HARDtalk Episodes Available now
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Alice Edwards: Is it possible to eradicate torture?
Sarah Montague speaks to Alice Edwards, the UN special rapporteur on torture
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Alan Hollinghurst: How has Britain changed since the 1980s?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Alan Hollinghurst, author of Our Evenings and The Line of Beauty
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Past notes
A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2024
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HARDtalk - 2024 Review
HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur looks back on some of the most powerful moments from 2024.
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Dmytro Kuleba: What are Ukraine's options?
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba
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Marty Baron: Is mainstream media in terminal decline?
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Washington Post editor Marty Baron
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Terumi Tanaka: Is nuclear war unthinkable?
Stephen Sackur meets Terumi Tanaka, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
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Arab Barghouthi: Will his father shape Palestinians' future?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian activist Arab Barghouthi
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Mark Alford: Is America ready for Trump 2.0?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican congressman and Trump loyalist Mark Alford
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Peter Boehringer: Is Germany's far right in a powerful position?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Peter Boehringer of the far-right Alternative for Deutschland