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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Professor Mohammad Marandi - University of Tehran, Iran
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Is Iran fuelling terror and conflicts in the Middle East?
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Joint leader, Zionist Union, Israel - Tzipi Livni
Wed 22 Feb 2017
Could one state for Jews, Muslims and Christians have a greater chance of peace?
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Chief Sports Writer, Sunday Times, UK - David Walsh
Mon 20 Feb 2017
Is elite sport still being devalued by the dopers?
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Film Director – John Madden
Fri 17 Feb 2017
Is Hollywood accurately reflecting the times we are living in?
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Deputy Finance Minister, Germany - Jens Spahn
Wed 15 Feb 2017
Is German politics going to reshape Europe?
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Actor and Humanitarian Activist – Forest Whitaker
Mon 13 Feb 2017
Zeinab Badawi talks to one of cinema’s best-known and versatile actors, Forest Whitaker
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Director of Competitive Enterprise Institute - Myron Ebell
Fri 10 Feb 2017
In America's new politics will big business consistently trump environmental concerns?
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Former Mexican President 2000 - 2006 - Vicente Fox
Wed 8 Feb 2017
Can Mexico afford to provoke the new US administration?
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Singer and Actress - Petula Clark
Mon 6 Feb 2017
How has Petula Clark managed to sustain her immense success?
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European Parliament’s Chief Brexit Negotiator - Guy Verhofstadt
Fri 3 Feb 2017
How confrontational is the EU's chief Brexit negotiator prepared to be?
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Pro-Brexit UK Conservative Member of Parliament - Dominic Raab
Wed 1 Feb 2017
As Britain begins the process of leaving the EU what will be its new place in the world?
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Secretary General of NATO - Jens Stoltenberg
Mon 30 Jan 2017
Is NATO obsolete? Or an organisation that can change and adapt?
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Nigerian Agriculture Minister - Audu Ogbeh
Fri 27 Jan 2017
Why can’t this oil rich nation with plenty of farm land enjoy greater prosperity?
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German Defence Minister - Ursula Von Der Leyen
Wed 25 Jan 2017
Is the rise in populism around the globe causing a shift away from Europe?
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Spokesman for Vladimir Putin - Dmitry Peskov
Mon 23 Jan 2017
What can we expect from Russia-US relations now?
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Russia's Most Prominent Opposition Leader - Alexey Navalny
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Vladimir Putin's loudest critic says he'll use 'People Power' to bring the President down
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Dancer and Choreographer - Akram Khan
Wed 18 Jan 2017
Weaving together influences from East and West, how does Akram Khan define his dance?
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American Journalist Held Hostage in Syria, 2012 - 2014 - Theo Padnos
Mon 16 Jan 2017
Held hostage for nearly two years, Theo Padnos blames himself for his ordeal
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Sudan People's Liberation Movement in-Opposition - Angelina Teny
Fri 13 Jan 2017
How much responsibility does the SPLM rebel group bear for the suffering in South Sudan?
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President of the Council on Foreign Relations - Richard Haass
Wed 11 Jan 2017
How different and unpredictable is President Donald Trump going to be?
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Psychologist and Trauma Therapist - Jan Kizilhan
Mon 9 Jan 2017
Jan Kizilhan has helped Yazidi female victims from Iraq to start a new life
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Syrian Opposition Negotiating Team Member - Bassma Kodmani
Fri 6 Jan 2017
Is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat?
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Commander UK Joint Forces Command 2013 - 2016 - General Sir Richard Barrons
Wed 4 Jan 2017
How vulnerable is the West in the new balance of global military power?
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Film Director - Mohamed Diab
Fri 30 Dec 2016
What has happened to the spirit of the Tahrir revolution?
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Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran
Mon 19 Dec 2016
HARDtalk speaks to Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran.
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Paul Beatty - Man Booker Prize Winning Author
Fri 16 Dec 2016
His novel The Sellout deploys biting satire to unpick the black American experience
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South African Comedian - Trevor Noah
Wed 14 Dec 2016
How did a poor boy who grew up under apartheid become the presenter of The Daily Show?
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Nobel Peace Prize winner, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia
Mon 12 Dec 2016
HARDtalk speaks to Nobel Peace Prize winner, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia
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Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regional Government - Qubad Talabani
Fri 9 Dec 2016
Does Kurdish ambition for independence threaten more instability in Iraq?
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Northern Ireland First Minister - Arlene Foster
Wed 7 Dec 2016
Will Brexit mean a return to the divisions of the past?
