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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Carlos Fernando Chamorro: Exiled from Nicaragua
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Why has Nicaragua slumped back into authoritarianism?
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Naomi Campbell, supermodel and businesswoman
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Supermodel Naomi Campbell speaks to Zeinab Badawi in an exclusive interview
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Robin Hanbury-Tenison: An explorer protecting indigenous lands
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Stephen Sackur interviews an explorer protecting indigenous people and their lands
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Rudy Giuliani: Reflecting on 9/11
Fri 10 Sep 2021
First broadcast in September 2011. How did the 9/11 attacks change America?
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Nadia Calviño: Is Europe too fragmented to shape the 21st Century?
Wed 8 Sep 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to Spain's Deputy PM and Economy minister Nadia Calviño
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Lindsey Graham: What is the Republican vision for America?
Mon 6 Sep 2021
How does America see itself and its place in the world?
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Omar Zakhilwal: What ideology will prevail in Afghanistan?
Wed 1 Sep 2021
Hardtalk speaks to a former minister who has been involved in talks with the Taliban
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Maggi Hambling: An evolving creative vision
Mon 30 Aug 2021
An acclaimed and sometimes controversial artist talks to Stephen Sackur
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Andrei Kelin: Russia, Afghanistan and the UK
Fri 27 Aug 2021
What does the situation in Afghanistan say about the wider geopolitical balance of power?
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Paula Kahumbu: Saving Africa's wild spaces
Wed 25 Aug 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Kenyan conservationist Paula Kahumbu
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Gedion Timothewos: Ethiopia's civil war
Mon 23 Aug 2021
The conflict between government forces and Tigrayan rebels has cost thousands of lives
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Kamila Sidiqi: What future do Afghanistan's women face?
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to a government adviser who escaped Kabul as the Taliban took over
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Aly Raisman: Are gold medals put above athletes' wellbeing?
Mon 16 Aug 2021
An Olympic gymnastics champion who spoke out about abuse talks to Stephen Sackur
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Getachew Reda: What is the endgame for Tigray's rebels?
Fri 13 Aug 2021
As conflict continues in northern Ethiopia, what is the endgame for Tigray’s rebels?
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Daryl Davis: Reaching out to the KKK
Wed 11 Aug 2021
A musician who has spent four decades trying to talk to America’s most diehard racists
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Hamid Mir: Is Pakistan a safe place for journalists?
Mon 9 Aug 2021
Hamid Mir was taken off air after he spoke out against Pakistan's powerful military
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Sir Andrew Pollard: The war on Covid-19
Fri 6 Aug 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
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RoseAnne Archibald: Uncovering Canada's dark past
Wed 4 Aug 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Canadian First Nations leader and politician
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Sir Hilary Beckles: Reparations for slavery
Mon 2 Aug 2021
How to address the sins and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade?
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Lazarus Chakwera: President of Malawi
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Can the Malawian President keep the promises he made to voters last year?
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Péter Szijjártó: Is Hungary undermining European values?
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Hungarian Foreign Minister
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Hamdullah Mohib: Can the Afghan government hold out against the Taliban?
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Sarah Montague speaks to Afghanistan's National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib
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Fikile Mbalula: Is South Africa's government being confronted with its own failure?
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa’s transport minister
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Laurent Lamothe: Can anything be done to end Haiti's suffering?
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Haitian Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe
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Michael Holding: Can sport win its fight against racism?
Mon 19 Jul 2021
A cricketing great on his stand against racism and his support for taking the knee
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Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho: Can courage overcome injustice?
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Mexican journalist and activist Lydia Cacho is currently in exile for her own safety
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Jess Phillips: What happened to progressive politics?
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the prominent Labour MP
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James Lovelock: The future of life on Earth
Mon 12 Jul 2021
A 2021 interview with the scientist behind the Gaia hypothesis
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Writer Lionel Shriver
Wed 7 Jul 2021
Lionel Shriver's latest book explores themes around ageing and voluntary euthanasia
