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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French MEP and former Europe Minister - Nathalie Loiseau
Wed 11 Sep 2019
Has the EU's patience with British indecision run out?
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Former UK Lord Chancellor - Lord Falconer
Fri 6 Sep 2019
Is Labour in any fit state to win an election amid Britain’s Brexit chaos?
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Sea Rescue Captain - Carola Rackete
Wed 4 Sep 2019
Will Carola Rackete's actions encourage more people smuggling and more suffering?
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IT entrepreneur and philanthropist - Dame Stephanie Shirley
Mon 2 Sep 2019
What can we learn from someone who made the most of a life nearly ended in childhood?
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Gabon's Minister of Forests and Environment - Lee White
Wed 28 Aug 2019
Can Gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature?
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Mia Khalifa: Former adult actress
Mon 26 Aug 2019
What does Mia Khalifa's story tell us about the porn industry and 21st century culture?
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Kang Kyung-wha – Foreign Minister, South Korea
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Out of step with both the US and Japan; how vulnerable is South Korea?
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CEO of Philip Morris International - Andre Calantzopoulos
Wed 21 Aug 2019
Are claims of a smoke-free future clever strategic marketing or corporate hypocrisy?
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Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, Deputy Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Zeinab Badawi is in Khartoum to speak to the Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council.
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Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion - Roger Hallam
Fri 16 Aug 2019
How far are climate rebels prepared to go?
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Leader of Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement - Shah Faesal
Wed 14 Aug 2019
How will Kashmiris channel their anger, and how much support will they get?
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Director of Antiracism Research and Policy Center US - Ibram Kendi
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Can the US ever fix its problem with race?
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Former Conservative Party leader- Iain Duncan Smith
Fri 9 Aug 2019
Can Prime Minister Johnson deliver a no-deal exit? And what would it mean for Britain?
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Chair of the Irish Senate Brexit Committee - Neale Richmond
Wed 7 Aug 2019
Can Ireland prevent itself becoming the collateral damage in a Brussels-London showdown?
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Australian scientist - Tim Flannery
Mon 5 Aug 2019
Climate change is very big and moving very fast. Is the planet running out of time?
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Former British Foreign Secretary - Jack Straw
Fri 2 Aug 2019
Can a calamitous conflict between the West and Iran be avoided?
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Leader, Hong Kong Civic Party - Alvin Yeung
Wed 31 Jul 2019
Hong Kong is in uproar. Alvin Yueng, who leads the Civic Party shares their fears.
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Minister of National Development Planning, Indonesia - Bambang Brodjonegoro
Mon 29 Jul 2019
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Albert Woodfox: Life after solitary confinement
Fri 26 Jul 2019
What does freedom really mean for someone who spent four decades in solitary confinement?
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Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India - Raghuram Rajan
Mon 22 Jul 2019
Will he be the next Governor of the Bank of England?
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Mayor of Istanbul - Ekrem Imamoğlu
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Have voters in Istanbul dealt President Erdogan a serious blow?
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Nobel Prize-winning economist - Sir Angus Deaton
Mon 15 Jul 2019
What can Western democracies do to tame capitalism and reduce its worst effects?
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Prime Minister, Greece - Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Can a new government transform Greece's fortunes?
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President of the UK Supreme Court - Lady Hale
Wed 10 Jul 2019
Is the British justice system failing the people it is supposed to serve?
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Former UK Prime Minister - Sir John Major
Mon 8 Jul 2019
What kind of country will emerge from the Brexit mess?
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US Republican Senator, Florida - Rick Scott
Fri 5 Jul 2019
How effective and how sustainable is the Trump presidency?
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Former East German sprinter - Ines Geipel
Wed 3 Jul 2019
Doped for decades, East German athletes still searching for truth and justice.
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Actor and activist - Michael Sheen
Fri 28 Jun 2019
How does Michael Sheen use his fame to help the Welsh community he grew up in?
