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The Interview

The Interview

BBC World Service · BBC

1,974 episodesEN

Show overview

The Interview has been publishing since 2012, and across the 14 years since has built a catalogue of 1,974 episodes. That works out to roughly 770 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 23 min and 23 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Government show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 119 episodes already out so far this year. Published by BBC.

Episodes
1,974
Running
2012–2026 · 14y
Median length
23 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

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 BBC, our journalists interview amazing people every single day. And on The Interview, we bring them to you. It’s your one-stop-shop to the best conversations coming out of the BBC, with the people shaping our world, from all over the world. Get in touch with us on [email protected] and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.

Shami Chakrabarti, human rights lawyer: Healthy democracies need a free media

Oct 6, 202624 min

Olara Otunnu, diplomat: UN cannot be diplomatic ivory tower

Oct 4, 202623 min

Kai Bird, Author: Roy Cohn, the man who shaped Trump?

Oct 1, 202622 min

Abhijeet Dipke, youth campaigner: There’s an underlying frustration in India

Sep 29, 202623 min

Estelle Brachlianoff, Veolia CEO: We need to re-think waste

Sep 27, 202626 min

Roelf Meyer, South African ambassador: Trump has been misled

Sep 24, 202623 min

Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother: King Charles told me the world would forget her

Sep 22, 202623 min

Fally Ipupa, musician: Speak out on DRC suffering

Sep 20, 202622 min

Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the ICRC: The rules of war are being ignored

Sep 17, 202626 min

David Vigneault, ex-intelligence chief: Democracies are being destabilised

Sep 15, 202623 min

Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghan FM: Not everything is banned for women

Sep 13, 202623 min

Sophia Amoruso, Nasty Gal founder: I was out of my league

Sep 10, 202623 min

Vadym Skibitsky, Ukrainian intelligence: We are fighting for survival

Sep 8, 202623 min

Rene Haas, Arm CEO: AI demand won’t slow

Sep 6, 202624 min

Leah Solivan, TaskRabbit founder: How the gig economy falls short

Sep 3, 202622 min

Daron Acemoglu, Economist: liberal democracy is in crisis

Sep 1, 202622 min

Michelle Bachelet, UN Chief candidate: Time for a woman to lead

Aug 30, 202623 min

Kristina Wilfore: Male anxieties being weaponised

Aug 27, 202623 min

Joe Ngai, McKinsey: Domestic rivalry drives Chinese firms

Aug 25, 202623 min

María Fernanda Espinosa, UN secretary general candidate: The UN risks becoming irrelevant

Aug 23, 202623 min
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