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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Raoul Nehme: Can Lebanon be saved from collapse?
Wed 12 Aug 2020
We speak to Lebanon's economy minister following the resignation of the entire government
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Chris Packham: 'Finding the good in the bad' of Covid-19
Mon 10 Aug 2020
Naturalist Chris Packham says new sustainable economies can emerge after Covid-19
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Vanessa Neumann: Did Venezuela's opposition miss their chance?
Fri 7 Aug 2020
Is support waning for Venezuela's opposition?
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Sir Jeremy Farrar: 'I do believe there will be a vaccine' in 2020 and 2021
Wed 5 Aug 2020
Sir Jeremy Farrar is a scientific advisor to the UK government
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Leader of Ireland's Sinn Fein party Mary Lou McDonald
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Sinn Fein won the most votes at Ireland's election last February. Is it still as popular?
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Angus Deaton: The cost of the 'deaths of despair'
Wed 29 Jul 2020
He won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2015. His new work looks at 'deaths of despair'
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Gloria Allred: Epstein victim lawyer
Fri 24 Jul 2020
We speak to veteran women's rights lawyer Gloria Allred
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: 'No-one will be safe until everyone is safe'
Wed 22 Jul 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
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Adam Goodes: How racism drove him from Australian Rules football
Mon 20 Jul 2020
What lessons can the world learn from an Aboriginal sports star's experience?
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Husam Zomlot: How could Palestine respond to annexation?
Fri 17 Jul 2020
We speak to the Palestinian ambassador in London
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Nathan Law was a member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council and a pro-democracy activist
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Jane Goodall: A life with chimpanzees
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Can chimps and so many other species be saved from mass extinction?
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Ronny Tong: Has China killed Hong Kong's special status?
Mon 6 Jul 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to a member of Hong Kong's Executive Council
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Nadya Tolokonnikova: Pussy Riot & Russian protest
Fri 3 Jul 2020
What, if anything, can stir Russians to rebel?
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Kathy Sullivan: Exploring space and the Mariana Trench
Wed 1 Jul 2020
A former astronaut talks about exploring the deepest point under the ocean
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Armando Iannucci: Is this a bad time to be funny?
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Can the creator of Veep find humour amid the world's crises?
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Maria Ressa: Is the press under attack in the Philippines?
Fri 26 Jun 2020
We speak to Maria Ressa, the journalist just convicted of cyber-libel
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André Leon Talley: Race, fashion and Vogue
Wed 24 Jun 2020
The former creative director at US Vogue looks back at his years in the fashion industry
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Chile Eboe-Osuji: Can the International Criminal Court achieve its goals?
Mon 22 Jun 2020
How will the institution cope in the face of hostility from President Trump?
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Jim McGovern: Can Biden unite the left?
Fri 19 Jun 2020
We speak to leftist Congressman Jim McGovern and ask if Biden can unite the Democrats
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Arancha Gonzalez: Why isn't the world working together?
Wed 17 Jun 2020
How much damage has the pandemic done to international collaboration?
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Epidemiologist Ian Lipkin: Are we getting the pandemic response right?
Mon 15 Jun 2020
A world-renowned epidemiologist analyses the international response to Covid-19
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Simon Cheng: 'We need to fight for democracy in Hong Kong and China'
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Simon Cheng was detained in China while working for the UK's Hong Kong consulate
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Mary Frances Berry: A new era in civil rights?
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Will the protests sweeping across the United States be a catalyst for genuine change?
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James Graham: How much do we care about protecting our culture?
Mon 8 Jun 2020
What happens next to the writers, performers and venues that enrich our lives?
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Rutger Bregman: Are humans essentially good?
Fri 5 Jun 2020
Do we humans massively underestimate our capacity to change things for the better?
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Mário Centeno: Can the Euro survive Covid?
Wed 3 Jun 2020
We speak to Portuguese Finance Minister & Head of the Euro group, Mário Centeno
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National General Secretary of India's BJP, Ram Madhav
Mon 1 Jun 2020
Ram Madhav is National General Secretary of India's ruling BJP
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Raghuram Rajan: Should economies pile up debt to cope with Covid-19?
Fri 29 May 2020
Former Governor of India's Reserve Bank and IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan
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Rocco Forte: Can hotels recover?
Mon 25 May 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Rocco Forte, boss of a string of luxury hotels
