Lewis Pugh: Pushing the limits of the human body
Stephen Sackur speaks to the master of extreme swimming Lewis Pugh. From the North Pole to Antarctica, his death-defying swims are designed to focus attention on the damaging impact of climate change ...
23 Jul 202322min
Gabriel Boric: Can the new left bring change to Chile?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric. Still just 37, he was elected amid excited talk of a new brand of progressive left politics in Latin America - but his ratings have plum...
21 Jul 202323min
Mikhail Zygar: Is Putin in a vulnerable position?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to dissident Russian journalist and writer Mikhail Zygar, who has rare insights into the inner workings of the Kremlin. After the challenge to Vladimir Putin’s power and an abort...
19 Jul 202323min
Tomás Saraceno: What does 'being human' mean?
Stephen Sackur interviews one of the world’s most innovative contemporary artists, Tomás Saraceno. His work involves spiders, balloons, dust and air. At its heart is a challenge to us all: Are we read...
17 Jul 202322min
Laurence Boone: Can France's government deal with social divisions?
Does France’s government have a clear strategy to deal with the deep social and economic divisions that led to the worst outbreak of violence and rioting for years, following the killing of a French y...
14 Jul 202323min
María Corina Machado: The existential fight for Venezuela
Stephen Sackur speaks to Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado, currently seen as the most likely challenger to socialist authoritarian president Nicolas Maduro in elections due next y...
12 Jul 202323min
Ann Leslie: What does it mean to be a foreign correspondent?
Another chance to hear Stephen Sackur’s 2008 interview with the acclaimed writer and journalist Dame Ann Leslie, who has passed away at the age of 82. She is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest Br...
7 Jul 202322min
Peter Boghossian: Has academia been corrupted by ‘woke’ ideology?
Stephen Sackur speaks to controversial philosopher Peter Boghossian, who spoofed a host of US academic journals to expose what he claims is the corruption of academia by politically fashionable ‘woke’...
4 Jul 202323min
