US Ambassador to Russia, 2012-14 - Michael McFaul
It's hard to imagine how the US-Russia relationship could be any more dysfunctional. Each accuses the other of consistently malign action and intent. 'Worse than the Cold war' was the way it was descr...
5 Kesä 201823min
Imran Khan - Chairman, Movement for Justice Party, Pakistan
The National Assembly in Pakistan has been dissolved ahead of the general election in late July. Just as eyes were turned on him when he was a top international cricket star, much attention is focusse...
4 Kesä 201823min
Biochemist - Jennifer Doudna
Sarah Montague speaks to biochemist Jennifer Doudna. Crispr Cas9 has been described as the greatest biological breakthrough in decades. It is a gene editing tool and the hopes that rest on it are imme...
1 Kesä 201822min
Author and Former Islamist - Ed Husain
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the British writer and commentator Ed Husain, who believes the gulf between Islam and the West is widening and that westerners see the religion as something to be feared rather...
30 Touko 201823min
Former News International Executive Chairman Les Hinton.
For more than fifty years Les Hinton was the right hand man of one of the most powerful press barons of modern times - Rupert Murdoch. Hinton was a top executive at News Corp during some of its most t...
25 Touko 201823min
Egyptian Writer and Activist - Nawal El Saadawi
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Egyptian activist and writer Dr Nawal El Saadawi. She has been described as the Arab world's leading feminist. She is a medical doctor, writer, activist, campaigner and outspok...
23 Touko 201823min
Sinead Redmond and Caroline Simons - Pro and Anti Abortion Activists
What does Ireland's abortion referendum say about the country today? On 25 May Irish voters face a choice - by way of a referendum they can either keep a constitutional amendment which outlaws abortio...
21 Touko 201823min
Former President of Brazil - Dilma Rousseff
Can anyone clean up Brazilian politics? HARDtalk’s Shaun Ley speaks to former Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff. Brazil was one of the success stories of the early 21st century – under her mentor, P...
18 Touko 201823min
