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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Lord Deben: Is short-term politics undermining climate action?
Fri 6 Oct 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Conservative politician and former UK environment minister
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Paolo Gentiloni: Are divisions costing the EU on the global stage?
Wed 4 Oct 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the European Union's economy commissioner
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Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar: Can he steer Pakistan through political turmoil?
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister
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Martin Griffiths: Is the UN system failing those in greatest need?
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the UN's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs
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Kaja Kallas: Is Russia a threat to Estonia?
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur is in Tallinn for an exclusive interview with Estonia’s prime minister
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Shaharzad Akbar: How should the world respond to Afghanistan's crisis?
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Afghan human rights campaigner
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Caroline Lucas: Parliamentary politics or direct action?
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Green Party of England and Wales's only Westminster MP
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Yuval Noah Harari: Are humans losing the ability to trust and co-operate?
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Israeli historian and author
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Vladimir Milov: Could Putin outlast his enemies?
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former Russian deputy energy minister
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Mustafa Suleyman: How can AI be safely developed?
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a British pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence
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Tobias Billström: Controversy in Sweden
Fri 8 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sweden’s foreign minister Tobias Billström.
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Lindsey Graham: Does Trump's comeback spell trouble for America?
Wed 6 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to US Senator Lindsey Graham, a loyal backer of Donald Trump
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Nancy Pelosi: American power abroad
Mon 4 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former speaker of the US House of Representatives
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Nureldin Satti: The war in Sudan
Fri 1 Sep 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Sudan's former ambassador to Washington
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Peter Boehringer: Is the AfD a threat to German stability?
Wed 30 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur meets the vice chairman of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party
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Feargal Sharkey: Britain's dirty water problem
Mon 28 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former punk rock star turned environmental campaigner
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Dominic Lee: Is China scaring investors away from Hong Kong?
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur talks to a Hong Kong lawmaker who's backing Beijing's security crackdown
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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an advocate for survivors of abuse
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Sam Rainsy: Has Cambodia's opposition been outfoxed?
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Cambodian opposition leader
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Lucy Prebble: How are writers facing the future?
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the writers behind hit TV show Succession
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John Cooper Clarke - where does his word magic come from?
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the pioneering performance poet John Cooper Clarke.
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Lord Goldsmith: Is a green backlash reshaping politics?
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the UK’s former environment minister
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Nathan Law: Has China eradicated dissent in Hong Kong?
Wed 9 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Hong Kong democracy activist
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Andriy Khlyvnyuk: What is war doing to Ukraine’s culture?
Mon 7 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Ukrainian rock star who swapped his guitar for a gun
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Imran Khan: Is Pakistan heading for political chaos?
Fri 4 Aug 2023
The former prime minister of Pakistan thinks he can stage a comeback
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Kwame Kwei-Armah: Are audiences prepared to engage?
Wed 2 Aug 2023
A theatre director whose work poses questions about race, identity, equality and justice
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Isabella Tree: Is rewilding a pathway to a healthier planet?
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Does rewilding show a pathway to a healthier planet or put eco-principles above people?
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Agnes Callamard: Is Amnesty facing a credibility crisis?
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of Amnesty International.
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Lewis Pugh: Pushing the limits of the human body
Mon 24 Jul 2023
An extreme swimmer trying to draw attention to the impacts of climate change
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Gabriel Boric: Can the new left bring change to Chile?
Fri 21 Jul 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Chilean president