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 NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe - Admiral JAMES STAVRIDIS
Wed 18 Nov 2015
Should NATO join the coalition bombing IS in Syria after the terrorist attacks in Paris?
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Brazilian Government Minister, 2003-January 2015 - Celso Amorim
Mon 16 Nov 2015
Is Brazil teetering on the brink of a major political and economic crisis?
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International Rugby Union Referee - Nigel Owens
Fri 13 Nov 2015
What is making the sport so popular today?
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Journalist and Former Hostage - Nicolas Hénin
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Should foreign journalists report from such dangerous conflict zones?
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Former Labour Government Minister, UK - Lord Mandelson
Mon 9 Nov 2015
What does Jeremy Corbyn mean for Labour and for Britain?
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Secretary General, Palestine Liberation Organisation - Saeb Erekat
Wed 4 Nov 2015
Is a new wave of extremism sweeping the West Bank and Gaza?
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Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service - Richard Leakey
Mon 2 Nov 2015
Will the fight for Africa's endangered wildlife have a happy ending?
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US Ambassador to the UK - Matthew Barzun
Fri 30 Oct 2015
As the Obama presidency enters its final phase how have attitudes towards the US shifted?
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Chairman of the US Federal Reserve 2006-2014 - Ben Bernanke
Wed 28 Oct 2015
Can we be confident the right lessons have been learned from the great financial crash?
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Dmitry Peskov
Mon 26 Oct 2015
Does Russia’s desire to shore up the Assad regime risk a confrontation with the US?
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Yair Lapid - Leader, Yesh Atid Party, Israel
Fri 23 Oct 2015
What is driving the latest violence between Israelis and Palestinians?
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Eric Cantor - former House Majority Leader, US Republican Party
Wed 21 Oct 2015
Stephen Sackur asks Eric Cantor, what on earth is going on inside the Republican party?
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US Ambassador to Syria 2011-2014 - Robert S. Ford
Mon 19 Oct 2015
What does Syria tell us about US foreign policy making in the age of Obama?
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International President of Médecins Sans Frontières - Dr Joanne Liu
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Is delivering healthcare in the world’s conflict zones becoming more dangerous?
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Novelist Jonathan Franzen
Wed 14 Oct 2015
American author Jonathan Franzen on his life and work and modern culture
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German Defence Minister - Ursula von der Leyen
Mon 12 Oct 2015
Does the West have a coherent strategy in Syria?
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Broadcaster - Paul Gambaccini
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Falsely accused in an investigation of historical sex abuse, when will the trauma end?
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EU Migration Commissioner - Dimitris Avramopoulos
Wed 7 Oct 2015
Will Europe ever agree on how to tackle the migration crisis?
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Former Al Jazeera English Bureau Chief - Mohamed Fahmy
Mon 5 Oct 2015
Mohamed Fahmy, the now freed former Al Jazeera English bureau chief in Cairo
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Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
Fri 2 Oct 2015
How far has the refugee crisis exposed tensions between Christians and Muslims?
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Ayman Asfari - Chief Executive Petrofac Ltd
Wed 30 Sep 2015
Syrian businessman Ayman Asfari, CEO of Petrofac,on international intervention in Syria
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French Minister of Economy - Emmanuel Macron
Mon 28 Sep 2015
Emmanuel Macron on the economic reforms he is spearheading
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Foreign Minister, Hungary - Péter Szijjártó
Fri 25 Sep 2015
How well is Hungary handling the migration crisis on its borders?
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Crispin Blunt MP
Wed 23 Sep 2015
Does David Cameron's position on Syria and the migrant crisis make sense?
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Minister of Defence in Georgia - Tinatin Khidasheli
Mon 21 Sep 2015
Is Nato prepared to accept Georgia as a new member?
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Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group - Andrew Forrest
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Is Australia's economy being hit by a slump in global commodity prices?
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Libya's Ambassador to United Arab Emirates - Aref Ali Nayed
Wed 16 Sep 2015
Can Libya's warring parties join forces to save the country?
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Director of The Future of Humanity Institute - Nick Bostrom
Mon 14 Sep 2015
Are we on the cusp of an era shaped by Artificial Intelligence?
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HARDtalk Raul Romeva
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Stephen Sackur talks to Spanish politician Raul Romeva who wants an independent Catalonia
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Catherine McCartney
Wed 9 Sep 2015
Are the IRA still active and what does this mean for Northern Ireland's stability?
