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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Lord Deben: Is short-term politics undermining climate action?
Fri 6 Oct 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Conservative politician and former UK environment minister
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Paolo Gentiloni: Are divisions costing the EU on the global stage?
Wed 4 Oct 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the European Union's economy commissioner
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Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar: Can he steer Pakistan through political turmoil?
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister
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Martin Griffiths: Is the UN system failing those in greatest need?
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the UN's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs
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Kaja Kallas: Is Russia a threat to Estonia?
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur is in Tallinn for an exclusive interview with Estonia’s prime minister
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Shaharzad Akbar: How should the world respond to Afghanistan's crisis?
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Afghan human rights campaigner
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Caroline Lucas: Parliamentary politics or direct action?
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Green Party of England and Wales's only Westminster MP
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Yuval Noah Harari: Are humans losing the ability to trust and co-operate?
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed Israeli historian and author
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Vladimir Milov: Could Putin outlast his enemies?
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former Russian deputy energy minister
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Mustafa Suleyman: How can AI be safely developed?
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a British pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence
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Tobias Billström: Controversy in Sweden
Fri 8 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sweden’s foreign minister Tobias Billström.
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Lindsey Graham: Does Trump's comeback spell trouble for America?
Wed 6 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to US Senator Lindsey Graham, a loyal backer of Donald Trump
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Nancy Pelosi: American power abroad
Mon 4 Sep 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former speaker of the US House of Representatives
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Nureldin Satti: The war in Sudan
Fri 1 Sep 2023
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Sudan's former ambassador to Washington
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Peter Boehringer: Is the AfD a threat to German stability?
Wed 30 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur meets the vice chairman of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party
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Feargal Sharkey: Britain's dirty water problem
Mon 28 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a former punk rock star turned environmental campaigner
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Dominic Lee: Is China scaring investors away from Hong Kong?
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur talks to a Hong Kong lawmaker who's backing Beijing's security crackdown
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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an advocate for survivors of abuse
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Sam Rainsy: Has Cambodia's opposition been outfoxed?
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Cambodian opposition leader
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Lucy Prebble: How are writers facing the future?
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the writers behind hit TV show Succession
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John Cooper Clarke - where does his word magic come from?
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the pioneering performance poet John Cooper Clarke.
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Lord Goldsmith: Is a green backlash reshaping politics?
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the UK’s former environment minister
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Nathan Law: Has China eradicated dissent in Hong Kong?
Wed 9 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Hong Kong democracy activist
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Andriy Khlyvnyuk: What is war doing to Ukraine’s culture?
Mon 7 Aug 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to a Ukrainian rock star who swapped his guitar for a gun
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Imran Khan: Is Pakistan heading for political chaos?
Fri 4 Aug 2023
The former prime minister of Pakistan thinks he can stage a comeback
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Kwame Kwei-Armah: Are audiences prepared to engage?
Wed 2 Aug 2023
A theatre director whose work poses questions about race, identity, equality and justice
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Isabella Tree: Is rewilding a pathway to a healthier planet?
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Does rewilding show a pathway to a healthier planet or put eco-principles above people?
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Agnes Callamard: Is Amnesty facing a credibility crisis?
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of Amnesty International.
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Lewis Pugh: Pushing the limits of the human body
Mon 24 Jul 2023
An extreme swimmer trying to draw attention to the impacts of climate change
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Gabriel Boric: Can the new left bring change to Chile?
Fri 21 Jul 2023
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Chilean president