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The Interview

by BBC World Service

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…

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The Interview features BBC correspondent James Naughtie in conversation with Jerry Brown, the former Governor of California who served two non-consecutive eight-year terms (1975–1983 and 1999–2011), with a 16-year gap between them. Brown's political career spans five decades, beginning in 1974 when he succeeded Ronald…

Worth it if you're interested in long-view American political history, want to hear from someone who witnessed five decades of change, or are curious about how spiritual beliefs shaped governance.

The Interview features human rights lawyer Shami Chakrabarti in conversation with presenter Anna Holligan. Chakrabarti, a prominent figure in the human rights movement, served as director of Liberty (a UK human rights organisation) from the early 2000s, where she led campaigns against post-9/11 anti-terror…

Worth it if you care about press freedom, rule of law, or European governance, or want to understand the stakes when journalists are silenced.

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