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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Tanzanian Opposition MP - Tundu Lissu
Mon 21 Jan 2019
Can Tanzanians be moved away from a ‘strongman’ style of government?
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Economy and Finance Minister, France - Bruno Le Maire
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Has France's Macron moment already passed?
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Adviser to President Trump's 2020 campaign - Mica Mosbacher
Wed 16 Jan 2019
Is the Trump Presidency making America great or greatly diminished?
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Jonathan Coe - Writer
Mon 14 Jan 2019
Jonathan Coe's latest novel looks at Brexit's impact on British society
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President, Conference of European Rabbis - Pinchas Goldschmidt
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Is rising anti-Semitism a symptom of a liberal order that is starting to crumble?
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General Secretary, Unite Union, UK - Len McCluskey
Wed 9 Jan 2019
Could Brexit break the left apart?
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Dr William Frankland, Allergist and WW2 Prisoner of War
Mon 7 Jan 2019
William Frankland was a prisoner of war and later a world famous allergist
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Gulnur Aybet, Senior Adviser to President of Turkey
Mon 17 Dec 2018
When it comes to respect for universal rights how much authority does Turkey have?
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Finance Minister of Pakistan - Asad Umar
Wed 12 Dec 2018
Asad Umar, the finance minister of Pakistan, on reforming Pakistan's economy
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Nicaraguan Dissident Felix Maradiaga
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Nicaraguan Dissident Felix Maradiaga.
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UK Astronomer Royal - Sir Martin Rees
Fri 7 Dec 2018
How do we balance the priorities of here and now with the future of human civilisation?
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Pro-Brexit Conservative MP, Owen Paterson
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Pro-Brexit Conservative MP Owen Paterson on voting against Theresa May's Brexit deal
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Brexit Steering Group, European Parliament - Danuta Hübner MEP
Mon 3 Dec 2018
Is the EU ready to deal with potential Brexit chaos?
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Former UK Transport Minister Jo Johnson
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Is there a credible alternative to the Prime Minister's Brexit plan?
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Saudi exile - Abdullah Alaoudh
Wed 28 Nov 2018
Can anyone or anything challenge Saudi authoritarianism?
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Israeli Education Minister and Leader of Jewish Home - Naftali Bennett
Mon 26 Nov 2018
Are Israel's right wing factions putting their own interests before those of the nation?
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Senior US District Judge - Mark L. Wolf
Fri 16 Nov 2018
How do you stop leaders lining their own pockets with the country's wealth?
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Mohamed El-Erian - Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz
Wed 14 Nov 2018
Does Mohamed El-Erian see dark days ahead for the US and the world’s economy?
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Editor, The Washington Post - Martin Baron
Mon 12 Nov 2018
What is the conflict between the president and the press doing to US politics?
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Former Commander ISAF and US Forces, Afghanistan - General Stanley McChrystal
Fri 9 Nov 2018
What kind of leadership does the US need now?
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Professor of Behavioural Genetics - Robert Plomin
Mon 5 Nov 2018
To what extent are our genes our destiny?
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American Civil Liberties Union Legal Director - David Cole
Fri 2 Nov 2018
Has the ACLU betrayed its mission by putting partisanship before principle?
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Deputy Energy Minister, South Africa - Thembisile Majola
Wed 31 Oct 2018
Is the ANC incapable of delivering the change South Africa needs?
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UK Labour MP - David Lammy
Mon 29 Oct 2018
Would another referendum on a final Brexit deal help solve Britain's Brexit breakdown?
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National Security Adviser of Afghanistan - Hamdullah Mohib
Fri 26 Oct 2018
Has the US Government decided to directly engage with the Taliban?
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Minister of State, UK Foreign Office - Alan Duncan MP
Wed 24 Oct 2018
Has the time come for Britain to stop lucrative arms exports to Saudi Arabia?
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Malawi's Vice President - Saulos Chilima
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Why is Malawi's Vice President criticising a government of which he still is a member?
