The bass player, composer and songwriter with Malian ‘desert blues’ band Tinariwen talks about his first guitar, instability in Mali and his hopes for an autonomous Tuareg territory.
The award-winning novelist and film director tells Graeme Green about growing up in rural China, freedom, censorship and loneliness.
The filmmaker and director tells Jo Lateu why he supports activists who expose wrongdoing through video.
Louise Gray talks to the award-winning musician about the resilience of African music, and why she won’t be pigeon-holed.
The Palestinian actor tells Frank Barat why fame will not change him - or his passion for justice for his people.
The investigative journalist and filmmaker tells Hazel Healy about his new film, and explains why Australia is still on an international ‘shame list’.
The Malian singer-songwriter talks to about being an 'Afro-progressive' and how politics informs her music.
Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi wants women to get out of their traditional closet.
He talks to Vanessa Baird about dreams, football, justice – and the legs of his very first teacher.
Using archive footage, propaganda material and public information films to accompany their music, J Willgoose and Wrigglesworth weave together past, present and future. Jo Lateu asks J Willgoose what it’s all about.
Comedian, author and activist Rob Newman talks to K Biswas about the corporate welfare state, WH Auden and austerity, and offers an intriguing solution to Greece’s economic woes.
The outspoken film director renowned for his social-realist directing style, his socialist beliefs, and for turning down an OBE, talks to Amy Hall.
Once on the FBI's 'most wanted' list, the radical political activist, author and scholar has been making waves in the civil rights movement since 1961. She talks to Frank Barat about her past, her present, and her hopes for the future.
The veteran journalist talks to Libby Powell about the dearth of tweeting Tuaregs, reporting war crimes and the scourge of guinea worm.
Indian shortlisted Booker prize author speaks to Amy Hall about inspiration (overrated) and constructing an off-world station for gun-lovers.
The renowned primatologist speaks to Sian Griffiths about hens, chimps and the indomitable human spirit.
One of the greatest Arab poets of our time speaks to Giedre Steikunaite about creativity and consciousness.