Roxane Gay: An unflinching memoir
The Interview2 Jun 2023

Roxane Gay: An unflinching memoir

Stephen Sackur speaks to American writer, academic and cultural commentator Roxane Gay. Her unflinching, extraordinary memoir Hunger deals with her experience of rape and obesity. How scary is the level of self-exposure in much of her writing?

(Photo: Roxane Gay in the Hardtalk studio)

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Former UN Secretary General (1997-2006) - Kofi Annan

Former UN Secretary General (1997-2006) - Kofi Annan

HARDtalk is in Geneva, the headquarters of the Kofi Annan Foundation which marks its tenth anniversary this year. Zeinab Badawi speaks to the former Secretary-General of the United Nations as he reach...

20 Apr 201823min

Russia's Foreign Minister - Sergey Lavrov

Russia's Foreign Minister - Sergey Lavrov

Stephen Sackur is in Moscow for an exclusive interview with Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. In recent days the world has been alarmed by the very real possibility of a direct military confron...

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Northern Ireland Peace Negotiator - Monica McWilliams

Northern Ireland Peace Negotiator - Monica McWilliams

Twenty years ago the historic Good Friday Agreement was signed in Northern Ireland which put an end to three decades of bloody sectarian conflict. Politicians from Northern Ireland, the UK, the Republ...

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Middle East adviser to President Obama (2013-15) - Philip Gordon

Middle East adviser to President Obama (2013-15) - Philip Gordon

US military action against President Assad's forces in Syria seems imminent. President Trump told the Russians- Assad's military backers - to "get ready" by way of a tweet. A spiral of events which b...

12 Apr 201823min

Director, UK Serious Fraud Office - David Green

Director, UK Serious Fraud Office - David Green

Politicians will always tell us they're tough on crime, but the evidence suggests they find it easier to be tough on murderers, muggers and robbers than they do on corporate white collar criminals eng...

11 Apr 201823min

Norway's Finance Minister - Siv Jensen

Norway's Finance Minister - Siv Jensen

The outside world tends to view Scandinavia as a haven of prosperity, progressive politics and social liberalism, but look closer and you find a powerful strand of right-wing populism fuelled by a sus...

9 Apr 201823min

Artist - Michael Rakowitz

Artist - Michael Rakowitz

The best art helps us to see and feel in new ways - it can challenge and provoke. Michael Rakowitz uses sculpture, installation, and site specific experiences to transmit a vision which reflects his I...

6 Apr 201823min

Author and Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee

Author and Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee

In 2010 Siddhartha Mukherjee wrote a book about the history of cancer which won the Puliter Prize the following year. He's also a practising cancer physician in New York. Hundreds of billions of dolla...

2 Apr 201823min

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