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 UN Negotiator - Giandomenico Picco
Mon 20 Oct 2014
Is force the only possible response to violent forms of militancy?
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CEO, Axel Springer - Mathias Döpfner
Fri 17 Oct 2014
How does a traditional company thrive in the age of the internet?
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Joe Hockey MP - Treasurer, Australia
Wed 15 Oct 2014
Should Australians brace themselves for a prolonged period of economic pain?
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Prime Minister of Finland - Alexander Stubb
Mon 13 Oct 2014
Can the European Union rescue itself from a sense gloom and rising tide of scepticism?
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CEO, International Rescue Committee - David Miliband
Fri 10 Oct 2014
Is there any reason to believe western intervention can work in the Middle East?
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Chief of the Defence Staff, British Armed Forces, 2010-13 - General Lord Richards
Wed 8 Oct 2014
What does Lord Richards make of the US led military operation against the Islamic State?
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Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Professor Peter Piot
Mon 6 Oct 2014
The man who first identified Ebola in the 70s and what can be done to control the disease
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EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator - Gilles de Kerchove
Fri 3 Oct 2014
Does the European Union have a coherent response to the Islamic State challenge?
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Economist - Lord Stern
Wed 1 Oct 2014
British climate economist, Lord Nicholas Stern on the climate and economy
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Opera Singer - Jessye Norman
Mon 29 Sep 2014
Has Jessye Norman's talent helped tear down the barriers of America's segregated south?
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UK Deputy Prime Minister 1995-1997- Lord Heseltine
Fri 26 Sep 2014
Is the UK in the throes of a dangerous identity crisis?
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Political Scientist - Francis Fukuyama
Wed 24 Sep 2014
Has a quarter century of global tumult changed his mind about the end of history?
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Neuroscientist - Professor Susan Greenfield
Mon 22 Sep 2014
Are our screen habits damaging brain development?
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Chief Prosecutor, ICC, 2003 to 2012 - Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Fri 19 Sep 2014
Why has the International Criminal Court failed to deliver on its promise?
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Peter Bofinger - Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Wed 17 Sep 2014
Is the dominance of Germany's economic model now Europe's biggest problem?
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Professor of Geography, University of Oxford - Danny Dorling
Mon 15 Sep 2014
Can we afford the world's super-rich and what have they ever done for us?
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Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist - Chrissie Hynde
Fri 12 Sep 2014
Is lead frontwoman of the band The Pretenders still in love with rock n roll?
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President of European Commission - Jose Manuel Barroso
Wed 10 Sep 2014
What can his successor expect from the job?
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Ambassador-at-large, Ukraine Foreign Ministry - Olexander Scherba
Wed 3 Sep 2014
Can Kiev afford to risk all-out war with Moscow?
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Secretary General, Palestine Liberation Organisation Executive Committee - Yasser Abed Rabbo
Mon 1 Sep 2014
Where does the Palestinian quest for statehood stand?
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Minister of Intelligence, Israel - Yuval Steinitz
Fri 29 Aug 2014
For all the destruction in Gaza, has Israel's position been strengthened or weakened?
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Writer and film-maker - Xiaolu Guo
Wed 27 Aug 2014
What should the role of the artist or writer be in China today?
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General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK - Bishop Angaelos
Mon 25 Aug 2014
Do Christians have a future in the Arab world?
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Special Assistant to the US Ambassador to Iraq, 2003 - 2009, Ali Khedery
Fri 22 Aug 2014
What is Barack Obama's strategy in the Middle East?
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Afghan Presidential Candidate - Abdullah Abdullah
Wed 20 Aug 2014
Is Abdullah Abdullah currently acting in Afghanistan’s interest, or his own?
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Doctor and Activist - Dr Mads Gilbert
Mon 18 Aug 2014
Does being a political activist interfere with work as a medic and humanitarian?
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Intelligence and Security Chief, Kurdistan Regional Government - Masrour Barzani
Fri 15 Aug 2014
Can the Kurds rescue the state of Iraq?
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Secretary General of NATO - Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Wed 13 Aug 2014
Can NATO make the world a safer place? If not is it time it went into retirement?
