Gillian Slovo: Has her writing exorcised demons?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Gillian Slovo, an author with an extraordinary backstory

• 23 mins

Jim Skea: Are humans bungling our chance to avert disaster?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• 23 mins

Espen Barth Eide: Why will Norway recognise a Palestinian state?

Sarah Montague speaks to Norway’s foreign minister

• 23 mins

Stephen J Shaw: Are falling birth rates a crisis for humanity?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the data scientist and demographer

• 23 mins

Emel Mathlouthi: Can music change the world?

Sarah Montague speaks to the Tunisian singer-songwriter

• 23 mins

Mohammad Shtayyeh: Will the Palestinian Authority work with Hamas?

The former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister on the Palestinian people’s future.

• 23 mins

R. Derek Black: Renouncing white nationalism

Mishal Husain speaks to a man raised in a white nationalist family

• 23 mins

Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?

Sarah Montague speaks to a negotiator with nearly two decades' experience

• 23 mins

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: Writing Colombia's national story

Stephen Sackur interviews the acclaimed Colombian author and journalist

• 23 mins

Eyal Weizman: The politics of architecture

Mishal Husain speaks to an academic and 'forensic architect'

• 23 mins

Jean-Noël Barrot: A snap election in France

Stephen Sackur speaks to the French Minister Delegate for Europe

• 23 mins

Akinwumi Adesina: Africa rising?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the President of the African Development Bank

• 23 mins

Mathieu Kassovitz: Where is France going?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of one of France's most acclaimed films, La Haine

• 23 mins

Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine war at critical juncture

Stephen Sackur interviews Ukraine’s foreign minister

• 23 mins

Sachin Pilot: Is India heading for consensus or chaos?

Stephen Sackur interviews a senior figure from the opposition Indian National Congress

• 23 mins

Fabrice Leggeri: What would a far-right victory mean for France?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an MEP in Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party

• 23 mins

Anne Enright: Changing Ireland

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Irish novelist

• 23 mins

Husam Zomlot: Is diplomacy dead in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

The top Palestinian diplomat in London on whether hopes for a ceasefire have been dashed

• 23 mins

Asma Khan: Can cooking change the world?

Stephen Sackur speaks with restaurateur and activist Asma Khan

• 23 mins

Ilya Ponomarev: How significant is Russian resistance to Putin?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a key leader of an anti-Putin armed resistance movement

• 23 mins

Laurie Bristow: The West's failure in Afghanistan

Stephen Sackur speaks to Britain’s last ambassador to Afghanistan

• 23 mins

Maria Butina: Is time on Russia's side?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an MP from President Putin’s United Russia party

• 23 mins

Oliver McTernan: Is peace in the Middle East an impossible dream?

Sarah Montague speaks to the former Catholic priest turned conflict negotiator

• 23 mins

Maria Corina Machado: Can Venezuela's fortunes change?

Sarah Montague speaks to a politician banned from Venezuela's presidential election

• 23 mins

Taro Kono: Can Japan reboot itself for the 21st Century?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Japan's Digital Transformation Minister, Taro Kono

• 23 mins

Syed Zafar Islam: Will Narendra Modi change course?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a spokesman for the Indian prime minister's BJP party

• 23 mins

Adam Smith: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a US Democratic party congressman

• 23 mins

Ohad Tal: Is Israel gearing up for a multi-front war?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an influential far-right Israeli politician

• 23 mins

The whistleblowers

Stephen Sackur looks back at guests who have risked their liberty to reveal information.

• 23 mins

Garry Conille: What can he do for Haiti?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Haiti’s interim prime minister

• 23 mins