The Hardy Report

Former member of Spain's Council of the Judiciary Alfons Lopez Tena on Catalan's fight for independence, the importance of the region to the Spanish government, the similarities between Brexit and what's happening in Catalonia, how politicians peddle falsehoods to 'lead societies down a blind alley'  and the rise of authorisation governments. 

You can find out more about him on Twitter at @AlfonsLopezTena and at Facebook.com/AlfonsLopezTena

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Lawyer and prominent Trump critic Michael Avenatti on the state of America, the 'vindictive prosecution' brought against him, whether he'll run for President, 'suspicious questions' surround Jeffrey Epstein's death, his case against R Kelly, how Congress needs to pass common sense gun control laws and why the Democratic Party needs to nominate a fighter if they want to defeat Donald Trump in 2020, 

You can find out more about him on Twitter @MichaelAvenatti and at Avenatti.com

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

US Senate candidate Erica Smith on why it's time to turn North Carolina blue, return humanity, integrity and common sense policy making to the state and the country and send Thom Tillis home, how the Trump administration and Republican Party have neglected average Americans in order to line the pockets of large corporations, millionaires and billionaires, creating jobs and an economy for the 21st century, decriminalising illegal immigration and closing the "concentration camps" on the Southern border, Donald Trump's controversial rally in North Carolina and tackling the rise in gun violence in the wake of the tragic mass shootings in Ohio and Texas

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

JT Lewis on why he’s running for state Senate in Connecticut at the age of 18, how he believes politicians should tackle gun violence in America, the problem with the media’s coverage of mass shootings, how he would reach across the aisle and bridge the divide between Republicans and Democrats and why other young people should stand up, run for office and fight for the issues they care about.

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Normal Country podcast host Zach Heltzel on the fallout from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional hearings, how 'optics don''t exist anymore', who he is rally behind in the 2020 Democratic primary and who should drop out, Senator Elizabeth Warren's detailed policy proposals, the student debt crisis in America and whether the new Cats trailer is horrifying or exciting.

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Eva Putzova, who is running to represent Arizona's 1st Congressional District, on why she is challenging incumbent Representative Tom O'Halleran, the rift between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the freshman class of Democrats, pushing a progressive agenda, Donald Trump's remarks about four Democratic congresswomen, her work on Flagstaff City Council and her priorities if elected to Congress.

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Former Chief Executive of the Terrence Higgins Sir Nick Partridge on the work of the Terrence Higgins Trust,  how far public and political attitudes to LGBT rights and HIV have changed since he first started working at the charity, the biggest challenge he faced at the charity during the 1990s, the importance of the public support of Aids charities by Diana, Princess of Wales, the importance of the changes made by the UK government and NHS to blood donation rules, why students should receive Relations and Sex Education, including about LGBT relationships and his 30 year fight for LGBT equality.

The Hardy Report is a weekly political podcast bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum.

Executive Director of genEquality Sherry Hakimi on the fight for gender equality, the importance of diversity across politics and business,  the benefit of role models and representatives,tackling the culture of sexism in society and  eliminating the gender pay gap.

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Republican strategist and political consultant Cheri Jacobus on how the media's coverage of Donald Trump during the 2016 election made him President, what made her leave the GOP and become a Never Trumper, whether Trumpism was a natural progression for the Republican Party, being blacklisted by the media and targeted by the Donald Trump, his campaign team and his administration.

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, on her imprisonment in Iran, their recent hunger strike to protest and raise awareness of her detention since 2016, the conditions she's being held in, whether his protests and the support he's received from the public and politicians is changing Iran's mind, if the Iranian Embassy and govenrment is trying to silence him and whether he still holds Boris Johnson's remarks against him

The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom.