<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>
Yesterday
Stemming the tide in Normandy
<p>Coastal erosion has become a serious problem for many seaside communities, no more so than in Normandy, in north-west France, where rising sea levels, strong tides and stronger storms have swept away homes, sand dunes and beaches. </p><p>Every year the sea here is reclaiming s ... Show More
26m 40s
Nov 24
The Shiralee: D'Arcy Niland's 1955 Australian western
<p>The Shiralee is a 1955 novel by D'Arcy Niland, telling the story of a wandering swagman on a journey through the Australian outback, accompanied by his 10-year-old daughter. It was made into a 1957 film by Ealing Studios, starring Peter Finch, and now it is being brought to th ... Show More
24m 34s
Nov 22
Inside India's war on Maoists
<p>For nearly 60 years, the Indian government has been fighting a violent group of Maoists in the country. They are followers of the late Chinese leader, Mao Zedong and have carried out bombings and killings in different parts of India. Now, the Indian authorities claim to be on ... Show More
26m 29s
Aug 2021
IS GREEN GROWTH A CONVENIENT LIE? – With Jason Hickel, Economic Anthropologist
<p>How fighting inequality and beating climate change means we must end our addiction to economic growth and fast.</p><br><p><strong>We’re asking: How are inequality, climate breakdown and growth linked? Why is green growth an impossibility? If rich nations must stop growing, wha ... 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
<p>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 h ... Show More
33m 56s
May 2021
Is India China’s Biggest Threat? - Subramanian Swamy
<p>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 wil ... Show More
1h 9m
Nov 2021
Indra Nooyi Says It’s Time for Leaders to Care
<p>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 wor ... Show More
40m 28s