Meredith Whittaker, Signal president: Privacy is a human right
“Private communication is a fundamental human right for a reason, because when those with power over you have access to your intimate thoughts and your communication, they use those to punish you. The...
11 Okt 22min
Jerry Brown, former California governor: America then and now
BBC special correspondent James Naughtie speaks to former Governor of California, Jerry Brown.He was first elected governor in 1974, succeeding Ronald Reagan, and went on to serve two eight-year terms...
8 Okt 22min
Shami Chakrabarti, human rights lawyer: Healthy democracies need a free media
“There aren't enough lawyers and judges on the planet if journalists are silent, because abuses of power just don't come to light, in my experience, without this relationship between a free media, fai...
6 Okt 24min
Olara Otunnu, diplomat: UN cannot be diplomatic ivory tower
“I do not want the United Nations of New York, Geneva or Vienna to be an ivory tower, a diplomatic ivory tower. I want to see the UN not of power and privilege, but the UN of service and impact. That...
4 Okt 23min
Kai Bird, Author: Roy Cohn, the man who shaped Trump?
“He had no guardrails. He had no rules. He told Donald Trump, you know, when criticised, attack, attack, attack, deny, deny deny, always go on the offensive, never apologise. And Trump, when he met Ro...
1 Okt 22min
Abhijeet Dipke, youth campaigner: There’s an underlying frustration in India
“I think there’s been this underlying frustration among the youth of India for a very long time. If we look at the unemployment data, India currently has the highest unemployment rate in the last 40 y...
29 Sep 23min
Estelle Brachlianoff, Veolia CEO: We need to rethink waste
Justin Rowlatt speaks to Estelle Brachlianoff, chief executive of environmental firm Veolia. The corporation’s origins can be traced all the way back to 19th Century France, when it was established as...
27 Sep 26min
Roelf Meyer, South African Ambassador: Trump has been misled
Ione Wells speaks to Roelf Meyer, South Africa’s new ambassador to the United States. In the 1990s, Meyer was one of the leading negotiators in the talks that helped bring apartheid to an end.Now he t...
24 Sep 23min
