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Jonna Mendez: Does the world still need spies?

Stephen Sackur speaks to former US spy Jonna Mendez, who was the CIA’s chief of disguise

• 23 mins

Cardinal Peter Turkson: Is the Catholic Church at a crossroads?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a man widely seen as a contender to be Africa’s first pope

• 23 mins

Simcha Rothman: Is violence in Israel's best interests?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a member of Israel's far-right Religious Zionism party

• 23 mins

Philippe Lazzarini: Could Gaza become unliveable?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of UNRWA, the UN’s refugee agency for Palestinians

• 23 mins

Jasem Albudaiwi: Could the Gulf states be destabilised by the conflict in Gaza?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

• 25 mins

Fatih Birol: Is the global energy transition veering off course?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the International Energy Agency

• 23 mins

06/12/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: What Rwandans think of the UK migrant transfer deal

The UK government paints President Kagame in positive hues. What do his opponents think?

• 23 mins

Sandra Day O'Connor: The first female US Supreme Court judge

Sandra Day O'Connor has died age 93. Re-listen to our 2006 interview

• 23 mins

Izzeldin Abuelaish: Can Palestinians still believe in forgiveness and peace?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Palestinian doctor and acclaimed author

• 23 mins

Paul Caruana Galizia: Can his family get justice?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the son of an assassinated Maltese investigative journalist

• 23 mins

Naftali Bennett: Has Israel responded unwisely?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former prime minister

• 23 mins

22/12/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

2023 in review

Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year

• 23 mins

Past notes

A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023

• 23 mins

Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament

• 23 mins

Stephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?

HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity

• 23 mins

Alicia Kearns: How much will 2024 test the West?

Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee

• 23 mins

Sir Nicholas Winton: A Holocaust hero

A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution

• 23 mins

Gideon Levy: What happened to the Israeli mindset?

Stephen Sackur interviews Israeli journalist and commentator Gideon Levy.

• 23 mins

Mohammad Marandi: Is Middle East conflict what Iran really wants?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an academic who has advised the Iranian government

• 23 mins

Mark Regev: Is Israel serving its own best interests?

Stephen Sackur talks to a spokesman for Israel’s prime minister

• 23 mins

Regina Ip: What is Hong Kong's future?

China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activism has been curtailed

• 23 mins

Naomi Alderman: Apocalypse soon?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator

• 23 mins

Radek Sikorski: Will Poland's new government unite or divide the country?

Stephen Sackur interview's Poland's foreign minister

• 23 mins

Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England

Stephen Sackur speaks to Jasvinder Sanghera, a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse.

• 23 mins

Ronald Lamola: Is South Africa's genocide case against Israel a geo-political game changer?

Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's justice minister

• 23 mins

Abdalla Hamdok: Can Sudan find peace?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the country's former prime minister

• 23 mins

José Ramos-Horta: Peace and reconciliation

Stephen Sackur speaks to José Ramos Horta, President of Timor-Leste

• 23 mins

Vassily Nebenzia: Is Russia influencing global opinions?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s permanent representative to the UN

• 23 mins