The Interview Podcast
Conversations with people shaping our world. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, with the people shaping our world, from all over the world.
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Episodes to download
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Victor Gao: 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Is Beijing's method of governing fit for the future?
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Zainab Ahmed: Can Nigeria avert financial meltdown?
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Nigeria’s finance minister
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Rawdah Mohamed: Fashion and Muslim women
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Can fashion overturn negative stereotypes of Muslim women?
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REM lead singer Michael Stipe
Mon 21 Jun 2021
The American rock band REM split up in 2011 after 31 years together
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Johan Lundgren, EasyJet CEO: Can his business model survive Covid and climate change?
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Johan Lundgren, CEO of budget airline giant EasyJet on the future of the aviation
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Jens Stoltenberg: Is the old alliance ready to tackle new threats?
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Secretary General of NATO
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Ben Rhodes: President Biden's foreign policy challenges
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to Barack Obama's former national security adviser
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Michael Rosen: Surviving Covid-19
Mon 7 Jun 2021
How an author found poetry in a near-death experience
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Tom Kerridge: Has the pandemic changed the way we eat?
Fri 4 Jun 2021
Will restaurants come back to life after the pandemic?
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John Nkengasong: Can Africa meet its vaccination targets?
Wed 2 Jun 2021
Hardtalk speaks to the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
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Doug Gurr: Advocating for planet Earth
Mon 31 May 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the director of the Natural History Museum in London
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Fawad Chaudhry: Is Imran Khan reneging on his promises to Pakistan?
Fri 28 May 2021
What happened to Imran Khan’s pledge to deliver clean, transparent governance?
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Tito Mboweni: How much has Covid damaged South Africa?
Wed 26 May 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's finance minister
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Ben Hodges: Is America's global power waning?
Mon 24 May 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Commander of the US Army in Europe
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Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s Ambassador to the EU
Fri 21 May 2021
Is confrontation with the West, President Putin’s strategic choice?
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Husam Zomlot: Palestine's balance of power
Wed 19 May 2021
How much influence does the Palestinian Authority have in the latest conflict?
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Kaja Kallas: Do Nato and the EU have Estonia's back?
Mon 17 May 2021
Will membership of the EU and Nato protect Estonia from possible Russian aggression?
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Tzipi Hotovely: Israel's ambassador to the UK
Fri 14 May 2021
We speak to Israel's ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely
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Harry Theoharis: What is in store for European summer holidays?
Wed 12 May 2021
Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis on the scope for travel and tourism in summer 2021
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Fawzia Koofi: The future for women in Afghanistan
Mon 10 May 2021
Zeinab Badawi interviews the first woman to lead a political party in Afghanistan
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Mohammed Alyahya: Does Saudi Arabia still have America's support?
Fri 7 May 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to the boss of Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya English news channel
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi: What is the Guantanamo legacy?
Wed 5 May 2021
For 14 years, Mohamedou Salahi was held at Guantanamo Bay. He was released without charge
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Artists Gilbert Prousch & George Passmore
Fri 30 Apr 2021
The artistic duo Gilbert and George have been creating art together since the late 1960s
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Dmytro Kuleba: Has the Russian threat to Ukraine receded?
Wed 28 Apr 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba
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Sir Peter Westmacott: Are we at peak geopolitical risk?
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Stephen Sackur interviews former British Ambassador to Washington, Paris and Ankara
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Navalny aide Vladimir Ashurkov: Is Putin about to eliminate his most dangerous opponent?
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Stephen Sackur speaks to a key ally of Alexei Navalny
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Michael Mann: The new climate war?
Wed 21 Apr 2021
Climate denial is dead - says climate scientist Michael Mann. In its place? Inaction.
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Silvia Foti: When truth trumps family loyalty
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Silvia Foti on grappling with family responsible for the holocaust
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Serj Tankian: System of a Down frontman on activism and music
Wed 14 Apr 2021
Do politics or music matter more to the frontman of one of the world's biggest rock acts?
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Are better days coming for Zimbabwe?
Mon 12 Apr 2021
Zeinab Badawi interviews one of Zimbabwe's most influential cultural figures