All Episodes

Archbishop Paul Gallagher: Diplomacy means talking to all sides

Arundhati Roy, author and activist: Writing is universal

Peter Obi, Nigerian presidential candidate: The last election was rigged

Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taiwan’s representative to US: We’re prepared for China to invade

Meredith Whittaker, Signal president: Privacy is a human right

Jerry Brown, former California governor: America then and now

Shami Chakrabarti, human rights lawyer: Healthy democracies need a free media

Olara Otunnu, diplomat: UN cannot be diplomatic ivory tower

Kai Bird, Author: Roy Cohn, the man who shaped Trump?

Abhijeet Dipke, youth campaigner: There’s an underlying frustration in India

Estelle Brachlianoff, Veolia CEO: We need to rethink waste

Roelf Meyer, South African Ambassador: Trump has been misled

Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother: King Charles told me the world would forget her

Fally Ipupa, musician: Speak out on DRC suffering

Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the ICRC: The rules of war are being ignored

David Vigneault, ex-intelligence chief: Democracies are being destabilised

Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghan FM: Not everything is banned for women

Sophia Amoruso, Nasty Gal founder: I was out of my league

Vadym Skibitsky, Ukrainian intelligence: We are fighting for survival

Rene Haas, Arm CEO: AI demand won’t slow

Leah Solivan, TaskRabbit founder: How the gig economy falls short

Daron Acemoglu, Economist: Liberal democracy is in crisis

Michelle Bachelet, UN Chief candidate: Time for a woman to lead

Kristina Wilfore: Male anxieties being weaponised

Joe Ngai, McKinsey: Domestic rivalry drives Chinese firms

María Fernanda Espinosa, UN secretary general candidate: The UN risks becoming irrelevant

Mopreme Shakur on Tupac: The sensitive man behind the music

Hunter Biden: Father’s pardon not good for country

Celeste Saulo, WMO: Extreme weather is the new normal

Dmitry Muratov, journalist: Putin can’t claim victory in Ukraine

Yemi Alade, singer: I wanted to be a mega superstar

Sonam Wangchuk, Indian activist: Hunger strike for education reform

Carlos Acosta, dancer: Ballet is for everyone

Srinivasan Muralidhar: The trauma of Palestinian children

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Foreign Minister: Slavery scars our collective conscience

Sumant Sinha: Green tech to triumph over drilling

Gayton McKenzie, South African minister: Immigration unrest

Rohan Kanawade, film director: My parents accepted my sexuality

Rafael Grossi, IAEA: Nuclear back on the table?

Amy Wallace, writer: We all need to speak up

Maggie Haberman, US journalist: Trump tests limits

Christopher Nolan, director: We need to take risks

Jim Continenza, Kodak CEO: Reinventing a brand

Patrick Tiernan: War risk is being rewritten

Jacob Zuma’s daughters: Polygamy is a subject we lived

Steve Hilton: Brit running for California governor

Victor Glover, astronaut: We went into sci-fi

Jackie Jantos, Hinge CEO: Gen Z struggle to connect

Katie Sadleir, Commonwealth Games: They are still relevant

John Kerry: Countries failing to deal with climate change

Michel Barnier, chief EU Brexit negotiator: We need to be together in a fragile world

Patricia Cornwell, novelist: Imagination saved me

Catherine Russell, Unicef: War is the worst thing for children

Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder: put brakes on AI

Gebran Bassil, Lebanese politician: Hezbollah should disarm

Dr Tedros, WHO: Viruses are invisible enemy

Paul McCartney, musician: I often think about the past

Mohammed Dewji, billionaire: I want to give back

Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon: Reconciliation over revenge

David Miliband, International Rescue Committee President: It’s a new world disorder

Reid Hoffman, tech billionaire: AI job revolution

Kate Kallot, AI founder: A global digital divide?

Maggie O’Farrell, writer: Identity is complicated

Aisha Musa, former leader: Can Sudan rebuild?

Chaka Khan, singer: Music is a calling

Jennifer Riria, banking chief: Financial system still excludes women

Daniel Noboa, Ecuador President: A war on gangs

Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone First Lady: Speaking up

Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan opposition leader: I am not bitter

Yurii Tokar: Russia deployed Kenyans to death zone

Mikhail Ulyanov: Rescuing Iran nuclear talks

Hanan Balkhy, WHO chief for Sudan and Iran: work continues despite conflicts

Emma Grede, entrepreneur: Success needs trade-offs

Sam Liang, Otter.ai CEO: AI captures everything

Robert Brovdi, Ukraine drone commander: Striking inside Russia

SungAh Lee, International Organisation for Migration: Sudan needs us

Ringo Starr, musician: I never play music alone

Isaac Larian, entrepreneur: Failure is the foundation for success

Dr Kalema-Zikusoka, wildlife vet: Saving gorillas

Arlo Parks, singer-songwriter: I want to make music that lasts

The Epstein survivors speak

John Healey, UK Defence Secretary: Russia’s covert operations

Mark Suzman, Gates Foundation: Countries should be embarrassed

Simukai Chigudu, African politics professor: I support reparations

Parmy Olson, AI expert: Who controls the future?

Eric Idle, comedian: Nothing is off limits in comedy

Jeremy Hansen, astronaut: Moon mission shows best of humanity

Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAids: I am somebody who fights for social justice and gender equality

Mohammed Idris, Nigeria’s Information Minister: Stopping militant attacks

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, head of the WTO: What is going on in the Middle East will have a significant impact on trade

Joy Phumaphi, African Leaders Malaria Alliance: Malaria is an all of society challenge

Nadia Calviño, EIB President: Can Europe compete?

Ali Bahreini, Iran’s UN Ambassador: No surrender

Alexander Stubb, President of Finland: We live in a world of disorder

Tracey Emin, artist: I’ve been given a second chance

Vincent Clerc, CEO of Maersk: The two sides of war

Karim Beguir, co-founder of InstaDeep: People are too gloomy about AI

Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to UN: Closing USAID was soft power suicide

Julia Gillard, former Australian PM: The backsliding of gender equality

Guillermo del Toro, director: I only make movies for art