Catherine Russell, Unicef: War is the worst thing for children
Nada Tawfik speaks to Catherine Russell, executive director of Unicef, the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting c...
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20 of 1,928 episodesJack Clark, Anthropic co-founder: put brakes on AI
“Right now, it’s like the AI industry has a gas pedal, but it doesn’t have a brake pedal in the car. And what we’re saying is we want to bui...
Gebran Bassil, Lebanese politician: Hezbollah should disarm
“The state of Lebanon needs to have an exclusivity of arms. And definitely, Hezbollah needs to be disarmed… Disarming a group or a community...
Dr Tedros, WHO: Viruses are invisible enemy
“There is more spending in defence and less spending in global health or in public health or health security, which makes us vulnerable...Be...
Paul McCartney, musician: I often think about the past
Mark Savage speaks to musician Paul McCartney. Born in Liverpool, England, during the Second World War, he found fame as a member of the leg...
Mohammed Dewji, billionaire: I want to give back
“I do want to make money, but I want to make money in the right way, ethically. But more importantly, I want use this money to be able to gi...
Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon: Reconciliation over revenge
‘We are transforming feelings of revenge into reconciliation. We are transforming despair into hope, trauma into healing. So the future is p...
David Miliband, International Rescue Committee President: It’s a new world disorder
“It's what we call a new world disorder: 60 wars, 120 million people - refugees and displaced, 300 million people hungry, plus another 45 mi...
Reid Hoffman, tech billionaire: AI job revolution
Amol Rajan speaks to tech billionaire Reid Hoffman, about why he thinks artificial intelligence could transform the future of work. Reid Hof...
Kate Kallot, AI founder: A global digital divide?
“Historically, as a region, we’ve been extracted at two levels. If you look at the AI value chain, a lot of our youth, some who have studied...
Maggie O’Farrell, writer: Identity is complicated
“I was born in Coleraine, then I moved to Wales and then I moved to Ireland. It's very complicated and I feel there's a strange sense if you...
Aisha Musa, former leader: Can Sudan rebuild?
“I feel numb. It feels unreal to me, having been in Sudan all my life. I have never imagined that it will turn into a war field, it looks li...
Chaka Khan, singer: Music is a calling
“This is a calling. It's bigger than anything in your life as an individual. If you found the thing that you were put on this planet to do,...
Jennifer Riria, banking chief: Financial system still excludes women
“Most of Africa is rural, and although urbanisation is taking root now, the systems that deliver financial services to women are still eludi...
Daniel Noboa, Ecuador President: A war on gangs
“This is a war. We will treat it as a war, and first thing that we want is the war to end. We want peace. We want a better life for our peop...
Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone First Lady: Speaking up
BBC journalist Megha Mohan speaks to Sierra Leone’s first lady, Fatima Bio, about escaping child marriage at the age of 13, rebuilding her l...
Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan opposition leader: I am not bitter
James Menendez speaks to Leopoldo Lopez, once the most prominent face of Venezuela’s opposition, he is now living in exile in Spain. He spen...
Yurii Tokar: Russia deployed Kenyans to death zone
“Russians collected all Kenyans and did everything for them to go to the front line, to go to the death zone.” Waihiga Mwaura speaks to Yuri...
Mikhail Ulyanov: Rescuing Iran nuclear talks
“It’s outrageous because these nuclear plant facilities were certified by the International Atomic Energy Agency as purely peaceful faciliti...
Hanan Balkhy, WHO chief for Sudan and Iran: work continues despite conflicts
“During the recent conflict [in Iran], there was a pause, not a full stop or halt of the functions. Once the airspace opened up again, we re...