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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Sima Samar – Chairperson, Afghan Human Rights Commission
Mon 17 Dec 2012
Does Sima Samar have the right strategy to win greater freedoms for Afghan women?
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Leila Shahid – Palestinian Authority Ambassador to the EU
Fri 14 Dec 2012
Is the game up for Palestine's old guard moderates?
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Jan Cheek - Executive Councillor, Falkland Islands Government
Wed 12 Dec 2012
Falkland Islanders if they want to remain a British overseas territory. Should they agree?
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José Manuel Barroso - President of the European Commission
Mon 10 Dec 2012
Is Europe's economic crisis a threat to the continent's peace?
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Carlos Ghosn - CEO of Renault-Nissan
Fri 7 Dec 2012
Can Carlos Ghosn turn around the fortunes of Renault as he has done for Nissan?
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Mike Newell - film director
Wed 5 Dec 2012
Why did Mike Newell choose to make a film of the classic Dickens novel Great Expectations?
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Peter Voser - CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
Mon 3 Dec 2012
With economies so thirsty for energy - but at what cost?
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Jeh Johnson- General Counsel, US Department of Defense
Fri 30 Nov 2012
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Jeh Johnson, the General Counsel of the US Defense Department.
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Michael Woodford - Former CEO, Olympus
Wed 28 Nov 2012
Zeinab Badawi speaks to British businessman Michael Woodford, former CEO of Olympus.
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Frans Baleni - General Secretary, South African National Union of Mineworkers
Mon 26 Nov 2012
Shaun Ley asks about the consequences of the 'Marikana massacre' in South Africa.
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Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International
Fri 23 Nov 2012
Doesn’t Greenpeace need a new bold vision to make an impact – and if so – what is it?
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Riad Hijab, former Prime Minister of Syria
Wed 21 Nov 2012
Why did Riad Hijab defect from the regime of President Bashar al Assad?
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Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
Mon 19 Nov 2012
Could we really end poverty by returning to old fashioned ways of farming?
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James Cracknell - former Olympic rower
Fri 16 Nov 2012
What resources has Olympic rower James Cracknell needed to endure serious brain damage?
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Radoslaw Sikorski - Foreign Minister of Poland
Wed 14 Nov 2012
Do Poles really want to cede their hard won sovereignty to Brussels and Berlin?
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Leonid Kozhara - Foreign Policy Advisor to the Ukrainian President
Fri 9 Nov 2012
Tim Franks asks whether Ukraine has turned its back on the on the offer of EU membership.
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Hisham Qandil - Prime Minister, Egypt
Wed 7 Nov 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to Egypt's prime minister Hisham Qandil.
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Andreas Mavroyiannis, Deputy Minister for European Affairs for Cyprus
Mon 5 Nov 2012
Will the award of the Nobel Peace Prize boost confidence in the EU?
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Bob Shrum, Democratic Party Consultant and Campaign Strategist
Fri 2 Nov 2012
Why is President Obama struggling to rekindle the enthusiasm he generated four years ago?
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Grover Norquist - President, Americans for Tax Reform
Wed 31 Oct 2012
How credible is the Mitt Romney plan for America?
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Conrad Black - Former CEO of Hollinger International
Fri 26 Oct 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to former media baron Lord Black of Crossharbour.
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Richard Thaler - Behavioural economist
Wed 24 Oct 2012
Shaun Ley speaks to behavioural economist Richard Thaler about 'nudge' theory.
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Connie Hedegaard - European Commissioner for Climate Action
Fri 19 Oct 2012
Are Europe’s politicians failing the climate change challenge?
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Bernard Cazeneuve - Minister delegate for European Affairs, France
Wed 17 Oct 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to France's Europe minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
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Michael O’Leary, Ryanair Chief Executive
Fri 12 Oct 2012
Interview with Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair
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William Ruto: Kenyan Presidential Candidate
Wed 10 Oct 2012
Meet the Kenyan presidential candidate facing trial for crimes against humanity
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Otmar Issing – European Central Bank Board, 1998 – 2006
Mon 1 Oct 2012
Otmar Issing in conversation with Shaun Ley - does he think the euro can be saved?
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Jack Abramoff - Former US lobbyist
Fri 28 Sep 2012
Katya Adler speaks to former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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Guy Verhofstadt and Richard Ashworth – Members of The European Parliament
Wed 26 Sep 2012
Where is the EU project going and are the people of Europe behind it?
