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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Sir Ian McKellen - Actor
Wed 5 Apr 2017
'My campaigning is about allowing people to be themselves' - McKellen on gay rights
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Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Why is a former head of state-sanctioned executions now an opponent of the death penalty?
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Former interrogator for the CIA, James Mitchell
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Did the CIA’s enhanced interrogation programme amount to torture?
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South African Anti-Apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada
Wed 29 Mar 2017
After 26 years in jail the veteran anti-apartheid activist had no time for bitterness
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Ben Ferencz, Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi Trials
Mon 27 Mar 2017
What does the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials think they achieved?
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Deputy Leader of the Turkey's Republican People's Party - Selin Sayek Böke
Fri 24 Mar 2017
Does Turkey's main opposition party have a credible alternative vision for the country?
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Joshua Wong, Secretary General of Demosisto political party, Hong Kong
Wed 22 Mar 2017
HARDtalk speaks to Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong
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Zimbabwe's Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Should 93 year old Robert Mugabe be standing for another Presidential term?
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice-Chairman of Open Russia
Fri 17 Mar 2017
HARDtalk speaks to Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice chairman of the Open Russia group.
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Former US Senator for Florida Bob Graham
Wed 15 Mar 2017
Will the liberal politics espoused by the former senator ever be back in fashion?
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Vice President of Zimbabwe (2004 – 2014) - Joice Mujuru
Mon 13 Mar 2017
How tainted is Joice Mujuru by her long association with the ZANU-PF party?
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Moise Katumbi, opposition politician from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Moise Katumbi says he'll run for president at the next election in DR Congo.
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Adviser to the President of the Palestinian Authority - Husam Zomlot
Wed 8 Mar 2017
What does the Trump era mean for the Palestinian dream of statehood?
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Ukraine's Former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Mon 6 Mar 2017
Ukraine's prime minister from 2014 to 2016, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, speaks to HARDtalk
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Prime Minister of Singapore - Lee Hsien Loong
Fri 3 Mar 2017
Is the much vaunted Singapore model under threat?
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HARDtalk: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore
Fri 3 Mar 2017
Stephen Sackur speaks to Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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Donald Verrilli, US Solicitor General, 2011-2016
Wed 1 Mar 2017
Does the US constitution ensure that the White House is always subject to the law?
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Professor Mohammad Marandi - University of Tehran, Iran
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Is Iran fuelling terror and conflicts in the Middle East?
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Joint leader, Zionist Union, Israel - Tzipi Livni
Wed 22 Feb 2017
Could one state for Jews, Muslims and Christians have a greater chance of peace?
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Chief Sports Writer, Sunday Times, UK - David Walsh
Mon 20 Feb 2017
Is elite sport still being devalued by the dopers?
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Film Director – John Madden
Fri 17 Feb 2017
Is Hollywood accurately reflecting the times we are living in?
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Deputy Finance Minister, Germany - Jens Spahn
Wed 15 Feb 2017
Is German politics going to reshape Europe?
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Actor and Humanitarian Activist – Forest Whitaker
Mon 13 Feb 2017
Zeinab Badawi talks to one of cinema’s best-known and versatile actors, Forest Whitaker
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Director of Competitive Enterprise Institute - Myron Ebell
Fri 10 Feb 2017
In America's new politics will big business consistently trump environmental concerns?
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Former Mexican President 2000 - 2006 - Vicente Fox
Wed 8 Feb 2017
Can Mexico afford to provoke the new US administration?
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Singer and Actress - Petula Clark
Mon 6 Feb 2017
How has Petula Clark managed to sustain her immense success?
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European Parliament’s Chief Brexit Negotiator - Guy Verhofstadt
Fri 3 Feb 2017
How confrontational is the EU's chief Brexit negotiator prepared to be?
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Pro-Brexit UK Conservative Member of Parliament - Dominic Raab
Wed 1 Feb 2017
As Britain begins the process of leaving the EU what will be its new place in the world?
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Secretary General of NATO - Jens Stoltenberg
Mon 30 Jan 2017
Is NATO obsolete? Or an organisation that can change and adapt?
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Nigerian Agriculture Minister - Audu Ogbeh
Fri 27 Jan 2017
Why can’t this oil rich nation with plenty of farm land enjoy greater prosperity?
