Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome to outside source. There is now a vaccine for coronavirus. The u. S. Firm pfizer says it is 90 effective and the results are huge step forward in the fight against covid19. Ive nevers felt professionally such a moment of joy. We were jumping up and down in the chairs of joy for humanity and medical advances to put an end to this dreadful pandemic. Ros stockmarkets have surged on hopes of a return to normal, or at least Something Like it, but there are huge challenges to getting the vaccine to all those people who need it. The u. S. Meanwhile has passed 10 million cases. Joe biden set up a task force and made tackling the pandemic his first priority. Meanwhile, donald trump is still refusing to concede the election and also sacked defense secretary mark esper. To figure a w
Journalists around this that, you know, this was shut down. And much of that has now been admitted to in the conversation welcome to hardtalk. In the wake of this book. Im sarah montague. The journalist ronan farrow won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation but it is not the same catch of Harvey Weinstein. His revelations about the film and kill practice in the literal producer prompted an outpouring sense which involves the acquisition of rage at the way women had been treated and triggered the metoo of the rights to a story in a financial transaction, movement an attempt at breaking and then the killing of it. The silence around Sexual Assault. Ok, now nbc would probably not i mean, they rebut a lot in his new book catch and kill, hes posing difficult questions of the allegations that about the powerful media youve made about them, institutions he says tried but why do you think, to suppress the story. When you where there working so how did the hollywood insider, for them and tryin
Now on bbc news, Sarah Montague talks to journalist ronan farrow, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation of Harvey Weinstein, in hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Sarah Montague. The journalist ronan farrow won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation of Harvey Weinstein. His revelations about the Film Producer prompted an outpouring of rage at the way women had been treated and triggered the Metoo Movement an attempt at breaking the silence around Sexual Assault. In his new book catch and kill, hes posing difficult questions about the powerful media institutions he says tried to suppress the story. So how did the hollywood insider, the son of mia farrow and woody allen, break the story that took the shine off tinseltown . Ronan farrow, welcome to hardtalk. Good to be here. Now, many people wont be familiar with the expression catch and kill. Can you explain what it means . Catch and kill is an old term in american tabloid journalism. It refers to buying the rights to a story not
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with sarah montague. Welcome to hardtalk. Im sarah montague. My guest today has a reputation for telling uncomfortable economic truths. He famously predicted the Global Financial crisis of 2008. Now Raghuram Rajan says capitalism is under threat and if World Leaders want to save liberal democracies from a surge in populism they need to give more power to local communities and take it away from big governments and big businesses. When he left his job as governor of Indias Central Bank is that it was better to be a doer than an advisor. Now the superstar central banker is being talked of as one of the front runners to governor of the bank of england. Would he rather do thatjob than advise in another . Raghuram rajan, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. That quote from you better to be a doer than an advisor what is it that you want to do . What i wanted to do that time was really turn around peoples view of india. I thought there was a lot of potentia
And activist Michael Sheen. Welcome to the bbcs radio theatre for a special edition of hardtalk. My guest today is known around the world for his film, television and theatre work. He made his name for his uncanny ability to portray other well known people. Tony blair, brian clough, david frost, roles that catapulted Michael Sheen into a life far from his home in port talbot, in south wales. But it was acting that also brought him back there, where he is now immersed in tackling some of the problems that face a Poor Community poverty, debt and homelessness. So how does he straddle such contrasting worlds . Michael sheen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Applause so how does the Hollywood Star fit in on port talbots high street . Yeah, its an interesting double life. Inevitably theres a bit of that, that happens anyway. You know, when you start to feel like, oh, this is my hometown, but i sort of feel like my belonging, my sense of belonging is split now, and that just kept ext