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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Chief Prosecutor, ICC, 2003 to 2012 - Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Fri 19 Sep 2014
Why has the International Criminal Court failed to deliver on its promise?
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Peter Bofinger - Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Wed 17 Sep 2014
Is the dominance of Germany's economic model now Europe's biggest problem?
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Professor of Geography, University of Oxford - Danny Dorling
Mon 15 Sep 2014
Can we afford the world's super-rich and what have they ever done for us?
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Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist - Chrissie Hynde
Fri 12 Sep 2014
Is lead frontwoman of the band The Pretenders still in love with rock n roll?
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President of European Commission - Jose Manuel Barroso
Wed 10 Sep 2014
What can his successor expect from the job?
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Ambassador-at-large, Ukraine Foreign Ministry - Olexander Scherba
Wed 3 Sep 2014
Can Kiev afford to risk all-out war with Moscow?
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Secretary General, Palestine Liberation Organisation Executive Committee - Yasser Abed Rabbo
Mon 1 Sep 2014
Where does the Palestinian quest for statehood stand?
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Minister of Intelligence, Israel - Yuval Steinitz
Fri 29 Aug 2014
For all the destruction in Gaza, has Israel's position been strengthened or weakened?
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Writer and film-maker - Xiaolu Guo
Wed 27 Aug 2014
What should the role of the artist or writer be in China today?
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General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK - Bishop Angaelos
Mon 25 Aug 2014
Do Christians have a future in the Arab world?
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Special Assistant to the US Ambassador to Iraq, 2003 - 2009, Ali Khedery
Fri 22 Aug 2014
What is Barack Obama's strategy in the Middle East?
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Afghan Presidential Candidate - Abdullah Abdullah
Wed 20 Aug 2014
Is Abdullah Abdullah currently acting in Afghanistan’s interest, or his own?
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Doctor and Activist - Dr Mads Gilbert
Mon 18 Aug 2014
Does being a political activist interfere with work as a medic and humanitarian?
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Intelligence and Security Chief, Kurdistan Regional Government - Masrour Barzani
Fri 15 Aug 2014
Can the Kurds rescue the state of Iraq?
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Secretary General of NATO - Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Wed 13 Aug 2014
Can NATO make the world a safer place? If not is it time it went into retirement?
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Andrei Konchalovsky – Russian Film Director
Fri 8 Aug 2014
Can Russia's experience of World War One help explain what is going on today?
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Karl von Habsburg
Mon 4 Aug 2014
The great nephew of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated in June 1914
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Prime Minister, Moldova - Iurie Leanca
Wed 30 Jul 2014
Can Moldova's bid for EU membership avoid a tug of war between Russia and the EU?
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Ama Ata Aidoo - Author
Mon 28 Jul 2014
How much is there really to celebrate about being female in Africa?
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Former Deputy Defence Minister, Israel - Danny Danon
Fri 25 Jul 2014
How does Danny Danon justify the high Palestinian death toll?
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Former Education Minister, Nigeria - Obiageli Ezekwesili
Wed 23 Jul 2014
Has Nigeria failed the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram and their families?
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Naturalist and Wildlife Film-maker - Chris Packham
Mon 21 Jul 2014
Is it time to radically rethink man’s relationship with the natural world?
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Lord High Chancellor, 2003 – 2007 - Lord Falconer
Wed 16 Jul 2014
Can Attorney-General Lord Falconer defend the Assisted Dying Bill?
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Thomas Piketty - Economist
Mon 14 Jul 2014
His thesis on modern captialism is under intense fire but is Thomas Piketty unscathed?
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Swedish Foreign Minister - Carl Bildt
Fri 11 Jul 2014
What is the future direction of the European Union?
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Adviser to Israel Prime Minister - Dore Gold
Wed 9 Jul 2014
Could violent clashes triggered by deaths of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers escalate?
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Mohamoud Nur - Mayor of Mogadishu, 2010 - 2014
Mon 7 Jul 2014
What persuaded him to leave life in London to take up the post?
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Economic Historian - Deirdre McCloskey
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Is rising inequality the sickness that could kill capitalism?
