The Interview Podcast
Conversations with people shaping our world. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider.
Conversations with people shaping our world, from all around the globe. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider.
We hear from titans of business, politics, finance, sport and culture. Global leaders, decision-makers and cultural icons. Politicians, activists and CEOs.
Each interview is around 20-minutes, packed full of insight and analysis, covering some of the biggest issues of our time.
How does it work? Well, at the BBC, our journalists interview amazing people every single day. And on The Interview, we bring them to you.
It’s your one-stop-shop to the best conversations coming out of the BBC, with the people shaping our world, from all over the world.
Get in touch with us on emailTheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
Episodes to download
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Luis Abinader: Will the Dominican Republic help Haiti?
Fri 22 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of the Dominican Republic
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Chris Mullin: Have lessons been learned from the Birmingham Six injustice?
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former politician and justice campaigner
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Jan Egeland: Is the international community failing to protect the most vulnerable?
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council
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Claude Joseph: Can anything save Haiti?
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the country’s former acting prime minister
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Riyad Mansour: Why are the diplomats failing?
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN
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Leonid Volkov: Is the anti-Putin movement out of options?
Fri 8 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an ally of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexey Navalny
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Sathnam Sanghera: Britain's imperial legacies
Wed 6 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a writer re-examining the legacy of the British Empire
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Salome Zourabichvili: Where does Georgia's destiny lie?
Fri 1 Mar 2024
Sarah Montague talks to the president of Georgia
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Ciarán Hinds: Is Northern Ireland a creative powerhouse?
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Stephen Sackur interviews world-renowned actor Ciarán Hinds
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Jens Stoltenberg: Is Russia really preparing for a war with Nato?
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Sarah Montague speaks to its Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
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HARDtalk: Defying Putin
Fri 23 Feb 2024
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Nikolai Denkov: Is Bulgaria a weak link in Europe's security?
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bulgaria’s prime minister
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Alexey Navalny: The interview
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.
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Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?
Fri 16 Feb 2024
When political tensions escalate, does humour get pushed out?
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Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya: Does Ukraine feel betrayed?
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Partisan warfare in Washington DC is blocking aid to Kyiv. What does Ukraine think?
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Cornel West: Could enough votes taken from Joe Biden help Donald Trump get elected?
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Cornel West, philosopher and activist has launched his own bid for the White House.
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Vassily Nebenzia: Is Russia influencing global opinions?
Wed 7 Feb 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s permanent representative to the UN
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José Ramos-Horta: Peace and reconciliation
Mon 5 Feb 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to José Ramos Horta, President of Timor-Leste
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Abdalla Hamdok: Can Sudan find peace?
Fri 2 Feb 2024
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the country's former prime minister
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Ronald Lamola: Is South Africa's genocide case against Israel a geo-political game changer?
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's justice minister
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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jasvinder Sanghera, a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse.
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Radek Sikorski: Will Poland's new government unite or divide the country?
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur interview's Poland's foreign minister
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Naomi Alderman: Apocalypse soon?
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator
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Regina Ip: What is Hong Kong's future?
Mon 22 Jan 2024
China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activism has been curtailed
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Mark Regev: Is Israel serving its own best interests?
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur talks to a spokesman for Israel’s prime minister
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Mohammad Marandi: Is Middle East conflict what Iran really wants?
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an academic who has advised the Iranian government
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Sir Nicholas Winton: A Holocaust hero
Fri 12 Jan 2024
A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution
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Alicia Kearns: How much will 2024 test the West?
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
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Stephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?
Mon 8 Jan 2024
HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
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Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?
Fri 5 Jan 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament