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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Sir Andrew Pollard: The war on Covid-19
Fri 6 Aug 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
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RoseAnne Archibald: Uncovering Canada's dark past
Wed 4 Aug 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Canadian First Nations leader and politician
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Sir Hilary Beckles: Reparations for slavery
Mon 2 Aug 2021
How to address the sins and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade?
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Lazarus Chakwera: President of Malawi
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Can the Malawian President keep the promises he made to voters last year?
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Péter Szijjártó: Is Hungary undermining European values?
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Hungarian Foreign Minister
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Hamdullah Mohib: Can the Afghan government hold out against the Taliban?
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Sarah Montague speaks to Afghanistan's National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib
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Fikile Mbalula: Is South Africa's government being confronted with its own failure?
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa’s transport minister
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Laurent Lamothe: Can anything be done to end Haiti's suffering?
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Haitian Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe
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Michael Holding: Can sport win its fight against racism?
Mon 19 Jul 2021
A cricketing great on his stand against racism and his support for taking the knee
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Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho: Can courage overcome injustice?
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Mexican journalist and activist Lydia Cacho is currently in exile for her own safety
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Jess Phillips: What happened to progressive politics?
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the prominent Labour MP
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James Lovelock: The future of life on Earth
Mon 12 Jul 2021
A 2021 interview with the scientist behind the Gaia hypothesis
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Writer Lionel Shriver
Wed 7 Jul 2021
Lionel Shriver's latest book explores themes around ageing and voluntary euthanasia
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Christian Happi: Can Africa become a world leader in vaccine development?
Mon 5 Jul 2021
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Professor of Genomics Christian Happi.
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Victor Gao: 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Is Beijing's method of governing fit for the future?
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Zainab Ahmed: Can Nigeria avert financial meltdown?
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Nigeria’s finance minister
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Rawdah Mohamed: Fashion and Muslim women
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Can fashion overturn negative stereotypes of Muslim women?
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REM lead singer Michael Stipe
Mon 21 Jun 2021
The American rock band REM split up in 2011 after 31 years together
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Johan Lundgren, EasyJet CEO: Can his business model survive Covid and climate change?
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Johan Lundgren, CEO of budget airline giant EasyJet on the future of the aviation
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Jens Stoltenberg: Is the old alliance ready to tackle new threats?
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Secretary General of NATO
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Ben Rhodes: President Biden's foreign policy challenges
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to Barack Obama's former national security adviser
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Michael Rosen: Surviving Covid-19
Mon 7 Jun 2021
How an author found poetry in a near-death experience
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Tom Kerridge: Has the pandemic changed the way we eat?
Fri 4 Jun 2021
Will restaurants come back to life after the pandemic?
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John Nkengasong: Can Africa meet its vaccination targets?
Wed 2 Jun 2021
Hardtalk speaks to the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
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Doug Gurr: Advocating for planet Earth
Mon 31 May 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of the Natural History Museum in London
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Fawad Chaudhry: Is Imran Khan reneging on his promises to Pakistan?
Fri 28 May 2021
What happened to Imran Khan’s pledge to deliver clean, transparent governance?
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Tito Mboweni: How much has Covid damaged South Africa?
Wed 26 May 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's finance minister
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Ben Hodges: Is America's global power waning?
Mon 24 May 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Commander of the US Army in Europe
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Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s Ambassador to the EU
Fri 21 May 2021
Is confrontation with the West, President Putin’s strategic choice?
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Husam Zomlot: Palestine's balance of power
Wed 19 May 2021
How much influence does the Palestinian Authority have in the latest conflict?
