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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Valdis Dombrovskis: Is the EU ready to aggressively defend its interests?
Wed 3 Mar 2021
The EU's Executive Vice-President about strategy inside the world's largest trading bloc
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Harvey Goldsmith: Can live music survive Covid?
Mon 1 Mar 2021
UK live music promoter Harvey Goldsmith on whether the creative world can be revived
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Dr Seth Berkley: How to ensure the whole world gets a Covid vaccine
Fri 26 Feb 2021
It’s a great ambition, but is it achievable?
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Elizabeth Neumann: The battle for the soul of the US Republican Party
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Can mainstream conservatives rescue the party from far right extremism?
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Timothy Snyder: Lessons from history
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Did the Trump presidency exhibit signs of early stage fascism?
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Douglas Stuart: Stories of tender souls in tough places
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain
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Yogendra Yadav: Are farmers' protests a defining moment for India?
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Yogendra Yadav is a prominent opponent of changes to India's farm laws
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Kirill Dmitriev: Russia's Sputnik V a vaccine for humankind?
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Russia hopes its Sputnik V vaccine can help the world beat Covid 19
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Clément Beaune: Is Covid-19 exposing weaknesses in the EU?
Fri 12 Feb 2021
France's Europe Minister on the race for vaccines in the EU
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Laurie Santos: Can we learn how to be happy?
Wed 10 Feb 2021
A psychologist assesses the mental health impact of Covid-19
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Evan Medeiros: How should Biden approach China?
Mon 8 Feb 2021
Where do US-China relations stand after Donald Trump's presidency?
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Has Belarus’s revolution stalled?
Fri 5 Feb 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Belarusian opposition leader
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Dr Soumya Swaminathan: Is vaccine inequity undermining the fight against Covid?
Wed 3 Feb 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's Chief Scientist
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Madawi Al-Rasheed: Can the Saudi Crown Prince's authority really be challenged?
Mon 1 Feb 2021
Stephen Sackur asks exiled activist Madawi Al-Rasheed: what next for Saudi Arabia?
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Thomas Byrne: Ireland's twin challenge
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Ireland's Europe Minister on Covid vaccine supplies and the country's strategic vision
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Leonid Volkov: Protests on the streets of Russia
Fri 29 Jan 2021
We speak to Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff Leonid Volkov about the Russian opposition.
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Yuli Edelstein: Israel's Covid-19 vaccination programme leads the world
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Why isn't Israel's speedy roll-out of the vaccine having more impact on infection rates?
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Lina Khan: Can big tech companies be tamed by US antitrust laws?
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Lina Khan, associate professor at New York's Columbia Law School, wants to tame big tech
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Kenneth Chan: Is democracy lost in Hong Kong?
Wed 20 Jan 2021
Activist and founding member of the Civic Party, Kenneth Chan, on Hong Kong's autonomy
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Alan Dershowitz: Trump's second impeachment
Fri 15 Jan 2021
Should President Trump be impeached again - and how will he defend himself?
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Virologist Barry Schoub: South Africa's covid situation 'is bleak'
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Barry Schoub chairs South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19 vaccines
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Admiral James Stavridis: The aftermath of the capitol riot
Fri 8 Jan 2021
The President remains Commander in Chief, but how tenable is that for the next two weeks?
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Neil Ferguson: Did the UK get its Covid strategy wrong?
Wed 6 Jan 2021
We speak to the epidemiologist whose modelling of Covid-19 saw the UK lock down
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Hermann Hauser: Is Europe failing to create tech champions?
Mon 21 Dec 2020
Facebook, Amazon, Huawei, Alibaba. All American and Chinese. Where are the Europeans?
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Christopher Ruddy: Is the media amplifying division in America?
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of the conservative Newsmax media group
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Bernardine Evaristo: Is British culture changing?
Mon 14 Dec 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
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David Beasley of the World Food Programme: Is the world set for new famines?
Fri 11 Dec 2020
Will 2021 be even worse than 2020 for those experiencing extreme hunger?
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Owase Jeelani: Making life and death decisions
Mon 7 Dec 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the paediatric neurosurgeon Owase Jeelani
