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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Eyal Weizman: The politics of architecture
Wed 12 Jun 2024
Mishal Husain speaks to an academic and 'forensic architect'
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Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?
Wed 5 Jun 2024
Sarah Montague speaks to a negotiator with nearly two decades' experience
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R. Derek Black: Renouncing white nationalism
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Mishal Husain speaks to a man raised in a white nationalist family
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Mohammad Shtayyeh: Will the Palestinian Authority work with Hamas?
Fri 31 May 2024
The former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister on the Palestinian people’s future.
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Stephen J Shaw: Are falling birth rates a crisis for humanity?
Mon 27 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the data scientist and demographer
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Espen Barth Eide: Why will Norway recognise a Palestinian state?
Fri 24 May 2024
Sarah Montague speaks to Norway’s foreign minister
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Jim Skea: Are humans bungling our chance to avert disaster?
Wed 22 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Gillian Slovo: Has her writing exorcised demons?
Mon 20 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Gillian Slovo, an author with an extraordinary backstory
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Alexander Stubb: Has Nato membership left Finland stronger?
Fri 17 May 2024
Stephen Sackur is in Helsinki to speak to the President of Finland Alexander Stubb.
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Sir Ron Dennis: The need for speed
Wed 15 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the founder of the McLaren Formula 1 racing team
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Bill Blair: Canada's defence strategy
Mon 13 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Canada’s defence minister Bill Blair.
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Gabrielius Landsbergis: Does Europe back Lithuania?
Wed 8 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lithuania’s foreign minister
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Jonathan Haidt: Should we be worried about children having smartphones?
Mon 6 May 2024
The American social psychologist says childhood has been radically and negatively altered
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Mihai Popșoi: Is Moldova the new Russian battleground?
Sat 4 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Mihai Popșoi, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
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Ami Ayalon: Is Israel fighting an unwinnable war?
Wed 1 May 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency
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Amin Salam: Can Lebanon's government avert catastrophe?
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lebanon’s economy minister
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Joan Donoghue: Has the ICJ ruling changed anything in Gaza?
Fri 26 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the International Court of Justice
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Daniel Dennett: Philosophy and atheism
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Another chance to hear the 2013 interview with the acclaimed philosopher
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Richard Haass: How should the US respond to global risks?
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a veteran US diplomat
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Could Ukraine lose?
Fri 19 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Ukrainian prime minister
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Danny Danon: Will Israel listen to its allies?
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an Israeli MP and former ambassador at the United Nations
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Eddie Marsan: Do the arts neglect working-class people?
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed British actor
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Job Sikhala: Is change possible in Zimbabwe?
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to an opposition politician who plans to challenge Zanu-PF's rule
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Humza Yousaf: Is the SNP's supremacy in Scotland under threat?
Mon 8 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Scotland’s first minister
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Naomi Alderman: Power and technology
Fri 5 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator
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Tom Shakespeare: Redefining disability
Wed 3 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to a bioethicist and disability rights campaigner
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Lila Rose: Could abortion be banned in the entire US?
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America’s fiercest opponents of abortion rights
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Mohamed Irfaan Ali: Is oil a blessing or a curse for Guyana?
Fri 29 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Guyana
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On the road in Guyana
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Will the South American country's people benefit from its record economic growth?
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Judith Butler: Gender and identity
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to the philosopher and author