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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President Erdogan of Turkey
Mon 14 May 2018
How worried is he about escalating tension in the Middle East?
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Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister- Tzipi Hotovely
Fri 11 May 2018
How close are we to another major Middle East conflict?
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Ukraine's Health Minister - Ulana Suprun
Fri 4 May 2018
Can Ukraine's ailing health system undergo a radical reformation?
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Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party - Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
Wed 2 May 2018
Can Bilawal Bhutto restore confidence in Pakistani politics?
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EU Commissioner for Justice - Věra Jourová
Mon 30 Apr 2018
How is the European Commission coping with an increasingly fractious Europe?
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President, The Gambia - Adama Barrow
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Can President Barrow live up to people’s expectations?
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Former UN Secretary General (1997-2006) - Kofi Annan
Fri 20 Apr 2018
What are Kofi Annan's biggest worries today and does he have any career regrets?
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Russia's Foreign Minister - Sergey Lavrov
Tue 17 Apr 2018
After diplomatic expulsions, sanctions and a new cold war, what is Russia’s next move?
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Northern Ireland Peace Negotiator - Monica McWilliams
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Given the uncertainty that hangs over Northern Ireland today, is there much to celebrate?
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Middle East adviser to President Obama (2013-15) - Philip Gordon
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Did hesitation during the Obama presidency sow the seeds of today's Syria crisis?
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Director, UK Serious Fraud Office - David Green
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Has the SFO been given the tools and support to do their job properly?
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Norway's Finance Minister - Siv Jensen
Mon 9 Apr 2018
How does populism work in a country rated one of the world’s richest and happiest?
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Artist - Michael Rakowitz
Fri 6 Apr 2018
What does Michael Rakowitz's artistic work tell us about the state the world is in?
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Author and Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and writer
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Ambassador Donald Yamamoto
Fri 30 Mar 2018
Stephen Sackur talks to the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
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Director General of the WTO- Roberto Azevêdo
Wed 28 Mar 2018
What can the WTO do to avoid a global trade war?
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Actor - Mahira Khan
Mon 26 Mar 2018
In culturally conservative Pakistan, can a female movie star be an agent of change?
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Former Governor of New Mexico, US - Bill Richardson
Fri 23 Mar 2018
What is Trump’s brand of disruption doing to US foreign policy?
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Former Editor of Cumhuriyet, Turkey - Can Dündar
Wed 21 Mar 2018
In the battle for Turkey’s future and its soul, who is winning?
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Prime Minister, Democratic Republic of Congo - Bruno Tshibala
Mon 19 Mar 2018
Can the DRC find a path to prosperity?
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Investigative Journalist - Seymour Hersh
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Are journalists still able to tell the truth to power?
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Co-founder Black Lives Matter - Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Can a movement founded on a hashtag really change the world?
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Boris Titov, leader of Russia's Party of Growth
Fri 9 Mar 2018
Russian businessman and politician Boris Titov is the leader of the Party of Growth
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Ahmad Tibi - Leader of the Arab Movement for Change in Israel
Wed 7 Mar 2018
Is there a viable response to the conflict between Jews and Arabs?
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Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine
Mon 5 Mar 2018
In 1957 Elizabeth Eckford was one of nine students who challenged school segregation
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Psychologist Steven Pinker
Wed 28 Feb 2018
Are we living in a uniquely healthy, safe and more prosperous world?
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Petroleum Minister, South Sudan - Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth
Mon 26 Feb 2018
Who or what can deliver South Sudan's people from despair?
