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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Jim Skea: Are humans bungling our chance to avert disaster?
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Gillian Slovo: Has her writing exorcised demons?
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Alexander Stubb: Has Nato membership left Finland stronger?
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Sir Ron Dennis: The need for speed
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Bill Blair: Canada's defence strategy
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Gabrielius Landsbergis: Does Europe back Lithuania?
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Jonathan Haidt: Should we be worried about children having smartphones?
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Mihai Popșoi: Is Moldova the new Russian battleground?
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Paul Auster: 'We are divided in ways we have never seen before'
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Ami Ayalon: Is Israel fighting an unwinnable war?
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Amin Salam: Can Lebanon's government avert catastrophe?
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Joan Donoghue: Has the ICJ ruling changed anything in Gaza?
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Daniel Dennett: Philosophy and atheism
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Richard Haass: How should the US respond to global risks?
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Could Ukraine lose?
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Danny Danon: Will Israel listen to its allies?
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Eddie Marsan: Do the arts neglect working-class people?
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Paul Caruana Galizia: Can his family get justice?
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Job Sikhala: Is change possible in Zimbabwe?
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Humza Yousaf: Is the SNP's supremacy in Scotland under threat?
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Naomi Alderman: Power and technology
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Tom Shakespeare: Redefining disability
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Lila Rose: Could abortion be banned in the entire US?
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Mohamed Irfaan Ali: Is oil a blessing or a curse for Guyana?
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On the road in Guyana
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Judith Butler: Gender and identity
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Luis Abinader: Will the Dominican Republic help Haiti?
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Chris Mullin: Have lessons been learned from the Birmingham Six injustice?
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Jan Egeland: Is the international community failing to protect the most vulnerab...
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Claude Joseph: Can anything save Haiti?
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Leonid Volkov: Is the anti-Putin movement out of options?
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Ericka Huggins: Do the Black Panthers have lessons for Black Lives Matter?
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Riyad Mansour: Why are the diplomats failing?
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Sathnam Sanghera: Britain's imperial legacies
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Salome Zourabichvili: Where does Georgia's destiny lie?
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Ciarán Hinds: Is Northern Ireland a creative powerhouse?
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Jens Stoltenberg: Is Russia really preparing for a war with Nato?
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HARDtalk: Defying Putin
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Nikolai Denkov: Is Bulgaria a weak link in Europe's security?
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Alexey Navalny: The interview
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Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?
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Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya: Does Ukraine feel...
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Cornel West: Could enough votes taken from Joe Biden help Donald Trump get elect...
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Vassily Nebenzia: Is Russia influencing global opinions?
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José Ramos-Horta: Peace and reconciliation
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Abdalla Hamdok: Can Sudan find peace?
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Ronald Lamola: Is South Africa's genocide case against Israel a geo-political ga...
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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England
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Radek Sikorski: Will Poland's new government unite or divide the country?
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Naomi Alderman: Apocalypse soon?
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