The Interview

Twenty-minute interviews with global leaders in business, politics and culture AI summary

BBC World Service Visit website › Government · EN · 1990 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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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 emailTheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.

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Mike Repole, entrepreneur: You’ve got to keep challenging

2026-11-13 · 21 min

“They used to ask champions like Kobe [Bryant] and Tom Brady, ‘which championship is your favourite?’ - and they would say ‘the next one’. The next one, that's what they wanted. Life is a journey, and they say it's…
Mo Ibrahim, philanthropist: Africa must not trade rights for development

2026-11-11 · 23 min

“While we see great development in infrastructure, in economic opportunities, and we see development in also the area of education and health. We see major deterioration in security, rule of law, and also deterioration…
David Robinson, former OpenAI leader: Why I quit over safety

2026-11-09 · 22 min

“It's a cultural thing. There's an aspect of this that's a Silicon Valley belief that what's invented in California has a special status. I implored colleagues to bring people in from other industries. And people said…
U2, rock band: Dysfunction pushes us

2026-11-06 · 23 min

“Dysfunction is a challenge but a strength as well, because it's made us have to find unique ways to utilise our instruments and work together. So it's sort of been a guiding light in some ways, the limitations of the…
Tessa Clarke, Olio CEO: Environmental impact of food waste is devastating

2026-11-04 · 26 min

“The environmental impacts of food waste are absolutely devastating. If it were a country, food waste would be the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after the USA and China - and that's because a landmass…
Klaus Thymann, scientist: Indonesia’s ‘eternal glaciers’ are vanishing

2026-11-02 · 21 min

“I can't pronounce the local language, but if it's kind of translated into English, it becomes ‘the eternal glaciers’. And to have something on a mountain that has that cultural history, and has been so important for…
Brad Smith, Microsoft President: Washing machines are better-regulated than AI

2026-10-30 · 24 min

Right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI. Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection. Or think about the aeroplanes we get on - you…
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor: There’s a vacuum in Israeli media

2026-10-28 · 23 min

Rebecca Kesby speaks to Israeli film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. Abraham and Szor gained international attention last year with their self-distributed film, No Other Land, made in collaboration with two…
Navanetham ‘Navi' Pillay, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner

2026-10-26 · 23 min

“When we suffered under apartheid, those were immoral laws, they institutionalised racism. Where could we go for relief? And I yearned for a better system of law based on values.” Waihiga Mwaura talks to Navanetham or…
Cate Blanchett, actor: Art reminds us of our humanity

2026-10-22 · 23 min

“There's a toxic narrative around displacement which has been politicised and part of the fund is to re-humanise and make the connection because those people who have the great fortune to be housed, to be in nations…

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Owner: BBC
Oldest episode in feed: 01/2012 · over 14 years
Typical length: 23 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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