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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Philippines Senator - Antonio Trillanes
Fri 23 Jun 2017
Is President Duterte taking the Philippines and the region in a new direction?
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Former President of Russian Railways - Vladimir Yakunin
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Are cracks showing in the Putin project?
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Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister - Alexander De Croo
Fri 16 Jun 2017
Does Europe view Britain's travails with sympathy or relish?
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Economist Stephen King
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Economist Stephen King explains why globalization might be going into reverse.
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US Democratic Party Insider - Jake Sullivan
Mon 12 Jun 2017
Is President Trump proving effective in important foreign policy issues?
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Nicola Benyahia - Founder of anti-radicalisation service Families for Life
Fri 9 Jun 2017
How best to stop young men being drawn into jihadi terrorism?
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Civil Rights Activist - Rachel Dolezal
Wed 7 Jun 2017
Is our racial identity something we can define for ourselves?
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US Politician - Bernie Sanders
Mon 5 Jun 2017
Did Bernie Sanders plant the seeds of a political revolution in the United States?
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Head of UN Mission in South Sudan - David Shearer
Fri 2 Jun 2017
What hope is there for the people of South Sudan?
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Executive Editor of the New York Times - Dean Baquet
Wed 31 May 2017
Does the New York Times' claim to be fair in its reporting stand up to scrutiny?
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Sir Suma Chakrabarti - President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Mon 29 May 2017
Can a bank make money and promote democratic values?
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Midlle East Specialist - Gilles Kepel
Fri 26 May 2017
In the wake of Manchester is the West any closer to an effective counter terror strategy?
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Turkish Author - Elif Shafak
Wed 24 May 2017
Does the West get anywhere close to understanding Turkey's complex culture and politics?
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Nigeria's Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu
Mon 22 May 2017
Can oil dependent Nigeria transform itself into a modern trading economy?
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Speaker of the Venezuelan Parliament Julio Borges
Fri 19 May 2017
Stephen Sackur talks to the speaker of the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
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Director of Europol - Rob Wainwright
Wed 17 May 2017
Are the cyber-crooks several steps ahead of the cyber-cops?
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Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade - Charles Flanagan
Mon 15 May 2017
Will Brexit have catastrophic consequences across the Irish Sea?
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Emmaunel Macron advisor Sylvie Goulard MEP
Fri 12 May 2017
Shaun Ley speaks to French MEP Sylvie Goulard who has advised President-elect Macron.
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Former US North Korea negotiator Christopher Hill
Wed 10 May 2017
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to the American diplomat Christopher Hill.
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Police Minister of South Africa - Fikile Mbalula
Fri 5 May 2017
As the scandals pile up, are we witnessing the slow death of the ANC?
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UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Yemen - Jamie McGoldrick
Wed 3 May 2017
Is the UN losing the struggle to save millions of lives?
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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Is Turkey sliding towards one-party dictatorship?
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Son of Hans Frank, Governor General of Nazi Occupied Poland - Niklas Frank
Wed 26 Apr 2017
Niklas Frank on his father's crimes and the legacy of the Nazi era
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Bishop Angaelos - Coptic Orthodox Church UK
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Do Christians have a future in the Middle East?
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Russia's Ambassador to the EU - Vladimir Chizhov
Fri 21 Apr 2017
Will Russia promise not to pervert democracy in Europe?
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Philosopher and Writer - Pascal Bruckner
Wed 19 Apr 2017
Is France living through an age of decline?
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Executive Secretary of UN ESCWA 2010-2017 - Rima Khalaf
Mon 17 Apr 2017
Why did a UN agency publish a report that categorised Israel as an apartheid state?
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Psychologist Jan Kizilhan
Fri 14 Apr 2017
Jan Kizilhan has helped bring over a thousand Yazidi females from Iraq to Germany.
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Italy's Europe Minister - Sandro Gozi
Fri 7 Apr 2017
How does the EU need to change if it is to win over the next generation of Italians?
