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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Abdel El-Menway - Former Head of Egyptian TV
Tue 13 Mar 2012
Meet the man who helped draft former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak's final speech.
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Said Ferjani - Ennahda political party, Tunisia
Sun 11 Mar 2012
Is Tunisia a model which the rest of the Arab world can follow?
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Moncef Marzouki - President of Tunisia
Thu 8 Mar 2012
Hardtalk is in Tunisia a year after the revolution which gave birth to the Arab Spring.
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Jacqueline Wilson - Children's author
Tue 6 Mar 2012
Jacqueline Wilson talks to Sarah Montague, the most borrowed author from British libraries
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Nana Akufo-Addo - Ghanaian presidential candidate
Sun 4 Mar 2012
Nana Akufo-Addo on whether Ghana can use its resource wealth to benefit the many.
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Egemen Bagis - Turkey's Chief EU Negotiator
Thu 1 Mar 2012
Can Turkey shape events beyond its borders? Stephen Sackur talks with Egemen Bagis.
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David Miliband - UK Foreign Secretary 2007-2010
Tue 28 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to Britain's former foreign secretary and Labour MP David Miliband.
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Georges Chikoti - Angolan Foreign Minister
Sun 26 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to Angola's foreign minister, Georges Chikoti.
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Yoweri Museveni - President of Uganda
Thu 23 Feb 2012
Has Uganda's leader fallen into the trap of overstaying his time in power?
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Eugenia Tymoshenko - Daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko
Tue 21 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to Eugenia Tymoshenko about her mother's imprisonment in Ukraine.
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Fawzia Koofi
Sun 19 Feb 2012
Fawzia Koofi, Afghan politician, who will run for the presidency of her country in 2014.
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Sir Clive Woodward - Director of Sport, British Olympic Association
Thu 16 Feb 2012
Stephen Sackur meets Sir Clive Woodward, performance director for Britain's Olympic team.
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Paul Volcker - Former US Federal Reserve chairman
Tue 14 Feb 2012
America has lost its economic swagger; Stephen Sackur asks - can it get it back?
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John McCain - US Senator
Sun 12 Feb 2012
Can the Republican Party find a candidate capable of turfing Barack Obama out of office?
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John Fahey - President, World Anti-Doping Agency
Thu 9 Feb 2012
Tim Franks speaks to John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Hilde Johnson - UN Special Rep in South Sudan
Tue 7 Feb 2012
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the UN head of mission for South Sudan, Hilde Johnson.
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Mary King - British Olympic Equestrian
Thu 2 Feb 2012
Tim Franks talks to veteran three day eventer Mary King about her Olympic ambitions.
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Dr Gene Sharp - Political Theorist
Tue 31 Jan 2012
The man credited with the strategy behind the toppling of governments from Serbia to Egypt
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Edwin Cameron - South African Constitutional Court Judge
Sun 29 Jan 2012
Why are gay activists like Edwin Cameron still struggling against homophobia in Africa?
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Gus O'Donnell - Former Head of UK Civil Service
Fri 27 Jan 2012
Gus O'Donnell has been at the heart of government in Britain for 30 years.
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Sir Patrick Stewart
Tue 24 Jan 2012
The Shakespearean actor on politics, Hollywood and domestic violence.
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Wadah Khanfar - Former Director General, Al Jazeera
Sun 22 Jan 2012
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Wadah Khanfar, boss of Al Jazeera for nearly ten years.
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Steve McQueen
Thu 19 Jan 2012
The British artist and film-maker Steve McQueen talks about his new film, Shame.
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Bassma Kodmani
Tue 17 Jan 2012
Bassma Kodmani, a leading figure in the exiled Syrian opposition talks to Sarah Montague
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Zoltan Kovacs - Hungarian Minister of State for Government Communication
Sun 15 Jan 2012
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Hungary's Government Communication Minister, Zoltán Kovács.
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Cheng Siwei - Former Vice Chairman, Standing Committee, NPC, China
Thu 12 Jan 2012
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Cheng Siwei - one of China's most influential economists.
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Olli Rehn - European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs
Tue 10 Jan 2012
Sarah Montague speaks to European Commisioner Olli Rehn.
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Dr Devi Shetty - Indian heart surgeon
Sun 8 Jan 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to heart surgeon Devi Shetty.
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Director of Competitive Enterprise Institute - Myron Ebell
Thu 9 Feb 2017
In America's new politics will big business consistently trump environmental concerns?
