Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFinance Minister of Pakistan - Asad Umar
It took former cricketer Imran Khan two decades of political slog to win power in Pakistan. It’s taken his critics just months to decide he’s out of …
7 years, 5 months ago
Musician - Mark Knopfler
What drives musical creativity? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to songwriter Mark Knopfler. In the pantheon of rock ’n’ roll greats, a special plac…
7 years, 5 months ago
Nicaraguan Dissident Felix Maradiaga
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua has been in power for the past 11 years, but this year he has faced popular protests and demands that he step do…
7 years, 5 months ago
UK Astronomer Royal - Sir Martin Rees
How do we decide what's important? How do we balance the priorities of the here and now with the big picture challenges that will determine the futur…
7 years, 5 months ago
Pro-Brexit Conservative MP, Owen Paterson
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a mutiny inside her own Conservative Party, which threatens to scupper her Brexit deal and quite possi…
7 years, 5 months ago
Brexit Steering Group, European Parliament - Danuta Hübner MEP
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Danuta Hübner, an influential Polish MEP who sits on the Brexit Steering Group of the European Parliament. In jus…
7 years, 6 months ago
Former UK Transport Minister Jo Johnson
On December 11th, two and a half years of posturing, politicking and poisonous disagreement come to a head: the UK Parliament will vote on whether to…
7 years, 6 months ago
Saudi exile - Abdullah Alaoudh
Can anyone or anything challenge Saudi authoritarianism? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Abdullah Alaoudh, a Saudi exile whose father is facing c…
7 years, 6 months ago
Israeli Education Minister and Leader of Jewish Home - Naftali Bennett
Israel’s seemingly indestructible Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dodged another political bullet. After the recent flare up of violence in Gaz…
7 years, 6 months ago
Senior US District Judge - Mark L. Wolf
How do you stop prime ministers and presidents lining their own pockets with the country's wealth? US Judge Mark Wolf is lobbying for the creation of…
7 years, 6 months ago