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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NHIAL DENG NHIAL – Foreign Minister, South Sudan
Wed 2 May 2012
South Sudan is in trouble. Is there hope for a negotiated settlement?
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Sir JOHN SULSTON – Nobel Prize-winning scientist
Mon 30 Apr 2012
Sir John Sulston on whether science can help the human species change its ways
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OLEG DERIPASKA – Chief Executive, RUSAL
Wed 25 Apr 2012
Is the politics of Russia proving to be bad for business?
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ZOE WANAMAKER – Actor
Mon 23 Apr 2012
Zoë Wanamaker, actor, talks about her family's artistic obsession - Shakespeare
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PETER KEEN - Director of Performance, UK Sport
Fri 20 Apr 2012
Peter Keen on London Olympics. Has the cult of winning gone too far?
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Paul Conroy - Photographer
Mon 16 Apr 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to British photo journalist Paul Conroy.
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Ali Dizaei - London Metropolitan Police Superintendent
Wed 11 Apr 2012
Stephen Sackur asks what the rise and fall of Ali Dizaei says about British policing.
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Michael Frayn - Writer
Mon 9 Apr 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Britain's finest writing talents.
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Hamid Al-Bayati - Iraqi Ambassador to the UN
Fri 6 Apr 2012
Should Iraq be doing more to end the bloodshed on its doorstep?
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Juergen Stark - Former member, Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Wed 4 Apr 2012
Though much has changed in the last few months, has the eurozone really been saved?
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn - British Playwright
Mon 2 Apr 2012
Sarah Montague chats to Alan Ayckbourn, perhaps the most performed playwright alive.
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Nabeel Rajab - President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
Fri 30 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to one of Bahrain's most outspoken human rights activists.
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Len McCluskey - Leader of Unite, Britain's biggest union
Wed 28 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur speaks to Len McCluskey, leader of Unite, Britain's biggest union.
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Frank Chikane - South African Head of Presidency, 1999 - 2009
Mon 26 Mar 2012
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Sir Mark Walport - Director, Wellcome Trust
Thu 22 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Mark Walport the Director of the Wellcome Trust.
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Aimee Mullins – Athlete, actor and model
Tue 20 Mar 2012
Stephen Sackur asks, what is the real lesson of the remarkable story of Aimee Mullins?
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Otis Williams - The Temptations
Sun 18 Mar 2012
An interview with the only surviving original member of Motown group The Temptations.
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Mohamed Waheed - President of the Maldives
Thu 15 Mar 2012
President Mohamed Waheed of the Maldives talks to Stephen Sackur.
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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.
