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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Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation - Aubrey De Grey
Mon 23 Jun 2014
What would life be like without ageing? Is it a vision that's inspiring or dangerous?
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Photographer - David LaChapelle
Mon 16 Jun 2014
He has the ability to shock and offend, but does his work go deeper?
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British Foreign Secretary, 2001 – 2006 - Jack Straw
Wed 11 Jun 2014
Veteran Labour MP Jack Straw on whether Labour can win next year’s general election
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Author
Mon 9 Jun 2014
How does Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie see Nigeria's story unfolding?
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Senior Adviser to Nigeria’s President - Doyin Okupe
Wed 4 Jun 2014
Are Nigeria's leaders capable of rescuing their country?
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Ugandan Opposition Leader - Kizza Besigye
Mon 2 Jun 2014
Dr Kizza Besigye has run three times against President Museveni but lost each time - why?
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Advisor to the Presidential Administration of Russia, 2001 to 2013 - Professor Sergey Karaganov
Fri 30 May 2014
Is restoring Russian greatness a coherent strategy?
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Actor - Viggo Mortensen
Mon 26 May 2014
Has the American movie industry contributed to the ‘Hollywoodisation’ of global culture?
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Foreign Minister, Estonia - Urmas Paet
Fri 23 May 2014
How much carrot and how much stick should the EU wield when dealing with Moscow?
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President of South Sudan - Salva Kiir Mayardit
Wed 21 May 2014
Will President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar's agreed ceasefire work?
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US Assistant Secretary of State - Victoria Nuland
Mon 19 May 2014
Can Western nations like the US stop Ukraine from falling into civil conflict?
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Deputy Information Minister, Zimbabwe - Supa Mandiwanzira
Fri 16 May 2014
The State coffers are virtually empty, what next for Zimbabwe?
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Former Vice President of South Sudan - Riek Machar
Wed 14 May 2014
President Salva Kiir and former deputy Riek Machar sign a ceasefire but will it stick?
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Co-founder, Free Belarus Theatre - Natalia Kaliada
Mon 12 May 2014
Is drama an effective tool of resistance?
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Nobel Literature Laureate - Wole Soyinka
Fri 9 May 2014
Does a state that cannot guarantee the safety of its children have a future?
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Minister for Communications, Australia - Malcolm Turnbull
Wed 7 May 2014
Is Australia in danger of alienating friends and partners?
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Foreign Minister, Yemen - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi
Fri 2 May 2014
If Yemen is a failing state, who is to blame?
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Presidential Adviser, Syrian National Coalition - Rime Allaf
Wed 30 Apr 2014
Is time running out for Syria's opposition coalition forces?
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Anti-Apartheid Activist - Ahmed Kathrada
Mon 28 Apr 2014
Has South Africa lived up to the ideals that the anti-apartheid movement fought for?
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French Fashion Designer - Jean Paul Gaultier
Fri 25 Apr 2014
Have Jean Paul Gaultier's designs contributed to the objectification of women?
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Brazilian Film-maker - Jose Padilha
Wed 23 Apr 2014
Is Padilha's dark vision of Brazil fact or fiction?
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Campaigning Widow of Pat Finucane - Geraldine Finucane
Wed 16 Apr 2014
The family of a Catholic lawyer in Northern Ireland are still waiting for a full inquiry
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Former British Army Officer - Major Richard Streatfeild
Mon 14 Apr 2014
Is it time to acknowledge failure, as the British military pull out from Afghanistan?
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Brazilian Environment Minister - Izabella Teixeria
Fri 11 Apr 2014
Agribusiness and urbanisation are threatening Brazil's rainforests. Are they safe?
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Mining CEO - Daphne Mashile Nkosi
Wed 9 Apr 2014
How far has the country's mineral wealth benefited the poorest in South Africa?
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Suspended Head of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) - Zwelinzima Vavi
Wed 2 Apr 2014
Is South Africa’s progress being held back by the powerful trade union alliance COSATU?
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Musician and Former Child Solider - Emmanuel Jal
Tue 1 Apr 2014
What lies behind the new wave of conflict in South Sudan and how can it be stopped?
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President of Zambia (1964 -1991) - Kenneth Kaunda
Mon 31 Mar 2014
What has five decades of freedom brought Zambia?
