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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Christopher Ruddy: How much trouble is Donald Trump in?
Fri 22 Nov 2019
Will the impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill derail Donald Trump's presidency?
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Author and explorer - Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Mon 18 Nov 2019
What's Sir Ranulph Fiennes' motivation for a life of extreme adventure?
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Investigative journalist - Ronan Farrow
Fri 15 Nov 2019
How did a Hollywood insider break the story that took the shine off Tinseltown?
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Minister for Islamic Affairs in Malaysia -Mujahid Yusof Rawa
Wed 13 Nov 2019
Are racial and religious divides threatening Malaysia’s stability and future prospects?
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Esther Duflo - Nobel Prize-winning economist
Fri 8 Nov 2019
Shaun Ley speaks to the Nobel Prize winning economist Esther Duflo.
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Hong Kong’s Secretary for Housing and Transport , 2012 – 2017 - Anthony Cheung
Wed 6 Nov 2019
How long can Hong Kong protests go on without a major intervention from Beijing?
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Richard Haass - President, Council on Foreign Relations
Mon 4 Nov 2019
Stephen Sackur interviews former senior US diplomat Richard Haass.
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Campaigner and businesswoman Gina Miller
Fri 1 Nov 2019
How has Gina Miller, a non-politician, had such an impact on Britain’s politics?
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Casey Legler: What does it take to emerge from darkness?
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Stephen Sackur interviews a former Olympic swimmer turned artist, model, and now writer
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Former spy - Willie Carlin
Mon 28 Oct 2019
What was it like to be a spy during the Troubles in Northern Ireland?
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Zohrab Mnatsakanyan - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Stephen Sackur speaks to Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Armenia’s foreign minister.
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Alfred Bosch
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Stephen Sackur speaks to Alfred Bosch, Catalan minister for foreign action.
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Sally Lane and John Letts, parents of Jack Letts
Mon 21 Oct 2019
What will become - what should become - of Jack Letts?
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey - Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Is Turkey creating further instability in Syria?
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Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley - Stuart Russell
Mon 14 Oct 2019
Is it fanciful to imagine the machines taking over?
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Financier and Brexit backer Stuart Wheeler
Fri 11 Oct 2019
A successful businessman and lifelong gambler who has backed Brexit with his own cash
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Suede singer-songwriter Brett Anderson
Wed 9 Oct 2019
Singer-songwriter Brett Anderson on reinvention and outlasting the fluctuations of taste
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Brazil's Environment Minister - Ricardo Salles
Mon 7 Oct 2019
How credible are the Brazilian Government's environmental policies?
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Actor and activist - Jameela Jamil
Fri 4 Oct 2019
Is Jameela Jamil's campaign to make us feel better about our bodies working?
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Daughter of former Chief Minister of Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti - Iltija Mufti
Wed 2 Oct 2019
Do Kashmiris have any choice but to accept their new reality?
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Lawyer - Kimberley Motley
Mon 30 Sep 2019
What have almost two decades of American intervention in Afghanistan achieved?
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Former White House Communications Director - Anthony Scaramucci
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Is impeachment a trap for President Trump's opponents?
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President of Microsoft - Brad Smith
Wed 25 Sep 2019
How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good, not harm?
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South Africa's Minister of International Relations - Naledi Pandor
Fri 20 Sep 2019
South African government minister Naledi Pandor on violence against African migrants
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Chairman, United Liberation Movement for West Papua - Benny Wenda
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Can Benny Wenda take on Jakarta, and win?
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Anson Chan - Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, 1993-2001
Mon 16 Sep 2019
Is Hong Kong’s fragile status quo irretrievably broken?
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Independent MP, UK - Heidi Allen
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Is there any clarity and coherence to the opponents of Brexit?
