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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Crime Writer - James Ellroy
Mon 1 Dec 2014
Is the murder of his own mother the key to understanding James Ellroy's writing?
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Former Senior Adviser to the State Department - Vali Nasr
Fri 28 Nov 2014
Could Iran become a nuclear power and change the balance of power in the Middle East?
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President of Pakistan, 2001-2008 - Pervez Musharraf
Wed 26 Nov 2014
What will Pervez Musharraf's fate tell us about where power lies in today’s Pakistan?
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Infectious Diseases Specialist - Geraldine O’Hara
Mon 24 Nov 2014
What is the key to defeating Ebola?
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Sir Nicholas Winton
Fri 21 Nov 2014
Why Sir Nicholas Winton went to rescue 600 mostly Jewish children from Nazi perscution
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Former Prime Minister of Russia - Mikhail Kasyanov
Wed 19 Nov 2014
Do most Russians remain confident their president knows what he is doing?
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Tourism Minister, Zimbabwe - Walter Mzembi
Mon 17 Nov 2014
Can Zimbabwe’s international isolation be put to an end?
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President Syrian National Coalition - Hadi al-Bahra
Wed 12 Nov 2014
Has the international community turned its back on the Syrian opposition?
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Extra Time: Australian Rules Footballer - Adam Goodes
Mon 10 Nov 2014
Australian of the Year, 2014, for his public stand against racism and his sporting talent
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Former National Security Advisor of Iraq - Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Fri 7 Nov 2014
Who can rescue Iraq and defeat the extremists of the self-proclaimed Islamic State?
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Minister of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone - Abubakarr Fofanah
Mon 3 Nov 2014
Is he gaining the upper hand over the spread of the disease in Sierra Leone?
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Guitarist and Founder of Status Quo - Francis Rossi
Fri 31 Oct 2014
How are the band Status Quo still rocking all over the world?
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Nigerian Human Rights Activist - Shehu Sani
Wed 29 Oct 2014
How can the conflict with Boko Haram which has cost thousands of Nigerian lives be ended?
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Mozilla Executive Chairwoman - Mitchell Baker
Mon 27 Oct 2014
Is her open-source, collaborative model of web innovation being overwhelmed by profit?
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Former US Ambassador to Iraq - James Jeffrey
Fri 24 Oct 2014
Is the Obama administration making the right calls in the Middle East?
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Turkish Ambassador to NATO - Mehmet Fatih Ceylan
Wed 22 Oct 2014
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Former UN Negotiator - Giandomenico Picco
Mon 20 Oct 2014
Is force the only possible response to violent forms of militancy?
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CEO, Axel Springer - Mathias Döpfner
Fri 17 Oct 2014
How does a traditional company thrive in the age of the internet?
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Joe Hockey MP - Treasurer, Australia
Wed 15 Oct 2014
Should Australians brace themselves for a prolonged period of economic pain?
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Prime Minister of Finland - Alexander Stubb
Mon 13 Oct 2014
Can the European Union rescue itself from a sense gloom and rising tide of scepticism?
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CEO, International Rescue Committee - David Miliband
Fri 10 Oct 2014
Is there any reason to believe western intervention can work in the Middle East?
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Chief of the Defence Staff, British Armed Forces, 2010-13 - General Lord Richards
Wed 8 Oct 2014
What does Lord Richards make of the US led military operation against the Islamic State?
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Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Professor Peter Piot
Mon 6 Oct 2014
The man who first identified Ebola in the 70s and what can be done to control the disease
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EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator - Gilles de Kerchove
Fri 3 Oct 2014
Does the European Union have a coherent response to the Islamic State challenge?
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Economist - Lord Stern
Wed 1 Oct 2014
British climate economist, Lord Nicholas Stern on the climate and economy
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Opera Singer - Jessye Norman
Mon 29 Sep 2014
Has Jessye Norman's talent helped tear down the barriers of America's segregated south?
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UK Deputy Prime Minister 1995-1997- Lord Heseltine
Fri 26 Sep 2014
Is the UK in the throes of a dangerous identity crisis?
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Political Scientist - Francis Fukuyama
Wed 24 Sep 2014
Has a quarter century of global tumult changed his mind about the end of history?
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Neuroscientist - Professor Susan Greenfield
Mon 22 Sep 2014
Are our screen habits damaging brain development?
