Podcast Episodes

Martina Navratilova: 'Women are still judged by a different metric than men'

Amol Rajan speaks to Martina Navratilova, one of the greatest-ever tennis players, about her life and career. The story of her rise to the top of the game is as remarkable as the number of tournament…

Published on 2 months ago

Muhammad Yunus: We dream of creating a new Bangladesh

Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC News presenter and correspondent, speaks to Muhammad Yunus, interim leader of Bangladesh.

The 84-year-old is perhaps one of the world’s best-known Bangladeshis. Described as t…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Yoshua Bengio: AI’s risks must be acknowledged

James Copnall, presenter of the BBC’s Newsday, speaks to Yoshua Bengio, the world-renowned computer scientist often described as one of the godfathers of artificial intelligence, or AI.

Bengio is a pr…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel: ‘Hamas isn't interested in ending the war’

James Coomarasamy, presenter of the BBC’s Newshour and The World Tonight, speaks to Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel. Confirmed in the post two months ago, Mr Huckabee is the former Republica…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bill Gates: the importance of aid and philanthropy

Waihiga Mwaura, presenter of the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme, speaks to Microsoft co-founder and global philanthropist, Bill Gates.

Mr. Gates, who is 69 years old, announced last month that he pla…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Carsten Breuer, the German chief of defence: Nato faces "very serious threat" from Russia

Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent, speaks to Carsten Breuer, the German chief of defence.

General Carsten Breuer gives his assessment of the threat that Russia poses to the Western alliance Na…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief - is the world doing enough to get aid into Gaza?

Tom Fletcher, Chief of Humanitarian Affairs for the United Nations, tells Fergal Keane, the BBC’s special correspondent, that Israel is subjecting Gaza to enforced starvation. Gaza faced an aid block…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services - what is the future of big tech?

Simon Jack, the BBC’s business editor, speaks to Matt Garman, chief executive of Amazon Web Services - part of the retail giant Amazon, and the world’s largest cloud computing company.

Mr Garman start…

Published on 3 months ago

Surviving Syria’s sectarian violence

Tim Franks speaks to a British-Syrian Alawite who came under attack, along with her family, during the sectarian violence on Syria’s coast in March.

The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam and i…

Published on 3 months ago

Dovilė Šakalienė, Defence Minister of Lithuania: Uncertain times for Europe

BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale speaks to Dovilė Šakalienė, Lithuania’s Defence Minister.

The Baltic nation, along with its neighbours Latvia and Estonia, share a border with Russia, and have…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago