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The Interview Podcast Transcripts

BBC World Service · 1,808 episodes with transcripts

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.

Spoken has transcripts of 1,808 The Interview episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.

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Jerry Brown, former California governor: America then and now

October 8, 2026

James Naughtie (0:00)

Hello, this is the BBC Special Correspondent James Naughtie, and this is The Interview from the BBC World Service. The best conversations coming out of the BBC, people shaping our world from all over the world.

Jerry Brown (0:17)

I want to get freedom. I like that freedom.

James Naughtie (0:20)

A gender equal world would be a better world for men too. We need this as fire. We need healing. We need trust. These companies don't really, they don't care what governments do.

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