The Interview Episodes Episode guide
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Sir Nicholas Winton: A Holocaust hero
A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution
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Alicia Kearns: How much will 2024 test the West?
Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
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Stephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?
HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
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Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament
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Past notes
A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023
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2023 in review
Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year
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22/12/2023 GMT
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Naftali Bennett: Has Israel responded unwisely?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former prime minister
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Paul Caruana Galizia: Can his family get justice?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the son of an assassinated Maltese investigative journalist
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Izzeldin Abuelaish: Can Palestinians still believe in forgiveness and peace?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Palestinian doctor and acclaimed author
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Sandra Day O'Connor: The first female US Supreme Court judge
Sandra Day O'Connor has died age 93. Re-listen to our 2006 interview
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Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: What Rwandans think of the UK migrant transfer deal
The UK government paints President Kagame in positive hues. What do his opponents think?
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06/12/2023 GMT
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Fatih Birol: Is the global energy transition veering off course?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the International Energy Agency
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Philippe Lazzarini: Could Gaza become unliveable?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of UNRWA, the UN’s refugee agency for Palestinians
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Simcha Rothman: Is violence in Israel's best interests?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a member of Israel's far-right Religious Zionism party
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Cardinal Peter Turkson: Is the Catholic Church at a crossroads?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a man widely seen as a contender to be Africa’s first pope
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Jonna Mendez: Does the world still need spies?
Stephen Sackur speaks to former US spy Jonna Mendez, who was the CIA’s chief of disguise
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Michel Roux: Is the business of fine food turning sour?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the master chef and restaurateur Michel Roux
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Chris Coons: Is team Biden in trouble?
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of President Biden’s closest allies in the US Congress
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Mark Alford: Do US Republicans have a winning formula?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Republican Congressman and loyal Donald Trump supporter
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15/11/2023 GMT
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Mervyn King: Global growth and inflation
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former governor of the Bank of England
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Fiona Hill: Are overseas wars exposing US weaknesses?
Stephen Sackur speaks to an influential US foreign policy analyst
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Mustafa Barghouti: What next for the Palestinian people?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a co-founder of the Palestinian National Initiative
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Carlo Rovelli: Life, the universe and white holes
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's best known physicists
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03/11/2023 GMT
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Abdallah Bou Habib: Could Lebanon get dragged into war with Israel by Hezbollah?
If Hezbollah and its Iranian backers opt for all-out war, what then for Lebanon?
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Sir Lindsay Hoyle: Can the Speaker ensure parliament better serves the people?
The Speaker of the UK House of Commons has has one of the toughest jobs in UK politics
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Jakov Milatović: President of Montenegro
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic