Vassily Nebenzia: Is Russia influencing global opinions?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s permanent representative to the UN

• 23 mins

09/02/2024 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

Cornel West: Could enough votes taken from Joe Biden help Donald Trump get elected?

Cornel West, philosopher and activist has launched his own bid for the White House.

• 23 mins

Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya: Does Ukraine feel betrayed?

Partisan warfare in Washington DC is blocking aid to Kyiv. What does Ukraine think?

• 23 mins

Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?

When political tensions escalate, does humour get pushed out?

• 23 mins

Alexey Navalny: The interview

Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.

• 23 mins

Nikolai Denkov: Is Bulgaria a weak link in Europe's security?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Bulgaria’s prime minister

• 23 mins

HARDtalk: Defying Putin

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

Jens Stoltenberg: Is Russia really preparing for a war with Nato?

Sarah Montague speaks to its Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

• 23 mins

Ciarán Hinds: Is Northern Ireland a creative powerhouse?

Stephen Sackur interviews the world-renowned actor

• 23 mins

Salome Zourabichvili: Where does Georgia's destiny lie?

Sarah Montague talks to the president of Georgia

• 23 mins

20/03/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

Sathnam Sanghera: Britain's imperial legacies

Stephen Sackur speaks to a writer re-examining the legacy of the British Empire

• 23 mins

Leonid Volkov: Is the anti-Putin movement out of options?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an ally of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexey Navalny

• 23 mins

Riyad Mansour: Why are the diplomats failing?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN

• 23 mins

Claude Joseph: Can anything save Haiti?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the country’s former acting prime minister

• 23 mins

Jan Egeland: Is the international community failing to protect the most vulnerable?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council

• 23 mins

Chris Mullin: Have lessons been learned from the Birmingham Six injustice?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a former politician and justice campaigner

• 23 mins

Luis Abinader: Will the Dominican Republic help Haiti?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of the Dominican Republic

• 23 mins

Judith Butler: Gender and identity

Stephen Sackur speaks to the philosopher and author

• 23 mins

On the road in Guyana

Will the South American country's people benefit from its record economic growth?

• 23 mins

Mohamed Irfaan Ali: Is oil a blessing or a curse for Guyana?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Guyana

• 23 mins

Lila Rose: Could abortion be banned in the entire US?

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America’s fiercest opponents of abortion rights

• 23 mins

Tom Shakespeare: Redefining disability

Stephen Sackur speaks to a bioethicist and disability rights campaigner

• 23 mins

Naomi Alderman: Power and technology

Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator

• 23 mins

Humza Yousaf: Is the SNP's supremacy in Scotland under threat?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Scotland’s first minister

• 23 mins

Job Sikhala: Is change possible in Zimbabwe?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an opposition politician who plans to challenge Zanu-PF's rule

• 23 mins

Eddie Marsan: Do the arts neglect working-class people?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed British actor

• 23 mins

Danny Danon: Will Israel listen to its allies?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an Israeli MP and former ambassador at the United Nations

• 23 mins

Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Could Ukraine lose?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Ukrainian prime minister

• 23 mins

Richard Haass: How should the US respond to global risks?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a veteran US diplomat

• 23 mins

Daniel Dennett: Philosophy and atheism

Another chance to hear the 2013 interview with the acclaimed philosopher

• 23 mins

Joan Donoghue: Has the ICJ ruling changed anything in Gaza?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the International Court of Justice

• 23 mins

Amin Salam: Can Lebanon's government avert catastrophe?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Lebanon’s economy minister

• 23 mins

Ami Ayalon: Is Israel fighting an unwinnable war?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a former chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency

• 23 mins

Jonathan Haidt: Are phones and social media affecting our children's mental health?

The American social psychologist says childhood has been radically and negatively altered

• 22 mins

Mihai Popșoi: Is Moldova the new Russian battleground?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Mihai Popșoi, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova.

• 22 mins