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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Notable Guests
Episodes (1962)
Nitin Sawhney, Musician and Composer
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Roger Deakins: How is technology changing cinema?
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Bryan Hughes: Abortion in Texas
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Carlos Fernando Chamorro: Exiled from Nicaragua
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Naomi Campbell, supermodel and businesswoman
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Robin Hanbury-Tenison: An explorer protecting indigenous lands
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Former interrogator for the CIA, James Mitchell
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Rudy Giuliani: Reflecting on 9/11
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Nadia Calviño: Is Europe too fragmented to shape the 21st Century?
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Lindsey Graham: What is the Republican vision for America?
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Omar Zakhilwal: What ideology will prevail in Afghanistan?
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Maggi Hambling: An evolving creative vision
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Andrei Kelin: Russia, Afghanistan and the UK
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Paula Kahumbu: Saving Africa's wild spaces
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Gedion Timothewos: Ethiopia's civil war
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Kamila Sidiqi: What future do Afghanistan's women face?
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Tobias Ellwood: Britain's Afghanistan exit
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Aly Raisman: Are gold medals put above athletes' wellbeing?
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Getachew Reda: What is the endgame for Tigray's rebels?
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Daryl Davis: Reaching out to the KKK
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Hamid Mir: Is Pakistan a safe place for journalists?
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Sir Andrew Pollard: The war on Covid-19
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RoseAnne Archibald: Uncovering Canada's dark past
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Sir Hilary Beckles: Reparations for slavery
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Lazarus Chakwera: President of Malawi
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Péter Szijjártó: Is Hungary undermining European values?
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Hamdullah Mohib: Can the Afghan government hold out against the Taliban?
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Fikile Mbalula: Is South Africa's government being confronted with its own failu...
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Laurent Lamothe: Can anything be done to end Haiti's suffering?
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Michael Holding: Can sport win its fight against racism?
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Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho: Can courage overcome injustice?
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Jess Phillips: What happened to progressive politics?
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Writer Lionel Shriver
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Christian Happi: Can Africa become a world leader in vaccine development?
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Victor Gao: 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party
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Zainab Ahmed: Can Nigeria avert financial meltdown?
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Rawdah Mohamed: Fashion and Muslim women
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REM lead singer Michael Stipe
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Johan Lundgren, EasyJet CEO: Can his business model survive Covid and climate ch...
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Jens Stoltenberg: Is the old alliance ready to tackle new threats?
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Ben Rhodes: President Biden's foreign policy challenges
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Michael Rosen: Surviving Covid-19
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Tom Kerridge: Has the pandemic changed the way we eat?
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John Nkengasong: Can Africa meet its vaccination targets?
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Doug Gurr: Advocating for planet Earth
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Fawad Chaudhry: Is Imran Khan reneging on his promises to Pakistan?
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Tito Mboweni: How much has Covid damaged South Africa?
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Ben Hodges: Is America's global power waning?
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Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s Ambassador to the EU
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Husam Zomlot: Palestine's balance of power
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