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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Venezuelan Opposition Ambassador to the UK - Vanessa Neumann
Wed 8 May 2019
Is Venezuela on the brink of regime change or has the opposition seriously miscalculated?
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UK Foreign Secretary - Jeremy Hunt
Mon 6 May 2019
Post-Brexit, how will Britain stack up as a source of global power and influence?
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Vice President, Centre for China and Globalization - Victor Gao
Fri 3 May 2019
Is China becoming more authoritarian under President Xi JinPing?
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Former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York - Preet Bharara
Wed 1 May 2019
One of the US's most powerful federal prosecutors until President Trump fired him in 2017
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Afghan Presidential Special Peace Envoy - Mohammad Umer Daudzai
Mon 29 Apr 2019
What will it take to bring peace to Afghanistan?
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Chairman, Sudan’s Transitional Military Council - Lt General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Can Sudan make the transition to a democratic government?
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Presidential candidate, DRC - Martin Fayulu
Wed 24 Apr 2019
Can the Democratic Republic of Congo set itself on a path of peace and reconciliation?
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Wole Soyinka, Nobel Literature laureate
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Nigerian writer and Nobel Literature laureate, Wole Soyinka
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Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, Germany - Olaf Scholz
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Does Germany need to reboot its economic model?
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Chairman, Sudan Reform Now - Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
Wed 17 Apr 2019
How soon can Sudan become a democracy?
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Writer - Edouard Louis
Mon 15 Apr 2019
Is anger the fuel that propels Edouard Louis to write his books?
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Jason Rezaian, journalist imprisoned in Tehran, 2014 - 2016
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Jason Rezaian worked for the Washington Post in Tehran when he was arrested and jailed
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Apollo 11 astronaut - Michael Collins
Wed 10 Apr 2019
Fifty years on, what was the significance of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon?
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Former US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns
Mon 8 Apr 2019
Stephen Sackur speaks to former US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.
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Philippe Lamberts MEP
Fri 5 Apr 2019
Stephen Sackur talks to Philippe Lamberts MEP. Will Britain get more time to exit the EU?
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Bernard Chan of the Hong Kong Executive Council
Mon 1 Apr 2019
How much autonomy does Hong Kong really enjoy?
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Former Trump campaign adviser - George Papadopoulos
Fri 29 Mar 2019
The first Trump campaign member to be convicted as a result of the Mueller probe
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Ken Clarke MP – Former Conservative Chancellor
Wed 27 Mar 2019
How close to breaking point is Britain’s political system?
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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of Nato
Mon 25 Mar 2019
Former Norwegian PM and secretary general of Nato since 2014, Jens Stoltenberg
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Interim President, World Bank - Kristalina Georgieva
Wed 20 Mar 2019
Is the World Bank braced for turbulence ahead?
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Former chief constable of Kent Police, UK - Michael Fuller
Mon 18 Mar 2019
Is UK policing fit for purpose?
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Deputy of Venezuela’s Voluntad Popular party - Juan Andres Mejia
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Is there a way out of Venezuela’s protracted agony?
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Israeli author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Wed 13 Mar 2019
Does her work tell us something important about the Israeli psyche?
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British rapper Professor Green
Mon 11 Mar 2019
What can we learn from Professor Green's determination to break mental health taboos?
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Prime Minister of Italy (2016 – 2018) - Paolo Gentiloni
Fri 8 Mar 2019
Whose message is resonating with European voters in upcoming parliamentary elections?
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Former British diplomat, and National Security Adviser - Lord Ricketts
Wed 6 Mar 2019
Is Brexit Britain's most serious peace time crisis since World War Two?
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Russian journalist - Galina Timchenko
Fri 1 Mar 2019
Is President Putin crushing press freedom in Russia?
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Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Péter Szijjártó
Wed 27 Feb 2019
Can Hungary's ruling party win Europe’s battle of ideas?
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US-Lebanese comedian - Nemr Abou Nassar
Mon 25 Feb 2019
Do some comics risk promoting misunderstanding and perpetuating stereotypes in comedy?
