WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show
Pivotal Moments (September 29, 2006)
Journalist Ian Buruma examines the political and cultural reverberations of the 2004 murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh.

Fresh Air from WHYY
Exploring the Case of Theo van Gogh's Murder (September 26, 2006)

WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show
In Dutch with the Dutch
"On Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the tolerance of intolerance" (May 17, 2006)

Listen to Ian Buruma talk about his most recent book Conversations with John Schlesinger (Random House, 2006) at Nextbook.org:

My Bachelor Uncle
"Journalist Ian Buruma's uncle, John Schlesinger, directed many unforgettable films, including Midnight Cowboy, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and Marathon Man. He also happened to be a consummate storyteller.  In a new book, Buruma shares many of these stories, which he documented through a series of conversations  he and his uncle had toward the end of Schlesingers's life." (February 26, 2006)

Die Wut auf den Westen, Die Zeit (July 14, 2005) - in German only

Der japanische Kaiser war kein Hitler, sagt Ian Buruma, Die Tagezeitung (April 13, 2005) - in German only

Waarom het Oosten het Westen zo haat, De Standaard (December 2, 2004) - in Dutch only 

Marathon-Interview, Radio 1, The Netherlands
Djoeke Veeninga in gesprek met schrijver/journalist Ian Buruma (July 16, 2004)- in Dutch only

WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show (April 23, 2004)
"...a discussion with Ian Buruma on the phenomenon of Occidentalism and how Asians, Russians, and Middle Easterners perceive the West"