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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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia: How to rebuild a country
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Pete Townshend, musician: Farewell tour doesn’t mean the end
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Gustavo Dudamel, conductor: Music has the power to unite
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Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat : Algorithms don’t drive the truth
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Giuseppe Lavazza, CEO of Lavazza: Coffee is a big responsibility
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Captain Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander: We were going to survive
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Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank: The world must focus on creating jobs
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Pieter Engelbrecht, CEO of Shoprite: We have a purpose to help people survive
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John Denton, Secretary-General of the ICC: Uncertainty is harming business
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Petr Pavel, Czech President: Russia cannot stand economic pressure
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John Kerry, Former US Secretary of State: We face a special challenge in America
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Sergei Tikhanovsky, Belarussian opposition activist: Belarus will be free
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Guli Francis-Dehqani, Church of England Bishop: We were outsiders
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Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor: Europe was free-riding on US
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Donald Trump, US President: I’m disappointed with Putin
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Catherine Corless, Irish historian: I’m going to be a voice for these children
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Keith Siegel, freed Israeli hostage: I pray for peace
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Sir Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister: The UK needs strong international relations...
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Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister: Regime change is a futile...
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Philippe Kehren, CEO of multinational Solvay: Reducing reliance on China’s rare...
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Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space: A new era of defence re...
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Martina Navratilova, tennis champion: Women are judged by a different metric to...
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Muhammad Yunus: We dream of creating a new Bangladesh
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Yoshua Bengio: AI’s risks must be acknowledged
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Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel: ‘Hamas isn't interested in ending the wa...
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Bill Gates: The importance of aid and philanthropy
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Carsten Breuer, the German chief of defence: Nato faces "very serious threat" fr...
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Tom Fletcher, UN Humanitarian Chief: Is the world doing enough to get aid into G...
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Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services - what is the future of big tech?
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Surviving Syria’s sectarian violence
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Dovilė Šakalienė, Defence Minister of Lithuania: Uncertain times for Europe
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Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist - giving voice to victims of violence
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Radosław Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland: Dealing with the growing threat f...
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Sir John Major, former UK Prime Minister - are the lessons of WW2 being forgotte...
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Joe Biden: Can the world still rely on America?
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Tidjane Thiam, Ivory Coast opposition leader - can he run for president?
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Prince Harry: Is his safety at risk?
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Emi Mahmoud, poet: Has the world abandoned Sudan?
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Kurt Volker, former US diplomat: Decoding Trump, the second time around
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire businessman: Making Manchester United great, agai...
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Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition politician: From the streets to state?
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Lady Gaga, music legend and film star: Inside the chaos
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Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank: Mission accomplishe...
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David van Weel, Dutch Minister of Justice: Preparing for disaster
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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, President of Namibia: What challenges does she face?
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Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador: Can Ecuador find peace?
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Justin Welby, former Archbishop of Canterbury: I forgive serial abuser John Smyt...
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Introducing The Interview podcast
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HARDtalk: Coda
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HARDtalk: The early years review
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