What makes a great photograph?
Published on Wednesday, 20th February 2019.
Is there any political or diplomatic initiative capable of saving Yemen?
Published on Monday, 18th February 2019.
Is Kenya's ruling political partnership in danger of collapse?
Published on Friday, 15th February 2019.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Cameron Kasky, co-founder of the March for our Lives movement
Published on Wednesday, 13th February 2019.
What draws the novelist to such dark visions of femininity?
Published on Monday, 11th February 2019.
Sarah Montague talks to Ireland's former Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern.
Published on Friday, 8th February 2019.
Is Venezuela's socialist revolution in its death throes?
Published on Wednesday, 6th February 2019.
Is Florida the state where the American dream turned sour?
Published on Monday, 4th February 2019.
Laura Boldrini MP is the former speaker of the Italian parliament's lower chamber
Published on Friday, 1st February 2019.
Is it time for this war exhausted country to give peace a chance?
Published on Wednesday, 30th January 2019.
What drives some people to push the boundaries of existing knowledge and experience?
Published on Monday, 28th January 2019.
The UK's Shadow Chancellor, the Labour Party's John McDonnell, on Brexit negotiations.
Published on Friday, 25th January 2019.
Can Asia's youngest minister force change in a country run by the world's oldest PM?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd January 2019.
Can Tanzanians be moved away from a ‘strongman’ style of government?
Published on Monday, 21st January 2019.
Has France's Macron moment already passed?
Published on Friday, 18th January 2019.
Is the Trump Presidency making America great or greatly diminished?
Published on Wednesday, 16th January 2019.
Jonathan Coe's latest novel looks at Brexit's impact on British society
Published on Monday, 14th January 2019.
Is rising anti-Semitism a symptom of a liberal order that is starting to crumble?
Published on Friday, 11th January 2019.
Could Brexit break the left apart?
Published on Wednesday, 9th January 2019.
William Frankland was a prisoner of war and later a world famous allergist
Published on Monday, 7th January 2019.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the author Lee Child
Published on Wednesday, 19th December 2018.
When it comes to respect for universal rights how much authority does Turkey have?
Published on Monday, 17th December 2018.
Asad Umar, the finance minister of Pakistan, on reforming Pakistan's economy
Published on Friday, 14th December 2018.
What drives musical creativity?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Nicaraguan Dissident Felix Maradiaga.
Published on Monday, 10th December 2018.
How do we balance the priorities of here and now with the future of human civilisation?
Published on Friday, 7th December 2018.
Pro-Brexit Conservative MP Owen Paterson on voting against Theresa May's Brexit deal
Published on Wednesday, 5th December 2018.
Is the EU ready to deal with potential Brexit chaos?
Published on Monday, 3rd December 2018.
Is there a credible alternative to the Prime Minister's Brexit plan?
Published on Friday, 30th November 2018.
Can anyone or anything challenge Saudi authoritarianism?
Published on Wednesday, 28th November 2018.
Are Israel's right wing factions putting their own interests before those of the nation?
Published on Monday, 26th November 2018.
How do you stop leaders lining their own pockets with the country's wealth?
Published on Friday, 16th November 2018.
Does Mohamed El-Erian see dark days ahead for the US and the world’s economy?
Published on Wednesday, 14th November 2018.
What is the conflict between the president and the press doing to US politics?
Published on Monday, 12th November 2018.
What kind of leadership does the US need now?
Published on Friday, 9th November 2018.
To what extent are our genes our destiny?
Published on Friday, 2nd November 2018.
Has the ACLU betrayed its mission by putting partisanship before principle?
Is the ANC incapable of delivering the change South Africa needs?
Published on Wednesday, 31st October 2018.
Would another referendum on a final Brexit deal help solve Britain's Brexit breakdown?
Published on Monday, 29th October 2018.
Has the US Government decided to directly engage with the Taliban?
Published on Friday, 26th October 2018.
Has the time come for Britain to stop lucrative arms exports to Saudi Arabia?
Published on Wednesday, 24th October 2018.
What gives each of us our sense of who we are?
Published on Monday, 22nd October 2018.
Why is Malawi's Vice President criticising a government of which he still is a member?
Published on Friday, 19th October 2018.
Mairead McGuinness, Vice President of the European Parliament, talks Brexit and Ireland.
Published on Wednesday, 17th October 2018.
Is it the group, not the individual that matters most in today’s America?
Published on Friday, 12th October 2018.
Saudi academic Madawi al-Rasheed and former US diplomat Nicholas Burns
Is Islam ready to empower women?
Published on Wednesday, 10th October 2018.
Is she artist, activist or both?
Published on Monday, 8th October 2018.
Is she an artist, activist or both?
Published on Thursday, 4th October 2018.
The world's oldest head of government speaks to Zeinab Badawi
Published on Wednesday, 3rd October 2018.
Is the left losing the political argument in Europe?
Published on Monday, 1st October 2018.
Is Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy in deep trouble?
Published on Friday, 28th September 2018.
Have we lost faith and trust in the news and those who report it?
Published on Monday, 24th September 2018.
Will post Brexit Britain be left behind in the race to reach new scientific frontiers?
Published on Friday, 21st September 2018.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former CEO of Blackwater Erik Prince.
Published on Wednesday, 19th September 2018.
Has the Chinese province of Xinjiang become a massive prison?
Published on Monday, 17th September 2018.
What does his success mean for Italy and Europe?
Published on Friday, 14th September 2018.
Does Spain's new government have any fresh solutions for the country's problems?
Published on Wednesday, 12th September 2018.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Arkady Dvorkovich who was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.
Published on Monday, 10th September 2018.
Has the internet left every one of us dangerously exposed?
Published on Friday, 7th September 2018.
Is Israel making wise choices from its position of strength?
Published on Wednesday, 5th September 2018.
In troubled times like these, does art really matter?
Published on Monday, 3rd September 2018.
Have European leaders ignored the threat from the far right for too long?
Published on Friday, 31st August 2018.
Can Kenya attract overseas investors when the country remains mired in corruption?
Published on Wednesday, 29th August 2018.
Could a trade war escalate between the US and some of its trading partners?
Published on Monday, 27th August 2018.
Will Colombia's new president uphold a fragile peace deal with the FARC guerrilla group?
Published on Friday, 24th August 2018.
What were the former UN Secretary-General's biggest worries and did he have any regrets?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd August 2018.
How can we the people make informed decisions if we're not truly informed?
Published on Monday, 20th August 2018.
Will an Imam's condemnation of the burqa ever gain support in the UK's Muslim community?
Published on Friday, 17th August 2018.
Is Iran on the brink of an economic and political crisis?
Published on Wednesday, 15th August 2018.
The writer and equality rights campaigner Vicky Beeching on faith and sexual orientation
Published on Monday, 13th August 2018.
Is Brexit brinkmanship a game no one can win?
Published on Wednesday, 8th August 2018.
Is psychologist Jordan Peterson 's defence of traditional values liberating or dangerous?
Published on Monday, 6th August 2018.
Published on Thursday, 2nd August 2018.
Is it now time to expose the past secrets of the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland?
Published on Wednesday, 1st August 2018.
Was the outgoing UN human rights commissioner too vocal to be effective in the job?
Published on Monday, 30th July 2018.
What does Wanuri Kahiu's film making tell us about African society today?
Published on Wednesday, 25th July 2018.
Is Australia redefining what it means to be a good bloke?
Published on Monday, 23rd July 2018.
How will the embattled EU steer itself out of its current crisis?
Published on Friday, 20th July 2018.
Are communal divisions and sexual violence threatening India’s core values?
Published on Wednesday, 18th July 2018.
Hameed Haroon is the CEO of Pakistan's influential Dawn Media Group.
Published on Monday, 16th July 2018.
How far will Trump take his love of disruption?
Published on Friday, 13th July 2018.
Does he have what it takes to set Macedonia on a path of greater prosperity?
Published on Wednesday, 11th July 2018.
Stephen Sackur talks to the world-renowned forensic anthropologist and investigator
Published on Monday, 9th July 2018.
Can Israel conclusively win the struggle for Jerusalem?
Published on Friday, 6th July 2018.
Is President Trump deliberately undoing the achievements of the Obama administration?
Published on Wednesday, 4th July 2018.
In what ways is tech sowing the seeds of our own destruction?
Published on Monday, 2nd July 2018.
Why has environmental activism become so dangerous in Iran?
Published on Wednesday, 27th June 2018.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Director of the FBI James Comey
Published on Monday, 25th June 2018.
Are Europeans finding their authentic voice or is populism poisoning politics?
Published on Friday, 22nd June 2018.
Can Kazakhstan move beyond one party rule?
Published on Wednesday, 20th June 2018.
Can Sinn Féin take advantage of the challenge of Brexit to the island of Ireland?
Published on Monday, 18th June 2018.
Will his group Patriotic Ginbot 7 renounce violence?
Published on Friday, 15th June 2018.
Was the ousting of the Philippines Chief Justice a blow to democracy?
Published on Wednesday, 13th June 2018.
Do Afghanistan's leaders have a coherent plan for rescuing the country?
Published on Monday, 11th June 2018.
Why is one UK Labour MP defying his own party on Brexit policy?
Published on Friday, 8th June 2018.
How deep does the poison in the US-Russia relationship run?
Published on Tuesday, 5th June 2018.
Is Imran Khan the right person to steer Pakistan given criticisms about his performance?
Published on Monday, 4th June 2018.
Does the co-founder of the gene editing tool Crispr Cas9 fear for where it may lead?
Published on Friday, 1st June 2018.
British writer Ed Husain on why moderate Muslims need to reclaim their religion
Published on Wednesday, 30th May 2018.
How much responsibility does he bear for some of the excesses at News International?
Published on Friday, 25th May 2018.
Has the status of Egyptian women improved under President Sisi?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd May 2018.
What does Ireland's abortion referendum say about the country today?
Published on Monday, 21st May 2018.
Can anyone clean up Brazilian politics?
Published on Friday, 18th May 2018.
How worried is he about escalating tension in the Middle East?
Published on Tuesday, 15th May 2018.
How close are we to another major Middle East conflict?
Published on Friday, 11th May 2018.
Can Ukraine's ailing health system undergo a radical reformation?
Published on Friday, 4th May 2018.
Can Bilawal Bhutto restore confidence in Pakistani politics?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd May 2018.
How is the European Commission coping with an increasingly fractious Europe?
Published on Monday, 30th April 2018.
Is Syria as we knew it broken beyond repair?
Published on Friday, 27th April 2018.
Can President Barrow live up to people’s expectations?
Published on Monday, 23rd April 2018.
What are Kofi Annan's biggest worries today and does he have any career regrets?
Published on Friday, 20th April 2018.
After diplomatic expulsions, sanctions and a new cold war, what is Russia’s next move?
Published on Wednesday, 18th April 2018.
Given the uncertainty that hangs over Northern Ireland today, is there much to celebrate?
Published on Monday, 16th April 2018.
Did hesitation during the Obama presidency sow the seeds of today's Syria crisis?
Published on Thursday, 12th April 2018.
Has the SFO been given the tools and support to do their job properly?
Published on Wednesday, 11th April 2018.
How does populism work in a country rated one of the world’s richest and happiest?
Published on Monday, 9th April 2018.
What does Michael Rakowitz's artistic work tell us about the state the world is in?
Published on Friday, 6th April 2018.
Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and writer
Published on Monday, 2nd April 2018.
Stephen Sackur talks to the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Published on Thursday, 29th March 2018.
What can the WTO do to avoid a global trade war?
Published on Wednesday, 28th March 2018.
In culturally conservative Pakistan, can a female movie star be an agent of change?
Published on Monday, 26th March 2018.
What is Trump’s brand of disruption doing to US foreign policy?
Published on Friday, 23rd March 2018.
In the battle for Turkey’s future and its soul, who is winning?
Published on Wednesday, 21st March 2018.
Can the DRC find a path to prosperity?
Published on Monday, 19th March 2018.
Are journalists still able to tell the truth to power?
Published on Friday, 16th March 2018.
Can a movement founded on a hashtag really change the world?
Published on Wednesday, 14th March 2018.
Why does migration frighten so many of us?
Published on Monday, 12th March 2018.
Russian businessman and politician Boris Titov is the leader of the Party of Growth
Published on Friday, 9th March 2018.
Is there a viable response to the conflict between Jews and Arabs?
Published on Wednesday, 7th March 2018.
In 1957 Elizabeth Eckford was one of nine students who challenged school segregation
Published on Monday, 5th March 2018.
Can Kosovo escape its troubled history?
Published on Friday, 2nd March 2018.
Are we living in a uniquely healthy, safe and more prosperous world?
Published on Wednesday, 28th February 2018.
Who or what can deliver South Sudan's people from despair?
Published on Monday, 26th February 2018.
Gross misconduct in the humanitarian aid industry - what's gone wrong and why?
Published on Friday, 23rd February 2018.
How will the AfD seek to use its expanded influence?
Published on Wednesday, 21st February 2018.
Why does Venezuela's opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers?
Published on Monday, 19th February 2018.
Are former Israeli soldiers turned dissidents patriots or traitors?
Published on Friday, 16th February 2018.
Is President Trump's close friend a symbol of all that is currently wrong in US politics?
Published on Wednesday, 14th February 2018.
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Mehmet Simsek, on Turkey's military operations in Syria
Published on Monday, 12th February 2018.
Has the Kenyan government over-reacted to Raila Odinga's “People’s President” claim?
Published on Friday, 9th February 2018.
He got himself sworn in as the people's president: is Raila Odinga stirring up violence?
Published on Wednesday, 7th February 2018.
How has Latin America engaged with the Trump administration?
Published on Friday, 2nd February 2018.
Does the British judicial system need a 21st Century reboot ?
Shah Rukh Khan is given an award for his work advancing women’s rights
Published on Wednesday, 31st January 2018.
Is an ANC stalwart and wealthy businessman the right person to create a new South Africa?
Published on Monday, 29th January 2018.
Is it futile to try and resist Brexit?
Published on Friday, 26th January 2018.
Are the risks worth speak out against Islamist jihadist violence?
Published on Wednesday, 24th January 2018.
What responsibility do the Russians themselves have for ending the war in Syria?
Published on Monday, 22nd January 2018.
Why has the former White House Communications Director stayed loyal to President Trump?
Published on Friday, 19th January 2018.
What do Republicans feel and do about their de facto party leader?
Published on Wednesday, 17th January 2018.
How far can the movement demanding radical change in Hollywood go?
Published on Monday, 15th January 2018.
How does Jonathan Moyo see the future of Zimbabwe?
Published on Friday, 12th January 2018.
Where do you draw the line in comedy between what’s funny and what’s going too far?
Published on Wednesday, 10th January 2018.
Are the Palestinians staring defeat in the face?
Published on Monday, 8th January 2018.
How will leaving the EU affect the UK's sense of itself and its international standing?
Published on Friday, 5th January 2018.
Why has the Dambusters raid become such a part of Britain’s national folklore?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd January 2018.
Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Jerusalem, Netanyahu and Iran.
Published on Wednesday, 20th December 2017.
Is Sudan's government coming in from the cold?
Published on Friday, 15th December 2017.
We are now obsessed with good food but is that altogether healthy?
Published on Wednesday, 13th December 2017.
What use is this Nobel Peace Prize when the world’s nuclear powers are not listening?
Published on Monday, 11th December 2017.
Are there any dangers in Mr Modi's populism?
Published on Thursday, 7th December 2017.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Winnie Byanyima, the Ugandan boss of Oxfam International.
Published on Monday, 4th December 2017.
Can Madrid out manoeuvre the secessionists?
Published on Friday, 1st December 2017.
Russian TV journalist Ksenia Sobchak will contest the election in Russia in March 2018
Published on Wednesday, 29th November 2017.
Sarah Montague talks to the Kiss bassist and businessman Gene Simmons.
Published on Monday, 27th November 2017.
How did Lemn Sissay find a remarkable poetic voice amongst dark and painful experiences?
Published on Friday, 24th November 2017.
Is it safe to do business in the United Arab Emirates?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd November 2017.
How did a boy from the Australian backwoods get to make his celluloid dreams come true?
Published on Monday, 20th November 2017.
Why are governments around the world are failing to meet the migration challenge?
Published on Friday, 17th November 2017.
Should anything be off limits in comedy?
Published on Wednesday, 15th November 2017.
Is the Saudi drama about raw power or real reform?
Published on Monday, 13th November 2017.
Can the UK Tory party get out of the quagmire it's in?
Published on Friday, 10th November 2017.
How far does Berlin want to push EU integration?
Published on Wednesday, 8th November 2017.
How significant will President Trump’s U-turns on Obama-era agreements prove to be?
Published on Monday, 6th November 2017.
Have the secessionists scored a massive own goal?
Published on Friday, 3rd November 2017.
Is Zambia's opposition leader destabilising the country?
Published on Wednesday, 1st November 2017.
Does the daughter of Martin Luther King believe racism is on the rise again in the US?
Published on Monday, 30th October 2017.
He says the post-apartheid constitution is one of the world's best. Why do some disagree?
Published on Friday, 27th October 2017.
Are we creating machines which could turn the dark visions of science fiction into fact?
Published on Monday, 23rd October 2017.
What would the UK opposition party do about Brexit?
Published on Friday, 20th October 2017.
What do Hollywood films teach us about the nature of evil?
Published on Wednesday, 18th October 2017.
Is there still public appetite for Dan Brown’s high fibre blockbuster novels?
How dark is the reality behind Hollywood's glitz?
Published on Friday, 13th October 2017.
Will the recent Kurdish referendum deliver even less than what the Kurds have now?
Published on Thursday, 12th October 2017.
In an interview from 2017, Stephen Sackur speaks to the much-loved guitarist
Published on Thursday, 5th October 2017.
What difference will the Alternative for Germany party make to Germany?
Published on Wednesday, 4th October 2017.
Can President Macron fix awkward realities in France and elsewhere in Europe?
Published on Monday, 2nd October 2017.
Is Pakistan at risk of losing allies over its inability to control militants?
Published on Friday, 29th September 2017.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Russian parliamentarian Konstantin Kosachev.
Published on Wednesday, 27th September 2017.
Are reports of the EU’s resurgence premature?
Published on Thursday, 21st September 2017.
What is the key to understanding Orhan Pamuk's Turkey?
Why the EU's migration policy is the most serious threat to security in Europe.
Published on Wednesday, 20th September 2017.
Does the UN have the moral clout and authority to handle pressing world crises?
Published on Monday, 18th September 2017.
Has South Africa's governing African National Congress hit rock bottom?
Published on Friday, 15th September 2017.
How will Africa cope with an impending population explosion?
Published on Wednesday, 13th September 2017.
Is social media bad for public discourse?
Published on Monday, 11th September 2017.
Does Trump's presidency mark a permanent shift in America's global role?
Published on Thursday, 7th September 2017.
Is it easy to lose sight of what matters most to business success?
Published on Wednesday, 6th September 2017.
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on the impact of President Trump
Published on Monday, 4th September 2017.
How do you survive the North Korean labour camp system?
Published on Monday, 28th August 2017.
How fanciful is the notion of a 21st century American civil war?
Published on Friday, 25th August 2017.
If Brexit is not a clean break, then what is the point?
Published on Tuesday, 22nd August 2017.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Mikheil Saakashvili who served two terms as Georgian President .
Published on Monday, 21st August 2017.
Does the ANC need to be broken up to enable South Africa to thrive?
Published on Thursday, 17th August 2017.
Is Al Jazeera's future safe?
Published on Tuesday, 15th August 2017.
Can Maduro outlast his enemies?
Published on Friday, 11th August 2017.
Is Poland turning away from liberal democracy?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the former Governor of the Bank of France Christian Noyer
Published on Wednesday, 9th August 2017.
Does Iraq have a viable future?
Published on Monday, 7th August 2017.
How best to close the door on the home-grown Jihadis?
Published on Tuesday, 1st August 2017.
Does the IPPF's support of abortion justify the halt in US government funding?
Published on Thursday, 27th July 2017.
Is it the right time for Syrian refugees to return home to safe zones?
Published on Tuesday, 25th July 2017.
What does the UAE hope to achieve by isolating Qatar?
Published on Monday, 24th July 2017.
His aim is to foster cultural crossover ; can this US-Emirati artist avoid taking sides?
Published on Wednesday, 19th July 2017.
Can Zimbabwe's opposition defeat President Robert Mugabe in elections next year?
Published on Monday, 17th July 2017.
Is President Erdogan a danger to democracy in Turkey?
Published on Friday, 14th July 2017.
Are radical policies needed to address the current ills of the US?
Published on Tuesday, 11th July 2017.
Is the Nigerian army effective in securing the country?
Published on Sunday, 9th July 2017.
What does Fatou Bensouda, a Prosecutor at the ICC, say in the Court's defence?
Published on Tuesday, 4th July 2017.
Is Donald Trump fundamentally changing America's global role?
Published on Friday, 30th June 2017.
Moshe Ya'alon was Israel's Minister of Defence from 2013 until he resigned in May 2016.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the American Screenwriter and LGBTQ activist Dustin Lance Black
Published on Wednesday, 28th June 2017.
Is President Duterte taking the Philippines and the region in a new direction?
Published on Friday, 23rd June 2017.
Are allegations of cronyism and corruption against President Zuma about to be dismissed?
Are cracks showing in the Putin project?
Published on Friday, 16th June 2017.
Does Europe view Britain's travails with sympathy or relish?
Published on Thursday, 15th June 2017.
Economist Stephen King explains why globalization might be going into reverse.
Published on Wednesday, 14th June 2017.
How best to stop young men being drawn into jihadi terrorism?
Published on Friday, 9th June 2017.
Is President Trump proving effective in important foreign policy issues?
Published on Thursday, 8th June 2017.
Is our racial identity something we can define for ourselves?
Published on Tuesday, 6th June 2017.
Did Bernie Sanders plant the seeds of a political revolution in the United States?
Published on Sunday, 4th June 2017.
What hope is there for the people of South Sudan?
Published on Thursday, 1st June 2017.
Does the New York Times' claim to be fair in its reporting stand up to scrutiny?
Published on Wednesday, 31st May 2017.
Can a bank make money and promote democratic values?
Published on Monday, 29th May 2017.
In the wake of Manchester is the West any closer to an effective counter terror strategy?
Published on Friday, 26th May 2017.
Does the West get anywhere close to understanding Turkey's complex culture and politics?
Published on Tuesday, 23rd May 2017.
Can oil dependent Nigeria transform itself into a modern trading economy?
Published on Monday, 22nd May 2017.
Stephen Sackur talks to the speaker of the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
Published on Friday, 19th May 2017.
Are the cyber-crooks several steps ahead of the cyber-cops?
Published on Wednesday, 17th May 2017.
Will Brexit have catastrophic consequences across the Irish Sea?
Published on Friday, 12th May 2017.
Shaun Ley speaks to French MEP Sylvie Goulard who has advised President-elect Macron.
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to the American diplomat Christopher Hill.
Published on Wednesday, 10th May 2017.
As the scandals pile up, are we witnessing the slow death of the ANC?
Published on Friday, 5th May 2017.
Is the UN losing the struggle to save millions of lives?
Published on Tuesday, 2nd May 2017.
Is Turkey sliding towards one-party dictatorship?
Published on Friday, 28th April 2017.
Do Christians have a future in the Middle East?
Published on Monday, 24th April 2017.
Will Russia promise not to pervert democracy in Europe?
Published on Friday, 21st April 2017.
Is France living through an age of decline?
Published on Tuesday, 18th April 2017.
Why did a UN agency publish a report that categorised Israel as an apartheid state?
Published on Monday, 17th April 2017.
Jan Kizilhan has helped bring over a thousand Yazidi females from Iraq to Germany.
Published on Friday, 14th April 2017.
Can the refugee crisis be solved using one simple idea?
Published on Wednesday, 12th April 2017.
How does the EU need to change if it is to win over the next generation of Italians?
Published on Wednesday, 5th April 2017.
'My campaigning is about allowing people to be themselves' - McKellen on gay rights
Why is a former head of state-sanctioned executions now an opponent of the death penalty?
Published on Friday, 31st March 2017.
After 26 years in jail the veteran anti-apartheid activist had no time for bitterness
Published on Wednesday, 29th March 2017.
What does the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials think they achieved?
Published on Monday, 27th March 2017.
Does Turkey's main opposition party have a credible alternative vision for the country?
Published on Friday, 24th March 2017.
HARDtalk speaks to Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong
Published on Wednesday, 22nd March 2017.
Should 93 year old Robert Mugabe be standing for another Presidential term?
Published on Monday, 20th March 2017.
HARDtalk speaks to Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice chairman of the Open Russia group.
Published on Friday, 17th March 2017.
Will the liberal politics espoused by the former senator ever be back in fashion?
Published on Wednesday, 15th March 2017.
How tainted is Joice Mujuru by her long association with the ZANU-PF party?
Published on Friday, 10th March 2017.
Moise Katumbi says he'll run for president at the next election in DR Congo.
What does the Trump era mean for the Palestinian dream of statehood?
Published on Wednesday, 8th March 2017.
Ukraine's prime minister from 2014 to 2016, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, speaks to HARDtalk
Published on Monday, 6th March 2017.
Is the much vaunted Singapore model under threat?
Published on Friday, 3rd March 2017.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Does the US constitution ensure that the White House is always subject to the law?
Published on Tuesday, 28th February 2017.
Is Iran fuelling terror and conflicts in the Middle East?
Published on Thursday, 23rd February 2017.
Could one state for Jews, Muslims and Christians have a greater chance of peace?
Published on Tuesday, 21st February 2017.
Is elite sport still being devalued by the dopers?
Published on Monday, 20th February 2017.
Is Hollywood accurately reflecting the times we are living in?
Published on Friday, 17th February 2017.
Is German politics going to reshape Europe?
Published on Wednesday, 15th February 2017.
Zeinab Badawi talks to one of cinema’s best-known and versatile actors, Forest Whitaker
Published on Monday, 13th February 2017.
In America's new politics will big business consistently trump environmental concerns?
Published on Friday, 10th February 2017.
Published on Thursday, 9th February 2017.
Can Mexico afford to provoke the new US administration?
Published on Tuesday, 7th February 2017.
How has Petula Clark managed to sustain her immense success?
Published on Thursday, 2nd February 2017.
How confrontational is the EU's chief Brexit negotiator prepared to be?
As Britain begins the process of leaving the EU what will be its new place in the world?
Published on Wednesday, 1st February 2017.
Is NATO obsolete? Or an organisation that can change and adapt?
Published on Monday, 30th January 2017.
Why can’t this oil rich nation with plenty of farm land enjoy greater prosperity?
Published on Friday, 27th January 2017.
Is the rise in populism around the globe causing a shift away from Europe?
Published on Wednesday, 25th January 2017.
What can we expect from Russia-US relations now?
Published on Monday, 23rd January 2017.
Vladimir Putin's loudest critic says he'll use 'People Power' to bring the President down
Published on Friday, 20th January 2017.
Weaving together influences from East and West, how does Akram Khan define his dance?
Published on Wednesday, 18th January 2017.
Held hostage for nearly two years, Theo Padnos blames himself for his ordeal
Published on Monday, 16th January 2017.
How much responsibility does the SPLM rebel group bear for the suffering in South Sudan?
Published on Friday, 13th January 2017.
How different and unpredictable is President Donald Trump going to be?
Published on Wednesday, 11th January 2017.
Jan Kizilhan has helped Yazidi female victims from Iraq to start a new life
Published on Monday, 9th January 2017.
Is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat?
Published on Friday, 6th January 2017.
How vulnerable is the West in the new balance of global military power?
Published on Wednesday, 4th January 2017.
What has happened to the spirit of the Tahrir revolution?
Published on Friday, 30th December 2016.
HARDtalk speaks to Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran.
Published on Wednesday, 21st December 2016.
His novel The Sellout deploys biting satire to unpick the black American experience
Published on Friday, 16th December 2016.
How did a poor boy who grew up under apartheid become the presenter of The Daily Show?
Published on Wednesday, 14th December 2016.
HARDtalk speaks to Nobel Peace Prize winner, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia
Published on Monday, 12th December 2016.
Does Kurdish ambition for independence threaten more instability in Iraq?
Published on Friday, 9th December 2016.
Will Brexit mean a return to the divisions of the past?
Published on Wednesday, 7th December 2016.
Is Lithuania justified in its fear of Russia, or is this just scaremongering?
Published on Monday, 5th December 2016.
What are Team Trump’s priorities for the United States?
Published on Friday, 25th November 2016.
What will Trump's brand of interventionism do for the US and world economies?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd November 2016.
Victoria Nyanjura talks about her eight years as a captive of the Lord's Resistance Army
Published on Monday, 21st November 2016.
What impact will Donald Trump have on President Barack Obama's policies?
Published on Friday, 18th November 2016.
Is ending the Syrian conflict mission impossible?
Published on Wednesday, 16th November 2016.
Is France united and stronger, or divided and weaker?
Published on Monday, 14th November 2016.
Nirmala Sitharaman on exports, Chinese steel and India being the next big economic player
Published on Friday, 11th November 2016.
How firm is Vladimir Putin’s grip on power?
Published on Monday, 7th November 2016.
Stephen Sackur talks to Roberto Azevêdo, Director General of the World Trade Organisation
Published on Friday, 4th November 2016.
How does Kieran Conway justify his past involvement with the IRA?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd November 2016.
What inspires her dark fiction?
Published on Monday, 31st October 2016.
Is there a growing disillusionment with globalisation and big trade deals?
Published on Friday, 28th October 2016.
Daniel Mitov answers questions on the migration crisis and relationships with Russia
Published on Wednesday, 26th October 2016.
What impact does Michael O'Leary think Brexit will have on Ryanair and Ireland?
Published on Monday, 24th October 2016.
Why won’t Hungary play by Europe’s rules?
Published on Friday, 21st October 2016.
Has South Sudan been betrayed by its leaders?
Published on Wednesday, 19th October 2016.
Could she send shockwaves around the world and actually win the French presidency?
Published on Friday, 14th October 2016.
Poet, novelist, story writer, essayist, and environmental activist Margaret Atwood
Influential Conservative tax campaigner Grover Norquist on Donald Trump
Published on Wednesday, 12th October 2016.
Are there dangers in playing South Africa's recent history for laughs?
Published on Monday, 10th October 2016.
The chairman of Israel's Foreign Affairs & Defence Committee Avi Dichter.
Published on Friday, 7th October 2016.
Nigeria renews efforts to tackle economic recession and corruption but is it too late?
Published on Wednesday, 5th October 2016.
A 2016 interview with the rock'n'roll star
Published on Monday, 3rd October 2016.
Published on Thursday, 29th September 2016.
Can the leader of the Cambodian opposition make a difference when he is in exile ?
Published on Wednesday, 28th September 2016.
What effect has Angela Merkel's refugee policy had on the way Germany will be governed?
Published on Friday, 23rd September 2016.
What will our future relationship with the EU look like?
Published on Wednesday, 21st September 2016.
Former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on liberal, pro-European politics
Published on Monday, 19th September 2016.
Will Beijing try to silence Hong Kong's Nathan Law?
Published on Friday, 16th September 2016.
Rogue trader Kweku Adoboli lost Swiss Bank UBS $2.3bn. Have bankers learnt their lesson?
Published on Wednesday, 14th September 2016.
How does a political heavyweight make sense of failure?
Published on Monday, 12th September 2016.
Is Poland turning inwards and away from the European Union?
Published on Friday, 9th September 2016.
United States Senator Lindsey Graham talks about foreign policy and the presidential race
Published on Wednesday, 7th September 2016.
Are efforts to reform Ukraine's state energy company being sabotaged from the very top?
Published on Monday, 5th September 2016.
Sara Khan on the challenges of preventing young women being radicalised
Published on Friday, 2nd September 2016.
Dr Henry Marsh gives a rare insight into the mind of a doctor but how reassuring is it?
Published on Wednesday, 31st August 2016.
Is British politics returning to the ideological clashes of the 1980s?
Published on Monday, 29th August 2016.
Should South Sudan have ever been an independent country?
Published on Friday, 26th August 2016.
British surgeon David Nott has spent decades in conflict zones including Syria
Published on Wednesday, 24th August 2016.
What's the secret to a great acting performance?
Published on Monday, 22nd August 2016.
After their failure to predict the crises of the past decade, should we trust economists?
Published on Friday, 19th August 2016.
Who speaks most effectively for black America today?
Published on Wednesday, 17th August 2016.
Stephen Sackur talks to a foreign policy adviser to the Clinton campaign, Nicholas Burns
Published on Monday, 15th August 2016.
What draws people to jihad?
Published on Wednesday, 10th August 2016.
Is Afghanistan beyond salvation?
Published on Monday, 8th August 2016.
Stephen Sackur talks to Nigeria's Minister for Power, Works and Housing.
Published on Thursday, 4th August 2016.
What is the legacy of the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme?
Published on Monday, 1st August 2016.
Has the vision of a tolerant, secular Pakistan been lost?
Published on Wednesday, 27th July 2016.
Was producer Tony Garnett's work motivated by the dark corners of his own life?
Has the attempted coup exposed weaknesses in the hold of power of President Erdogan?
Published on Wednesday, 20th July 2016.
Is the opposition in Venezuela plotting a coup against President Maduro?
Published on Monday, 18th July 2016.
HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi speaks to Turkey’s Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim
Published on Friday, 15th July 2016.
Does he have any regrets around the advice he gave leading up to the Iraq War?
Published on Wednesday, 13th July 2016.
Are Italians becoming disillusioned with the EU project?
Published on Sunday, 10th July 2016.
Why does Gwyneth Paltrow rouse such strong reaction?
Published on Friday, 8th July 2016.
With scores like The Lion King, for film directors he's the composer to work with
How much of his inspiration came from the dark corners in his own life ?
Published on Wednesday, 6th July 2016.
Can Zimbabwe escape its economic crisis?
After the shooting in Orlando, will US conservatives rethink gay rights and gun control?
Published on Friday, 17th June 2016.
Lord Heseltine is passionate Remain advocate. Are the Remainers beginning to worry?
Published on Wednesday, 15th June 2016.
Will this political war ultimately weaken Britain and Europe?
Published on Wednesday, 8th June 2016.
Former top England cricketer Michael Yardy discusses his mental illness
Published on Sunday, 5th June 2016.
What is the point of the modern day diplomat?
Published on Friday, 3rd June 2016.
HARDtalk speaks to Chris Eubank who was a super-middleweight world champion.
Published on Monday, 30th May 2016.
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur talks to the President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis.
Published on Friday, 27th May 2016.
Does cheap oil make decarbonising the world economy even more difficult?
Published on Wednesday, 25th May 2016.
Libyan politician Mustafa Abushagur on the challenges of uniting a fragmenting state
Published on Friday, 20th May 2016.
Lord Dubs wants Britain to take more child refugees. What is Europe's responsibility?
Published on Tuesday, 17th May 2016.
What is Brian Eno? A musician, a composer, or an artist impossible to label?
Published on Monday, 16th May 2016.
Does UK Labour's sharp turn to the left look like a winning strategy?
Published on Friday, 13th May 2016.
Can German leadership rescue the European project?.
Published on Wednesday, 11th May 2016.
Is democracy a Russian priority?
Published on Monday, 9th May 2016.
Does South Africa's President Jacob Zuma need to go?
Published on Friday, 6th May 2016.
Does Islam need a reform movement?
Published on Wednesday, 4th May 2016.
Is Pakistan playing a double game on regional security?
Published on Monday, 2nd May 2016.
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, on the Sanders campaign and Hilary Clinton
Published on Thursday, 28th April 2016.
Published on Wednesday, 27th April 2016.
After so many doping scandals, must all sporting success be treated with suspicion?
Published on Monday, 25th April 2016.
A voice from the business world makes the case for Brexit. Could it make economic sense?
Published on Friday, 22nd April 2016.
Is there trouble ahead for the global economy?
Published on Monday, 18th April 2016.
Is America ready for genuinely left-wing politics? American Democrats must decide.
Published on Friday, 15th April 2016.
HARDtalk speaks to Fahd al Rasheed, CEO of King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia.
Published on Monday, 11th April 2016.
Where does musical creativity come from?
Is there still life in the superhero movie?
Published on Friday, 8th April 2016.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Vladimir Chizhov - the Russian Ambassador to the EU
Published on Monday, 4th April 2016.
Following the recent attacks in Brussels, can Europe be both secure and free?
Published on Monday, 28th March 2016.
Can architecture inspire people to think and behave differently?
Published on Friday, 25th March 2016.
Timo Soini, leader of The Finns right wing populist party on sharing power
Published on Tuesday, 22nd March 2016.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier.
Published on Monday, 21st March 2016.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sevgi Akarçeşme, Editor in Chief "Today's Zaman", Turkey.
Published on Friday, 18th March 2016.
What is the collateral damage for Lebanon from the Syrian conflict?
Published on Wednesday, 16th March 2016.
Greek Minister of Labour and Social Security George Katrougalos on the EU migrant deal
Published on Friday, 11th March 2016.
Meglena Kuneva on Bulgaria's stance towards the European refugee and migrant deal
Published on Wednesday, 9th March 2016.
A generation after the crooked rule of General Noriega has Panama cleaned up it's act?
Published on Monday, 7th March 2016.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Selim Yenel, Turkey’s Ambassador to the European Union.
Published on Friday, 4th March 2016.
Anthony Weiner's career was destroyed by two bizarre sex scandals. Why did he do it?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd March 2016.
Zeinab Badawi interviews Janet Napolitano, former US Secretary of Homeland Security.
Published on Monday, 29th February 2016.
Sarah Montague talks to Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
Published on Friday, 26th February 2016.
Stephen Sackur talks to the former director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden
Published on Wednesday, 24th February 2016.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of the Greek New Democracy party
Published on Monday, 22nd February 2016.
How will a newly assertive Poland play its hand in Europe?
Published on Friday, 19th February 2016.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Syrian opposition negotiator, Bassma Kodmani.
Published on Wednesday, 17th February 2016.
Stephen Sackur speaks with Fahd al Rasheed, CEO of King Abdullah Economic City.
Published on Monday, 15th February 2016.
Søren Espersen on immigration and Danish values
Published on Friday, 12th February 2016.
Does Europol have the powers it needs to defeat cross border terror and organised crime?
Published on Tuesday, 9th February 2016.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Iyad Ameen Madani of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation
Published on Monday, 8th February 2016.
Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway on her country's stance on migration
Published on Friday, 5th February 2016.
Saudi Arabia faces economic and political instability - is the House of Saud in trouble?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd February 2016.
Published on Monday, 1st February 2016.
What will be the result of lifting sanctions on Iran?
Published on Friday, 29th January 2016.
Hardtalk talks Fracking with Francis Egan, who wants to bring it to the UK
Published on Wednesday, 27th January 2016.
Former CIA agent John Kiriakou went public with the truth about water-boarding
Published on Monday, 25th January 2016.
Published on Friday, 22nd January 2016.
Is America ready for his enduring punk sensibility?
Published on Wednesday, 20th January 2016.
The Eurosceptic’s have a historic opportunity – can they seize it?
Published on Monday, 18th January 2016.
Is there any way to take the heat out of the Saudi-Iranian confrontation?
Published on Friday, 15th January 2016.
Can his country stay intact and navigate the road to full EU membership?
Published on Wednesday, 13th January 2016.
Nir Barkat has grand plans for advancing Jerusalem but just how equal is the city?
Published on Tuesday, 12th January 2016.
Should female genital mutilation have a place in the 21st Century?
Published on Monday, 11th January 2016.
Novelist and poet Ben Okri on the freedom for storytellers to explore their continent
Published on Friday, 8th January 2016.
Insight into the mind of a doctor from Dr Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon
Published on Monday, 4th January 2016.
After more than 3 decades at the top, Sylvie Guillem is retiring from ballet.
Published on Wednesday, 30th December 2015.
Nigel Owens refereed the Rugby World Cup final. He speaks to Zeinab Badawi.
Published on Monday, 28th December 2015.
Will the fight for Africa's endangered wildlife have a happy ending?
Published on Friday, 25th December 2015.
The award winning writer, Colm Tóibín, talks to Stephen Sackur.
Published on Wednesday, 23rd December 2015.
Actor Burt Reynolds on his Hollywood career and why he is proud of only some of his films
Published on Monday, 21st December 2015.
Is Lord Turner's solution - printing money to stimulate growth - credible?
Published on Friday, 18th December 2015.
Can the businessman and politician Tokyo Sexwale, replace Sepp Blatter at FIFA?
Published on Wednesday, 16th December 2015.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon from Nigeria.
Published on Monday, 14th December 2015.
Is Tunisia's example of inclusive politics a realistic model for other countries?
Published on Friday, 11th December 2015.
Hage Geingob has declared war on poverty and inequality but can he make a difference?
Published on Wednesday, 9th December 2015.
Malawi is struggling to progress. How much of its failures are down to bad government?
Published on Monday, 7th December 2015.
Has targeting IS weakened or re-energised the Syrian National Coalition?
Published on Friday, 4th December 2015.
Can Frank Habineza's Democratic Green Party offer a better alternative for Rwanda?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd December 2015.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos talks to Stephen Sackur in Bogota.
Published on Friday, 20th November 2015.
Should NATO join the coalition bombing IS in Syria after the terrorist attacks in Paris?
Published on Wednesday, 18th November 2015.
Is Brazil teetering on the brink of a major political and economic crisis?
Published on Monday, 16th November 2015.
What is making the sport so popular today?
Published on Saturday, 14th November 2015.
Should foreign journalists report from such dangerous conflict zones?
Published on Friday, 13th November 2015.
What does Jeremy Corbyn mean for Labour and for Britain?
Published on Monday, 9th November 2015.
Is a new wave of extremism sweeping the West Bank and Gaza?
Published on Wednesday, 4th November 2015.
Published on Monday, 2nd November 2015.
As the Obama presidency enters its final phase how have attitudes towards the US shifted?
Published on Friday, 30th October 2015.
Can we be confident the right lessons have been learned from the great financial crash?
Published on Wednesday, 28th October 2015.
Does Russia’s desire to shore up the Assad regime risk a confrontation with the US?
Published on Monday, 26th October 2015.
What is driving the latest violence between Israelis and Palestinians?
Published on Friday, 23rd October 2015.
Stephen Sackur asks Eric Cantor, what on earth is going on inside the Republican party?
Published on Tuesday, 20th October 2015.
What does Syria tell us about US foreign policy making in the age of Obama?
Published on Monday, 19th October 2015.
Is delivering healthcare in the world’s conflict zones becoming more dangerous?
Published on Friday, 16th October 2015.
American author Jonathan Franzen on his life and work and modern culture
Published on Wednesday, 14th October 2015.
Does the West have a coherent strategy in Syria?
Published on Monday, 12th October 2015.
Falsely accused in an investigation of historical sex abuse, when will the trauma end?
Published on Friday, 9th October 2015.
Will Europe ever agree on how to tackle the migration crisis?
Published on Wednesday, 7th October 2015.
How far has the refugee crisis exposed tensions between Christians and Muslims?
Published on Friday, 2nd October 2015.
Mohamed Fahmy, the now freed former Al Jazeera English bureau chief in Cairo
Syrian businessman Ayman Asfari, CEO of Petrofac,on international intervention in Syria
Published on Wednesday, 30th September 2015.
Emmanuel Macron on the economic reforms he is spearheading
Published on Monday, 28th September 2015.
How well is Hungary handling the migration crisis on its borders?
Published on Friday, 25th September 2015.
Does David Cameron's position on Syria and the migrant crisis make sense?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd September 2015.
Is Nato prepared to accept Georgia as a new member?
Published on Monday, 21st September 2015.
Is Australia's economy being hit by a slump in global commodity prices?
Published on Friday, 18th September 2015.
Can Libya's warring parties join forces to save the country?
Published on Wednesday, 16th September 2015.
Are we on the cusp of an era shaped by Artificial Intelligence?
Published on Monday, 14th September 2015.
Stephen Sackur talks to Spanish politician Raul Romeva who wants an independent Catalonia
Published on Friday, 11th September 2015.
Are the IRA still active and what does this mean for Northern Ireland's stability?
Published on Wednesday, 9th September 2015.
Barbara Hulanicki’s legacy is intact: she made fashion affordable for the masses.
Published on Friday, 4th September 2015.
What can governments like Macedonia's do to resolve the current migrants crisis?
What does the contest to lead Britain’s Labour Party mean for the future of socialism?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd September 2015.
What motivates the jihadi fighters?
Published on Monday, 31st August 2015.
Earlier this year Suha Arafat, the widow of Yasser Arafat, spoke to Zeinab Badawi.
Published on Friday, 28th August 2015.
Tim Franks talks to the artist who penned 'American Pie' about his most famous song.
Published on Wednesday, 26th August 2015.
After five decades making movies, is Werner Herzog's love of film as intense as ever?
Published on Tuesday, 25th August 2015.
His novels explore dark themes but is Colm Tóibín as intense as his fiction suggests?
Published on Friday, 21st August 2015.
Zeinab Badawi talks to the South African jazz musician and activist Hugh Masekela.
Published on Monday, 17th August 2015.
Hardtalk talks to James Ellroy regarded as America’s greatest living crime writer.
Can the first black leader of South Africa's main opposition take race out of politics?
Published on Wednesday, 12th August 2015.
She is about to retire after three decades of performing. What makes Sylvie Guillem tick?
Published on Monday, 10th August 2015.
Could Turkey be slipping back into conflict? Zeinab Badawi asks HDP MP Ertuğrul Kürkçü.
Published on Friday, 7th August 2015.
Calais' Deputy Mayor Philippe Mignonet and British MP Tim Loughton on the migrant crisis.
Published on Wednesday, 5th August 2015.
Allen Ault used to organise state executions in Georgia, now he opposes the death penalty
Published on Monday, 3rd August 2015.
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing a rebellion within his party
Published on Wednesday, 29th July 2015.
Marc Quinn is one of Britain's best known artists. Will his work stand the test of time?
Published on Monday, 27th July 2015.
Why is it proving so hard to root drugs out of sport?
Published on Friday, 24th July 2015.
Why are America's race-based wounds so slow to heal?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd July 2015.
The Nato military alliance has a proud history, but does it have a future?
Published on Monday, 20th July 2015.
Is he a credible or wise addition to Ukraine’s hard-pressed government?
Published on Tuesday, 14th July 2015.
Hardtalk speaks to William Schabas, who chaired the commission of inquiry into Gaza war.
Published on Wednesday, 8th July 2015.
What motivates the jihadist fighters?
Published on Tuesday, 30th June 2015.
The ad industry is extraordinary powerful, but is it responsible?
Published on Friday, 26th June 2015.
Can Prime Minister David Cameron negotiations over Europe win over the eurosceptics?
Published on Wednesday, 24th June 2015.
Have the unions become irrelevant for many of those in need of support in the work place?
Published on Thursday, 18th June 2015.
As leader of Sudan's opposition does he really believe they stand a chance Sudan?
Published on Monday, 15th June 2015.
What are the odds on the World Cup actually making it to Moscow?
Published on Wednesday, 10th June 2015.
Does President Obama have a vision for Africa?
Published on Monday, 8th June 2015.
Is China the world's new superpower?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd June 2015.
His work suggest a dark, brooding presence but is this close to the real Colm Tóibín?
Published on Monday, 1st June 2015.
How fragile is West Africa?
Published on Wednesday, 27th May 2015.
Published on Tuesday, 26th May 2015.
Where do the roots of the crisis in Iraq lie and what should the US and the West do?
Published on Friday, 22nd May 2015.
What is the ANC doing to ensure xenophobic violence does not flare up again?
Published on Wednesday, 20th May 2015.
Published on Monday, 18th May 2015.
Can a deal be made between the Colombian government and Farc?
Published on Friday, 15th May 2015.
What are the prospects of the UK's renegotiation on European Union membership?
Published on Wednesday, 13th May 2015.
Published on Monday, 11th May 2015.
Can Portugal's finance minister revive her own country's economy?
Published on Wednesday, 6th May 2015.
Are we living in a new 'era of disorder' and what can be done about it?
Published on Monday, 4th May 2015.
Why is his imagination still heavily stirred by Scotland and his working-class roots?
Published on Friday, 1st May 2015.
Should anyone over 50 be able to plan an end to their own life?
Published on Wednesday, 29th April 2015.
Could artificial intelligence pose an existential threat to humans?
Published on Friday, 24th April 2015.
The Israeli election was a major disappointment - what next for him and the Israeli left?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd April 2015.
Was Leslee Udwin's documentary about the Delhi gang rape sensationalist?
Published on Monday, 20th April 2015.
Brandon Bryant's time as a drone operator has left him feeling angry - we find out why.
Published on Friday, 17th April 2015.
How close is chaos in Venezuela?
Published on Monday, 13th April 2015.
Is Syria part of a wider story of international humanitarian failure?
Published on Wednesday, 8th April 2015.
Is the notion of 'giving back' a choice or a moral obligation for the world's richest?
Published on Friday, 3rd April 2015.
Nile Rodgers, co-founder of the band Chic, explains why his beat is still going on
Published on Wednesday, 1st April 2015.
Where does Hong Kongs umbrella revolution's campaign for political reform go next?
Published on Sunday, 29th March 2015.
"For my fellow filthy rich...wake up, people - it won’t last” warns Nick Hanauer
Published on Wednesday, 25th March 2015.
Are Britain and Nato exhibiting dangerous weakness on conflicts from Ukraine to Syria?
Published on Friday, 20th March 2015.
What does the Liberal Democrat party’s experience say about politics in Britain today?
Published on Friday, 13th March 2015.
In terms of the Jewish community and Labour are there problems that just can't be fixed?
Is the Catholic Church helping or hindering the development of the Philippines?
Published on Wednesday, 11th March 2015.
Is this a time for economic confidence, or caution?
Published on Friday, 6th March 2015.
Why does she believe there is a lack of trust between the government and British Muslims?
Published on Wednesday, 4th March 2015.
What does his extraordinary story tell us about the nature of the jihadist threat?
Published on Tuesday, 3rd March 2015.
Are ‘three-parent babies’ a revolution too far?
Published on Monday, 2nd March 2015.
Senior Economic Adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel
Published on Friday, 27th February 2015.
Published on Wednesday, 25th February 2015.
Young, black and poor Americans and the police today
Published on Wednesday, 18th February 2015.
Lebanon's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
Published on Friday, 13th February 2015.
Does Pakistan need to change it's handling of terrorists?
Published on Wednesday, 11th February 2015.
Ukrainian novelist on the country's uprising and the impact of writing in Russian
Published on Monday, 9th February 2015.
Is torture ever justifiable?
Published on Friday, 6th February 2015.
The EU's former Chief Scientific Advisor talks of the role's challenges
Published on Wednesday, 4th February 2015.
Why hasn't freedom reduced inequality in post-apartheid South Africa?
Published on Friday, 30th January 2015.
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner on counter-terrorism measures
Published on Wednesday, 28th January 2015.
Why have other gay footballers not followed his lead - by publicly coming out?
Published on Monday, 26th January 2015.
Economist Luigi Zingales says American capitalism is in crisis
Published on Friday, 23rd January 2015.
Chinese pro-democracy student leader Wu’er Kaixi in a live debate on democracy
Published on Thursday, 22nd January 2015.
The film director talks about his five decade career
Published on Wednesday, 21st January 2015.
Suha Arafat on her marriage to PLO leader Yasser Arafat and his assassination
Published on Tuesday, 20th January 2015.
Former Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations, UK, Richard Barrett
Published on Friday, 16th January 2015.
Why does he persist with his divisive campaign on Jerusalem's holiest ground?
Published on Friday, 9th January 2015.
What next for Greece if anti-auterity party Syriza wins the elections in January?
Is non-intervention an unacceptable risk the Middle East given the threat of extremism?
Published on Wednesday, 7th January 2015.
What did we learn from the historic landing of the Rosetta probe on a comet?
Published on Monday, 5th January 2015.
Is the Red Cross model of scrupulously neutral intervention broken beyond repair?
Published on Friday, 19th December 2014.
What more can be done to clean up sports?
Published on Wednesday, 17th December 2014.
A 2014 interview with one of theatre's most acclaimed actors
Published on Monday, 15th December 2014.
Did President Zuma ‘benefit unduly’ from a $25 million facelift for his private home?
Published on Friday, 12th December 2014.
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai awarded for their struggle against suppression
Published on Wednesday, 10th December 2014.
Is Egypt's story a harsh lesson in the dangers of wishful thinking?
Published on Monday, 8th December 2014.
Why has the US race debate turned sour?
Published on Friday, 5th December 2014.
Has the time come to admit that the 'peace process' is an unhelpful fiction?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd December 2014.
Is the murder of his own mother the key to understanding James Ellroy's writing?
Published on Monday, 1st December 2014.
Could Iran become a nuclear power and change the balance of power in the Middle East?
Published on Friday, 28th November 2014.
What will Pervez Musharraf's fate tell us about where power lies in today’s Pakistan?
Published on Wednesday, 26th November 2014.
What is the key to defeating Ebola?
Published on Monday, 24th November 2014.
Why Sir Nicholas Winton went to rescue 600 mostly Jewish children from Nazi perscution
Published on Friday, 21st November 2014.
Do most Russians remain confident their president knows what he is doing?
Published on Thursday, 20th November 2014.
Can Zimbabwe’s international isolation be put to an end?
Published on Monday, 17th November 2014.
Has the international community turned its back on the Syrian opposition?
Published on Thursday, 13th November 2014.
Australian of the Year, 2014, for his public stand against racism and his sporting talent
Published on Monday, 10th November 2014.
Who can rescue Iraq and defeat the extremists of the self-proclaimed Islamic State?
Published on Thursday, 6th November 2014.
How should doctors think and talk about death?
Published on Wednesday, 5th November 2014.
Is he gaining the upper hand over the spread of the disease in Sierra Leone?
Published on Monday, 3rd November 2014.
How are the band Status Quo still rocking all over the world?
Published on Thursday, 30th October 2014.
How can the conflict with Boko Haram which has cost thousands of Nigerian lives be ended?
Published on Wednesday, 29th October 2014.
Is her open-source, collaborative model of web innovation being overwhelmed by profit?
Published on Monday, 27th October 2014.
Published on Friday, 24th October 2014.
Is the Obama administration making the right calls in the Middle East?
Published on Tuesday, 21st October 2014.
Is force the only possible response to violent forms of militancy?
Published on Monday, 20th October 2014.
How does a traditional company thrive in the age of the internet?
Published on Friday, 17th October 2014.
Should Australians brace themselves for a prolonged period of economic pain?
Published on Wednesday, 15th October 2014.
Can the European Union rescue itself from a sense gloom and rising tide of scepticism?
Published on Monday, 13th October 2014.
Is there any reason to believe western intervention can work in the Middle East?
Published on Friday, 10th October 2014.
What does Lord Richards make of the US led military operation against the Islamic State?
Published on Wednesday, 8th October 2014.
The man who first identified Ebola in the 70s and what can be done to control the disease
Published on Monday, 6th October 2014.
Does the European Union have a coherent response to the Islamic State challenge?
Published on Friday, 3rd October 2014.
British climate economist, Lord Nicholas Stern on the climate and economy
Published on Wednesday, 1st October 2014.
Has Jessye Norman's talent helped tear down the barriers of America's segregated south?
Published on Monday, 29th September 2014.
Is the UK in the throes of a dangerous identity crisis?
Published on Friday, 26th September 2014.
Are our screen habits damaging brain development?
Published on Monday, 22nd September 2014.
Why has the International Criminal Court failed to deliver on its promise?
Published on Friday, 19th September 2014.
Is the dominance of Germany's economic model now Europe's biggest problem?
Published on Wednesday, 17th September 2014.
Can we afford the world's super-rich and what have they ever done for us?
Published on Monday, 15th September 2014.
Is lead frontwoman of the band The Pretenders still in love with rock n roll?
Published on Friday, 12th September 2014.
What can his successor expect from the job?
Published on Wednesday, 10th September 2014.
Can Ukraine and Russia avoid all-out war?
Published on Monday, 8th September 2014.
What's his advice to Nato?
Published on Friday, 5th September 2014.
Can Kiev afford to risk all-out war with Moscow?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd September 2014.
Has a quarter century of global tumult changed his mind about the end of history?
Published on Tuesday, 2nd September 2014.
Where does the Palestinian quest for statehood stand?
Published on Monday, 1st September 2014.
What should the role of the artist or writer be in China today?
Published on Friday, 29th August 2014.
Do Christians have a future in the Arab world?
What is Barack Obama's strategy in the Middle East?
For all the destruction in Gaza, has Israel's position been strengthened or weakened?
Is Abdullah Abdullah currently acting in Afghanistan’s interest, or his own?
Published on Wednesday, 20th August 2014.
Does being a political activist interfere with work as a medic and humanitarian?
Published on Monday, 18th August 2014.
Can the Kurds rescue the state of Iraq?
Published on Thursday, 14th August 2014.
Can Russia's experience of World War One help explain what is going on today?
Can NATO make the world a safer place? If not is it time it went into retirement?
Published on Wednesday, 13th August 2014.
The great nephew of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated in June 1914
Published on Monday, 4th August 2014.
Can Moldova's bid for EU membership avoid a tug of war between Russia and the EU?
Published on Wednesday, 30th July 2014.
How much is there really to celebrate about being female in Africa?
Published on Monday, 28th July 2014.
How does Danny Danon justify the high Palestinian death toll?
Published on Friday, 25th July 2014.
Has Nigeria failed the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram and their families?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd July 2014.
Is it time to radically rethink man’s relationship with the natural world?
Published on Monday, 21st July 2014.
Can Attorney-General Lord Falconer defend the Assisted Dying Bill?
Published on Tuesday, 15th July 2014.
His thesis on modern captialism is under intense fire but is Thomas Piketty unscathed?
Published on Monday, 14th July 2014.
What is the future direction of the European Union?
Published on Friday, 11th July 2014.
Could violent clashes triggered by deaths of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers escalate?
Published on Wednesday, 9th July 2014.
What persuaded him to leave life in London to take up the post?
Published on Monday, 7th July 2014.
Is rising inequality the sickness that could kill capitalism?
Published on Friday, 4th July 2014.
What does the advance of Isis mean for moderate secular opposition groups inside Syria?
Published on Tuesday, 1st July 2014.
Is the fear factor forcing journalists to retreat from the frontline?
Published on Monday, 30th June 2014.
In Ireland, growth has returned, optimism is on the rise, but it is justified?
Published on Tuesday, 24th June 2014.
What would life be like without ageing? Is it a vision that's inspiring or dangerous?
Published on Monday, 23rd June 2014.
How much further can the budget airlines grow?
Published on Wednesday, 18th June 2014.
He has the ability to shock and offend, but does his work go deeper?
Published on Monday, 16th June 2014.
Veteran Labour MP Jack Straw on whether Labour can win next year’s general election
Published on Wednesday, 11th June 2014.
How does Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie see Nigeria's story unfolding?
Published on Monday, 9th June 2014.
Are Nigeria's leaders capable of rescuing their country?
Published on Wednesday, 4th June 2014.
Dr Kizza Besigye has run three times against President Museveni but lost each time - why?
Published on Monday, 2nd June 2014.
Is restoring Russian greatness a coherent strategy?
Published on Friday, 30th May 2014.
Has the American movie industry contributed to the ‘Hollywoodisation’ of global culture?
Published on Monday, 26th May 2014.
How much carrot and how much stick should the EU wield when dealing with Moscow?
Published on Friday, 23rd May 2014.
Will President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar's agreed ceasefire work?
Published on Wednesday, 21st May 2014.
Can Western nations like the US stop Ukraine from falling into civil conflict?
Published on Monday, 19th May 2014.
The State coffers are virtually empty, what next for Zimbabwe?
Published on Friday, 16th May 2014.
President Salva Kiir and former deputy Riek Machar sign a ceasefire but will it stick?
Published on Wednesday, 14th May 2014.
Is drama an effective tool of resistance?
Published on Monday, 12th May 2014.
Does a state that cannot guarantee the safety of its children have a future?
Published on Friday, 9th May 2014.
Is Australia in danger of alienating friends and partners?
Published on Wednesday, 7th May 2014.
Are we really entering the post-capitalist age?
Published on Monday, 5th May 2014.
If Yemen is a failing state, who is to blame?
Published on Friday, 2nd May 2014.
Is time running out for Syria's opposition coalition forces?
Published on Wednesday, 30th April 2014.
Has South Africa lived up to the ideals that the anti-apartheid movement fought for?
Published on Monday, 28th April 2014.
Have Jean Paul Gaultier's designs contributed to the objectification of women?
Published on Friday, 25th April 2014.
Is Padilha's dark vision of Brazil fact or fiction?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd April 2014.
The family of a Catholic lawyer in Northern Ireland are still waiting for a full inquiry
Published on Wednesday, 16th April 2014.
Is it time to acknowledge failure, as the British military pull out from Afghanistan?
Published on Monday, 14th April 2014.
Agribusiness and urbanisation are threatening Brazil's rainforests. Are they safe?
Published on Friday, 11th April 2014.
How far has the country's mineral wealth benefited the poorest in South Africa?
Published on Wednesday, 9th April 2014.
What lies behind the new wave of conflict in South Sudan and how can it be stopped?
Published on Friday, 4th April 2014.
Is South Africa’s progress being held back by the powerful trade union alliance COSATU?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd April 2014.
What has five decades of freedom brought Zambia?
Published on Sunday, 30th March 2014.
Can Tamara Rojo triumph over tradition?
Published on Wednesday, 26th March 2014.
How worried should we be about the Chinese economy?
Published on Monday, 24th March 2014.
Can Bulgaria, and the EU as a whole, afford to get tough with Moscow?
Published on Friday, 21st March 2014.
With international pressure mounting, does Russia stand to lose more than win?
Published on Wednesday, 19th March 2014.
China’s most famous artist and dissident
Published on Monday, 17th March 2014.
Why use the ‘dark web’ to empower individuals and undermine big government?
Published on Friday, 14th March 2014.
Will EU sanctions against Russia impact on its military intervention in Ukraine?
Published on Wednesday, 12th March 2014.
Are the Cayman Islands about to lose their tax haven status?
Published on Friday, 7th March 2014.
A 2014 interview with the controversial TV talk show host, who has died aged 79
Published on Wednesday, 5th March 2014.
Does the gun lobby really stand up for American values?
Published on Monday, 3rd March 2014.
Can Tanzania's illegal ivory trade be stopped?
Published on Friday, 28th February 2014.
After the revolutionary tumult, is Yulia Tymoshenko what Ukraine needs?
Published on Wednesday, 26th February 2014.
Just how stable and sustainable is Israel's coalition government?
Published on Monday, 24th February 2014.
After publicly 'coming out', can Binyavanaga Wainaina change attitudes to homesexuality?
Published on Friday, 21st February 2014.
Is Palestine approaching a defining moment or a dead end?
Published on Wednesday, 19th February 2014.
Daimler has a proud reputation, but does it have a bright future?
Published on Monday, 17th February 2014.
Allen Ault spent years as head of death row. Why does he now oppose the death penalty?
Published on Friday, 14th February 2014.
Marion Bartoli is retiring at the age of 28 but can she never imagine competing again?
Published on Wednesday, 12th February 2014.
Cardinal Peter Turkson calls for financial reforms and action against poverty
Published on Monday, 10th February 2014.
What are the principles that drive Britain's foreign policy?
Published on Friday, 7th February 2014.
Is India becoming a safer, more equal society for women?
Published on Wednesday, 5th February 2014.
Ten years on from the fall of Saddam Hussein, is Iraq close to tearing itself apart?
Published on Monday, 3rd February 2014.
Can he help heal the divisions in conflict ridden countries such as South Sudan?
Published on Friday, 31st January 2014.
Is there any hope of Kashmir becoming a place of peace not conflict?
Published on Wednesday, 29th January 2014.
India has experienced unprecedented growth. Why does poverty persist?
Published on Monday, 27th January 2014.
Austerity, poverty and a shrinking economy - can Georgiades be optimistic for Cyprus?
Published on Friday, 24th January 2014.
Is the Muslim Brotherhood in danger of encouraging the violence it professes to abhor?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd January 2014.
If we want clean, green and affordable energy, what role should fracking have?
Published on Monday, 20th January 2014.
Are revelations about the Obama presidency in Robert Gates' memoirs an act of disloyalty?
Published on Friday, 17th January 2014.
Is the European Court of Human Rights an infringement on national sovereignty?
Published on Wednesday, 15th January 2014.
Will drone strikes and other counter terrorist measures simply breed more terror?
Published on Monday, 13th January 2014.
Is the English judicial system - the laws and courts - really fit for purpose?
Published on Friday, 10th January 2014.
After a landmine blew off both of his legs and arm, how does Giles Duley see the world?
Published on Wednesday, 8th January 2014.
Does the future of farming lie in bioscience and genetic manipulation?
Published on Monday, 6th January 2014.
Has cycling cleaned up its act and thrown out the cheats?
Published on Monday, 23rd December 2013.
He is a visual artist who can't paint or draw - so what is at the heart of his vision?
Published on Friday, 20th December 2013.
Europe and the challenges of economic competitiveness, climate change and energy security
Published on Wednesday, 18th December 2013.
Does Labour have a compelling vision of Britain’s role in the international arena?
Published on Monday, 16th December 2013.
The OPCW has won the Nobel Peace Prize but can the organisation achieve peace in Syria?
Published on Friday, 13th December 2013.
Are hope and optimism is still alive for the 'Rainbow Nation'?
Published on Wednesday, 11th December 2013.
Do the Republicans have what it takes to win a national election?
Published on Monday, 9th December 2013.
As President of the European Parliament, is Martin Schulz out of tune with Europe's mood?
Published on Friday, 6th December 2013.
Has Europe's freedom of movement within the EU gone too far?
Published on Monday, 2nd December 2013.
Is the man who broke the Snowden story on a journalistic crusade that's gone too far?
Published on Friday, 29th November 2013.
East or West - where do Ukraine's real interests lie?
Published on Wednesday, 27th November 2013.
From genetic engineering to bioscience, should humans seek to perfect our species?
Published on Monday, 25th November 2013.
Long experience of depression took comedian Ruby Wax into neuroscience and psychotherapy
Published on Thursday, 21st November 2013.
Brazilian political philosopher Roberto Unger on his own take on progressive politics
Published on Wednesday, 20th November 2013.
Dr Nayna Patel is in the business of producing surrogate babies to order
Published on Monday, 18th November 2013.
Boss of Italian oil company Eni, Paolo Scaroni, on safeguarding Europe's energy prospects
Published on Wednesday, 13th November 2013.
Published on Monday, 11th November 2013.
Why is Nigeria economically vulnerable when the price of oil is so high?
Published on Monday, 4th November 2013.
Can Israel separate from its key strategic ally the US?
Published on Friday, 1st November 2013.
British four-time gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie on the competitive world of sailing
Published on Wednesday, 30th October 2013.
An activist for political and social freedoms, what does she think of Italy today?
Published on Monday, 28th October 2013.
The scientist who has advanced the capability of computers to recognise human emotions
Published on Friday, 25th October 2013.
British surgeon David Nott spent five weeks practising medicine on Syria's frontline
Published on Wednesday, 23rd October 2013.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: once Russia’s richest man, now a prisoner for the past decade.
Published on Monday, 21st October 2013.
How does the British director juggle truth, art and entertainment?
Published on Friday, 18th October 2013.
Is the security state a potential threat to those it's supposed to protect?
Published on Wednesday, 16th October 2013.
Does a figure steeped in Iran's past have a role to play in its future?
Published on Monday, 14th October 2013.
Can the NHS meet the demands and financial challenges of 21st Century healthcare?
Published on Friday, 11th October 2013.
Activist Ahdaf Soueif is trying to re-open the road to revolution. But is it too late?
Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2013.
Interview with the creator of the world’s richest cricket tournament
Published on Monday, 7th October 2013.
In the past Damian McBride never let the truth stand in his way. What about now?
Published on Friday, 4th October 2013.
Are the US and Iran ready for the difficult decisions that would truly reset relations?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd October 2013.
Is the world in danger of underplaying the current terrorist threat?
Published on Monday, 30th September 2013.
Is Greece still in a state of slow motion collapse?
Published on Friday, 27th September 2013.
Tackling racism, corruption and depression - the problems behind football's flashy facade
Published on Wednesday, 25th September 2013.
What motivates the former Pink Floyd bass guitarist?
Published on Friday, 20th September 2013.
The woman at the centre of the Roman Polanski child sex scandal in 1978 tells her story
Published on Wednesday, 18th September 2013.
What now for the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing the Freedom and Justice Party?
Published on Monday, 16th September 2013.
Is there any serious challenge to the supremacy of Putinism in Russia?
Published on Friday, 13th September 2013.
Can Prime Minister Enrico Letta hold together Italy's fragile coalition of left and right?
Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2013.
Is talk of a shift in economic power between rich and emerging nations convincing?
Published on Monday, 9th September 2013.
Convicted and then cleared of killing Meredith Kercher, and now awaiting a retrial
Published on Friday, 6th September 2013.
France stands ready to join an attack on Assad's regime in Syria, but with who?
Published on Wednesday, 4th September 2013.
How the art world is letting audiences down to pursue mass audiences
Published on Monday, 2nd September 2013.
Can he trust the new military-backed government to bring true democracy to Egypt?
Published on Friday, 30th August 2013.
The former leader of the Anglican Church in Scotland talks about losing his faith
Published on Wednesday, 28th August 2013.
Greece 'could need another bailout'
Published on Friday, 23rd August 2013.
What can be done to end the crisis in Syria?
Published on Wednesday, 21st August 2013.
The UK seems to be showing signs of an economic recovery. What has caused it?
Published on Monday, 19th August 2013.
Will meat grown from stem cells in a science lab ever make it to our dinner plates?
Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2013.
Does the international community have a duty to challenge human rights abuses?
Published on Monday, 12th August 2013.
What hopes can the ANC offer the younger generation in South Africa?
Published on Friday, 9th August 2013.
Can the interim government in Egypt bring democracy as promised?
Published on Wednesday, 7th August 2013.
Sir John Tavener on his view of life, his music and his faith
Published on Monday, 5th August 2013.
Alaska's delicate ecosystem is under threat. What can be done to tackle climate change?
Published on Friday, 2nd August 2013.
The dispute between the fishing and mining industries over resources in Bristol Bay
Published on Wednesday, 31st July 2013.
Thomas Hampson on why getting people to understand Opera is the key to get them to love it
Published on Monday, 29th July 2013.
What can be done to stop the state's oil being syphoned off and stolen by thieves?
Published on Friday, 26th July 2013.
Is a coherent foreign policy possible when Iraq is in danger of slipping into civil war?
Published on Wednesday, 24th July 2013.
What will a change in Labour's relationship with unions mean for working people?
Published on Monday, 22nd July 2013.
Can Edi Rama bring a renaissance to Albania where previous politicians have failed?
Published on Friday, 19th July 2013.
David Davis on why surveillance needs to be focused and properly targeted
Published on Wednesday, 17th July 2013.
Zhang Xin, one of only 24 self-made female billionaires in the world, on China's future
Published on Monday, 15th July 2013.
Turkish writer Mustafa Akyol and Egyptian political activist Dina Wahba on political Islam
Published on Friday, 12th July 2013.
How have the years of austerity impacted on Greek law and order and illegal immigration?
Published on Wednesday, 10th July 2013.
There's money to be made in Afghanistan, but will the people who live there see any of it?
Published on Friday, 5th July 2013.
Can General Sher Mohammad Karimi and his Afghan National Army keep Afghanistan safe?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd July 2013.
The 'king of the heavy riff' is still playing and recording. What keeps him going?
Published on Monday, 1st July 2013.
Can Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng restore confidence in South Africa's legal system?
Published on Thursday, 27th June 2013.
Why has one of Russia's brightest economists, Sergei Guriev, chosen to live in exile?
Published on Wednesday, 26th June 2013.
From prison cell upgrades to lobbying, should there be limits to what money shouldn't buy?
Published on Tuesday, 25th June 2013.
Why have protests erupted across Turkey like never before under the ruling AK party?
Published on Monday, 24th June 2013.
Iraq appears to be dividing along religious lines. What hope is there for keeping peace?
Published on Wednesday, 19th June 2013.
His books are filled with greed and lust, but Amis says he writes in a celebratory spirit
Published on Sunday, 16th June 2013.
European by birth, American by choice. Are those two outlooks becoming hard to reconcile?
Published on Friday, 14th June 2013.
Is Mo Ibrahim's ambition of better governance in Africa being undermined from outside?
Published on Wednesday, 12th June 2013.
Is the leader of France's main opposition party in danger of threatening cultural harmony?
Published on Sunday, 9th June 2013.
Is the Red Cross being overwhelmed by the danger and complexity of modern conflict?
Published on Friday, 7th June 2013.
Should events such as the brief Islamist takeover of northern Mali serve as a wakeup call?
Published on Wednesday, 5th June 2013.
What chance does the opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, have against the ANC?
Published on Monday, 3rd June 2013.
From drone strikes to Guantanamo, is it time for the US to redefine its 'war on terror'?
Published on Friday, 31st May 2013.
Young people from across Africa put their questions about US foreign policy to John Kerry
Published on Wednesday, 29th May 2013.
Will Croatia's accession to the EU be a benefit or a hindrance to both sides?
Published on Friday, 24th May 2013.
In this digital age, are movies as central to our culture as they used to be?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd May 2013.
Has politics and politicians lost touch with real life?
Published on Friday, 17th May 2013.
Does secrecy override the public's right to know in matters of national security?
Published on Wednesday, 15th May 2013.
How can the most vulnerable be protected from rape and sexual abuse in times of war?
Published on Friday, 10th May 2013.
Can South Africa progress without development aid?
Published on Wednesday, 8th May 2013.
Why Chris Patten believes the BBC is still the best broadcaster in the world
Published on Friday, 3rd May 2013.
Former BP boss, John Browne, fuels energy debate by backing shale gas production
Published on Wednesday, 1st May 2013.
Jonathan Miller is a director, producer, writer, performer and medicine man. What next?
Published on Monday, 29th April 2013.
Cyprus is enduring a financial and economic meltdown. Who and what will save Cyprus?
Published on Friday, 26th April 2013.
The US debate on offering citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants
Published on Wednesday, 24th April 2013.
Christine Lagarde outlines the challenges of global economic recovery
Published on Monday, 22nd April 2013.
"I'm out of this country." Why is the darling of French cinema leaving France?
Published on Friday, 19th April 2013.
Just how big a price is Germany prepared to pay to save the euro-project?
Published on Wednesday, 17th April 2013.
Could being an actor with very strong opinions get him into trouble?
Published on Monday, 15th April 2013.
The advertising guru who helped define and sell what Margaret Thatcher stood for.
Published on Thursday, 11th April 2013.
Does humanitarian aid work for those who need it most?
Published on Wednesday, 10th April 2013.
Are Kosovo and Serbia ready to address their bitter and dysfunctional relationship?
Published on Monday, 8th April 2013.
Is the relationship between the UK and Zimbabwe improving?
Published on Friday, 5th April 2013.
Do humans want to live in a world where atheism rules and religion is dead?
Published on Monday, 1st April 2013.
What should the outside world be doing as Syria sinks ever deeper into civil war?
Published on Friday, 29th March 2013.
Zeinab Badawi talks to the president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara.
Published on Wednesday, 27th March 2013.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Kishore Mahbubani, the former diplomat turned provocative thinker
Published on Monday, 25th March 2013.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Welsh rugby legend, Gareth Thomas.
Published on Friday, 22nd March 2013.
Zeinab Badawi talks to Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta.
Published on Wednesday, 20th March 2013.
Stephen Sackur talks to veteran Conservative cabinet minister Ken Clarke.
Published on Monday, 18th March 2013.
Theodor Meron talks about the international legal framework for delivering justice.
Published on Friday, 15th March 2013.
The success of Tunisia's revolution has been threatened by growing internal tensions.
Published on Wednesday, 13th March 2013.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Indian born British entrepreneur, Karan Bilimoria.
Published on Monday, 11th March 2013.
A Finnish nationalist wants to see the Eurozone dismantled.
Published on Friday, 8th March 2013.
How did a troubled kid come to be a symbol of sunny optimism?
Published on Wednesday, 6th March 2013.
Can one of Israel's great writers chart a way for Israelis and Palestinians in conflict?
Published on Monday, 4th March 2013.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Father Bernard Lynch, one of a few openly gay Catholic priests.
Published on Friday, 1st March 2013.
How much of what Gloria Steinem hoped for and fought for has been achieved?
Published on Wednesday, 27th February 2013.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Republican politician frequently at odds with his own party.
Published on Monday, 25th February 2013.
Stephen Sackur talks to the anti-apartheid activist about her new alternative to the ANC.
Published on Friday, 22nd February 2013.
Is this Latin America's decade?
Published on Monday, 18th February 2013.
Can Dublin convince the world that it has bounced back from the brink of disaster?
Published on Friday, 15th February 2013.
Is Guatemala in danger of becoming a narco-state?
Published on Wednesday, 13th February 2013.
As Iran's nuclear programme gets more sophisticated, does diplomacy have a chance?
Published on Monday, 11th February 2013.
Reconstructing the faces of women disfigured by acid attacks in Pakistan
Published on Friday, 8th February 2013.
"If you make something wrong, it's wrong forever" architect Renzo Piano on building design
Published on Wednesday, 6th February 2013.
Veteran equality campaigner Lord Ouseley on tackling racism in football
Published on Monday, 4th February 2013.
What hope is there for national harmony Pakistan?
Published on Friday, 1st February 2013.
What if genetically modified food is the solution to world hunger?
Published on Wednesday, 30th January 2013.
Is the Cameron EU gambit in Britain's national interest?
Published on Monday, 28th January 2013.
Are central bankers and politicians ready to take bold decisions in the quest for growth?
Published on Friday, 25th January 2013.
Doreen Lawrence exposed the extent of racism in Britain. How have things changed?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd January 2013.
Has the march toward trade liberalisation ended in failure?
Published on Monday, 21st January 2013.
Is India failing to protect women from sexual violence?
Published on Friday, 18th January 2013.
Is the worst of the Eurozone crisis really over?
Published on Wednesday, 16th January 2013.
Has the 'wildness' in Rupert Everett been tamed ?
Published on Monday, 14th January 2013.
Can Lord Heseltine's growth stratey juice things up for Britain's coalition government?
Published on Friday, 11th January 2013.
Is genuine liberation for women possible in the Arab world?
Published on Wednesday, 9th January 2013.
Is the resilience of fossil fuel supply a cause for celebration, or despair?
Olympic gold medal-winning Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe on his crippling depression.
Published on Friday, 4th January 2013.
Alan Moore - graphic novelist and insurgent explains why is he now becoming disillusioned.
Published on Wednesday, 2nd January 2013.
Philip Glass has been driven by a simple question - what is music?
Published on Monday, 31st December 2012.
Belle de Jour aka Dr Brooke Magnanti is calling for prostitution to be decriminalised.
Published on Friday, 28th December 2012.
Ex-England rugby captain Lewis Moody talks about his battle with bowel disease
Published on Wednesday, 26th December 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Geoffrey Nice who led the prosecution of Slobodan Milosević
Published on Monday, 24th December 2012.
Coptic Christian, billionaire, businessman and politician on Egypt's polarisation
Published on Thursday, 20th December 2012.
Does Sima Samar have the right strategy to win greater freedoms for Afghan women?
Published on Monday, 17th December 2012.
Is the game up for Palestine's old guard moderates?
Published on Friday, 14th December 2012.
Falkland Islanders if they want to remain a British overseas territory. Should they agree?
Published on Wednesday, 12th December 2012.
Is Europe's economic crisis a threat to the continent's peace?
Published on Monday, 10th December 2012.
Can Carlos Ghosn turn around the fortunes of Renault as he has done for Nissan?
Published on Friday, 7th December 2012.
Why did Mike Newell choose to make a film of the classic Dickens novel Great Expectations?
Published on Thursday, 6th December 2012.
With economies so thirsty for energy - but at what cost?
Published on Monday, 3rd December 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Jeh Johnson, the General Counsel of the US Defense Department.
Published on Friday, 30th November 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to British businessman Michael Woodford, former CEO of Olympus.
Published on Wednesday, 28th November 2012.
Shaun Ley asks about the consequences of the 'Marikana massacre' in South Africa.
Published on Monday, 26th November 2012.
Doesn’t Greenpeace need a new bold vision to make an impact – and if so – what is it?
Published on Friday, 23rd November 2012.
Why did Riad Hijab defect from the regime of President Bashar al Assad?
Published on Wednesday, 21st November 2012.
Could we really end poverty by returning to old fashioned ways of farming?
Published on Monday, 19th November 2012.
What resources has Olympic rower James Cracknell needed to endure serious brain damage?
Published on Friday, 16th November 2012.
Do Poles really want to cede their hard won sovereignty to Brussels and Berlin?
Published on Tuesday, 13th November 2012.
Tim Franks asks whether Ukraine has turned its back on the on the offer of EU membership.
Published on Friday, 9th November 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Egypt's prime minister Hisham Qandil.
Published on Wednesday, 7th November 2012.
Will the award of the Nobel Peace Prize boost confidence in the EU?
Published on Monday, 5th November 2012.
Why is President Obama struggling to rekindle the enthusiasm he generated four years ago?
Published on Friday, 2nd November 2012.
How credible is the Mitt Romney plan for America?
Published on Wednesday, 31st October 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to former media baron Lord Black of Crossharbour.
Published on Friday, 26th October 2012.
Shaun Ley speaks to behavioural economist Richard Thaler about 'nudge' theory.
Published on Wednesday, 24th October 2012.
Are Europe’s politicians failing the climate change challenge?
Published on Saturday, 20th October 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to France's Europe minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
Published on Wednesday, 17th October 2012.
Interview with Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair
Published on Friday, 12th October 2012.
Meet the Kenyan presidential candidate facing trial for crimes against humanity
Published on Tuesday, 9th October 2012.
Published on Wednesday, 3rd October 2012.
Otmar Issing in conversation with Shaun Ley - does he think the euro can be saved?
Published on Monday, 1st October 2012.
Katya Adler speaks to former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Published on Thursday, 27th September 2012.
Where is the EU project going and are the people of Europe behind it?
Published on Wednesday, 26th September 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Kurdish minister Ashti Hawrami.
Published on Monday, 24th September 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Movement for Democratic Change politician Welshman Ncube
Published on Friday, 21st September 2012.
Katya Adler speaks to German economist Hans-Werner Sinn.
Published on Wednesday, 19th September 2012.
Should China's demand for copper cease, what will the effect be on Chile's economy?
Published on Monday, 17th September 2012.
Zeinab Badawi talks to the husband of a jailed Russian protester from punk band Pussy Riot
Published on Friday, 14th September 2012.
Tim Franks in conversation with former professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton.
Published on Wednesday, 12th September 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Bahraini Human Rights Activist, Maryam Al Khawaja.
Published on Monday, 10th September 2012.
Xavier Rolet talks about whether financial markets have learned the right lessons.
Published on Friday, 7th September 2012.
With the threat of conflict hanging over the country, what hope is there for the DRC?
Published on Wednesday, 5th September 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Tarek al-Hashimi, Iraq's vice president.
Published on Thursday, 30th August 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Brian Sayers from the Syrian Support Group.
Published on Tuesday, 28th August 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Maajid Nawaz, a former radical Islamist who renounced his views.
Published on Monday, 27th August 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Rob Davies, South Africa’s Minister for Trade and Industry.
Published on Friday, 24th August 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Africa's foremost divas, Angélique Kidjo.
Published on Wednesday, 22nd August 2012.
We speak to Lord Hanningfield, who was jailed after a parliamentary expenses scandal.
Published on Sunday, 19th August 2012.
Katya Adler speaks to Lord Moynihan, Chairman of the British Olympics Association
Published on Friday, 17th August 2012.
This week, Sharon Bowles from the EU Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
Published on Wednesday, 15th August 2012.
Sarah Montague speaks to Sir Michael Barber about schools for the world's poorest children
Published on Monday, 13th August 2012.
Zeinab Badawi talks to Mark Carney, Governor of Canada's Central Bank.
Published on Friday, 10th August 2012.
In Europe's crisis he sees political opportunity - but is he playing with fire?
Published on Sunday, 5th August 2012.
Zeinab Badawi talks to Amos Gilad, Policy Director at the Israeli Ministry of Defence.
Published on Tuesday, 31st July 2012.
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, speaks to Stephen Sackur
Published on Sunday, 29th July 2012.
International Olympic Committee member talks to Rob Bonnet.
Published on Friday, 27th July 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Arnold Ekpe, CEO of Ecobank Transnational Inc.
Published on Tuesday, 24th July 2012.
Rob Bonnet speaks to Olympic triple jump gold medallist, Jonathan Edwards.
Published on Monday, 23rd July 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Senegalese singer and activist Baaba Maal.
Published on Thursday, 19th July 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned Harvard academic James Robinson.
Published on Wednesday, 18th July 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to a scientist of rare distinction - Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
Published on Sunday, 15th July 2012.
Zeinab Badawi talks to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.
Published on Thursday, 12th July 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to the EU Trade Commissioner, Karel de Gucht.
Published on Wednesday, 11th July 2012.
Zeinab Badawi talks to musician and activist Femi Kuti, son of the legendary Fela Kuti.
Published on Monday, 9th July 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Ghazi Hamad, deputy foreign minister for Hamas in Gaza.
Published on Friday, 6th July 2012.
Sarah Montague talks to Professor Niall Ferguson about regulating banks.
Published on Tuesday, 3rd July 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to the strategist and political 'gun for hire' Lynton Crosby.
Published on Sunday, 1st July 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark's prime minister.
Published on Friday, 29th June 2012.
We talk to Gehad El-Haddad, adviser to the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party.
Published on Tuesday, 26th June 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to psychiatrist Steve Peters, consultant to British Olympic cycling.
Published on Sunday, 24th June 2012.
An interview with Beeban Kidron, one of the few really successful women film-makers.
Published on Friday, 22nd June 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Labour's business spokesman Chuka Umunna.
Published on Wednesday, 20th June 2012.
The former head of Mossad explains why an attack on Iran might not benefit Israel.
Published on Sunday, 17th June 2012.
Choreographer Wayne McGregor on why he remains the maverick inside the world of ballet
Published on Thursday, 14th June 2012.
We speak to Dr Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the UN's nuclear watchdog.
Published on Tuesday, 12th June 2012.
We speak to the chairman of the Police Federation in England and Wales, Paul McKeever.
Published on Sunday, 10th June 2012.
Could we soon see a cure for HIV/Aids? Francoise Barre-Sinoussi thinks so.
Published on Friday, 8th June 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to artist Tracey Emin about her life, work and latest exhibition.
Published on Wednesday, 6th June 2012.
Gavin Esler speaks to one of the greatest lyricists of his generation, Sir Tim Rice.
Published on Monday, 4th June 2012.
Stephen Sackur discusses the global economic crisis with economist Paul Krugman.
Published on Friday, 1st June 2012.
Gavin Esler speaks to Yiannis Milios, the economic sdvisor of the Syriza Party in Greece.
Published on Wednesday, 30th May 2012.
Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson talks about his dual roles as frontman and pilot.
Published on Monday, 28th May 2012.
Eighteen months ago, Robin Gibb joined Stephen Sackur in the Hardtalk studio.
Published on Friday, 25th May 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Grigory Yavlinsky, a veteran leader of Russia's opposition
Published on Wednesday, 23rd May 2012.
Is Africa's economic growth being matched by improved governance?
Published on Tuesday, 22nd May 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to French international footballer Louis Saha.
Published on Monday, 21st May 2012.
If the Greeks leave the euro now, how far could the contagion spread?
Published on Friday, 18th May 2012.
Did the West get the balance between war and diplomacy fundamentally wrong in Afghanistan?
Published on Wednesday, 16th May 2012.
Jordan's foreign minister Nasser Judeh talks about the prospects for reform.
Published on Monday, 14th May 2012.
Are American Jews, as Norman Finkelstein claims, falling out of love with Israel?
Published on Friday, 11th May 2012.
Sir Ronald Cohen is committed to social investment but can capitalism deliver public good?
Published on Wednesday, 9th May 2012.
South Sudan is in trouble. Is there hope for a negotiated settlement?
Published on Tuesday, 1st May 2012.
Sir John Sulston on whether science can help the human species change its ways
Published on Sunday, 29th April 2012.
Is the politics of Russia proving to be bad for business?
Published on Tuesday, 24th April 2012.
Zoë Wanamaker, actor, talks about her family's artistic obsession - Shakespeare
Published on Monday, 23rd April 2012.
Peter Keen on London Olympics. Has the cult of winning gone too far?
Published on Friday, 20th April 2012.
A 2012 interview with the former leader of South Africa
Published on Wednesday, 18th April 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to British photo journalist Paul Conroy.
Published on Monday, 16th April 2012.
Stephen Sackur asks what the rise and fall of Ali Dizaei says about British policing.
Published on Wednesday, 11th April 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Britain's finest writing talents.
Published on Monday, 9th April 2012.
Should Iraq be doing more to end the bloodshed on its doorstep?
Published on Friday, 6th April 2012.
Though much has changed in the last few months, has the eurozone really been saved?
Published on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012.
Sarah Montague chats to Alan Ayckbourn, perhaps the most performed playwright alive.
Published on Monday, 2nd April 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to one of Bahrain's most outspoken human rights activists.
Published on Friday, 30th March 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Len McCluskey, leader of Unite, Britain's biggest union.
Published on Wednesday, 28th March 2012.
Published on Monday, 26th March 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Mark Walport the Director of the Wellcome Trust.
Published on Friday, 23rd March 2012.
Stephen Sackur asks, what is the real lesson of the remarkable story of Aimee Mullins?
Published on Wednesday, 21st March 2012.
An interview with the only surviving original member of Motown group The Temptations.
Published on Monday, 19th March 2012.
President Mohamed Waheed of the Maldives talks to Stephen Sackur.
Published on Friday, 16th March 2012.
Meet the man who helped draft former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak's final speech.
Published on Wednesday, 14th March 2012.
Is Tunisia a model which the rest of the Arab world can follow?
Published on Monday, 12th March 2012.
Hardtalk is in Tunisia a year after the revolution which gave birth to the Arab Spring.
Published on Friday, 9th March 2012.
Jacqueline Wilson talks to Sarah Montague, the most borrowed author from British libraries
Published on Wednesday, 7th March 2012.
Nana Akufo-Addo on whether Ghana can use its resource wealth to benefit the many.
Published on Monday, 5th March 2012.
Can Turkey shape events beyond its borders? Stephen Sackur talks with Egemen Bagis.
Published on Friday, 2nd March 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Britain's former foreign secretary and Labour MP David Miliband.
Published on Wednesday, 29th February 2012.
Stephen Sackur talks to Angola's foreign minister, Georges Chikoti.
Published on Monday, 27th February 2012.
Has Uganda's leader fallen into the trap of overstaying his time in power?
Published on Friday, 24th February 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to Eugenia Tymoshenko about her mother's imprisonment in Ukraine.
Published on Wednesday, 22nd February 2012.
Fawzia Koofi, Afghan politician, who will run for the presidency of her country in 2014.
Published on Monday, 20th February 2012.
Stephen Sackur meets Sir Clive Woodward, performance director for Britain's Olympic team.
Published on Friday, 17th February 2012.
America has lost its economic swagger; Stephen Sackur asks - can it get it back?
Published on Wednesday, 15th February 2012.
Can the Republican Party find a candidate capable of turfing Barack Obama out of office?
Published on Monday, 13th February 2012.
Tim Franks speaks to John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Published on Friday, 10th February 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the UN head of mission for South Sudan, Hilde Johnson.
Published on Wednesday, 8th February 2012.
Published on Monday, 6th February 2012.
Tim Franks talks to veteran three day eventer Mary King about her Olympic ambitions.
Published on Friday, 3rd February 2012.
The man credited with the strategy behind the toppling of governments from Serbia to Egypt
Published on Wednesday, 1st February 2012.
Why are gay activists like Edwin Cameron still struggling against homophobia in Africa?
Published on Monday, 30th January 2012.
Gus O'Donnell has been at the heart of government in Britain for 30 years.
Published on Friday, 27th January 2012.
The Shakespearean actor on politics, Hollywood and domestic violence.
Published on Wednesday, 25th January 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Wadah Khanfar, boss of Al Jazeera for nearly ten years.
Published on Monday, 23rd January 2012.
The British artist and film-maker Steve McQueen talks about his new film, Shame.
Published on Friday, 20th January 2012.
Bassma Kodmani, a leading figure in the exiled Syrian opposition talks to Sarah Montague
Published on Wednesday, 18th January 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Hungary's Government Communication Minister, Zoltán Kovács.
Published on Monday, 16th January 2012.
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Cheng Siwei - one of China's most influential economists.
Published on Friday, 13th January 2012.
Sarah Montague speaks to European Commisioner Olli Rehn.
Published on Wednesday, 11th January 2012.
Stephen Sackur speaks to heart surgeon Devi Shetty.
Published on Monday, 9th January 2012.
