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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Mother and Baby Homes Survivors, Ireland - Paul Redmond
Wed 1 Aug 2018
Is it now time to expose the past secrets of the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland?
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
Mon 30 Jul 2018
Was the outgoing UN human rights commissioner too vocal to be effective in the job?
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Kenyan Film Director - Wanuri Kahiu
Wed 25 Jul 2018
What does Wanuri Kahiu's film making tell us about African society today?
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Elmar Brok - Member of the European Parliament
Fri 20 Jul 2018
How will the embattled EU steer itself out of its current crisis?
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Minister for Law and Justice in India - Ravi Shankar Prasad
Wed 18 Jul 2018
Are communal divisions and sexual violence threatening India’s core values?
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Hameed Haroon, CEO of Dawn Media Group
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Hameed Haroon is the CEO of Pakistan's influential Dawn Media Group.
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CEO, Newsmax Media Inc. - Christopher Ruddy
Fri 13 Jul 2018
How far will Trump take his love of disruption?
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Prime Minister of Macedonia - Zoran Zaev
Wed 11 Jul 2018
Does he have what it takes to set Macedonia on a path of greater prosperity?
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Sue Black: Looking death in the face
Mon 9 Jul 2018
Stephen Sackur talks to the world-renowned forensic anthropologist and investigator
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Mayor of Jerusalem - Nir Barkat
Fri 6 Jul 2018
Can Israel conclusively win the struggle for Jerusalem?
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US Deputy National Security Adviser, 2009 - 2017 - Ben Rhodes
Wed 4 Jul 2018
Is President Trump deliberately undoing the achievements of the Obama administration?
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Computer scientist and author - Jaron Lanier
Mon 2 Jul 2018
In what ways is tech sowing the seeds of our own destruction?
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Iranian Environmental Scientist - Kaveh Madani
Wed 27 Jun 2018
Why has environmental activism become so dangerous in Iran?
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Former Director of the FBI James Comey
Mon 25 Jun 2018
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Director of the FBI James Comey
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Austria's Foreign Minister - Karin Kneissl
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Are Europeans finding their authentic voice or is populism poisoning politics?
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Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Can Kazakhstan move beyond one party rule?
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President of Sinn Féin, Ireland - Mary Lou McDonald
Mon 18 Jun 2018
Can Sinn Féin take advantage of the challenge of Brexit to the island of Ireland?
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Ethiopian Opposition Politician Andargachew Tsege
Fri 15 Jun 2018
Will his group Patriotic Ginbot 7 renounce violence?
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Maria Lourdes Sereno - Former Supreme Court Chief Justice, Philippines
Wed 13 Jun 2018
Was the ousting of the Philippines Chief Justice a blow to democracy?
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Afghanistan's Chief Executive - Abdullah Abdullah
Mon 11 Jun 2018
Do Afghanistan's leaders have a coherent plan for rescuing the country?
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Labour MP, UK - Chuka Umunna
Fri 8 Jun 2018
Why is one UK Labour MP defying his own party on Brexit policy?
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US Ambassador to Russia, 2012-14 - Michael McFaul
Wed 6 Jun 2018
How deep does the poison in the US-Russia relationship run?
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Imran Khan - Chairman, Movement for Justice Party, Pakistan
Mon 4 Jun 2018
Is Imran Khan the right person to steer Pakistan given criticisms about his performance?
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Biochemist - Jennifer Doudna
Fri 1 Jun 2018
Does the co-founder of the gene editing tool Crispr Cas9 fear for where it may lead?
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Author and Former Islamist - Ed Husain
Wed 30 May 2018
British writer Ed Husain on why moderate Muslims need to reclaim their religion
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Former News International Executive Chairman Les Hinton.
Fri 25 May 2018
How much responsibility does he bear for some of the excesses at News International?
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Egyptian Writer and Activist - Nawal El Saadawi
Wed 23 May 2018
Has the status of Egyptian women improved under President Sisi?
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Sinead Redmond and Caroline Simons - Pro and Anti Abortion Activists
Mon 21 May 2018
What does Ireland's abortion referendum say about the country today?
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