The Interview

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The Interview

Episodes

Mopreme Shakur on Tupac: The sensitive man behind the music

Hunter Biden: Father’s pardon not good for country

Celeste Saulo, WMO: Extreme weather is the new normal

Dmitry Muratov, journalist: Putin can’t claim victory in Ukraine

Yemi Alade, singer: I wanted to be a mega superstar

Sonam Wangchuk, Indian activist: Hunger strike for education reform

Carlos Acosta, dancer: Ballet is for everyone

Srinivasan Muralidhar: The trauma of Palestinian children

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Foreign Minister: Slavery scars our collective conscience

Sumant Sinha: Green tech to triumph over drilling

Gayton McKenzie, South African minister: Immigration unrest

Rohan Kanawade, film director: My parents accepted my sexuality

Rafael Grossi, IAEA: Nuclear back on the table?

Amy Wallace, writer: We all need to speak up

Maggie Haberman, US journalist: Trump tests limits

Christopher Nolan, director: We need to take risks

Jim Continenza, Kodak CEO: Reinventing a brand

Patrick Tiernan: War risk is being rewritten

Jacob Zuma’s daughters: Polygamy is a subject we lived

Steve Hilton: Brit running for California governor

Victor Glover, astronaut: We went into sci-fi

Jackie Jantos, Hinge CEO: Gen Z struggle to connect

Katie Sadleir, Commonwealth Games: They are still relevant

John Kerry: Countries failing to deal with climate change

Michel Barnier, chief EU Brexit negotiator: We need to be together in a fragile world

Patricia Cornwell, novelist: Imagination saved me

Catherine Russell, Unicef: War is the worst thing for children

Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder: put brakes on AI

Gebran Bassil, Lebanese politician: Hezbollah should disarm

Dr Tedros, WHO: Viruses are invisible enemy

Paul McCartney, musician: I often think about the past

Mohammed Dewji, billionaire: I want to give back

Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon: Reconciliation over revenge

David Miliband, International Rescue Committee President: It’s a new world disorder

Reid Hoffman, tech billionaire: AI job revolution

Kate Kallot, AI founder: A global digital divide?

Maggie O’Farrell, writer: Identity is complicated

Aisha Musa, former leader: Can Sudan rebuild?

Chaka Khan, singer: Music is a calling

Jennifer Riria, banking chief: Financial system still excludes women

Daniel Noboa, Ecuador President: A war on gangs

Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone First Lady: Speaking up

Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan opposition leader: I am not bitter

Yurii Tokar: Russia deployed Kenyans to death zone

Mikhail Ulyanov: Rescuing Iran nuclear talks

Hanan Balkhy, WHO chief for Sudan and Iran: work continues despite conflicts

Emma Grede, entrepreneur: Success needs trade-offs

Sam Liang, Otter.ai CEO: AI captures everything

Robert Brovdi, Ukraine drone commander: Striking inside Russia

SungAh Lee, International Organisation for Migration: Sudan needs us