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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Yemen's Foreign Minister - Khaled Alyemany
Mon 18 Feb 2019
Is there any political or diplomatic initiative capable of saving Yemen?
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Deputy President, Kenya - William Ruto
Fri 15 Feb 2019
Is Kenya's ruling political partnership in danger of collapse?
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March for our Lives co-founder Cameron Kasky
Wed 13 Feb 2019
Stephen Sackur speaks to Cameron Kasky, co-founder of the March for our Lives movement
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Ireland's former Prime Minister - Bertie Ahern
Fri 8 Feb 2019
Sarah Montague talks to Ireland's former Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern.
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Former Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa
Wed 6 Feb 2019
Is Venezuela's socialist revolution in its death throes?
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Laura Boldrini MP, Former Speaker, Chamber of Deputies in Italy
Fri 1 Feb 2019
Laura Boldrini MP is the former speaker of the Italian parliament's lower chamber
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Former Interior Minister, Afghanistan - Amrullah Saleh
Wed 30 Jan 2019
Is it time for this war exhausted country to give peace a chance?
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Explorer and aviator Bertrand Piccard
Mon 28 Jan 2019
What drives some people to push the boundaries of existing knowledge and experience?
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UK's Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell
Fri 25 Jan 2019
The UK's Shadow Chancellor, the Labour Party's John McDonnell, on Brexit negotiations.
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Malaysia's Minister for Youth and Sport - Syed Saddiq
Wed 23 Jan 2019
Can Asia's youngest minister force change in a country run by the world's oldest PM?
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Tanzanian Opposition MP - Tundu Lissu
Mon 21 Jan 2019
Can Tanzanians be moved away from a ‘strongman’ style of government?
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Economy and Finance Minister, France - Bruno Le Maire
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Has France's Macron moment already passed?
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Adviser to President Trump's 2020 campaign - Mica Mosbacher
Wed 16 Jan 2019
Is the Trump Presidency making America great or greatly diminished?
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Jonathan Coe - Writer
Mon 14 Jan 2019
Jonathan Coe's latest novel looks at Brexit's impact on British society
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President, Conference of European Rabbis - Pinchas Goldschmidt
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Is rising anti-Semitism a symptom of a liberal order that is starting to crumble?
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General Secretary, Unite Union, UK - Len McCluskey
Wed 9 Jan 2019
Could Brexit break the left apart?
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Dr William Frankland, Allergist and WW2 Prisoner of War
Mon 7 Jan 2019
William Frankland was a prisoner of war and later a world famous allergist
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Gulnur Aybet, Senior Adviser to President of Turkey
Mon 17 Dec 2018
When it comes to respect for universal rights how much authority does Turkey have?
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Finance Minister of Pakistan - Asad Umar
Wed 12 Dec 2018
Asad Umar, the finance minister of Pakistan, on reforming Pakistan's economy
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Nicaraguan Dissident Felix Maradiaga
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Nicaraguan Dissident Felix Maradiaga.
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UK Astronomer Royal - Sir Martin Rees
Fri 7 Dec 2018
How do we balance the priorities of here and now with the future of human civilisation?
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Pro-Brexit Conservative MP, Owen Paterson
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Pro-Brexit Conservative MP Owen Paterson on voting against Theresa May's Brexit deal
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Brexit Steering Group, European Parliament - Danuta Hübner MEP
Mon 3 Dec 2018
Is the EU ready to deal with potential Brexit chaos?
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Former UK Transport Minister Jo Johnson
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Is there a credible alternative to the Prime Minister's Brexit plan?
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Saudi exile - Abdullah Alaoudh
Wed 28 Nov 2018
Can anyone or anything challenge Saudi authoritarianism?
