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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Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan - Omar Zakhilwal
Mon 8 Aug 2016
Is Afghanistan beyond salvation?
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Hardtalk - Babatunde Fashola
Wed 3 Aug 2016
Stephen Sackur talks to Nigeria's Minister for Power, Works and Housing.
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Former CIA agent - Sabrina de Sousa
Mon 1 Aug 2016
What is the legacy of the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme?
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TV and Film Producer - Tony Garnett
Wed 27 Jul 2016
Was producer Tony Garnett's work motivated by the dark corners of his own life?
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Shahbaz Taseer - Former Hostage, 2011-2016
Mon 25 Jul 2016
Has the vision of a tolerant, secular Pakistan been lost?
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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister - Mehmet Simsek
Wed 20 Jul 2016
Has the attempted coup exposed weaknesses in the hold of power of President Erdogan?
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Venezuelan opposition leader - Maria Corina Machado
Mon 18 Jul 2016
Is the opposition in Venezuela plotting a coup against President Maduro?
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Prime Minister Binali Yildirim
Fri 15 Jul 2016
HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi speaks to Turkey’s Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim
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UK Ambassador to the UN (1998-2003) - Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Wed 13 Jul 2016
Does he have any regrets around the advice he gave leading up to the Iraq War?
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Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Mon 11 Jul 2016
Are Italians becoming disillusioned with the EU project?
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Hollywood Composer - Hans Zimmer
Fri 8 Jul 2016
With scores like The Lion King, for film directors he's the composer to work with
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Zimbabwean Minister of Finance - Patrick Chinamasa
Wed 6 Jul 2016
Can Zimbabwe escape its economic crisis?
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Film and TV producer - Tony Garnett
Mon 4 Jul 2016
How much of his inspiration came from the dark corners in his own life ?
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Former Speechwriter for US President George W. Bush - David Frum
Fri 17 Jun 2016
After the shooting in Orlando, will US conservatives rethink gay rights and gun control?
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Former Deputy Prime Minister, UK - Lord Heseltine
Wed 15 Jun 2016
Lord Heseltine is passionate Remain advocate. Are the Remainers beginning to worry?
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Leader of the House of Commons, UK - Chris Grayling
Wed 8 Jun 2016
Will this political war ultimately weaken Britain and Europe?
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England T20 Cricketer - Michael Yardy
Mon 6 Jun 2016
Former top England cricketer Michael Yardy discusses his mental illness
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UK Ambassador to Lebanon (2011-2015) - Tom Fletcher
Fri 3 Jun 2016
What is the point of the modern day diplomat?
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Former world champion boxer Chris Eubank
Mon 30 May 2016
HARDtalk speaks to Chris Eubank who was a super-middleweight world champion.
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President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis
Fri 27 May 2016
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur talks to the President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis.
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Executive Director, IEA - Dr Fatih Birol
Wed 25 May 2016
Does cheap oil make decarbonising the world economy even more difficult?
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Deputy Prime Minister Libya, 2011-2012 - Dr Mustafa Abushagur
Fri 20 May 2016
Libyan politician Mustafa Abushagur on the challenges of uniting a fragmenting state
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British Labour Peer and Kindertransport Refugee - Lord Alf Dubs
Wed 18 May 2016
Lord Dubs wants Britain to take more child refugees. What is Europe's responsibility?
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Artist and Musician - Brian Eno
Mon 16 May 2016
What is Brian Eno? A musician, a composer, or an artist impossible to label?
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Shadow Foreign Secretary, UK - Hilary Benn
Fri 13 May 2016
Does UK Labour's sharp turn to the left look like a winning strategy?
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Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Germany - Norbert Röttgen
Wed 11 May 2016
Can German leadership rescue the European project?.
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Leader of the Russian Democratic Choice movement - Vladimir Milov
Mon 9 May 2016
Is democracy a Russian priority?
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South African Trade Minister - Rob Davies
Fri 6 May 2016
Does South Africa's President Jacob Zuma need to go?
