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James Lovelock: The future of life on Earth
A 2021 interview with the scientist behind the Gaia hypothesis
Jess Phillips: What happened to progressive politics?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the prominent Labour MP
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho: Can courage overcome injustice?
Mexican journalist and activist Lydia Cacho is currently in exile for her own safety
Michael Holding: Can sport win its fight against racism?
A cricketing great on his stand against racism and his for taking the knee
Laurent Lamothe: Can anything be done to end Haiti's suffering?
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Haitian Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe
Fikile Mbalula: Is South Africa's government being confronted with its own failure?
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa’s transport minister
Hamdullah Mohib: Can the Afghan government hold out against the Taliban?
Sarah Montague speaks to Afghanistan's National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib
Péter Szijjártó: Is Hungary undermining European values?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Hungarian Foreign Minister
Lazarus Chakwera: President of Malawi
Can the Malawian President keep the promises he made to voters last year?
Sir Hilary Beckles: Reparations for slavery
How to address the sins and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade?
RoseAnne Archibald: Uncovering Canada's dark past
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Canadian First Nations leader and politician
Sir Andrew Pollard: The war on Covid-19
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
Hamid Mir: Is Pakistan a safe place for journalists?
Hamid Mir was taken off air after he spoke out against Pakistan's powerful military
Daryl Davis: Reaching out to the KKK
A musician who has spent four decades trying to talk to America’s most diehard racists
Getachew Reda: What is the endgame for Tigray's rebels?
As conflict continues in northern Ethiopia, what is the endgame for Tigray’s rebels?
Aly Raisman: Are gold medals put above athletes' wellbeing?
An Olympic gymnastics champion who spoke out about abuse talks to Stephen Sackur
Tobias Ellwood: Britain's Afghanistan exit
How damaging could the consequences be?
Kamila Sidiqi: What future do Afghanistan's women face?
Stephen Sackur speaks to a government adviser who escaped Kabul as the Taliban took over
Gedion Timothewos: Ethiopia's civil war
The conflict between government forces and Tigrayan rebels has cost thousands of lives
Paula Kahumbu: Saving Africa's wild spaces
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Kenyan conservationist Paula Kahumbu
Andrei Kelin: Russia, Afghanistan and the UK
What does the situation in Afghanistan say about the wider geopolitical balance of power?
Maggi Hambling: An evolving creative vision
An acclaimed and sometimes controversial artist talks to Stephen Sackur
Omar Zakhilwal: What ideology will prevail in Afghanistan?
Hardtalk speaks to a former minister who has been involved in talks with the Taliban
Lindsey Graham: What is the Republican vision for America?
How does America see itself and its place in the world?
Nadia Calviño: Is Europe too fragmented to shape the 21st Century?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Spain's Deputy PM and Economy minister Nadia Calviño
Rudy Giuliani: Reflecting on 9/11
First broadcast in September 2011. How did the 9/11 attacks change America?
Robin Hanbury-Tenison: An explorer protecting indigenous lands
Stephen Sackur interviews an explorer protecting indigenous people and their lands
Naomi Campbell, supermodel and businesswoman
Supermodel Naomi Campbell speaks to Zeinab Badawi in an exclusive interview
Carlos Fernando Chamorro: Exiled from Nicaragua
Why has Nicaragua slumped back into authoritarianism?
Bryan Hughes: Abortion in Texas
Republicans in Texas have managed to ban abortion in almost all cases in their state
Roger Deakins: How is technology changing cinema?
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's most celebrated cinematographers