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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Leader of the House of Commons, UK - Chris Grayling
Wed 8 Jun 2016
Will this political war ultimately weaken Britain and Europe?
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England T20 Cricketer - Michael Yardy
Mon 6 Jun 2016
Former top England cricketer Michael Yardy discusses his mental illness
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UK Ambassador to Lebanon (2011-2015) - Tom Fletcher
Fri 3 Jun 2016
What is the point of the modern day diplomat?
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Former world champion boxer Chris Eubank
Mon 30 May 2016
HARDtalk speaks to Chris Eubank who was a super-middleweight world champion.
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President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis
Fri 27 May 2016
HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur talks to the President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis.
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Executive Director, IEA - Dr Fatih Birol
Wed 25 May 2016
Does cheap oil make decarbonising the world economy even more difficult?
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Deputy Prime Minister Libya, 2011-2012 - Dr Mustafa Abushagur
Fri 20 May 2016
Libyan politician Mustafa Abushagur on the challenges of uniting a fragmenting state
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British Labour Peer and Kindertransport Refugee - Lord Alf Dubs
Wed 18 May 2016
Lord Dubs wants Britain to take more child refugees. What is Europe's responsibility?
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Artist and Musician - Brian Eno
Mon 16 May 2016
What is Brian Eno? A musician, a composer, or an artist impossible to label?
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Shadow Foreign Secretary, UK - Hilary Benn
Fri 13 May 2016
Does UK Labour's sharp turn to the left look like a winning strategy?
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Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Germany - Norbert Röttgen
Wed 11 May 2016
Can German leadership rescue the European project?.
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Leader of the Russian Democratic Choice movement - Vladimir Milov
Mon 9 May 2016
Is democracy a Russian priority?
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South African Trade Minister - Rob Davies
Fri 6 May 2016
Does South Africa's President Jacob Zuma need to go?
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Pakistan's former Foreign Minister - Hina Rabbani Khar
Mon 2 May 2016
Is Pakistan playing a double game on regional security?
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Professor Robert Reich – United States Secretary of Labor, 1993-97
Fri 29 Apr 2016
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, on the Sanders campaign and Hilary Clinton
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Civil Rights Activist - Rachel Dolezal
Wed 27 Apr 2016
Is our racial identity something we can define for ourselves?
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Former president, World Anti-Doping Agency - Dick Pound
Mon 25 Apr 2016
After so many doping scandals, must all sporting success be treated with suspicion?
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Chairman and founder of JD Wetherspoon - Tim Martin
Fri 22 Apr 2016
A voice from the business world makes the case for Brexit. Could it make economic sense?
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IMF Managing Director - Christine Lagarde
Mon 18 Apr 2016
Is there trouble ahead for the global economy?
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US Congresswoman - Donna Edwards (Democrat)
Fri 15 Apr 2016
Is America ready for genuinely left-wing politics? American Democrats must decide.
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Fahd al Rasheed, CEO King Abdullah Economic City
Wed 6 Apr 2016
HARDtalk speaks to Fahd al Rasheed, CEO of King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia.
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Vladimir Chizhov - Russian Ambassador to the EU
Mon 4 Apr 2016
Stephen Sackur speaks to Vladimir Chizhov - the Russian Ambassador to the EU
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Chairman, Intelligence and Security Committee, UK - Dominic Grieve MP
Mon 28 Mar 2016
Following the recent attacks in Brussels, can Europe be both secure and free?
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Architect - David Adjaye
Fri 25 Mar 2016
Can architecture inspire people to think and behave differently?
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The Foreign Minister of Finland, Timo Soini
Wed 23 Mar 2016
Timo Soini, leader of The Finns right wing populist party on sharing power
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OSCE Secretary General - Lamberto Zannier
Mon 21 Mar 2016
Stephen Sackur speaks to the OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier.
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Sevgi Akarçeşme, Editor in Chief "Today's Zaman", Turkey
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sevgi Akarçeşme, Editor in Chief "Today's Zaman", Turkey.
