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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Motaz Azaiza: Photographing Gaza
Mon 2 Sep 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza
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Andris Sprūds: Is Latvia on a war footing?
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Latvia’s defence minister Andris Sprūds.
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Neil Lawrence: Being human in the age of the machine
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to leading artificial intelligence researcher Neil Lawrence
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Nicola Procaccini: How has hard-right rule changed Italy?
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur talks to an MEP and confidant of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni
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Olha Stefanishyna: Does Ukraine's Russia offensive make sense?
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Ukraine’s deputy prime ministers
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Karuna Nundy: Human rights and justice in India
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a prominent Indian lawyer
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Shannon Watts: Will the votes of white women swing the Trump-Harris race?
Fri 16 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a US political activist and Kamala Harris fundraiser
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Pavel Latushka: Can change in Belarus only come with change in Moscow?
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushka
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Ian Goldin: Is migration a drag or a driver of progress?
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned economist and professor of globalisation
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Chris Ruddy: Is Trump's team worried?
Fri 9 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of conservative media group Newsmax
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Garry Conille: What can he do for Haiti?
Wed 7 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Haiti’s interim prime minister
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The whistleblowers
Mon 5 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur looks back at guests who have risked their liberty to reveal information.
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Ohad Tal: Is Israel gearing up for a multi-front war?
Fri 2 Aug 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an influential far-right Israeli politician
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Adam Smith: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a US Democratic party congressman
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Syed Zafar Islam: Will Narendra Modi change course?
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a spokesman for the Indian prime minister's BJP party
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Taro Kono: Can Japan reboot itself for the 21st Century?
Fri 26 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Japan's Digital Transformation Minister, Taro Kono
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Maria Corina Machado: Can Venezuela's fortunes change?
Wed 24 Jul 2024
Sarah Montague speaks to a politician banned from Venezuela's presidential election
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Oliver McTernan: Is peace in the Middle East an impossible dream?
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Sarah Montague speaks to the former Catholic priest turned conflict negotiator
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Maria Butina: Is time on Russia's side?
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an MP from President Putin’s United Russia party
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Laurie Bristow: The West's failure in Afghanistan
Fri 12 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Britain’s last ambassador to Afghanistan
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Ilya Ponomarev: How significant is Russian resistance to Putin?
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key leader of an anti-Putin armed resistance movement
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Asma Khan: Can cooking change the world?
Mon 8 Jul 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks with restaurateur and activist Asma Khan
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Husam Zomlot: Is diplomacy dead in the Israel-Gaza conflict?
Wed 3 Jul 2024
The top Palestinian diplomat in London on whether hopes for a ceasefire have been dashed
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Fabrice Leggeri: What would a far-right victory mean for France?
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an MEP in Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party
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Sachin Pilot: Is India heading for consensus or chaos?
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur interviews a senior figure from the opposition Indian National Congress
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Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine war at critical juncture
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur interviews Ukraine’s foreign minister
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Mathieu Kassovitz: Where is France going?
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of one of France's most acclaimed films, La Haine
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Akinwumi Adesina: Africa rising?
Mon 17 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the President of the African Development Bank
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Jean-Noël Barrot: A snap election in France
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the French Minister Delegate for Europe