HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
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Maria Butina: Is time on Russia's side?
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an MP from President Putin’s United Russia party
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Laurie Bristow: The West's failure in Afghanistan
Fri 12 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Britain’s last ambassador to Afghanistan
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Ilya Ponomarev: How significant is Russian resistance to Putin?
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key leader of an anti-Putin armed resistance movement
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Asma Khan: Can cooking change the world?
Mon 8 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks with restaurateur and activist Asma Khan
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Husam Zomlot: Is diplomacy dead in the Israel-Gaza conflict?
Wed 3 Jul 2024
The top Palestinian diplomat in London on whether hopes for a ceasefire have been dashed
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Fabrice Leggeri: What would a far-right victory mean for France?
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an MEP in Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party
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Sachin Pilot: Is India heading for consensus or chaos?
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur interviews a senior figure from the opposition Indian National Congress
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Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine war at critical juncture
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur interviews Ukraine’s foreign minister
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Mathieu Kassovitz: Where is France going?
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of one of France's most acclaimed films, La Haine
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Akinwumi Adesina: Africa rising?
Mon 17 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the President of the African Development Bank
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Jean-Noël Barrot: A snap election in France
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the French Minister Delegate for Europe
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Eyal Weizman: The politics of architecture
Wed 12 Jun 2024
Mishal Husain speaks to an academic and 'forensic architect'
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Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Sarah Montague speaks to a negotiator with nearly two decades' experience
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R. Derek Black: Renouncing white nationalism
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Mishal Husain speaks to a man raised in a white nationalist family
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Mohammad Shtayyeh: Will the Palestinian Authority work with Hamas?
Fri 31 May 2024
The former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister on the Palestinian people’s future.
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Stephen J Shaw: Are falling birth rates a crisis for humanity?
Mon 27 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the data scientist and demographer
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Espen Barth Eide: Why will Norway recognise a Palestinian state?
Fri 24 May 2024
Sarah Montague speaks to Norway’s foreign minister
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Jim Skea: Are humans bungling our chance to avert disaster?
Wed 22 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Gillian Slovo: Has her writing exorcised demons?
Mon 20 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Gillian Slovo, an author with an extraordinary backstory
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Alexander Stubb: Has Nato membership left Finland stronger?
Fri 17 May 2024
Stephen Sackur is in Helsinki to speak to the President of Finland Alexander Stubb.
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Sir Ron Dennis: The need for speed
Wed 15 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the founder of the McLaren Formula 1 racing team
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Bill Blair: Canada's defence strategy
Mon 13 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Canada’s defence minister Bill Blair.
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Gabrielius Landsbergis: Does Europe back Lithuania?
Wed 8 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lithuania’s foreign minister
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Jonathan Haidt: Should we be worried about children having smartphones?
Mon 6 May 2024
The American social psychologist says childhood has been radically and negatively altered
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Mihai Popșoi: Is Moldova the new Russian battleground?
Sat 4 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Mihai Popșoi, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
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Ami Ayalon: Is Israel fighting an unwinnable war?
Wed 1 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency
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Amin Salam: Can Lebanon's government avert catastrophe?
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lebanon’s economy minister
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Joan Donoghue: Has the ICJ ruling changed anything in Gaza?
Fri 26 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the International Court of Justice
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Daniel Dennett: Philosophy and atheism
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Another chance to hear the 2013 interview with the acclaimed philosopher