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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André Leon Talley: Race, fashion and Vogue
Wed 24 Jun 2020
The former creative director at US Vogue looks back at his years in the fashion industry
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Chile Eboe-Osuji: Can the International Criminal Court achieve its goals?
Mon 22 Jun 2020
How will the institution cope in the face of hostility from President Trump?
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Jim McGovern: Can Biden unite the left?
Fri 19 Jun 2020
We speak to leftist Congressman Jim McGovern and ask if Biden can unite the Democrats
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Arancha Gonzalez: Why isn't the world working together?
Wed 17 Jun 2020
How much damage has the pandemic done to international collaboration?
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Epidemiologist Ian Lipkin: Are we getting the pandemic response right?
Mon 15 Jun 2020
A world-renowned epidemiologist analyses the international response to Covid-19
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Simon Cheng: 'We need to fight for democracy in Hong Kong and China'
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Simon Cheng was detained in China while working for the UK's Hong Kong consulate
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Mary Frances Berry: A new era in civil rights?
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Will the protests sweeping across the United States be a catalyst for genuine change?
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James Graham: How much do we care about protecting our culture?
Mon 8 Jun 2020
What happens next to the writers, performers and venues that enrich our lives?
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Rutger Bregman: Are humans essentially good?
Fri 5 Jun 2020
Do we humans massively underestimate our capacity to change things for the better?
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Mário Centeno: Can the Euro survive Covid?
Wed 3 Jun 2020
We speak to Portuguese Finance Minister & Head of the Euro group, Mário Centeno
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National General Secretary of India's BJP, Ram Madhav
Mon 1 Jun 2020
Ram Madhav is National General Secretary of India's ruling BJP
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Raghuram Rajan: Should economies pile up debt to cope with Covid-19?
Fri 29 May 2020
Former Governor of India's Reserve Bank and IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan
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Rocco Forte: Can hotels recover?
Mon 25 May 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Rocco Forte, boss of a string of luxury hotels
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French Minister for Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire: EU faces 'gravest crisis'
Fri 22 May 2020
France's Minister for Economy and Finance on how the EU should respond to the pandemic
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Anders Tegnell: Is Sweden the best model for coronavirus response?
Mon 18 May 2020
Sweden's no-lockdown response has attracted worldwide attention - is it working?
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David Miliband: President, International Rescue Committee
Fri 15 May 2020
Former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband on international response to coronavirus
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Luiz Henrique Mandetta: Brazil's sacked Health Minister speaks out
Mon 11 May 2020
Fired by Pres Bolsonaro, we ask Mr Mandetta if Brazil risks being the new Covid epicentre
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US Democrat Senate Candidate Jaime Harrison: Joe Biden 'bringing calm to the storm we're in'
Fri 8 May 2020
Jaime Harrison is running against Republican Senator Lindsay Graham in South Carolina
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Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld: 'Decline of the EU is possible but it's in our own hands'
Mon 4 May 2020
Pro-EU Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld on challenges for the EU as it deals with coronavirus
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Liu Xiaoming: Is China a victim of Covid-19 or the source of the problem?
Fri 1 May 2020
Can the world trust China to come clean over the Covid-19 virus?
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Yuval Noah Harari: Covid-19 - a new regime of surveillance?
Mon 27 Apr 2020
What 21st-century lesson can we draw from the spread of Covid-19?
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Zoltan Kovacs: Is the EU facing its first de facto dictatorship?
Fri 24 Apr 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication
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David Nabarro: Is the WHO failing its greatest test?
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's special envoy for Covid-19
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Brian Cox: From poverty to Succession
Mon 13 Apr 2020
What drives the star of the hit HBO drama Succession?
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Jens Stoltenberg: Has Nato risen to the challenge of Covid-19?
Fri 10 Apr 2020
Could Covid-19 enhance or undermine multi-lateral institutions?
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Ola Källenius: Surviving coronavirus's economic shock
Fri 27 Mar 2020
What will the economic landscape look like when the pandemic is over?
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Antonio Guterres: How should the UN fight Covid-19?
Wed 25 Mar 2020
The Secretary General of the United Nations talks to Zeinab Badawi
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Margaret Heffernan: Is it time to embrace uncertainty?
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Acclaimed writer Margaret Heffernan has published a book on the fallacies of forecasting.
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Laurence Boone: Is enough being done to prevent a recession?
Fri 20 Mar 2020
The chief economist at the global economic forum, the OECD, discusses Covid-19
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Eoin Ó Broin: Will Sinn Fein be part of Ireland's government?
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Does political uncertainty now make Ireland especially vulnerable to coronavirus?
