The Interview
BBC World Service
Conversations with people shaping our world, from all around the globe. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, 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 BBC, 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 BBC, 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 #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
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 BBC, 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 BBC, 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 #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
Episodes
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Oct 25, 2023 • 24min
Lubaina Himid: Race, culture and modern Britain
Stephen Sackur speaks to Lubaina Himid, a Turner Prize winning British artist. They discuss her journey as an artist, the theme of making marginalized communities more visible through art, the perspective of captured Africans on a slave ship, and the power of art to shape the future.
Oct 21, 2023 • 23min
Aiden Aslin: Captured, tortured and swapped by Russia
Aiden Aslin, a British man who joined the Ukrainian army, shares his harrowing experience of being captured and tortured by Putin's forces. He reflects on witnessing atrocities in Syria and his fixation on fighting in other people's wars. The podcast also discusses allegations of war crimes in Ukraine and explores the possibility of Ukraine's victory with Western support.
Oct 20, 2023 • 23min
Adam Smith: How does the US navigate its multiple interests?
Stephen Sackur speaks to US Democratic Party congressman Adam Smith. The Biden mission to the Middle East at a time of war and spiralling regional tension was always a gamble. How does the US navigate its multiple interests at this time of maximum danger?
Oct 18, 2023 • 23min
Husam Zomlot: Is Gaza on the brink of a humanitarian crisis?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot. Hamas surely knew its murderous attack on Israel would provoke an overwhelming military response. The jihadists, it seems, wanted a devastating war. But what about Palestinians not with Hamas? As conflict in the Middle East escalates, what are their options?(Photo: Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to Britain, attends a news conference at the Arab British Chamber of Commerce. Credit: London. Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)
Oct 13, 2023 • 24min
Olha Stefanishyna: How solid is the West’s support for Kyiv?
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine discusses the level of support from NATO and the EU, Ukraine's dependence on US for military funding, Ukraine's progress in fulfilling EU's recommendations and addressing concerns, challenges of holding elections amidst war, and the absence of doubt among the Ukrainian people in their struggle.
Oct 12, 2023 • 24min
Ehud Barak: Where will the Middle East conflict end?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Hamas’s murderous attack on Israel from Gaza killed more than 1,200 people and has prompted an Israeli response which has already killed more than a thousand Palestinians. Unimaginable horror has been unleashed; where will it end?
Oct 10, 2023 • 23min
Danny Danon: A new Middle East war
Stephen Sackur speaks to Danny Danon, a long-standing Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud, about Hamas's assault on Israel, living conditions in Gaza, the possibility of a national unity government, and Israel's response to Iran's involvement in Gaza.
Oct 5, 2023 • 23min
Lord Deben: Is short-term politics undermining climate action?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Conservative politician and former UK environment minister Lord Deben. After Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a major shift in green policies, is political short-termism undermining climate action?
Oct 4, 2023 • 23min
Paolo Gentiloni: Are divisions costing the EU on the global stage?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Paolo Gentiloni, the European Union's economy commissioner. He’s at the centre of efforts to turn the bloc into an economic superpower capable of rivalling the US and China. But is the EU simply too divided to project real geopolitical power?
Oct 2, 2023 • 23min
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar: Can he steer Pakistan through political turmoil?
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar. Can he steer the country through its current political turmoil until postponed elections are held?
