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18/12/2020 GMT
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Hermann Hauser: Is Europe failing to create tech champions?
Facebook, Amazon, Huawei, Alibaba. All American and Chinese. Where are the Europeans?
Neil Ferguson: Did the UK get its Covid strategy wrong?
We speak to the epidemiologist whose modelling of Covid-19 saw the UK lock down
Admiral James Stavridis: The aftermath of the capitol riot
The President remains Commander in Chief, but how tenable is that for the next two weeks?
Alan Rusbridger: Fact v fiction
How do we ensure that fact prevails over fiction?
Virologist Barry Schoub: South Africa's covid situation 'is bleak'
Barry Schoub chairs South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19 vaccines
Alan Dershowitz: Trump's second impeachment
Should President Trump be impeached again - and how will he defend himself?
Tamara Rojo: Ballet in a pandemic
Do the arts face a Covid crisis?
Kenneth Chan: Is democracy lost in Hong Kong?
Activist and founding member of the Civic Party, Kenneth Chan, on Hong Kong's autonomy
Lina Khan: Can big tech companies be tamed by US antitrust laws?
Lina Khan, associate professor at New York's Columbia Law School, wants to tame big tech
Yuli Edelstein: Israel's Covid-19 vaccination programme leads the world
Why isn't Israel's speedy roll-out of the vaccine having more impact on infection rates?
Leonid Volkov: Protests on the streets of Russia
We speak to Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff Leonid Volkov about the Russian opposition.
Thomas Byrne: Ireland's twin challenge
Ireland's Europe Minister on Covid vaccine supplies and the country's strategic vision
Madawi Al-Rasheed: Can the Saudi Crown Prince's authority really be challenged?
Stephen Sackur asks exiled activist Madawi Al-Rasheed: what next for Saudi Arabia?
Dr Soumya Swaminathan: Is vaccine inequity undermining the fight against Covid?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's Chief Scientist
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Has Belarus’s revolution stalled?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Belarusian opposition leader
Evan Medeiros: How should Biden approach China?
Where do US-China relations stand after Donald Trump's presidency?
Laurie Santos: Can we learn how to be happy?
A psychologist assesses the mental health impact of Covid-19
Clément Beaune: Is Covid-19 exposing weaknesses in the EU?
France's Europe Minister on the race for vaccines in the EU
Kirill Dmitriev: Russia's Sputnik V a vaccine for humankind?
Russia hopes its Sputnik V vaccine can help the world beat Covid 19
Yogendra Yadav: Are farmers' protests a defining moment for India?
Yogendra Yadav is a prominent opponent of changes to India's farm laws
Douglas Stuart: Stories of tender souls in tough places
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain
Timothy Snyder: Lessons from history
Did the Trump presidency exhibit signs of early stage fascism?
Elizabeth Neumann: The battle for the soul of the US Republican Party
Can mainstream conservatives rescue the party from far right extremism?
Dr Seth Berkley: How to ensure the whole world gets a Covid vaccine
It’s a great ambition, but is it achievable?
Harvey Goldsmith: Can live music survive Covid?
UK live music promoter Harvey Goldsmith on whether the creative world can be revived
Valdis Dombrovskis: Is the EU ready to aggressively defend its interests?
The EU's Executive Vice-President about strategy inside the world's largest trading bloc
Khin Zaw Win: Protests in Myanmar
What do the people of Myanmar want now - and what are they likely to get?
Evan McMullin: What next for anti-Trump Republicans?
Is it time to build a new conservative party from scratch?
Jewher Ilham: Fears for her Uighur family in China
What hope for human rights for Uighurs living in Xinjiang province?
Dr Sasa: Does Myanmar have a democratic future?
Why has Myanmar's transition to democracy gone so wrong?