Marietje Schaake: Is Silicon Valley too powerful?

Former MEP Marietje Schaake is now a cyber expert at Stanford University

• 23 mins

Ali Abbasi: Is censorship a growing cross-cultural problem?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Ali Abbasi, director of a new Donald Trump film, The Apprentice

• 23 mins

Seyed Hossein Mousavian: How vulnerable is Iran?

Stephen Sackur speaks to former Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian

• 23 mins

Frank Skinner: What unites his many sides?

Stephen Sackur talks to the comedian, broadcaster and writer Frank Skinner

• 23 mins

John Bolton: Is America too divided to offer global leadership?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton

• 23 mins

Chris Murphy: Is Kamala Harris a candidate for change?

Stephen Sackur is in Washington DC to speak to Democratic Party Senator Chris Murphy

• 23 mins

Diane Foley: Bringing detained Americans home

Stephen Sackur talks to Diane Foley, whose son was murdered by the Islamic State group

• 23 mins

Fred Fleitz: What would Donald Trump's foreign policy look like?

Fred Fleitz is tipped for a new foreign policy role if Donald Trump returns to power

• 23 mins

Andrei Kelin: Is Vladimir Putin reshaping geopolitics?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s ambassador in London, Andrei Kelin

• 23 mins

Jason Jones: How can you change cultural attitudes?

Allan Little speaks to the Trinidadian human rights activist Jason Jones

• 23 mins

Edmund Bartlett: Does Jamaica have a security problem?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Jamaica's minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett

• 23 mins

Farah Nabulsi: Challenging imbalance in value of human life

Stephen Sackur speaks to British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi.

• 23 mins

Sir Steve McQueen: The power of film

Stephen Sackur speaks to Oscar-winning film director Steve McQueen

• 23 mins

Paddy Hill: Rebuilding after a miscarriage of justice

A 2011 interview of Paddy Hill, wrongfully convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings

• 23 mins

Masoumeh Ebtekar: Is Iran's leadership in danger of losing its grip?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Iran’s former VP for women and family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar

• 23 mins

Aleksandar Vučić: Is Serbia looking to the West or Russia and China?

An exclusive interview with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić

• 23 mins

Liz Carr: The UK's assisted dying debate

Stephen Sackur speaks to actor and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr

• 23 mins

Barbara Taylor Bradford: A woman of substance

A 2009 interview with novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, who died In November 2024 aged 91

• 23 mins

Peter Boehringer: Is Germany's far right in a powerful position?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Peter Boehringer of the far-right Alternative for Deutschland

• 23 mins

Mark Alford: Is America ready for Trump 2.0?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican congressman and Trump loyalist Mark Alford

• 23 mins

Arab Barghouthi: Will his father shape Palestinians' future?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian activist Arab Barghouthi

• 23 mins

Terumi Tanaka: Is nuclear war unthinkable?

Stephen Sackur meets Terumi Tanaka, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki

• 23 mins

Marty Baron: Is mainstream media in terminal decline?

Stephen Sackur speaks to former Washington Post editor Marty Baron

• 23 mins

Dmytro Kuleba: What are Ukraine's options?

Stephen Sackur speaks to former Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba

• 23 mins

HARDtalk - 2024 Review

HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur looks back on some of the most powerful moments from 2024.

• 23 mins

Past notes

A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2024

• 23 mins

Alan Hollinghurst: How has Britain changed since the 1980s?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Alan Hollinghurst, author of Our Evenings and The Line of Beauty

• 23 mins

Alice Edwards: Is it possible to eradicate torture?

Sarah Montague speaks to Alice Edwards, the UN special rapporteur on torture

• 23 mins

Asif Kapadia: Pushing the boundaries of film-making

Sarah Montague speaks to award-winning film-maker Asif Kapadia

• 23 mins

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Is Putin vulnerable?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the anti-Putin activist Vladimir Kara-Murza

• 23 mins