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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Alice Edwards: Is it possible to eradicate torture?
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Sarah Montague speaks to Alice Edwards, the UN special rapporteur on torture
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Alan Hollinghurst: How has Britain changed since the 1980s?
Wed 8 Jan 2025
Stephen Sackur speaks to Alan Hollinghurst, author of Our Evenings and The Line of Beauty
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HARDtalk - 2024 Review
Mon 23 Dec 2024
HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur looks back on some of the most powerful moments from 2024.
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Dmytro Kuleba: What are Ukraine's options?
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba
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Marty Baron: Is mainstream media in terminal decline?
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Washington Post editor Marty Baron
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Terumi Tanaka: Is nuclear war unthinkable?
Fri 13 Dec 2024
Stephen Sackur meets Terumi Tanaka, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
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Arab Barghouthi: Will his father shape Palestinians' future?
Mon 9 Dec 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian activist Arab Barghouthi
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Mark Alford: Is America ready for Trump 2.0?
Fri 6 Dec 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican congressman and Trump loyalist Mark Alford
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Peter Boehringer: Is Germany's far right in a powerful position?
Wed 4 Dec 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Peter Boehringer of the far-right Alternative for Deutschland
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Barbara Taylor Bradford: A woman of substance
Mon 2 Dec 2024
A 2009 interview with novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, who died In November 2024 aged 91
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Liz Carr: The UK's assisted dying debate
Fri 29 Nov 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to actor and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr
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Aleksandar Vu膷i膰: Is Serbia looking to the West or Russia and China?
Mon 25 Nov 2024
An exclusive interview with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vu膷i膰
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Masoumeh Ebtekar: Is Iran's leadership in danger of losing its grip?
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Iran鈥檚 former VP for women and family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar
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Paddy Hill: Rebuilding after a miscarriage of justice
Mon 18 Nov 2024
A 2011 interview of Paddy Hill, wrongfully convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings
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Sir Steve McQueen: The power of film
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Oscar-winning film director Steve McQueen
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Farah Nabulsi: Challenging imbalance in value of human life
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi.
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Edmund Bartlett: Does Jamaica have a security problem?
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jamaica's minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett
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Jason Jones: How can you change cultural attitudes?
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Allan Little speaks to the Trinidadian human rights activist Jason Jones
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Andrei Kelin: Is Vladimir Putin reshaping geopolitics?
Mon 4 Nov 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia鈥檚 ambassador in London, Andrei Kelin
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Fred Fleitz: What would Donald Trump's foreign policy look like?
Fri 1 Nov 2024
Fred Fleitz is tipped for a new foreign policy role if Donald Trump returns to power
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Diane Foley: Bringing detained Americans home
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Stephen Sackur talks to Diane Foley, whose son was murdered by the Islamic State group
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Chris Murphy: Is Kamala Harris a candidate for change?
Mon 28 Oct 2024
Stephen Sackur is in Washington DC to speak to Democratic Party Senator Chris Murphy
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John Bolton: Is America too divided to offer global leadership?
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Donald Trump鈥檚 former national security adviser John Bolton
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Frank Skinner: What unites his many sides?
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Stephen Sackur talks to the comedian, broadcaster and writer Frank Skinner
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Seyed Hossein Mousavian: How vulnerable is Iran?
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian
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Ali Abbasi: Is censorship a growing cross-cultural problem?
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ali Abbasi, director of a new Donald Trump film, The Apprentice
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Marietje Schaake: Is Silicon Valley too powerful?
Mon 14 Oct 2024
Former MEP Marietje Schaake is now a cyber expert at Stanford University
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Danny Danon: Can force alone deliver security for Israel?
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel鈥檚 ambassador at the UN, Danny Danon
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Tamir Pardo: Does Israel's greatest threat come from within?
Wed 9 Oct 2024
Tamir Pardo, a former director of Mossad, is now a fierce critic of Benjamin Netanyahu
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Kim Aris: The fate of Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar
Mon 7 Oct 2024
Allan Little speaks to Kim Aris, son of Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
