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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Former UBS trader - Kweku Adoboli
Wed 14 Sep 2016
Rogue trader Kweku Adoboli lost Swiss Bank UBS $2.3bn. Have bankers learnt their lesson?
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Former Labour Cabinet Minister - Ed Balls
Mon 12 Sep 2016
How does a political heavyweight make sense of failure?
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Paweł Szałamacha - Poland's Finance Minister
Fri 9 Sep 2016
Is Poland turning inwards and away from the European Union?
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US Senator - Lindsey Graham
Wed 7 Sep 2016
United States Senator Lindsey Graham talks about foreign policy and the presidential race
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CEO, Naftogaz of Ukraine - Andriy Kobolev
Mon 5 Sep 2016
Are efforts to reform Ukraine's state energy company being sabotaged from the very top?
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HARDtalk: Sara Khan
Fri 2 Sep 2016
Sara Khan on the challenges of preventing young women being radicalised
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Neurosurgeon - Dr Henry Marsh
Wed 31 Aug 2016
Dr Henry Marsh gives a rare insight into the mind of a doctor but how reassuring is it?
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Former UK Labour politician - Derek Hatton
Mon 29 Aug 2016
Is British politics returning to the ideological clashes of the 1980s?
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Majak D’Agoôt - Former Deputy Defence Minister, South Sudan
Fri 26 Aug 2016
Should South Sudan have ever been an independent country?
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David Nott - Conflict Zone Surgeon
Wed 24 Aug 2016
British surgeon David Nott has spent decades in conflict zones including Syria
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Dame Diana Rigg: Connecting with characters
Mon 22 Aug 2016
What's the secret to a great acting performance?
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Economist - Steve Keen
Fri 19 Aug 2016
After their failure to predict the crises of the past decade, should we trust economists?
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Civil rights activist - Rev. Al Sharpton
Wed 17 Aug 2016
Who speaks most effectively for black America today?
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Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan - Omar Zakhilwal
Mon 8 Aug 2016
Is Afghanistan beyond salvation?
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Hardtalk - Babatunde Fashola
Wed 3 Aug 2016
Stephen Sackur talks to Nigeria's Minister for Power, Works and Housing.
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Former CIA agent - Sabrina de Sousa
Mon 1 Aug 2016
What is the legacy of the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme?
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TV and Film Producer - Tony Garnett
Wed 27 Jul 2016
Was producer Tony Garnett's work motivated by the dark corners of his own life?
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Shahbaz Taseer - Former Hostage, 2011-2016
Mon 25 Jul 2016
Has the vision of a tolerant, secular Pakistan been lost?
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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister - Mehmet Simsek
Wed 20 Jul 2016
Has the attempted coup exposed weaknesses in the hold of power of President Erdogan?
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Venezuelan opposition leader - Maria Corina Machado
Mon 18 Jul 2016
Is the opposition in Venezuela plotting a coup against President Maduro?
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Prime Minister Binali Yildirim
Fri 15 Jul 2016
HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi speaks to Turkey’s Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim
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UK Ambassador to the UN (1998-2003) - Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Wed 13 Jul 2016
Does he have any regrets around the advice he gave leading up to the Iraq War?
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Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Mon 11 Jul 2016
Are Italians becoming disillusioned with the EU project?
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Hollywood Composer - Hans Zimmer
Fri 8 Jul 2016
With scores like The Lion King, for film directors he's the composer to work with
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Zimbabwean Minister of Finance - Patrick Chinamasa
Wed 6 Jul 2016
Can Zimbabwe escape its economic crisis?
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Film and TV producer - Tony Garnett
Mon 4 Jul 2016
How much of his inspiration came from the dark corners in his own life ?
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Former Speechwriter for US President George W. Bush - David Frum
Fri 17 Jun 2016
After the shooting in Orlando, will US conservatives rethink gay rights and gun control?
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Former Deputy Prime Minister, UK - Lord Heseltine
Wed 15 Jun 2016
Lord Heseltine is passionate Remain advocate. Are the Remainers beginning to worry?
