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
-
![]()
Madawi Al-Rasheed: Can the Saudi Crown Prince's authority really be challenged?
Mon 1 Feb 2021
Stephen Sackur asks exiled activist Madawi Al-Rasheed: what next for Saudi Arabia?
-
![]()
Thomas Byrne: Ireland's twin challenge
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Ireland's Europe Minister on Covid vaccine supplies and the country's strategic vision
-
![]()
Leonid Volkov: Protests on the streets of Russia
Fri 29 Jan 2021
We speak to Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff Leonid Volkov about the Russian opposition.
-
![]()
Yuli Edelstein: Israel's Covid-19 vaccination programme leads the world
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Why isn't Israel's speedy roll-out of the vaccine having more impact on infection rates?
-
![]()
Lina Khan: Can big tech companies be tamed by US antitrust laws?
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Lina Khan, associate professor at New York's Columbia Law School, wants to tame big tech
-
![]()
Kenneth Chan: Is democracy lost in Hong Kong?
Wed 20 Jan 2021
Activist and founding member of the Civic Party, Kenneth Chan, on Hong Kong's autonomy
-
![]()
-
![]()
Alan Dershowitz: Trump's second impeachment
Fri 15 Jan 2021
Should President Trump be impeached again - and how will he defend himself?
-
![]()
Virologist Barry Schoub: South Africa's covid situation 'is bleak'
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Barry Schoub chairs South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19 vaccines
-
![]()
-
![]()
Admiral James Stavridis: The aftermath of the capitol riot
Fri 8 Jan 2021
The President remains Commander in Chief, but how tenable is that for the next two weeks?
-
![]()
Neil Ferguson: Did the UK get its Covid strategy wrong?
Wed 6 Jan 2021
We speak to the epidemiologist whose modelling of Covid-19 saw the UK lock down
-
![]()
Hermann Hauser: Is Europe failing to create tech champions?
Mon 21 Dec 2020
Facebook, Amazon, Huawei, Alibaba. All American and Chinese. Where are the Europeans?
-
![]()
Christopher Ruddy: Is the media amplifying division in America?
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of the conservative Newsmax media group
-
![]()
Bernardine Evaristo: Is British culture changing?
Mon 14 Dec 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
-
![]()
David Beasley of the World Food Programme: Is the world set for new famines?
Fri 11 Dec 2020
Will 2021 be even worse than 2020 for those experiencing extreme hunger?
-
![]()
Owase Jeelani: Making life and death decisions
Mon 7 Dec 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the paediatric neurosurgeon Owase Jeelani
-
![]()
Ishaq Dar: Pakistan's power struggle
Wed 2 Dec 2020
A former finance minister is trying to rally opposition to Imran Khan's government
-
![]()
Anthony Gardner: How will Joe Biden handle foreign policy?
Mon 30 Nov 2020
Are there lessons to be learned from Trump's disruption of foreign policy norms?
-
![]()
Gedion Timothewos: Is Ethiopia sliding into civil war?
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ethiopia’s Attorney General
-
![]()
Jeremy Hunt: Britain's battle with Covid-19
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Has the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the UK and its leader?
-
![]()
David Nabarro: How can countries minimise Covid damage?
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation’s special envoy for Covid-19
-
![]()
Pawel Jablonski: Why is Poland blocking the EU's budget?
Fri 20 Nov 2020
Poland's deputy foreign minister discusses his government's standoff with the EU
-
![]()
Judit Varga: How far is Hungary prepared to go in its defiance of the EU?
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's Justice Minister Judit Varga
-
![]()
Arancha Gonzalez: How much influence does the EU have?
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Is a Joe Biden victory good news for the European Union?
-
![]()
HR McMaster: Trump and the transition
Fri 13 Nov 2020
HR McMaster served as President Trump's National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2018
-
![]()
Jack Kingston: What is next for Trump?
Wed 11 Nov 2020
We return to Trump Campaigner Jack Kingston following the election
-
![]()
Leopoldo Lopez: An opposition leader in exile
Mon 9 Nov 2020
Has he lost faith in the Venezuelan opposition's ability to win their struggle?
-
![]()
Jacob Bleacher: Putting astronauts back on the moon
Wed 4 Nov 2020
Is space exploration a potential lifeline or a massive vanity project?
-
![]()
Perez Hilton: The 2000s' gossip-in-chief
Mon 2 Nov 2020
Gossip is as old as the hills, but has the age of the internet put it on steroids?
