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)
Peter Boehringer: Is the AfD a threat to German stability?
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Feargal Sharkey: Britain's dirty water problem
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Dominic Lee: Is China scaring investors away from Hong Kong?
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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England
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Sam Rainsy: Has Cambodia's opposition been outfoxed?
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Lucy Prebble: How are writers facing the future?
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John Cooper Clarke - where does his word magic come from?
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Lord Goldsmith: Is a green backlash reshaping politics?
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Nathan Law: Has China eradicated dissent in Hong Kong?
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Andriy Khlyvnyuk: What is war doing to Ukraine’s culture?
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Imran Khan: Is Pakistan heading for political chaos?
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Kwame Kwei-Armah: Are audiences prepared to engage?
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Isabella Tree: Is rewilding a pathway to a healthier planet?
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Agnes Callamard: Is Amnesty facing a credibility crisis?
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Lewis Pugh: Pushing the limits of the human body
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Gabriel Boric: Can the new left bring change to Chile?
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Mikhail Zygar: Is Putin in a vulnerable position?
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Tomás Saraceno: What does 'being human' mean?
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Laurence Boone: Can France's government deal with social divisions?
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María Corina Machado: The existential fight for Venezuela
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Ann Leslie: What does it mean to be a foreign correspondent?
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Peter Boghossian: Has academia been corrupted by ‘woke’ ideology?
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Jennifer Morgan: Is the rich world doing enough to combat climate change?
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Anielle Franco: Can Brazil tackle racial inequality?
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Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover: Can the Anglican church hold together?
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Patrick Verkooijen: Is climate change inevitable?
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Dmytro Kuleba: Will Ukraine get the help it needs?
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Shashi Tharoor: Is India on the right path?
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Daniel Ellsberg: The dangers of military might
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Andy Burnham: Can power in the UK be decentralised?
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Peter Singer: Is the animal rights movement unstoppable?
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Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro): Satire in South Africa
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Abdullah Mohtadi: What do Iran's Kurds want?
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Ama Ata Aidoo: Celebrating women in Africa
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Julius Malema: What would he do with power?
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Roxane Gay: An unflinching memoir
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Martin Amis: The 2013 interview
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John Steenhuisen: Is he a credible alternative to the ANC?
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Fikile Mbalula: Will the ANC pay the price of failure?
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Sir Isaac Julien: The lasting impact of art
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Jane Horrocks: The pathway to empowerment
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Hartmut Dorgerloh: Where do colonial treasures belong?
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Wavel Ramkalawan: Are the Seychelles becoming paradise lost?
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Karin Kneissl: Vienna’s ties to Moscow and the impact of Austrian neutrality
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Penpa Tsering: Preserving Tibet's identity
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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann: Has war in Ukraine led to a rethink in Germany?
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Niels Annen: Germany's new foreign policy
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Baaba Maal: Can the Sahel overcome its challenges?
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John Cooper Clarke: Punk and poetry
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Vladimir Kara-Murza: Defying Putin
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