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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Former President of South Africa (2008-2009) - Kgalema Motlanthe
Fri 15 Sep 2017
Has South Africa's governing African National Congress hit rock bottom?
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Olusegun Obasanjo - Former President of Nigeria (1999-2007)
Wed 13 Sep 2017
How will Africa cope with an impending population explosion?
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US Deputy Secretary of State, 2007-2009 - John Negroponte
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Does Trump's presidency mark a permanent shift in America's global role?
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CEO of Air Asia - Tony Fernandes
Wed 6 Sep 2017
Is it easy to lose sight of what matters most to business success?
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US Senator Lindsey Graham
Mon 4 Sep 2017
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on the impact of President Trump
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Former North Korea Detainee - Kenneth Bae
Mon 28 Aug 2017
How do you survive the North Korean labour camp system?
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American Civil Rights Activist - Richard Cohen
Fri 25 Aug 2017
How fanciful is the notion of a 21st century American civil war?
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MEP for South-East England - Daniel Hannan
Wed 23 Aug 2017
If Brexit is not a clean break, then what is the point?
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Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili
Mon 21 Aug 2017
Stephen Sackur speaks to Mikheil Saakashvili who served two terms as Georgian President .
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Former South African Finance Minister - Pravin Gordhan
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Does the ANC need to be broken up to enable South Africa to thrive?
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Acting Director General, Al Jazeera Media Network - Mostefa Souag
Wed 16 Aug 2017
Is Al Jazeera's future safe?
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland - Witold Waszczykowski
Fri 11 Aug 2017
Is Poland turning away from liberal democracy?
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Former Governor of the Bank of France Christian Noyer
Wed 9 Aug 2017
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the former Governor of the Bank of France Christian Noyer
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Mother of Deceased 'IS' fighter - Nicola Benyahia
Wed 2 Aug 2017
How best to close the door on the home-grown Jihadis?
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Director General of the IPPF - Tewodros Melesse
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Does the IPPF's support of abortion justify the halt in US government funding?
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Lebanon’s Deputy Prime Minister - Ghassan Hasbani
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Is it the right time for Syrian refugees to return home to safe zones?
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UAE's Ambassador to Russia - Omar Saif Ghobash
Mon 24 Jul 2017
What does the UAE hope to achieve by isolating Qatar?
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Composer Mohammed Fairouz
Wed 19 Jul 2017
His aim is to foster cultural crossover ; can this US-Emirati artist avoid taking sides?
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Zimbabwe opposition leader - Welshman Ncube
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Can Zimbabwe's opposition defeat President Robert Mugabe in elections next year?
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan - President of Turkey
Fri 14 Jul 2017
Is President Erdogan a danger to democracy in Turkey?
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Writer and activist - Naomi Klein
Wed 12 Jul 2017
Are radical policies needed to address the current ills of the US?
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Chief of Army Staff, Nigeria - Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Is the Nigerian army effective in securing the country?
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Prosecutor, International Criminal Court - Fatou Bensouda
Wed 5 Jul 2017
What does Fatou Bensouda, a Prosecutor at the ICC, say in the Court's defence?
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US Senator for Connecticut (1989-2013) - Joe Lieberman
Mon 3 Jul 2017
Is Donald Trump fundamentally changing America's global role?
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Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Moshe Ya'alon was Israel's Minister of Defence from 2013 until he resigned in May 2016.
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Screenwriter and LGBTQ Activist Dustin Lance Black
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Stephen Sackur speaks to the American Screenwriter and LGBTQ activist Dustin Lance Black
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South Africa's Public Protector (2009-2016) - Thuli Madonsela
Mon 26 Jun 2017
Are allegations of cronyism and corruption against President Zuma about to be dismissed?