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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Sir Alan Parker - Film Director
Wed 22 May 2013
In this digital age, are movies as central to our culture as they used to be?
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Alan Johnson – UK Home Secretary 2009 – 2010
Fri 17 May 2013
Has politics and politicians lost touch with real life?
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Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency
Wed 15 May 2013
Does secrecy override the public's right to know in matters of national security?
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Zainab Bangura - UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Fri 10 May 2013
How can the most vulnerable be protected from rape and sexual abuse in times of war?
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Pravin Gordhan – Finance Minister, South Africa
Wed 8 May 2013
Can South Africa progress without development aid?
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Lord Patten - Chairman of the BBC Trust
Fri 3 May 2013
Why Chris Patten believes the BBC is still the best broadcaster in the world
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Lord Browne – Chief Executive BP (1995 – 2007)
Wed 1 May 2013
Former BP boss, John Browne, fuels energy debate by backing shale gas production
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Jonathan Miller – Theatre and Opera Director
Mon 29 Apr 2013
Jonathan Miller is a director, producer, writer, performer and medicine man. What next?
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Ioannis Kasoulides – Foreign Minister of Cyprus
Fri 26 Apr 2013
Cyprus is enduring a financial and economic meltdown. Who and what will save Cyprus?
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Carlos Gutierrez - US Secretary of Commerce 2005 – 2009
Wed 24 Apr 2013
The US debate on offering citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants
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Christine Lagarde – Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Mon 22 Apr 2013
Christine Lagarde outlines the challenges of global economic recovery
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Mathieu Kassovitz - Actor and Director
Fri 19 Apr 2013
"I'm out of this country." Why is the darling of French cinema leaving France?
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Steffen Kampeter – Deputy Finance Minister, Germany
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Just how big a price is Germany prepared to pay to save the euro-project?
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Jeremy Irons - Actor
Mon 15 Apr 2013
Could being an actor with very strong opinions get him into trouble?
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Lord Maurice Saatchi - UK Conservative Party Chairman (2003-2005)
Fri 12 Apr 2013
The advertising guru who helped define and sell what Margaret Thatcher stood for.
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Sir John Holmes - Former UN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator
Wed 10 Apr 2013
Does humanitarian aid work for those who need it most?
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Mimoza Kusari-Lila - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry, Kosovo
Mon 8 Apr 2013
Are Kosovo and Serbia ready to address their bitter and dysfunctional relationship?
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Patrick Chinamasa - Justice Minister of Zimbabwe
Fri 5 Apr 2013
Is the relationship between the UK and Zimbabwe improving?
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Daniel Dennett – Philosopher and Cognitive Scientist
Mon 1 Apr 2013
Do humans want to live in a world where atheism rules and religion is dead?
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Major General Robert Mood - Former Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria
Fri 29 Mar 2013
What should the outside world be doing as Syria sinks ever deeper into civil war?
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Alassane Ouattara - President of Ivory Coast
Wed 27 Mar 2013
Zeinab Badawi talks to the president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara.
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Kishore Mahbubani - Author and former diplomat
Mon 25 Mar 2013
Stephen Sackur speaks to Kishore Mahbubani, the former diplomat turned provocative thinker
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Gareth Thomas - Former Wales Rugby Captain
Fri 22 Mar 2013
Stephen Sackur speaks to Welsh rugby legend, Gareth Thomas.
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Victor Ponta - Prime Minister of Romania
Wed 20 Mar 2013
Zeinab Badawi talks to Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta.
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Kenneth Clarke - Conservative Government Minister, UK
Mon 18 Mar 2013
Stephen Sackur talks to veteran Conservative cabinet minister Ken Clarke.
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Theodor Meron - President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Fri 15 Mar 2013
Theodor Meron talks about the international legal framework for delivering justice.
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Moncef Marzouki - President of Tunisia
Wed 13 Mar 2013
The success of Tunisia's revolution has been threatened by growing internal tensions.
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Lord Bilimoria – Founder and Chairman, Cobra Beer
Mon 11 Mar 2013
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Indian born British entrepreneur, Karan Bilimoria.
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Timo Soini - Leader, The Finns Party
Fri 8 Mar 2013
A Finnish nationalist wants to see the Eurozone dismantled.
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