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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Oleksii Reznikov: An invasion of Ukraine?
Wed 19 Jan 2022
We speak to the Ukrainian defence minister and ask could Russia invade Ukraine?
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Kathleen Stock: The debate about sex, gender and equality
Mon 17 Jan 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to philosopher and author Kathleen Stock
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Baroness Helena Kennedy QC: Fighting for equality in British law
Fri 14 Jan 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the barrister and UK Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy
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Sathnam Sanghera: Confronting Britain's history
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to a bestselling British Indian writer
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Bryan Stevenson: Will equality ever be more than a dream in the US?
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the US civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson
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Nureldin Satti: Sudan's coup
Fri 7 Jan 2022
We speak to Sudan's former US Ambassador, and ask him if the generals will give up power
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Laurence Tribe: Is the US system of government in peril?
Wed 5 Jan 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Harvard University constitutional law professor
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Trust in science
Mon 20 Dec 2021
Are we losing our ability to separate scientific fact from fiction?
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Ernesto Araújo: Has Brazil failed to protect its people?
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to President Bolsonaro’s former Foreign Minister
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Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov: Fighting for a free press
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the joint winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
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John Kerry: US Special Envoy for Climate
Fri 10 Dec 2021
Can America lead an effective global response to the climate change emergency?
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Moeed Yusuf: What will a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan mean for Pakistan?
Wed 8 Dec 2021
Stephen Sackur interviews National Security Adviser of Pakistan Moeed Yusuf
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Paul Auster: 'We are divided in ways we have never seen before'
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Another chance to hear Stephen Sackur 2021 interview with the late Paul Auster
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Ken Buck: Big tech and Republican politics
Wed 1 Dec 2021
Is Donald Trump still at the heart of American conservatives' worldview?
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Nicolai Tangen: Can Norway move on from fossil fuels?
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man behind Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund
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Rana Ayyub: Abuse, intimidation and legal threats
Fri 26 Nov 2021
We speak to Rana Ayyub, who has dug deep into the past and present of India's PM
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Péter Márki-Zay: Can Viktor Orban be beaten at the ballot box?
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Stephen Sackur interviews the Hungarian opposition leader
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Ryan Girdusky: Race and education in America
Mon 22 Nov 2021
A conservative activist claims America’s schoolchildren are being brainwashed about race
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George Takei: Growing up in an internment camp
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Stephen Sackur talks to George Takei, forever famous as Lieutenant Sulu in Star Trek
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Ritchie Torres: Is America ready to embrace progressive politics?
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to a rising star of the Democratic Party
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Pawel Jablonski: Could Poland exit the EU?
Fri 12 Nov 2021
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Poland's deputy foreign minister
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Patrice Evra: The flaws in football
Wed 10 Nov 2021
Why a former Manchester United and France star has revealed his emotional scars
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Mike Leigh: Art and the cinema
Mon 8 Nov 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's most acclaimed directors
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Prime Minister Albin Kurti: Is he a source of instability in the Balkans?
Fri 5 Nov 2021
Albin Kurti has been a political prisoner and now sees Kosovo unifying with Albania
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Fiona Hill: What did Trump mean for America and the world?
Wed 3 Nov 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key witness in President Trump's first impeachment trial
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Fatih Birol: Can greenhouse gas emissions be eliminated?
Mon 1 Nov 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the executive director of the International Energy Agency
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Bruno Le Maire: Is France looking for a new economic direction?
Fri 29 Oct 2021
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has ambitions for a more dynamic and green economy
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Ariel Dorfman: Ghosts of the past
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Chilean-American writer
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David Baddiel, Comedian and writer
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to writer and comedian David Baddiel
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Andrew Forrest: Mega-polluter turned climate revolutionary
Fri 22 Oct 2021
Why is an Australian mining billionaire trying to push a green agenda?
