Best Imaan Podcasts (2024)

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Imaan Mazari-Hazir: Seeking justice for Pakistan's disappeared 22:57

12d ago22:57

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Mishal Husain speaks to Imaan Mazari-Hazir, a lawyer in Pakistan whose passion for human rights began early in her legal studies. She has become well known in her home country for defending people’s rights against the state – taking on difficult cases of abduction and forced disappearance, and speaking out against the country's powerful military. S…

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Seyed Hossein Mousavian: With Israel poised to strike Tehran, how vulnerable is Iran? 22:59

1h ago22:59

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Stephen Sackur speaks to former Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian. Now in exile in the US, he is an advocate for dialogue between Iran and the West. With Israel poised to strike, having already delivered severe blows to Tehran, how vulnerable is Iran?By BBC World Service

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Ali Abbasi: Is censorship a growing cross-cultural problem? 22:57

25m ago22:57

22:57

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Iranian-Danish film director Ali Abbasi. His new movie The Apprentice, about Donald Trump’s early years in business, has enraged team TrumpBy BBC World Service

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Marietje Schaake: Is Silicon Valley too powerful? 22:57

1h ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur speaks to the former MEP Marietje Schaake, who is now a cyber expert at Stanford University. Her book, The Tech Coup, suggests the world’s failure to properly regulate digital technology threatens individual rights and democratic freedom worldwide. Is it too late to change course?By BBC World Service

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Danny Danon: Can force alone deliver security for Israel? 22:58

7h ago22:58

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s ambassador at the UN, Danny Danon. Israel is now fighting a multi-front war, intent on delivering its enemies in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran a series of crushing blows. But can force alone deliver Israel the security it craves?By BBC World Service

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Tamir Pardo: Does Israel's greatest threat come from within? 22:57

5d ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Tamir Pardo, former director of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. He was appointed by Benjamin Netanyahu but now he’s a fierce critic of the Israeli Prime Minister. When he says the greatest threat to Israel’s future comes from within, what does he mean?By BBC World Service

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Kim Aris: The fate of Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar 22:57

2d ago22:57

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Allan Little speaks to Kim Aris, the son of the ousted civilian leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. Now a political prisoner approaching the age of 80 and in declining health, what is her fate and that of the country she left her family to serve?By BBC World Service

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María Corina Machado: Defending democracy in Venezuela 22:55

12d ago22:55

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Stephen Sackur speaks to the de-facto leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado. Two months after an election which she says delivered a humiliating defeat to the country's authoritarian leader President Nicolás Maduro, he’s clinging on to power and his regime is clamping down on dissent. Have hopes for change again been thwarted in…

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Amin Salam: Can all-out war be averted in Lebanon? 22:58

13d ago22:58

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Lebanon’s economy minister, Amin Salam. His country is being bombed and the casualties are mounting as Israel attempts to destroy the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants entrenched in Lebanon. Is there an off ramp from the road to all-out war?By BBC World Service

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Ingrid Newkirk: Will humans ever go animal-free? 22:58

15d ago22:58

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). For five decades she has led the campaign to end human exploitation and abuse of animals. From food to fashion, to testing in laboratories, are we humans really capable of going animal-free?By BBC World Service

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Martin Griffiths: Can the humanitarian system survive? 22:58

16d ago22:58

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Mishal Husain speaks to Martin Griffiths, who worked for decades within the UN and the wider world of humanitarian aid. From Cambodia to Afghanistan, Sudan to Gaza, he has seen it all. How does he make sense of the inequalities and the suffering, and how does he think the aid system can survive, with funding ever more squeezed?…

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Oliviero Toscani: Photography with a social conscience 22:57

1M ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur is in Tuscany to speak to the world famous Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani. He changed the world of advertising with his provocative images of racial diversity, illness and death. His work combined glamour with a social conscience, but did he sometimes go too far?By BBC World Service

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Philippe Lazzarini: Is UNRWA's mission in Gaza impossible? 22:57

26d ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, the UN’s refugee agency for Palestinians. This week, six UN relief agency staff were killed in an Israeli strike on a central Gaza school that had been turned into an emergency shelter for thousands. UNRWA’s death count in Gaza since the beginning of the war is over 220. Is his agency’s mi…

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James Earl Jones: An incredible journey 22:58

1M ago22:58

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Following the death of James Earl Jones at the age of 93, another chance to listen to Stephen Sackur’s 2011 interview with the legendary American actor. Known for his deep, rich voice and as the voice of Star Wars’ villain Darth Vader, his was an extraordinary story from poverty and segregation in the Deep South to Hollywood. How hard was his journ…

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Balázs Orbán: Has Hungary's government created a template for far-right movements? 22:59

1M ago22:59

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Balázs Orbán, a Hungarian MP and advisor to his namesake, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Hungary’s government is known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Brussels hardline nationalism. Is it a template for other far-right movements to follow?By BBC World Service

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Senator Lindsey Graham: Will Trump return to the White House? 22:57

1M ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur speaks to a close ally and sometime confidant of Donald Trump, Republican Senator from South Carolina Lindsey GrahamBy BBC World Service

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Fawzia Koofi: Women's rights in Afghanistan 22:58

1M ago22:58

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Stephen Sackur speaks to the former deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament Fawzia Koofi. She was forced to flee into exile when the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Women and girls in Afghanistan have since seen their rights eliminated. How should the world respond to what the UN calls ‘gender apartheid’? Photo: Fawzia Koofi receiving the Casa A…

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Rev Andrey Kordochkin: Putin and the Church 22:58

2M ago22:58

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Vladimir Putin talks of restoring greatness to what he calls the Russian world: an expanse of territory which, as Ukrainians know to their cost, stretches far beyond Russia’s current borders. Putin’s expansionist nationalism requires military power, but it’s harnessed the cultural and spiritual authority of the Russian Orthodox Church too. Stephen …

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Motaz Azaiza: Photographing Gaza 22:58

2M ago22:58

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza. His images of death, destruction and loss in Gaza went viral across the world. He left 108 days after Israel launched its military response to Hamas’s October 7th attack. What impact have his images had, on him, and us?By BBC World Service

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Andris Sprūds: Is Latvia on a war footing? 22:56

2M ago22:56

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Latvia’s defence minister Andris Sprūds. He wants to ramp up military support for Ukraine, and he backs Kyiv’s dramatic push into Russian territory. But will divisions inside Nato and the EU leave Ukraine short of the backing it needs?By BBC World Service

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Neil Lawrence: Being human in the age of the machine 23:10

2M ago23:10

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Stephen Sackur speaks to leading artificial intelligence researcher Neil Lawrence. He’s Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge and has a Senior AI Fellowship at the Alan Turing Institute. His new book – The Atomic Human – explores the transformational potential of artificial intelligence, while reflecting on the qualities of t…

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Nicola Procaccini: How has hard-right rule changed Italy? 22:57

2M ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur is in Rome to talk to Nicola Procaccini, an MEP and confidant of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. When her nationalist Brothers of Italy party took power, it sent shock waves through Europe. A couple of years on, how has hard-right rule changed Italy?By BBC World Service

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Olha Stefanishyna: Does Ukraine's Russia offensive make sense? 22:57

2M ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Ministers, Olha Stefanishyna. Kyiv’s military offensive inside Russia has shifted the dynamic in what looked like a war of attrition tilting in Moscow’s favour. But does this dramatic gambit make strategic sense, or is it an act of desperation?By BBC World Service

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Karuna Nundy: Human rights and justice in India 22:57

2M ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur speaks to the prominent Indian lawyer Karuna Nundy. She has been at the forefront of long battles to better protect women from sexual violence, legalise gay marriage and safeguard freedom of speech. Is she losing this fight for India’s future? This episode contains references to rape and sexual assault.…

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Shannon Watts: Will the votes of white women swing the Trump-Harris race? 22:57

2M ago22:57

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Shannon Watts, an American political activist who built a powerful women-led gun control movement and is now a fund-raiser for Kamala Harris. Why does she believe the votes of white women will swing the presidential race?By BBC World Service

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