Sue Black: Looking death in the face
HARDtalk goes to the Hay Literary Festival in Wales, where we are joined by an audience to meet a world-renowned specialist in death. For many of us, it is the hardest subject of all to think and talk...
9 Juli 201823min
Mayor of Jerusalem - Nir Barkat
HARDTalk is in Jerusalem, an ancient city which arguably stirs more passion, argument and hostility than any other. Israel claims all of it as its eternal, undivided capital - a claim at odds with int...
6 Juli 201823min
US Deputy National Security Adviser, 2009 - 2017 - Ben Rhodes
Sarah Montague speaks to Ben Rhodes who was Deputy National Security Adviser for President Barack Obama. During his time at the White House he developed such a close bond with the President that he ea...
4 Juli 201823min
Computer scientist and author - Jaron Lanier
The internet is perhaps the defining technological advance of the last fifty years. It has opened up a new world of possibilities, but what if it also represents an existential threat to humanity? Tha...
2 Juli 201823min
Iranian Environmental Scientist - Kaveh Madani
Since the beginning of 2018, the Iranian Government has locked up a number of environmental scientists and campaigners. One respected conservationist was found hanged in his cell in what the authoriti...
27 Juni 201823min
Former Director of the FBI James Comey
When historians write their versions of Donald Trump’s extraordinary ascent to the Presidency, prominence will surely be given to the former Director of the FBI James Comey. He was a Republican hired ...
25 Juni 201823min
Austria's Foreign Minister - Karin Kneissl
One issue more than any other that is polarising European politics and dividing the European Union is migration. In Germany, it threatens Angela Merkel’s grip on power, whilst from Italy to Austria an...
22 Juni 201823min
Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Can Kazakhstan move beyond one party rule? Stephen Sackur talks to the chairman of the Kazakh Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The country's shiny new capital city, Astana, tells you plenty about the co...
20 Juni 201823min
