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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Lebanon's Education Minister - Elias Bou Saab
Wed 16 Mar 2016
What is the collateral damage for Lebanon from the Syrian conflict?
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Greek Minister of Labour and Social Security - George Katrougalos
Fri 11 Mar 2016
Greek Minister of Labour and Social Security George Katrougalos on the EU migrant deal
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Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs - Meglena Kuneva
Wed 9 Mar 2016
Meglena Kuneva on Bulgaria's stance towards the European refugee and migrant deal
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Vice President of Panama - Isabel De Saint Malo De Alvarado
Mon 7 Mar 2016
A generation after the crooked rule of General Noriega has Panama cleaned up it's act?
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Selim Yenel – Turkey’s Ambassador to the European Union
Fri 4 Mar 2016
Stephen Sackur speaks to Selim Yenel, Turkey’s Ambassador to the European Union.
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Former US Democrat Congressman - Anthony Weiner
Wed 2 Mar 2016
Anthony Weiner's career was destroyed by two bizarre sex scandals. Why did he do it?
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Janet Napolitano, former US Secretary of Homeland Security
Mon 29 Feb 2016
Zeinab Badawi interviews Janet Napolitano, former US Secretary of Homeland Security.
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MARTIN SCHULZ, President of the European Parliament
Fri 26 Feb 2016
Sarah Montague talks to Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
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Former Director of the CIA - General Michael Hayden
Wed 24 Feb 2016
Stephen Sackur talks to the former director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis – President of New Democracy, Greece
Mon 22 Feb 2016
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of the Greek New Democracy party
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Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Poland - Krzysztof Szczerski
Fri 19 Feb 2016
How will a newly assertive Poland play its hand in Europe?
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Bassma Kodmani, Syrian opposition negotiator
Wed 17 Feb 2016
Stephen Sackur speaks to Syrian opposition negotiator, Bassma Kodmani.
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Fahd al Rasheed
Mon 15 Feb 2016
Stephen Sackur speaks with Fahd al Rasheed, CEO of King Abdullah Economic City.
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Søren Espersen - Deputy Chairman, Danish People’s Party
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Søren Espersen on immigration and Danish values
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Director of Europol - Rob Wainwright
Wed 10 Feb 2016
Does Europol have the powers it needs to defeat cross border terror and organised crime?
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Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation
Mon 8 Feb 2016
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Iyad Ameen Madani of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation
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Prime Minister of Norway - Erna Solberg
Fri 5 Feb 2016
Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway on her country's stance on migration
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Senior Saudi Interior Ministry Official - Major General Mansour al-Turki
Wed 3 Feb 2016
Saudi Arabia faces economic and political instability - is the House of Saud in trouble?
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Chair of the National Bank of Greece, Louka Katseli
Mon 1 Feb 2016
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Former UK Foreign Minister - Jack Straw
Fri 29 Jan 2016
What will be the result of lifting sanctions on Iran?
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Chief Executive Cuadrilla Resources - Francis Egan
Wed 27 Jan 2016
Hardtalk talks Fracking with Francis Egan, who wants to bring it to the UK
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Former CIA Intelligence Officer - John Kiriakou
Mon 25 Jan 2016
Former CIA agent John Kiriakou went public with the truth about water-boarding
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France's Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir
Fri 22 Jan 2016
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Henry Rollins - Musician and Writer
Wed 20 Jan 2016
Is America ready for his enduring punk sensibility?
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President of the Conservatives for Britain Group - Nigel Lawson
Mon 18 Jan 2016
The Eurosceptic’s have a historic opportunity – can they seize it?
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Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Spotlight
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Is there any way to take the heat out of the Saudi-Iranian confrontation?
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Bosnia and Herzegovina's Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak
Wed 13 Jan 2016
Can his country stay intact and navigate the road to full EU membership?
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FGM Activists - Fuambai Ahmadu and Nimco Ali
Mon 11 Jan 2016
Should female genital mutilation have a place in the 21st Century?
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Nigerian Novelist and Poet - Ben Okri
Fri 8 Jan 2016
Novelist and poet Ben Okri on the freedom for storytellers to explore their continent
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Mayor of Jerusalem - Nir Barkat
Wed 6 Jan 2016
Nir Barkat has grand plans for advancing Jerusalem but just how equal is the city?
