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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Neurosurgeon Dr Henry Marsh
Mon 4 Jan 2016
Insight into the mind of a doctor from Dr Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon
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Ballet dancer, Sylvie Guillem
Wed 30 Dec 2015
After more than 3 decades at the top, Sylvie Guillem is retiring from ballet.
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International Rugby Union Referee - Nigel Owens
Mon 28 Dec 2015
Nigel Owens refereed the Rugby World Cup final. He speaks to Zeinab Badawi.
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Richard Leakey - Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service
Christmas Day 2015
Will the fight for Africa's endangered wildlife have a happy ending?
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Hollywood Actor - Burt Reynolds
Mon 21 Dec 2015
Actor Burt Reynolds on his Hollywood career and why he is proud of only some of his films
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Chairman UK Financial Services Authority, 2008 - 2013 - Lord Turner
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Is Lord Turner's solution - printing money to stimulate growth - credible?
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FIFA presidential candidate, Tokyo Sexwale
Wed 16 Dec 2015
Can the businessman and politician Tokyo Sexwale, replace Sepp Blatter at FIFA?
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Nobel Prize Winner - Ouided Bouchamaoui
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Is Tunisia's example of inclusive politics a realistic model for other countries?
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President of Namibia - Hage Geingob
Wed 9 Dec 2015
Hage Geingob has declared war on poverty and inequality but can he make a difference?
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President of Malawi - Peter Mutharika
Mon 7 Dec 2015
Malawi is struggling to progress. How much of its failures are down to bad government?
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Monzer Akbik - Syrian National Coalition
Fri 4 Dec 2015
Has targeting IS weakened or re-energised the Syrian National Coalition?
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Leader of Democratic Green Party, Rwanda - Frank Habineza
Wed 2 Dec 2015
Can Frank Habineza's Democratic Green Party offer a better alternative for Rwanda?
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Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe - Admiral JAMES STAVRIDIS
Wed 18 Nov 2015
Should NATO join the coalition bombing IS in Syria after the terrorist attacks in Paris?
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Brazilian Government Minister, 2003-January 2015 - Celso Amorim
Mon 16 Nov 2015
Is Brazil teetering on the brink of a major political and economic crisis?
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International Rugby Union Referee - Nigel Owens
Fri 13 Nov 2015
What is making the sport so popular today?
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Journalist and Former Hostage - Nicolas Hénin
Wed 11 Nov 2015
Should foreign journalists report from such dangerous conflict zones?
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Former Labour Government Minister, UK - Lord Mandelson
Mon 9 Nov 2015
What does Jeremy Corbyn mean for Labour and for Britain?
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Secretary General, Palestine Liberation Organisation - Saeb Erekat
Wed 4 Nov 2015
Is a new wave of extremism sweeping the West Bank and Gaza?
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Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service - Richard Leakey
Mon 2 Nov 2015
Will the fight for Africa's endangered wildlife have a happy ending?
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US Ambassador to the UK - Matthew Barzun
Fri 30 Oct 2015
As the Obama presidency enters its final phase how have attitudes towards the US shifted?
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Chairman of the US Federal Reserve 2006-2014 - Ben Bernanke
Wed 28 Oct 2015
Can we be confident the right lessons have been learned from the great financial crash?
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Dmitry Peskov
Mon 26 Oct 2015
Does Russia’s desire to shore up the Assad regime risk a confrontation with the US?
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Yair Lapid - Leader, Yesh Atid Party, Israel
Fri 23 Oct 2015
What is driving the latest violence between Israelis and Palestinians?
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Eric Cantor - former House Majority Leader, US Republican Party
Wed 21 Oct 2015
Stephen Sackur asks Eric Cantor, what on earth is going on inside the Republican party?
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US Ambassador to Syria 2011-2014 - Robert S. Ford
Mon 19 Oct 2015
What does Syria tell us about US foreign policy making in the age of Obama?
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International President of Médecins Sans Frontières - Dr Joanne Liu
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Is delivering healthcare in the world’s conflict zones becoming more dangerous?
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Novelist Jonathan Franzen
Wed 14 Oct 2015
American author Jonathan Franzen on his life and work and modern culture
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German Defence Minister - Ursula von der Leyen
Mon 12 Oct 2015
Does the West have a coherent strategy in Syria?
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Broadcaster - Paul Gambaccini
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Falsely accused in an investigation of historical sex abuse, when will the trauma end?
