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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Actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador - Ashley Judd
Mon 15 Jan 2018
How far can the movement demanding radical change in Hollywood go?
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Former Zimbabwean Cabinet Minister - Jonathan Moyo
Fri 12 Jan 2018
How does Jonathan Moyo see the future of Zimbabwe?
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Comedian and Disability Advocate - Maysoon Zayid
Wed 10 Jan 2018
Where do you draw the line in comedy between what’s funny and what’s going too far?
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Co-founder of Hamas' Political Bureau - Mahmoud Zahar
Mon 8 Jan 2018
Are the Palestinians staring defeat in the face?
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Britain's former Foreign Secretary - Lord David Owen
Fri 5 Jan 2018
How will leaving the EU affect the UK's sense of itself and its international standing?
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Last surviving British Dambuster - George 'Johnny' Johnson
Wed 3 Jan 2018
Why has the Dambusters raid become such a part of Britain’s national folklore?
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Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett
Wed 20 Dec 2017
Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Jerusalem, Netanyahu and Iran.
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Sudan's Minister of Foreign Affairs - Ibrahim Ghandour
Fri 15 Dec 2017
Is Sudan's government coming in from the cold?
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Chef and Restaurateur - Marcus Wareing
Wed 13 Dec 2017
We are now obsessed with good food but is that altogether healthy?
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow
Mon 11 Dec 2017
What use is this Nobel Peace Prize when the world’s nuclear powers are not listening?
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MP, India's Upper House - Swapan Dasgupta
Fri 8 Dec 2017
Are there any dangers in Mr Modi's populism?
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Oxfam Executive Director Winnie Byanyima
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Stephen Sackur speaks to Winnie Byanyima, the Ugandan boss of Oxfam International.
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Secretary of State for the EU, Spain - Jorge Toledo
Fri 1 Dec 2017
Can Madrid out manoeuvre the secessionists?
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Russian Presidential Candidate - Ksenia Sobchak
Wed 29 Nov 2017
Russian TV journalist Ksenia Sobchak will contest the election in Russia in March 2018
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Rockstar and businessman Gene Simmons
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Sarah Montague talks to the Kiss bassist and businessman Gene Simmons.
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Poet and playwright: Lemn Sissay
Fri 24 Nov 2017
How did Lemn Sissay find a remarkable poetic voice amongst dark and painful experiences?
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Former Managing Director of Leeds United - David Haigh
Wed 22 Nov 2017
Is it safe to do business in the United Arab Emirates?
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Director - Baz Luhrmann
Mon 20 Nov 2017
How did a boy from the Australian backwoods get to make his celluloid dreams come true?
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President and CEO, International Rescue Committee - David Miliband
Fri 17 Nov 2017
Why are governments around the world are failing to meet the migration challenge?
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Saudi Journalist - Jamal Khashoggi
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Is the Saudi drama about raw power or real reform?
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Conservative Party MP, UK - Jacob Rees-Mogg
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Can the UK Tory party get out of the quagmire it's in?
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Chairman, European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee - David McAllister MEP
Wed 8 Nov 2017
How far does Berlin want to push EU integration?
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US Energy Secretary (2013–2017) - Ernest Moniz
Mon 6 Nov 2017
How significant will President Trump’s U-turns on Obama-era agreements prove to be?
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Republican Left of Catalonia party - Alfred Bosch
Fri 3 Nov 2017
Have the secessionists scored a massive own goal?
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Zambia's Opposition Leader - Hakainde Hichilema
Wed 1 Nov 2017
Is Zambia's opposition leader destabilising the country?
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CEO of The King Center - Dr Bernice A King
Mon 30 Oct 2017
Does the daughter of Martin Luther King believe racism is on the rise again in the US?
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Former Judge, South Africa Constitutional Court - Albie Sachs
Fri 27 Oct 2017
He says the post-apartheid constitution is one of the world's best. Why do some disagree?
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Professor of Robot Ethics Alan Winfield
Mon 23 Oct 2017
Are we creating machines which could turn the dark visions of science fiction into fact?
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Shadow Foreign Secretary, UK - Emily Thornberry MP
Fri 20 Oct 2017
What would the UK opposition party do about Brexit?
