The Interview
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...
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Episodes (1962)
Salome Zourabichvili: How much does Georgia have to fear from Russia?
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Ronald Lamola: Does the ANC have answers for South Africa's problems?
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Mark Wolf: Does the world need a new anti-corruption court?
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David Dimbleby: Are journalistic values under threat?
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Gerard Lyons: Is Britain's economy up to scratch?
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Sauli Niinistö: Finland's new strategic direction
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Ben Hodges: Is Ukrainian victory inevitable?
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Rafael Grossi: Is nuclear power ever risk-free?
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Dimitar Kovačevski: Can North Macedonia finally join the EU?
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Matthew Collins: Taking on the far right
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Audrey Tang: Can Taiwan forge its own path?
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Jan Lipavský: Will energy crisis break Europe's stand against Moscow?
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German Galushchenko: How vulnerable is Ukraine?
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Dr Anthony Fauci: What did the US get wrong about Covid?
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Amin Salam: Is Lebanon heading for meltdown?
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Maggie Haberman: Donald Trump and journalistic responsibility
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Boris Grebenshchikov: Culture and protest in Russia
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Masih Alinejad: A revolution for Iranian women?
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Evgeny Popov: Russia's mobilisation
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Reverend Richard Coles: Living with grief
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Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze: Can Putin’s threats undermine support for Ukraine?
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Maria Pevchikh: Where does Russia's anti-Putin movement go from here?
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Vadym Prystaiko: Can Ukraine count on its allies?
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Enrico Letta: Is Italy set to choose a far-right government?
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Lindsey Graham: Trump and the midterms
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Tova Friedman: Learning from history
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Gwen Adshead: Getting inside the minds of murderers
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Pinchas Goldschmidt: Is the Ukraine war deepening Jewish anxiety?
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Olga Rudenko: Is there room for government critique in Ukraine's fight for survi...
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Sir Peter Blake: What keeps his creativity alive?
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Krišjānis Kariņš: Is Latvia still vulnerable?
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George Monbiot: Surrounded by fear
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Shon Faye: The transgender issue
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Amrullah Saleh: Is resistance in Afghanistan viable?
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Albert Woodfox: Freedom after a life inside
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Gregory Doran: Why does Shakespeare still captivate us?
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The Singh Twins: Mixing art and politics
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James Lovelock: The future of life on Earth
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Julius Malema: Is South Africa on the brink of chaos?
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Fatih Birol: Could short-term panic derail the clean energy transition?
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Sharan Burrow: Do workers have faith in collective action?
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Omah Lay: Is there a universal message in his music?
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Meaza Ashenafi: What are the prospects for peace in Ethiopia?
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Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda: Does Christianity in Iraq have a future?
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Nury Turkel: Will the world stand up for China's Uyghurs?
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Ibram X. Kendi: America's unhealed racial wounds
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Steve Thompson: Rugby's traumatic legacy
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Lord Patten: Were promises to Hong Kong broken?
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K. Shanmugam: Will Singapore have to choose between the US and China?
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Henry Huiyao Wang: Is China exposing its vulnerabilities?
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