<p>A bonus episode from HARDtalk, in-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Stephen Sackur is on the road in Guyana, South America, home to globally significant ecosystems and now one of the world's biggest offshore oil and gas reserves. As Guyana experiences record economic growth, will its people feel the benefit?</p>
Aug 25
Adeju Thompson: Taking fashion label Lagos Space Programme to the world
Adeju Thompson, the founder and creative director behind the Nigerian fashion label Lagos Space Programme, attempts to establish the label on the global fashion scene. Lagos Space Programme blends Yoruba heritage (notably Adire dyeing) with queer and futurist aesthetics, taking i ... Show More
26m 29s
Aug 2021
IS GREEN GROWTH A CONVENIENT LIE? – With Jason Hickel, Economic Anthropologist
How fighting inequality and beating climate change means we must end our addiction to economic growth and fast.We’re asking: How are inequality, climate breakdown and growth linked? Why is green growth an impossibility? If rich nations must stop growing, what does this mean for d ... Show More
29m 48s
May 2019
Guyana: Getting Rich Quick
Guyana, a country of just 750,000 people wedged between Venezuela and Suriname on the north-east coast of South America, has never had an oil industry. But a series of recent discoveries in its waters has revealed billions of barrels of oil beneath the ocean, potentially one of t ... Show More
28m 30s
Oct 2023
Crude Reality: Palestine, Petrol and Politics with Robert McNally
On the 50th anniversary of the first oil shock that led to the price of a barrel of oil quadrupling, the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict has put the Middle East on the brink just as it did in 1973. Beyond the ever-rising body count, chances of a bigger global economic downturn have ... Show More
33m 56s
May 2021
Is India China’s Biggest Threat? - Subramanian Swamy
Patrick Bet-David sits down with Subramanian Swamy, he is an Indian politician, economist and member of Parliament in the upper house of Indian Parliament. In this interview they talk about India's economic growth, their relationship with China and what the future of India will l ... Show More
1h 9m
Nov 2021
Indra Nooyi Says It’s Time for Leaders to Care
PepsiCo's trailblazing former CEO drove record profits—but did so while investing in employee well-being, consumer health, and environmental sustainability. In their second conversation, she and Adam are on stage for a lively, entertaining dialogue about how to improve our work l ... Show More
40m 28s