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Richard Thaler: Is a nudge enough to change our behaviour?
Is a nudge better than a shove when change is needed?
Richard Deverell: The battle to save the planet
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sergei Ryabkov: Russia and energy security
As a spike in fossil fuel prices looks to benefit Russia, how will it flex its influence?
Adela Raz, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the US
Stephen Sackur speaks to Adela Raz, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States
Philippe Sands: Is international justice working?
Is international justice an ideal which the world has signally failed to live up to?
Henry Marsh: A doctor arguing for assisted dying
Why a neurosurgeon is lobbying for the legislation of assisted dying
Andrew Forrest: Mega-polluter turned climate revolutionary
Why is an Australian mining billionaire trying to push a green agenda?
David Baddiel, Comedian and writer
Stephen Sackur speaks to writer and comedian David Baddiel
Ariel Dorfman: Ghosts of the past
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Chilean-American writer
Bruno Le Maire: Is looking for a new economic direction?
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has ambitions for a more dynamic and green economy
Fatih Birol: Can greenhouse gas emissions be eliminated?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the executive director of the International Energy Agency
Fiona Hill: What did Trump mean for America and the world?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key witness in President Trump's first impeachment trial
Prime Minister Albin Kurti: Is he a source of instability in the Balkans?
Albin Kurti has been a political prisoner and now sees Kosovo unifying with Albania
Mike Leigh: Art and the cinema
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's most acclaimed directors
Patrice Evra: The flaws in football
Why a former Manchester United and star has revealed his emotional scars
Pawel Jablonski: Could Poland exit the EU?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Poland's deputy foreign minister
Ritchie Torres: Is America ready to embrace progressive politics?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a rising star of the Democratic Party
George Takei: Growing up in an internment camp
Stephen Sackur talks to George Takei, forever famous as Lieutenant Sulu in Star Trek
Ryan Girdusky: Race and education in America
A conservative activist claims America’s schoolchildren are being brainwashed about race
Péter Márki-Zay: Can Viktor Orban be beaten at the ballot box?
Stephen Sackur interviews the Hungarian opposition leader
Rana Ayyub: Abuse, intimidation and legal threats
We speak to Rana Ayyub, who has dug deep into the past and present of India's PM
Nicolai Tangen: Can Norway move on from fossil fuels?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man behind Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund
Ken Buck: Big tech and Republican politics
Is Donald Trump still at the heart of American conservatives' worldview?
Paul Auster: 'We are divided in ways we have never seen before'
Another chance to hear Stephen Sackur 2021 interview with the late Paul Auster
Moeed Yusuf: What will a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan mean for Pakistan?
Stephen Sackur interviews National Security Adviser of Pakistan Moeed Yusuf
John Kerry: US Special Envoy for Climate
Can America lead an effective global response to the climate change emergency?
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov: Fighting for a free press
Stephen Sackur speaks to the t winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
Ernesto Araújo: Has Brazil failed to protect its people?
Stephen Sackur speaks to President Bolsonaro’s former Foreign Minister
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Trust in science
Are we losing our ability to separate scientific fact from fiction?
Laurence Tribe: Is the US system of government in peril?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Harvard University constitutional law professor
Nureldin Satti: Sudan's coup
We speak to Sudan's former US Ambassador, and ask him if the generals will give up power
