Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRegina Ip Lau Suk-yee: Is the concept of ‘one country, two systems’ dead?
It seems the Biden Administration is putting greater emphasis on human rights issues in its already fraught relationship with China. Will that prompt…
5 years, 2 months ago
Baroness Minouche Shafik: What do we owe each other?
The idea of a social contract between the individual and the state is a staple of political philosophy. But what happens when that contract is threat…
5 years, 2 months ago
Stephen King: Are you afraid of the dark?
Millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. Horror sells and no-one does it better or more prolifically than…
5 years, 2 months ago
Vjosa Osmani: Acting President of Kosovo
The legacy of conflict and hate left behind after the collapse of Yugoslavia is not easily overcome. They know that in Kosovo, which declared indepen…
5 years, 2 months ago
Adar Poonawalla: How to vaccinate the world
Stephen Sackur speaks to Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the biggest vaccine producer in the world, Serum Institute of India. He went all-in on a product…
5 years, 2 months ago
Dr Sasa: Does Myanmar have a democratic future?
Dr Sasa has a remarkable life story, which has taken him from a remote mountain village in western Myanmar to a place in the international media spot…
5 years, 2 months ago
Jewher Ilham: Fears for her Uighur family in China
A combination of personal testimony, leaked documents and satellite imagery points to a systematic policy of repression of the Muslim Uighur populati…
5 years, 2 months ago
Evan McMullin: What next for anti-Trump Republicans?
Despite losing the presidency and both Houses of Congress, Donald Trump still seems to have a chokehold on the Republican party. So what will Republi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Khin Zaw Win: Protests in Myanmar
Mass protests against military rule across Myanmar have been met with increasing force, and the death toll is rising. Stephen Sackur interviews Khin …
5 years, 2 months ago
Valdis Dombrovskis: Is the EU ready to aggressively defend its interests?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President with responsibility for the economy and trade, Valdis Dombrovskis. Protec…
5 years, 3 months ago