Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPeter Frankopan: Can history offer us any lessons on the coronavirus pandemic?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Peter Frankopan, historian and author of the bestselling book The Silk Roads. There’s plentiful evidence that the coronaviru…
5 years, 10 months ago
Jack Kingston: Can Trump win?
In a few days time Americans will give their verdict on President Donald Trump. Do they want four more years of Trump in the White House, or will the…
5 years, 10 months ago
Jim O'Neill: Is this a time for governments to be bold?
In every crisis there is opportunity. It is a mantra beloved by business schools and political strategists, but should it offer us comfort as Covid-1…
5 years, 11 months ago
Rob Schenck: Can Trump still count on the religious right?
We cannot know the contents of Donald Trump’s soul, but its fair to say his personal behaviour doesn't point to deeply held Christian belief. And yet…
5 years, 11 months ago
Volodymyr Zelensky: How is Ukraine's president faring?
When Ukrainians overwhelmingly voted to make a comedian president, Europeans wondered what the punchline would be. In an exclusive interview, Stephen…
5 years, 11 months ago
Narendra Taneja: How well has India handled the coronavirus crisis?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the national spokesman for India's ruling BJP Narendra Taneja. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dominance of Indian politics i…
5 years, 11 months ago
Joe Henrich: Is Western society 'weird'?
The debate between nature and nurture is as old as the hills - is genetics or cultural conditioning the key to understanding human evolution? We spea…
5 years, 11 months ago
James Rebanks: Sustainable food in a growing world
In a special edition of the programme, HARDtalk is in the area known as the Lake District in north-west England. The landscape is beautiful, but is n…
5 years, 11 months ago
Leroy Logan: How hard is it to root out discrimination in the police?
The sense of systemic racial injustice in policing that has fuelled the Black Lives Matter movement is shared far beyond the shores of the United Sta…
5 years, 11 months ago
Paolo Gentiloni: Can Europe's economy recover?
The economic fallout of Covid-19 has been tough, and with new waves of the virus appearing, restrictions on economic activity are being reimposed in …
5 years, 11 months ago