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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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?
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HARDtalk: Nicholas Burns
Mon 15 Aug 2016
Stephen Sackur talks to a foreign policy adviser to the Clinton campaign, Nicholas Burns
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Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon
Mon 14 Dec 2015
Stephen Sackur speaks to Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon from Nigeria.
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President Juan Manuel Santos
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos talks to Stephen Sackur in Bogota.
