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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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
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Mikhail Zygar: Is Putin in a vulnerable position?
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a dissident Russian journalist and writer
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Tomás Saraceno: What does 'being human' mean?
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Stephen Sackur interviews one of the world’s most innovative contemporary artists
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Laurence Boone: Can France's government deal with social divisions?
Fri 14 Jul 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to France’s Europe minister
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María Corina Machado: The existential fight for Venezuela
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado.
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Ann Leslie: What does it mean to be a foreign correspondent?
Fri 7 Jul 2023
A 2008 interview with the acclaimed journalist, who has died aged 82
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Peter Boghossian: Has academia been corrupted by ‘woke’ ideology?
Wed 5 Jul 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a controversial philosopher
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Jennifer Morgan: Is the rich world doing enough to combat climate change?
Mon 3 Jul 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Germany's special envoy on international climate action
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Anielle Franco: Can Brazil tackle racial inequality?
Fri 30 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Brazilian minister of racial equality
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover: Can the Anglican church hold together?
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Church of England’s first black woman bishop
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Patrick Verkooijen: Is climate change inevitable?
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation
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Dmytro Kuleba: Will Ukraine get the help it needs?
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister
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Shashi Tharoor: Is India on the right path?
Wed 21 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Indian opposition politician and writer
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Daniel Ellsberg: The dangers of military might
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Another chance to listen to our 2022 interview with the Pentagon Papers whistleblower
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Andy Burnham: Can power in the UK be decentralised?
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the mayor of Manchester
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Peter Singer: Is the animal rights movement unstoppable?
Fri 9 Jun 2023
The philosopher called for animal liberation 50 years ago - has the movement succeeded?
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Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro): Satire in South Africa
Wed 7 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the political cartoonist in Cape Town
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Abdullah Mohtadi: What do Iran's Kurds want?
Mon 5 Jun 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of the Iranian Kurdish political movement Komala
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Ama Ata Aidoo: Celebrating women in Africa
Fri 2 Jun 2023
A 2014 interview with the acclaimed Ghanaian author, who has died aged 81
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Martin Amis: The 2013 interview
Wed 31 May 2023
Another chance to hear Stephen Sackur's 2013 interview with the late novelist Martin Amis
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John Steenhuisen: Is he a credible alternative to the ANC?
Mon 29 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of South Africa’s biggest opposition party
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Julius Malema: What would he do with power?
Fri 26 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party
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Fikile Mbalula: Will the ANC pay the price of failure?
Wed 24 May 2023
Stephen Sackur is in Johannesburg to speak to secretary general of the ANC
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Sir Isaac Julien: The lasting impact of art
Fri 19 May 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to an artist whose work is rich with cultural and political messages
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Jane Horrocks: The pathway to empowerment
Wed 17 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an actor with an extraordinary range
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Hartmut Dorgerloh: Where do colonial treasures belong?
Fri 12 May 2023
Stephen Sackur interviews the director of the Humboldt Forum
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Wavel Ramkalawan: Are the Seychelles becoming paradise lost?
Wed 10 May 2023
Stephen Sackur talks to the president of the Seychelles
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Karin Kneissl: Vienna’s ties to Moscow and the impact of Austrian neutrality
Mon 8 May 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Austria’s former foreign minister
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Penpa Tsering: Preserving Tibet's identity
Fri 5 May 2023
Sarah Montague speaks to the president of Tibet's self-declared government-in-exile
