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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Richard Barrett
Fri 16 Jan 2015
Former Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations, UK, Richard Barrett
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Yehuda Glick
Mon 12 Jan 2015
Why does he persist with his divisive campaign on Jerusalem's holiest ground?
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Economist - Costas Lapavitsas
Fri 9 Jan 2015
What next for Greece if anti-auterity party Syriza wins the elections in January?
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Chair of UK Defence Select Committee - Rory Stewart
Wed 7 Jan 2015
Is non-intervention an unacceptable risk the Middle East given the threat of extremism?
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Scientist - Monica Grady
Mon 5 Jan 2015
What did we learn from the historic landing of the Rosetta probe on a comet?
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Director General of the International Red Cross - Yves Daccord
Fri 19 Dec 2014
Is the Red Cross model of scrupulously neutral intervention broken beyond repair?
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Sir Antony Sher: Taking the stage
Mon 15 Dec 2014
A 2014 interview with one of theatre's most acclaimed actors
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South Africa’s Public Protector - Thuli Madonsela
Fri 12 Dec 2014
Did President Zuma ‘benefit unduly’ from a $25 million facelift for his private home?
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2014 - Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai
Wed 10 Dec 2014
Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai awarded for their struggle against suppression
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Author and Columnist - Alaa al-Aswany
Mon 8 Dec 2014
Is Egypt's story a harsh lesson in the dangers of wishful thinking?
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UN Special Co-ordinator, Middle East Peace Process - Robert Serry
Wed 3 Dec 2014
Has the time come to admit that the 'peace process' is an unhelpful fiction?
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Crime Writer - James Ellroy
Mon 1 Dec 2014
Is the murder of his own mother the key to understanding James Ellroy's writing?
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Former Senior Adviser to the State Department - Vali Nasr
Fri 28 Nov 2014
Could Iran become a nuclear power and change the balance of power in the Middle East?
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President of Pakistan, 2001-2008 - Pervez Musharraf
Wed 26 Nov 2014
What will Pervez Musharraf's fate tell us about where power lies in today’s Pakistan?
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Infectious Diseases Specialist - Geraldine O’Hara
Mon 24 Nov 2014
What is the key to defeating Ebola?
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Sir Nicholas Winton
Fri 21 Nov 2014
Why Sir Nicholas Winton went to rescue 600 mostly Jewish children from Nazi perscution
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Former Prime Minister of Russia - Mikhail Kasyanov
Wed 19 Nov 2014
Do most Russians remain confident their president knows what he is doing?
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Tourism Minister, Zimbabwe - Walter Mzembi
Mon 17 Nov 2014
Can Zimbabwe’s international isolation be put to an end?
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President Syrian National Coalition - Hadi al-Bahra
Wed 12 Nov 2014
Has the international community turned its back on the Syrian opposition?
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Extra Time: Australian Rules Footballer - Adam Goodes
Mon 10 Nov 2014
Australian of the Year, 2014, for his public stand against racism and his sporting talent
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Former National Security Advisor of Iraq - Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Fri 7 Nov 2014
Who can rescue Iraq and defeat the extremists of the self-proclaimed Islamic State?
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Minister of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone - Abubakarr Fofanah
Mon 3 Nov 2014
Is he gaining the upper hand over the spread of the disease in Sierra Leone?
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Guitarist and Founder of Status Quo - Francis Rossi
Fri 31 Oct 2014
How are the band Status Quo still rocking all over the world?
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Nigerian Human Rights Activist - Shehu Sani
Wed 29 Oct 2014
How can the conflict with Boko Haram which has cost thousands of Nigerian lives be ended?
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Mozilla Executive Chairwoman - Mitchell Baker
Mon 27 Oct 2014
Is her open-source, collaborative model of web innovation being overwhelmed by profit?
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Former US Ambassador to Iraq - James Jeffrey
Fri 24 Oct 2014
Is the Obama administration making the right calls in the Middle East?
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Turkish Ambassador to NATO - Mehmet Fatih Ceylan
Wed 22 Oct 2014
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
