Irvine Welsh – Author
Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to a novelist whose fictional world is filled with drugs, sex, sleaze and alienation. Scottish writer Irvine Welsh draws deeply flawed characters and makes them entert...
1 Maj 201523min
Founder and Director of Exit International - Philip Nitschke
Many people are familiar with cases involving terminally ill patients who believe that they should have the right to die. But what about making this a right for everyone - even if they are fit and he...
29 Apr 201523min
Economist and Owner of H Robotics - Pippa Malmgren
Zeinab Badawi talks to the American economist and hi-tech entrepreneur Pippa Malmgren. By 2025 robots and artificial intelligence will be performing a lot more of the jobs that humans do at present. W...
24 Apr 201523min
Chairman of the Israel Labor Party - Isaac Herzog
There was a clear winner in last month’s Israeli election but there is not yet a new government. Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu is taking his time, talking to smaller right-wing and religious parties...
22 Apr 201523min
Director of the Documentary India’s Daughter - Leslee Udwin
The brutal gang rape and murder of a student on a bus in Delhi in 2012 provoked widespread shock and outrage and put the spotlight on violence against women in India. A recent documentary about it pro...
20 Apr 201523min
Former US Drone Operator - Brandon Bryant
Brandon Bryant's story provides a rare glimpse into a secret world and raises questions about the nature of 21st Century warfare. He joined the US Air Force straight out of college. He was picked to j...
17 Apr 201523min
Venezuelan Opposition Politician - Maria Corina Machado
Two years after the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s socialist revolution is in trouble. The country's oil reliant economy is ravaged by inflation, shortages and corruption. Those hit hardest are the...
13 Apr 201523min
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs - Valerie Amos
The scale of humanitarian suffering in Syria is impossible to capture in words delivered from the comfort of a radio studio - 12 million people are in dire need of emergency aid. Hardtalk speaks to Va...
8 Apr 201523min
