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Sweeney Talks
John Sweeney is trouble. He's taken on Vladimir Putin, challenged Donald Trump, and after months of uncovering hard truths in Ukraine, this old-school reporter is back. John is never silent about what he’s experienced. Sweeney talks, and in this podcast, so do his guests. John speaks to people l...
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43 EpisodenEXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Vlad Demchenko
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Vlad Demchenko, the Ukrainian soldier who arrested him on Day 2 of Putin's war on su...
Vlad Demchenko: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter
Last February, Putin launched his big war on Ukraine. Vlad Demchenko is a Ukrainian film-maker turned soldier who arrested John on Day 2 of the war on...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Jackie Malton
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Jackie Malton, a former senior police officer known for being the real-life inspirat...
Jackie Malton: The Real Prime Suspect
Known for being the real-life inspiration for the character DCI Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect TV drama series, Jackie Malton always wanted to be...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Aiden Aslin
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Aiden Aslin, the British-born former soldier who was captured by Russian forces whil...
Aiden Aslin: Prisoner of War
Detained, tortured, stabbed, and sentenced to death. This is Aiden Aslin’s astonishing story, from the heart of the conflict in Ukraine. Aiden fought...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Alan Johnson
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with former Labour Home Secretary, Alan Johnson. Available exclusively on Global Player....
Alan Johnson: Orphan, postman, politician like no other
To many, he’s the greatest Prime Minister we never had. Born into post-war poverty, Alan Johnson’s childhood was tough. Alan was orphaned when he was...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: The Hamiltons
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Neil and Christine Hamilton, one of the best-known double acts in British politics....
Neil and Christine Hamilton: The political double act
One of the best-known double acts in British politics, the Hamiltons have been in and out of trouble their whole lives. In 1997, Neil lost Tatton, one...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Martin Bell
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Martin Bell, former war reporter and Independent MP. Available exclusively on Global...
Martin Bell: The man in the white suit
A much-loved war reporter and one of the best writers in the business, Martin Bell has seen it all. As a BBC reporter, he covered foreign assignments...
Elgen Strait: Escaping the Moonies
Elgen Strait is an ex-member of the Moonies, better known as the Unification Church. Set up in South Korea by Sun Myung Moon in the early 1950s, the o...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: James Haskell
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with the former England Rugby player, James Haskell. Available exclusively on Global Play...
James Haskell: ‘Rugby’s answer to Donald Trump’?
A man often in the headlines for his antics on and off the field, James Haskell was a formidable flanker and even bigger character. Following an illus...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Alison Bellamy
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Alison Bellamy, the reporter befriended by Jimmy Savile. Available exclusively on Gl...
Alison Bellamy: The reporter befriended by Jimmy Savile
In the early 2000s, Alison Bellamy was Jimmy Savile’s ‘good news girl’, writing the positive press stories on which he thrived. They became close frie...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Chris Atkins
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Chris Atkins, the film-maker who ended up inside one of Britain’s most notorious pri...
Chris Atkins: The film-maker who survived HMP Wandsworth
Chris Atkins was a film-maker at the very top of his game, creating critically acclaimed programmes that regularly made front page news. But after bec...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: John McDonnell MP
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with John McDonnell, Labour MP and the most left-wing Chancellor we never had. Available...
John McDonnell MP: The most left-wing Chancellor we never had
Throughout the glory days of New Labour, John McDonnell sat on the backbenches, a-snivelling and a-sniping. Then his best mate, Jeremy Corbyn, became...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Sam McAlister
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Sam McAlister, the producer behind THAT Prince Andrew interview. Available exclusive...
Sam McAlister: The producer behind THAT Prince Andrew interview
Sam McAlister has negotiated with everyone from Buckingham Palace to The White House, Tesla to Facebook. But she’s best known for arranging one of the...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Johnny Mercer MP
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with the Conservative MP and newly re-appointed Veterans Minister, Johnny Mercer. Availab...
Johnny Mercer MP: Not your typical politician
Soldier, veteran of three tours of Afghanistan and warrior for veterans’ rights, Johnny Mercer MP has been in and out of trouble so much it’s almost a...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Christopher Steele
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 officer and the man behind the Trump dossier in S...
EXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Dr Rachel Clarke
Find out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with the author and NHS palliative care doctor, Dr Rachel Clarke in Sweeney Keeps Talking...
Dr Rachel Clarke: Dealing with danger, death and defiance in Ukraine
Writer, filmmaker, doctor, and a thorn in the side of the UK government, Dr Rachel Clarke is many things. What she is not, is afraid to risk her safet...
Christopher Steele: The ex-spy who took on Trump
Once deemed “an enemy of Mother Russia” by an FSB agent, Christopher Steele was high up in secret intelligence circles at the start of Vladimir Putin’...
Sweeney Talks...Coming Soon
John Sweeney is trouble. He's taken on Vladimir Putin, challenged Donald Trump, and after months of uncovering hard truths in Ukraine, this old-school...
5. The worst happens. We need to stop stalking.
When stalkers aren't stopped, the worst can happen. We hear firsthand accounts of how serious this can become.
I talk to the parents of...
4. Why won't they arrest him? Will this ever stop?
"He knows everything about me, he knows where to find me no matter where I go. The police know - yet he's a free man. The walls are closing in. I'm st...
3. Nowhere to hide. Am I safe?
"The nightmares are intensifying, I can't sleep properly anymore. I'm getting pains. I'm struggling to cope. And then the nightmare comes to life. He'...
2. Getting closer to my home. What happens next?
"I've accepted I'm being stalked - but I don't know how much danger I'm in. He's following me everywhere, getting closer to my home. And if he finds o...
1. Am I being stalked?
"I keep noticing the same face in the crowd. The same face on the train. Is this a coincidence, or am I being followed? And if this guy is stalking me...
Coming Soon: The Followers
Shelagh Fogarty began her LBC career as a guest presenter in 2014, and her balanced and calm presenting style soon earned her a permanent role. Heartb...
Introducing: The Secret History of Flight 149
This is not your regularly scheduled content, but instead a new podcast we think you’ll love. From Crowd Network, this is The Secret History of Flight...
Hunting Ghislaine: Demons
The final episode in the series looks at the dark fairy tale that is the life of Ghislaine Maxwell.
She started out a rich and beautif...
Hunting Ghislaine: The Lady Vanishes
In 2019 Epstein is arrested and then dies in prison. The authorities say suicide, some suspect that he did not kill himself.
And Ghisl...
Hunting Ghislaine: Favours
Prince Andrew can’t explain why a photo of him exists with his arm around the waist of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, then 17, with Ghislaine looking on in...