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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Oleksandra Matviichuk and Yan Rachinsky: Fighting for civil rights
Wed 14 Dec 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to two of this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureates
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Allen Ault: Opposing the death penalty
Fri 9 Dec 2022
A 2014 interview with Allen Ault, who became a campaigner against the death penalty
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David Friedberg: Can tech fix our biggest challenges?
Wed 7 Dec 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the billionaire investor David Friedberg.
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Daniel Ellsberg: Does the US military have too much power?
Mon 5 Dec 2022
Stephen Sackur meets the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who exposed US lies about Vietnam
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London Breed: What does San Francisco reveal about the US?
Fri 2 Dec 2022
Stephen Sackur is in the US to speak to San Francisco’s mayor
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Rachel Clarke: Talking honestly about the end of life
Wed 30 Nov 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the palliative care doctor and writer
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Barbara Chase-Riboud: Monuments and controversy
Mon 28 Nov 2022
How should society deal with public monuments to controversial figures from the past?
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Getachew Reda: Have Tigray's rebels surrendered?
Fri 25 Nov 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man who signed the Tigray peace deal on behalf of the TPLF
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Chelsea Manning: Does transparency justify leaking state secrets?
Wed 23 Nov 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former analyst who leaked a trove of US military secrets
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Salome Zourabichvili: How much does Georgia have to fear from Russia?
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Zeinab Badawi interviews the president of Georgia
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Ronald Lamola: Does the ANC have answers for South Africa's problems?
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Zeinab Badawi interviews one of the rising stars of South Africa's ruling party
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Mark Wolf: Does the world need a new anti-corruption court?
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Why an American judge thinks a new court is needed to put corrupt leaders on trial
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David Dimbleby: Are journalistic values under threat?
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Britain's most celebrated journalists
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Gerard Lyons: Is Britain's economy up to scratch?
Wed 9 Nov 2022
Can Britain’s economy bounce back, or is any optimism misplaced?
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Sauli Niinistö: Finland's new strategic direction
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Finnish President
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Ben Hodges: Is Ukrainian victory inevitable?
Fri 4 Nov 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former commander of the US army in Europe.
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Rafael Grossi: Is nuclear power ever risk-free?
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Dimitar Kovačevski: Can North Macedonia finally join the EU?
Mon 31 Oct 2022
We speak to the PM of North Macedonia and ask what's next for the young country
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Matthew Collins: Taking on the far right
Wed 26 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the writer and anti-racism campaigner
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Audrey Tang: Can Taiwan forge its own path?
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Taiwan's digital minister
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Jan Lipavský: Will energy crisis break Europe's stand against Moscow?
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Czech foreign minister, an ardent supporter of Ukraine
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German Galushchenko: How vulnerable is Ukraine?
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine’s energy minister
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Dr Anthony Fauci: What did the US get wrong about Covid?
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man who was at the forefront of America's Covid response
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Amin Salam: Is Lebanon heading for meltdown?
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews Lebanon’s minister of economy and trade
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Maggie Haberman: Donald Trump and journalistic responsibility
Fri 7 Oct 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the author of a new book about Donald Trump's rise and fall
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Boris Grebenshchikov: Culture and protest in Russia
Wed 5 Oct 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Russian rock musician exiled in London
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Masih Alinejad: A revolution for Iranian women?
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Iranian women’s rights activist
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Evgeny Popov: Russia's mobilisation
Wed 28 Sep 2022
We speak to Russian MP, Putin loyalist and influential TV host Evgeny Popov.
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Reverend Richard Coles: Living with grief
Mon 26 Sep 2022
How a priest and broadcaster faced the shock of his husband's death
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Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze: Can Putin’s threats undermine support for Ukraine?
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the Ukrainian parliament’s EU Integration Committee
