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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Chairman of the UK Brexit Party - Richard Tice
Wed 26 Jun 2019
What does the success of the Brexit Party in the European elections mean for the UK?
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Communications - Robert Strayer
Mon 24 Jun 2019
Is Washington losing the cyberwar?
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Senior adviser to President Obama (2009-2017) - Valerie Jarrett
Wed 19 Jun 2019
How will historians view the Obama legacy?
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Bas Eickhout, Dutch MEP, GreenLeft Party
Fri 7 Jun 2019
Political power inside the EU is no longer between the centre left and centre right.
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US Democratic Party funder - Tom Steyer
Wed 5 Jun 2019
Is a major Democratic Party funder in danger of pushing the party in the wrong direction?
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Iyad El-Baghdadi, human rights activist
Mon 3 Jun 2019
Iyad El-Baghdadi is a human rights activist who was granted political asylum in Oslo
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Historian, geographer, anthropolgist and author Jared Diamond
Fri 31 May 2019
What’s his conclusion about the long term viability of homo sapiens?
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Eric Wainaina, musician
Wed 29 May 2019
Eric Wainaina's music tackles issues like corruption. How political is he prepared to be?
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Libyan author Hisham Matar
Mon 27 May 2019
HARDtalk explores the impact of having a father ‘disappeared’ by the Gaddafi regime.
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Justice for the 21, 1974 Birmingham pub bombings - Julie Hambleton
Fri 24 May 2019
Is it now too late to get to the truth behind the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings?
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Hamas spokesman - Ghazi Hamad
Wed 22 May 2019
The movement’s rhetoric is unbending, but do the Palestinian people long for new ideas?
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Former Olympic swimmer - Sharron Davies
Mon 20 May 2019
How does the sporting notion of fairness cope with the complexities of gender identity?
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Opposition leader of Russia's Yabloko Party - Grigory Yavlinsky
Fri 17 May 2019
Why have Vladimir Putin's opponents failed to make a dent in his strong-man rule?
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Tony Adams: How vulnerable are elite sport stars?
Wed 15 May 2019
Do sports do enough to protect the mental health of their players?
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Chief executive, Stonewall - Ruth Hunt
Mon 13 May 2019
Does the debate on trans rights pose a problem for the gay liberation movement?
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Venezuelan Opposition Ambassador to the UK - Vanessa Neumann
Wed 8 May 2019
Is Venezuela on the brink of regime change or has the opposition seriously miscalculated?
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UK Foreign Secretary - Jeremy Hunt
Mon 6 May 2019
Post-Brexit, how will Britain stack up as a source of global power and influence?
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Vice President, Centre for China and Globalization - Victor Gao
Fri 3 May 2019
Is China becoming more authoritarian under President Xi JinPing?
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Former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York - Preet Bharara
Wed 1 May 2019
One of the US's most powerful federal prosecutors until President Trump fired him in 2017
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Afghan Presidential Special Peace Envoy - Mohammad Umer Daudzai
Mon 29 Apr 2019
What will it take to bring peace to Afghanistan?
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Chairman, Sudan’s Transitional Military Council - Lt General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Can Sudan make the transition to a democratic government?
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Presidential candidate, DRC - Martin Fayulu
Wed 24 Apr 2019
Can the Democratic Republic of Congo set itself on a path of peace and reconciliation?
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Wole Soyinka, Nobel Literature laureate
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Nigerian writer and Nobel Literature laureate, Wole Soyinka
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Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, Germany - Olaf Scholz
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Does Germany need to reboot its economic model?
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Chairman, Sudan Reform Now - Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
Wed 17 Apr 2019
How soon can Sudan become a democracy?
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Writer - Edouard Louis
Mon 15 Apr 2019
Is anger the fuel that propels Edouard Louis to write his books?
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Jason Rezaian, journalist imprisoned in Tehran, 2014 - 2016
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Jason Rezaian worked for the Washington Post in Tehran when he was arrested and jailed
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Apollo 11 astronaut - Michael Collins
Wed 10 Apr 2019
Fifty years on, what was the significance of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon?
