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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Claude Joseph: Can Haiti be saved?
Mon 4 Apr 2022
What will it take to resolve the Caribbean nation's crises?
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Maria Butina: What is Russia achieving in Ukraine?
Fri 1 Apr 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to a pro-Putin member of Russia’s state Duma
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Mairead McGuinness: How far will the EU go to support Kyiv?
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU commissioner for financial services
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Ilya Ponomarev: A former Russian MP on fighting Putin
Fri 25 Mar 2022
Gabriel Gatehouse speaks to an ex-Russian MP who is fighting in Ukraine - against Russia
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Francis Fukuyama: The end of the end of history?
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Sarah Montague speaks to the renowned political scientist
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Iván Fischer, Conductor and Composer
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Iván Fischer, Conductor and Composer
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Tobias Ellwood: How should the West stand up to Putin?
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee
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Jonas Gahr Støre: Easing Europe off Russian energy
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the prime minister of Norway
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Jonas Gahr Støre: Easing Europe off Russian energy
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: Is the fate of Belarus tied to the fate of Ukraine?
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the exiled leader of Belarus's opposition
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Michael Carpenter: Is this a new age of conflict?
Wed 9 Mar 2022
Will Russia's invasion of Ukraine lead to a new, long-term cold war?
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Former Ukrainian PM
Mon 7 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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Andrey Kurkov: Putin's attack on Ukraine's identity
Wed 2 Mar 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Ukraine's most celebrated novelists
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David Miliband: President of the International Rescue Committee
Tue 1 Mar 2022
Is the West doing enough in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine?
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Iván Fischer: The power and joy of music
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned Hungarian conductor and composer
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Leonid Volkov: How strong is Putin's grip on Russia?
Fri 25 Feb 2022
How should the West respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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Ingrid Betancourt: Can Colombia defeat corruption?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Colombian presidential candidate
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Jamie Raskin, Democrat Congressman, House Committe to Investigative January 6th Attack
Fri 18 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jamie Raskin, US Congressman (Dem)
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Yuri Vitrenko: Russia, Ukraine and Europe's energy
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of Naftogaz, Ukraine's biggest energy company
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Kiril Petkov: Is Bulgaria ready to stand up to Russia?
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews the Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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Michael McCaul: Is Biden up to facing off with Putin?
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Michael McCaul accuses President Biden of not standing up to Mr Putin in Ukraine
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Marine Le Pen: France's future president?
Mon 7 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the longtime leader of the French far right
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Gabrielius Landsbergis: Tension in Eastern Europe
Fri 4 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the foreign minister of Lithuania
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Bassem Youssef: Do we expect too much from satire?
Wed 2 Feb 2022
Stephen Sackur talks to a satirist who made his name during Egypt's popular uprising
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Isabel Allende: What does South America's future hold?
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the acclaimed Chilean author
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Mariana Mazzucato: The space race and our economic futures
Fri 28 Jan 2022
An influential economist discusses what drives innovation
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Mohammad Marandi: Iran's nuclear negotiations
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the adviser to Iran’s negotiators in Vienna
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Damian Collins: Can Boris Johnson be trusted?
Fri 21 Jan 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews a Conservative MP who has been working on online regulation