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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Artistic Director/Lead Principal, English National Ballet - Tamara Rojo
Wed 26 Mar 2014
Can Tamara Rojo triumph over tradition?
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Chairman, China International Capital Corporation - Jin Liqun
Mon 24 Mar 2014
How worried should we be about the Chinese economy?
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President of Bulgaria - Rosen Plevneliev
Fri 21 Mar 2014
Can Bulgaria, and the EU as a whole, afford to get tough with Moscow?
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Spokesman for Vladimir Putin - Dmitry Peskov
Wed 19 Mar 2014
With international pressure mounting, does Russia stand to lose more than win?
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Founder, Defense Distributed - Cody Wilson
Fri 14 Mar 2014
Why use the ‘dark web’ to empower individuals and undermine big government?
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Foreign Minister of Poland - Radoslaw Sikorski
Wed 12 Mar 2014
Will EU sanctions against Russia impact on its military intervention in Ukraine?
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Premier of the Cayman Islands - Alden McLaughlin
Fri 7 Mar 2014
Are the Cayman Islands about to lose their tax haven status?
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Jerry Springer: Does he care about his show's reputation?
Wed 5 Mar 2014
A 2014 interview with the controversial TV talk show host, who has died aged 79
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President, US National Rifle Association, 2011 - 13 - David Keene
Mon 3 Mar 2014
Does the gun lobby really stand up for American values?
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Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania - Lazaro Nyalandu
Fri 28 Feb 2014
Can Tanzania's illegal ivory trade be stopped?
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Daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko - Eugenia Tymoshenko
Wed 26 Feb 2014
After the revolutionary tumult, is Yulia Tymoshenko what Ukraine needs?
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Minister for Economy, Israel - Naftali Bennett
Mon 24 Feb 2014
Just how stable and sustainable is Israel's coalition government?
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Kenyan Author - Binyavanga Wainaina
Fri 21 Feb 2014
After publicly 'coming out', can Binyavanaga Wainaina change attitudes to homesexuality?
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Palestinian Authority Chief Negotiator - Saeb Erekat
Wed 19 Feb 2014
Is Palestine approaching a defining moment or a dead end?
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Chairman Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars - Dieter Zetsche
Mon 17 Feb 2014
Daimler has a proud reputation, but does it have a bright future?
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Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault
Fri 14 Feb 2014
Allen Ault spent years as head of death row. Why does he now oppose the death penalty?
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Wimbledon Champion 2013 - Marion Bartoli
Wed 12 Feb 2014
Marion Bartoli is retiring at the age of 28 but can she never imagine competing again?
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President, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace - Cardinal Peter Turkson
Mon 10 Feb 2014
Cardinal Peter Turkson calls for financial reforms and action against poverty
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British Foreign Secretary - William Hague
Fri 7 Feb 2014
What are the principles that drive Britain's foreign policy?
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Secretary, All India Progressive Women’s Association - Kavita Krishnan
Wed 5 Feb 2014
Is India becoming a safer, more equal society for women?
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Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq for Energy - Hussain Al-Shahristani
Mon 3 Feb 2014
Ten years on from the fall of Saddam Hussein, is Iraq close to tearing itself apart?
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Archbishop of Canterbury - Justin Welby
Fri 31 Jan 2014
Can he help heal the divisions in conflict ridden countries such as South Sudan?
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Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir - Omar Abdullah
Wed 29 Jan 2014
Is there any hope of Kashmir becoming a place of peace not conflict?
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Finance Minister of India - Palaniappan Chidambaram
Mon 27 Jan 2014
India has experienced unprecedented growth. Why does poverty persist?
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Finance Minister of Cyprus - Harris Georgiades
Fri 24 Jan 2014
Austerity, poverty and a shrinking economy - can Georgiades be optimistic for Cyprus?
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Former Minister, Freedom and Justice Party, Egypt - Yehia Hamed
Wed 22 Jan 2014
Is the Muslim Brotherhood in danger of encouraging the violence it professes to abhor?
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British Energy and Climate Change Secretary - Ed Davey
Mon 20 Jan 2014
If we want clean, green and affordable energy, what role should fracking have?
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US Defence Secretary, 2006 - 2011 - Robert Gates
Fri 17 Jan 2014
Are revelations about the Obama presidency in Robert Gates' memoirs an act of disloyalty?
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President of the European Court of Human Rights - Dean Spielmann
Wed 15 Jan 2014
Is the European Court of Human Rights an infringement on national sovereignty?
