The Interview Podcast
Conversations with people shaping our world. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the Â鶹Éç, 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 Â鶹Éç, 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 Â鶹Éç, 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 Â鶹Éç, 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 #TheInterviewÂ鶹Éç on social media.
Episodes to download
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Patrick Chinamasa - Justice Minister of Zimbabwe
Fri 5 Apr 2013
Is the relationship between the UK and Zimbabwe improving?
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Daniel Dennett – Philosopher and Cognitive Scientist
Mon 1 Apr 2013
Do humans want to live in a world where atheism rules and religion is dead?
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Major General Robert Mood - Former Head of UN Supervision Mission in Syria
Fri 29 Mar 2013
What should the outside world be doing as Syria sinks ever deeper into civil war?
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Alassane Ouattara - President of Ivory Coast
Wed 27 Mar 2013
Zeinab Badawi talks to the president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara.
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Kishore Mahbubani - Author and former diplomat
Mon 25 Mar 2013
Stephen Sackur speaks to Kishore Mahbubani, the former diplomat turned provocative thinker
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Gareth Thomas - Former Wales Rugby Captain
Fri 22 Mar 2013
Stephen Sackur speaks to Welsh rugby legend, Gareth Thomas.
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Victor Ponta - Prime Minister of Romania
Wed 20 Mar 2013
Zeinab Badawi talks to Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta.
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Kenneth Clarke - Conservative Government Minister, UK
Mon 18 Mar 2013
Stephen Sackur talks to veteran Conservative cabinet minister Ken Clarke.
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Theodor Meron - President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Fri 15 Mar 2013
Theodor Meron talks about the international legal framework for delivering justice.
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Moncef Marzouki - President of Tunisia
Wed 13 Mar 2013
The success of Tunisia's revolution has been threatened by growing internal tensions.
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Lord Bilimoria – Founder and Chairman, Cobra Beer
Mon 11 Mar 2013
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Indian born British entrepreneur, Karan Bilimoria.
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Timo Soini - Leader, The Finns Party
Fri 8 Mar 2013
A Finnish nationalist wants to see the Eurozone dismantled.
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AB Yehoshua - Author
Mon 4 Mar 2013
Can one of Israel's great writers chart a way for Israelis and Palestinians in conflict?
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Father Bernard Lynch - Priest and Psychotherapist
Fri 1 Mar 2013
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Father Bernard Lynch, one of a few openly gay Catholic priests.
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Gloria Steinem – Feminist activist and author
Wed 27 Feb 2013
How much of what Gloria Steinem hoped for and fought for has been achieved?
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Jon Huntsman - Republican Presidential Candidate 2011
Mon 25 Feb 2013
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Republican politician frequently at odds with his own party.
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Mamphela Ramphele - Politician and academic
Fri 22 Feb 2013
Stephen Sackur talks to the anti-apartheid activist about her new alternative to the ANC.
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Enrique Garcia - President - CAF - Development Bank of Latin America
Mon 18 Feb 2013
Is this Latin America's decade?
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Lucinda Creighton - Minister for European Affairs
Fri 15 Feb 2013
Can Dublin convince the world that it has bounced back from the brink of disaster?
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Fernando Carrera – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wed 13 Feb 2013
Is Guatemala in danger of becoming a narco-state?
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Hossein Mousavian - Iranian Nuclear Negotiator
Mon 11 Feb 2013
As Iran's nuclear programme gets more sophisticated, does diplomacy have a chance?
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Mohammad Jawad - Plastic Surgeon
Fri 8 Feb 2013
Reconstructing the faces of women disfigured by acid attacks in Pakistan
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Renzo Piano - Architect
Wed 6 Feb 2013
"If you make something wrong, it's wrong forever" architect Renzo Piano on building design
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Lord Ouseley – Chairman, Kick It Out
Mon 4 Feb 2013
Veteran equality campaigner Lord Ouseley on tackling racism in football
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Paul Bhatti – Minister in Charge of National Harmony, Pakistan
Fri 1 Feb 2013
What hope is there for national harmony Pakistan?
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Mark Lynas - pro-GM campaigner
Wed 30 Jan 2013
What if genetically modified food is the solution to world hunger?
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Nigel Sheinwald - UK Ambassador to the US (2007 - 2012)
Mon 28 Jan 2013
Is the Cameron EU gambit in Britain's national interest?
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Mohamed El-Erian – CEO, PIMCO
Fri 25 Jan 2013
Are central bankers and politicians ready to take bold decisions in the quest for growth?
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Doreen Lawrence
Wed 23 Jan 2013
Doreen Lawrence exposed the extent of racism in Britain. How have things changed?
