HARDtalk

HARDtalk

BBC World Service

4.5from 778 ratings

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87Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
1,988
Episodes
371
Transcribed
778
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2012
First episode
40M
YouTube views

About HARDtalk

Conversations with people shaping our world, from all around the globe. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider. We hear from titans of business, politics, finance, sport and culture. Global leaders, decision-makers and cultural icons. Politicians, activists and CEOs. Each interview is around 20-minutes, packed full of insight and analysis, covering some of the biggest issues of our time. How does it work? Well, at the BBC, our journalists interview amazing people every single day. And on The Interview, we bring them to you. It’s your one-stop-shop to the best conversations coming out of the BBC, with the people shaping our world, from all over the world. Get in touch with us on emailTheInterview@bbc.co.uk (mailto:emailTheInterview@bbc.co.uk) and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.

Publisher
BBC World Service
Category
government · news
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
9 Jan 2012
Latest episode
6 Nov 2026
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Latest episodes

371 of 1,988 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    U2, rock band: Dysfunction pushes us

  2. 4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Tessa Clarke, Olio CEO: Environmental impact of food waste is devastating

  3. 2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Klaus Thymann, scientist: Indonesia’s ‘eternal glaciers’ are vanishing

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U2, rock band: Dysfunction pushes us

Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Larry, when you hear other artists saying, oh, I recorded a song in an afternoon, or we did a whole album in a fortnight, do you just think, you liars? Yeah, look, it is the most frustrating thing for us sometimes is the dysfunction. […]

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Who has been a guest on HARDtalk

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Bono
  • The Edge
  • Adam Clayton
  • Larry Mullen Jr
  • Tessa Clarke

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views
40,294,889
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.4 / 5
330 ratings
Spotify
4.5 / 5
448 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality
98
Social presence
0
YouTube
93
Engagement
99

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How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.

Does HARDtalk take guests?

Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.

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