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Back to SearchStephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?
Stephen Sackur speaks to philosopher Stephen Cave, director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity. He is at the centre…
2 years, 4 months ago
Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?
What does the Gaza war mean for Israel’s Arab population? Stephen Sackur speaks to Israeli politician Aida Touma-Sliman, a Palestinian Arab member of…
2 years, 4 months ago
Past notes
A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023. All of them left an indelible mark on public life and all, in their different …
2 years, 5 months ago
2023 in review
Stephen Sackur looks back at some of HARDtalk’s most impactful and thought-provoking interviews of 2023.
2 years, 5 months ago
Naftali Bennett: Has Israel responded unwisely?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. He is a staunch supporter of Israel’s military assault in Gaza. But in respo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Paul Caruana Galizia: Can his family get justice?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Paul Caruana Galizia, whose mother, Daphne, was a Maltese journalist who was assassinated for exposing endemic corruption an…
2 years, 5 months ago
Izzeldin Abuelaish: Can Palestinians still believe in forgiveness and peace?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish, whose three daughters and niece were killed in an Israeli tank strike on his home …
2 years, 5 months ago
Sandra Day O'Connor: The first female US Supreme Court judge
The framers of the American Constitution harboured few illusions about human nature, and that’s why they invested so much significance in the US Supr…
2 years, 5 months ago
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: What Rwandans think of the UK migrant transfer deal
Stephen Sackur speaks to Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza. The UK government, which has signed a controversial migrant transfer de…
2 years, 5 months ago
Fatih Birol: Is the global energy transition veering off course?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol. As oil and gas-rich UAE hosts the latest climate change summit, is…
2 years, 5 months ago