Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?
The Interview4 Kesä 2024

Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?

Sarah Montague speaks to hostage negotiator Mickey Bergman, who has spent much of the last two decades working behind the scenes to help negotiate the release of Americans kidnapped or detained abroad – either by criminals, political actors or governments. What difference do such “fringe diplomats” make? Are they a help or a hindrance?

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Lord Heseltine – Former British Deputy Prime Minister

Lord Heseltine – Former British Deputy Prime Minister

Half way through its parliamentary term Britain’s Conservative-led coalition government has a growth problem - the economy is flat; possibly heading for a triple dip recession. But how does a governme...

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Mona Eltahawy – Writer and Activist

Mona Eltahawy – Writer and Activist

Arabs have risen up against their repressive authoritarian rulers, but what will their post-revolutionary societies look like? In Egypt and Tunisia, power has shifted in the direction of political Isl...

9 Tammi 201323min

Fatih Birol – Chief Economist, International Energy Agency

Fatih Birol – Chief Economist, International Energy Agency

Not so long ago it seemed the world’s addiction to fossil fuels would soon be ended by dwindling supply. But that was before fracking, tar sands and deep sea exploration transformed calculations abou...

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Ian Thorpe - Australian Swimmer

Ian Thorpe - Australian Swimmer

Olympic gold medal-winning Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe on his crippling depression. (Image: Ian Thorpe, Credit: Getty Images)

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Alan Moore - Graphic Novelist

Alan Moore - Graphic Novelist

Alan Moore - man behind the mask worn by computer hackers and Occupy protestors the world over. But he's no typical insurgent, rather a graphic novelist. He has championed the form for its effect on p...

2 Tammi 201323min

Philip Glass - Composer

Philip Glass - Composer

Philip Glass is one of the most influential and polarising composers of the last 50 years. The trademark sound in his prolific output of symphonies, operas and film scores, is repetitive, rhythmic and...

31 Joulu 201223min

Brooke Magnanti - Belle du Jour

Brooke Magnanti - Belle du Jour

As Belle de Jour, she achieved global notoriety for years, writing a blog about her sexual encounters as a high-class escort girl working in London. Now, after revealing herself to be an expert resear...

28 Joulu 201223min

Lewis Moody - Former England Rugby Captain

Lewis Moody - Former England Rugby Captain

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody talks to Stephen Sackur about his battle with bowel disease, and winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup.(Image: Lewis Moody, Credit: Getty Images)

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