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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Pavel Khodorkovsky
Mon 21 Oct 2013
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: once Russia’s richest man, now a prisoner for the past decade.
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Film Director - Paul Greengrass
Fri 18 Oct 2013
How does the British director juggle truth, art and entertainment?
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Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, UK - Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP
Wed 16 Oct 2013
Is the security state a potential threat to those it's supposed to protect?
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Reza Pahlavi Monday 14th October
Mon 14 Oct 2013
Does a figure steeped in Iran's past have a role to play in its future?
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Chief Executive of NHS England - Sir David Nicholson
Fri 11 Oct 2013
Can the NHS meet the demands and financial challenges of 21st Century healthcare?
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Egyptian Author and Activist - Ahdaf Soueif
Wed 9 Oct 2013
Activist Ahdaf Soueif is trying to re-open the road to revolution. But is it too late?
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Chairman, Indian Cricket Premier League, 2008 – 2010 - Lalit Modi
Mon 7 Oct 2013
Interview with the creator of the world’s richest cricket tournament
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Adviser to Former British PM Gordon Brown, 2005 – 2009 - Damian McBride
Fri 4 Oct 2013
In the past Damian McBride never let the truth stand in his way. What about now?
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran, 2009-2010 - John Limbert
Wed 2 Oct 2013
Are the US and Iran ready for the difficult decisions that would truly reset relations?
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Author and Counter-insurgency Expert - David Kilcullen
Mon 30 Sep 2013
Is the world in danger of underplaying the current terrorist threat?
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Greece Minister of Health - Adonis Georgiadis
Fri 27 Sep 2013
Is Greece still in a state of slow motion collapse?
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Chairman, Professional Footballers’ Association - Clarke Carlisle
Wed 25 Sep 2013
Tackling racism, corruption and depression - the problems behind football's flashy facade
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Samantha Geimer
Wed 18 Sep 2013
The woman at the centre of the Roman Polanski child sex scandal in 1978 tells her story
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Freedom and Justice Party MP, Egypt - Abdul Mawgoud Dardery
Mon 16 Sep 2013
What now for the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing the Freedom and Justice Party?
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Garry Kasparov - Opposition Activist and Former World Chess Champion
Fri 13 Sep 2013
Is there any serious challenge to the supremacy of Putinism in Russia?
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Prime Minister of Italy - Enrico Letta
Wed 11 Sep 2013
Can Prime Minister Enrico Letta hold together Italy's fragile coalition of left and right?
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Former Adviser to President Obama - Peter Blair Henry
Mon 9 Sep 2013
Is talk of a shift in economic power between rich and emerging nations convincing?
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Raffaele Sollecito
Fri 6 Sep 2013
Convicted and then cleared of killing Meredith Kercher, and now awaiting a retrial
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Prime Minister of France (2005 – 2007) - Dominique de Villepin
Wed 4 Sep 2013
France stands ready to join an attack on Assad's regime in Syria, but with who?
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Actor, Writer and Director - Steven Berkoff
Mon 2 Sep 2013
How the art world is letting audiences down to pursue mass audiences
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Secretary General of the Arab League (2001- 2011) - Amr Moussa
Fri 30 Aug 2013
Can he trust the new military-backed government to bring true democracy to Egypt?
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Former Bishop of Edinburgh - Richard Holloway
Wed 28 Aug 2013
The former leader of the Anglican Church in Scotland talks about losing his faith
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Greek Finance Minister, 2009 - 2011, George Papaconstantinou
Fri 23 Aug 2013
Greece 'could need another bailout'
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UN Representative, Syrian Coalition - Najib Ghabian
Wed 21 Aug 2013
What can be done to end the crisis in Syria?
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Britain's Former Chancellor, Alistair Darling
Mon 19 Aug 2013
The UK seems to be showing signs of an economic recovery. What has caused it?
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Professor of Physiology, Maastricht University - Mark Post
Wed 14 Aug 2013
Will meat grown from stem cells in a science lab ever make it to our dinner plates?
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International Human Rights Lawyer - Payam Akhavan
Mon 12 Aug 2013
Does the international community have a duty to challenge human rights abuses?
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Interim President, ANC Youth League, South Africa - Mzwandile Masina
Fri 9 Aug 2013
What hopes can the ANC offer the younger generation in South Africa?
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Egypt Foreign Minister - Nabil Fahmy
Wed 7 Aug 2013
Can the interim government in Egypt bring democracy as promised?
