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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Barbara Hulanicki, founder of Biba
Mon 7 Sep 2015
Barbara Hulanicki’s legacy is intact: she made fashion affordable for the masses.
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Foreign Minister of Macedonia - Nikola Poposki
Fri 4 Sep 2015
What can governments like Macedonia's do to resolve the current migrants crisis?
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British Labour Politicians - Ken Livingstone and Charles Clarke
Wed 2 Sep 2015
What does the contest to lead Britain’s Labour Party mean for the future of socialism?
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Suha Arafat, Widow of Yasser Arafat
Fri 28 Aug 2015
Earlier this year Suha Arafat, the widow of Yasser Arafat, spoke to Zeinab Badawi.
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Don McLean, Singer Songwriter
Wed 26 Aug 2015
Tim Franks talks to the artist who penned 'American Pie' about his most famous song.
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Werner Herzog, Film Director
Mon 24 Aug 2015
After five decades making movies, is Werner Herzog's love of film as intense as ever?
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Irish Author - Colm Tóibín
Fri 21 Aug 2015
His novels explore dark themes but is Colm Tóibín as intense as his fiction suggests?
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Hugh Masekela, Musician and Political Activist
Mon 17 Aug 2015
Zeinab Badawi talks to the South African jazz musician and activist Hugh Masekela.
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James Ellroy - Crime Writer
Fri 14 Aug 2015
Hardtalk talks to James Ellroy regarded as America’s greatest living crime writer.
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Leader, Democratic Alliance (South Africa) - Mmusi Maimane
Wed 12 Aug 2015
Can the first black leader of South Africa's main opposition take race out of politics?
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Ballet Dancer Sylvie Guillem
Mon 10 Aug 2015
She is about to retire after three decades of performing. What makes Sylvie Guillem tick?
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Ertuğrul Kürkçü - Honorary President People’s Democratic Party (HDP)
Fri 7 Aug 2015
Could Turkey be slipping back into conflict? Zeinab Badawi asks HDP MP Ertuğrul Kürkçü.
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Calais Migrant Crisis
Wed 5 Aug 2015
Calais' Deputy Mayor Philippe Mignonet and British MP Tim Loughton on the migrant crisis.
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Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault
Mon 3 Aug 2015
Allen Ault used to organise state executions in Georgia, now he opposes the death penalty
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Syriza Committee Member - Stathis Kouvelakis
Wed 29 Jul 2015
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing a rebellion within his party
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Marc Quinn - Artist
Mon 27 Jul 2015
Marc Quinn is one of Britain's best known artists. Will his work stand the test of time?
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Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency - David Howman
Fri 24 Jul 2015
Why is it proving so hard to root drugs out of sport?
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Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative - Bryan Stevenson
Wed 22 Jul 2015
Why are America's race-based wounds so slow to heal?
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Secretary General of Nato - Jens Stoltenberg
Mon 20 Jul 2015
The Nato military alliance has a proud history, but does it have a future?
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Governor of Odessa Region, Ukraine - Mikheil Saakashvili
Wed 15 Jul 2015
Is he a credible or wise addition to Ukraine’s hard-pressed government?
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Former Head of the UN Enquiry - William Schabas
Wed 8 Jul 2015
Hardtalk speaks to William Schabas, who chaired the commission of inquiry into Gaza war.
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Founder, WPP - Sir Martin Sorrell
Fri 26 Jun 2015
The ad industry is extraordinary powerful, but is it responsible?
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British Conservative MP - Bernard Jenkin
Wed 24 Jun 2015
Can Prime Minister David Cameron negotiations over Europe win over the eurosceptics?
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General Secretary of Trade Union Congress, UK - Frances O’Grady
Wed 17 Jun 2015
Have the unions become irrelevant for many of those in need of support in the work place?
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President of the Reform Now Movement, Sudan - Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
Mon 15 Jun 2015
As leader of Sudan's opposition does he really believe they stand a chance Sudan?
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CEO, Russian Organising Committee, World Cup 2018 - Alexei Sorokin
Wed 10 Jun 2015
What are the odds on the World Cup actually making it to Moscow?
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Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs - Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Mon 8 Jun 2015
Does President Obama have a vision for Africa?
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Foreign Policy Advisory Group, Chinese Foreign Ministry - Wu Jianmin
Wed 3 Jun 2015
Is China the world's new superpower?
