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Victor Gao: 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party
Is Beijing's method of governing fit for the future?
Christian Happi: Can Africa become a world leader in vaccine development?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Professor of Genomics Christian Happi.
Writer Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver's latest book explores themes around ageing and voluntary euthanasia
N Ram: Is freedom of expression under threat in India?
One of India’s most influential media voices, N Ram, on freedom of expression
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
