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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Director General of the IPPF - Tewodros Melesse
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Does the IPPF's support of abortion justify the halt in US government funding?
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Lebanon’s Deputy Prime Minister - Ghassan Hasbani
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Is it the right time for Syrian refugees to return home to safe zones?
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UAE's Ambassador to Russia - Omar Saif Ghobash
Mon 24 Jul 2017
What does the UAE hope to achieve by isolating Qatar?
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Composer Mohammed Fairouz
Wed 19 Jul 2017
His aim is to foster cultural crossover ; can this US-Emirati artist avoid taking sides?
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Zimbabwe opposition leader - Welshman Ncube
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Can Zimbabwe's opposition defeat President Robert Mugabe in elections next year?
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan - President of Turkey
Fri 14 Jul 2017
Is President Erdogan a danger to democracy in Turkey?
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Writer and activist - Naomi Klein
Wed 12 Jul 2017
Are radical policies needed to address the current ills of the US?
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Chief of Army Staff, Nigeria - Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Is the Nigerian army effective in securing the country?
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Prosecutor, International Criminal Court - Fatou Bensouda
Wed 5 Jul 2017
What does Fatou Bensouda, a Prosecutor at the ICC, say in the Court's defence?
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US Senator for Connecticut (1989-2013) - Joe Lieberman
Mon 3 Jul 2017
Is Donald Trump fundamentally changing America's global role?
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Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Moshe Ya'alon was Israel's Minister of Defence from 2013 until he resigned in May 2016.
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Screenwriter and LGBTQ Activist Dustin Lance Black
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Stephen Sackur speaks to the American Screenwriter and LGBTQ activist Dustin Lance Black
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South Africa's Public Protector (2009-2016) - Thuli Madonsela
Mon 26 Jun 2017
Are allegations of cronyism and corruption against President Zuma about to be dismissed?
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Philippines Senator - Antonio Trillanes
Fri 23 Jun 2017
Is President Duterte taking the Philippines and the region in a new direction?
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Former President of Russian Railways - Vladimir Yakunin
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Are cracks showing in the Putin project?
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Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister - Alexander De Croo
Fri 16 Jun 2017
Does Europe view Britain's travails with sympathy or relish?
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Economist Stephen King
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Economist Stephen King explains why globalization might be going into reverse.
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US Democratic Party Insider - Jake Sullivan
Mon 12 Jun 2017
Is President Trump proving effective in important foreign policy issues?
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Nicola Benyahia - Founder of anti-radicalisation service Families for Life
Fri 9 Jun 2017
How best to stop young men being drawn into jihadi terrorism?
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Civil Rights Activist - Rachel Dolezal
Wed 7 Jun 2017
Is our racial identity something we can define for ourselves?
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US Politician - Bernie Sanders
Mon 5 Jun 2017
Did Bernie Sanders plant the seeds of a political revolution in the United States?
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Head of UN Mission in South Sudan - David Shearer
Fri 2 Jun 2017
What hope is there for the people of South Sudan?
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Executive Editor of the New York Times - Dean Baquet
Wed 31 May 2017
Does the New York Times' claim to be fair in its reporting stand up to scrutiny?
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Sir Suma Chakrabarti - President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Mon 29 May 2017
Can a bank make money and promote democratic values?
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Midlle East Specialist - Gilles Kepel
Fri 26 May 2017
In the wake of Manchester is the West any closer to an effective counter terror strategy?
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Turkish Author - Elif Shafak
Wed 24 May 2017
Does the West get anywhere close to understanding Turkey's complex culture and politics?
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Nigeria's Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu
Mon 22 May 2017
Can oil dependent Nigeria transform itself into a modern trading economy?
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Speaker of the Venezuelan Parliament Julio Borges
Fri 19 May 2017
Stephen Sackur talks to the speaker of the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
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Director of Europol - Rob Wainwright
Wed 17 May 2017
Are the cyber-crooks several steps ahead of the cyber-cops?
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Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade - Charles Flanagan
Mon 15 May 2017
Will Brexit have catastrophic consequences across the Irish Sea?
