The Interview Podcast
Conversations with people shaping our world. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the 麻豆社, 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 麻豆社, 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 麻豆社, our journalists interview amazing people every single day. And on The Interview, we bring them to you.
It鈥檚 your one-stop-shop to the best conversations coming out of the 麻豆社, 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 #TheInterview麻豆社 on social media.
Episodes to download
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Ayad Allawi: What if the US pulls out of Iraq?
Wed 8 Jan 2020
Do rising tensions between the US and Iran spell disaster for Iraq?
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Malcolm Gladwell: Should we trust strangers?
Mon 6 Jan 2020
Stephen Sackur meets the author described as America's most famous intellectual
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Andrew Mitchell MP: What will Boris Johnson do next?
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The scale of the Conservative Party triumph promises to have seismic consequences.
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Staffan de Mistura: Can the international community still stop wars?
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Is it time to acknowledge the irrelevance of the international peacemakers?
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Bill Bryson: US author demystifying the British
Mon 16 Dec 2019
What has US author Bill Bryson learned from his gentle search for understanding?
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Aryana Sayeed: Afghanistan鈥檚 biggest pop star
Fri 13 Dec 2019
She has braved death threats to campaign for women鈥檚 rights and artistic freedom
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Eliot Higgins: Searching for facts in a 'post-truth' world
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Can complex truths be revealed using digital fragments from the worldwide web?
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Megan Phelps-Roper: Leaving 'America's most obnoxious hate group'
Mon 9 Dec 2019
A former Westboro Baptist Church member discusses leaving the group
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Daniel Jones: The man who unveiled the CIA鈥檚 darkest secrets
Fri 6 Dec 2019
Daniel Jones led a six-year investigation into the CIA's torture practices after 9/11
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Behrouz Boochani: Six years as a marooned migrant
Wed 4 Dec 2019
Behrouz Boochani is now a prize-winning author, but is his long-term fate any clearer?
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Stephen Sackur is on the road in Zimbabwe
Mon 2 Dec 2019
How are Zimbabweans faring in the face of economic collapse and environmental crisis?
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Wendell Pierce: A tale of two Americas
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Wendell Pierce starred as Detective Bunk Moreland in the American TV series The Wire
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Liu Xiaoming: How will China respond to unrest in Hong Kong?
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Is Chinese leader Xi Jinping facing the most serious challenge of his presidency?
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Mangaliso Ndlovu: Can Zimbabwe avert environmental disaster?
Mon 25 Nov 2019
Zimbabwe is wrestling with economic crisis, endemic corruption and prolonged drought.
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Christopher Ruddy: How much trouble is Donald Trump in?
Fri 22 Nov 2019
Will the impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill derail Donald Trump's presidency?
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Author and explorer - Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Mon 18 Nov 2019
What's Sir Ranulph Fiennes' motivation for a life of extreme adventure?
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Investigative journalist - Ronan Farrow
Fri 15 Nov 2019
How did a Hollywood insider break the story that took the shine off Tinseltown?
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Minister for Islamic Affairs in Malaysia -Mujahid Yusof Rawa
Wed 13 Nov 2019
Are racial and religious divides threatening Malaysia鈥檚 stability and future prospects?
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Esther Duflo - Nobel Prize-winning economist
Fri 8 Nov 2019
Shaun Ley speaks to the Nobel Prize winning economist Esther Duflo.
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Hong Kong鈥檚 Secretary for Housing and Transport , 2012 鈥� 2017 - Anthony Cheung
Wed 6 Nov 2019
How long can Hong Kong protests go on without a major intervention from Beijing?
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Richard Haass - President, Council on Foreign Relations
Mon 4 Nov 2019
Stephen Sackur interviews former senior US diplomat Richard Haass.
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Campaigner and businesswoman Gina Miller
Fri 1 Nov 2019
How has Gina Miller, a non-politician, had such an impact on Britain鈥檚 politics?
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Casey Legler: What does it take to emerge from darkness?
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Stephen Sackur interviews a former Olympic swimmer turned artist, model, and now writer
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Former spy - Willie Carlin
Mon 28 Oct 2019
What was it like to be a spy during the Troubles in Northern Ireland?
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Zohrab Mnatsakanyan - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Stephen Sackur speaks to Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Armenia鈥檚 foreign minister.
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Alfred Bosch
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Stephen Sackur speaks to Alfred Bosch, Catalan minister for foreign action.
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Sally Lane and John Letts, parents of Jack Letts
Mon 21 Oct 2019
What will become - what should become - of Jack Letts?
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey - Mevl眉t 脟avu艧o臒lu
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Is Turkey creating further instability in Syria?
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