May 3, 2024
Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University, discusses the protests on campuses across the country and the deal his university was able to strike. Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists on threats to press around the globe. Photographer Platon discusses his new book “The Defenders.” Sociologist Brad Wilcox explores the positives of marriage in his book "Get Married."
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May 3, 2024
S2024 E6220 - 55m 52s
Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University, discusses the protests on campuses across the country and the deal his university was able to strike. Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists on threats to press around the globe. Photographer Platon discusses his new book “The Defenders.” Sociologist Brad Wilcox explores the positives of marriage in his book "Get Married."
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May 7, 2024
S2024 E6222 - 55m 53s
Nina Khrushcheva on Russia’s history of silencing Putin’s opponents. Hillary Clinton on the world's reaction to Navalny's death and the current mood in Munich. Mikhail Zygar and Peter Pomerantsev on what Navalny’s legacy and what his death means for Putin’s Russia and the future of resistance. Evgenia Kara-Murza on the fears Navalny's death stokes for the fate of other Russian political prisoners.
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May 6, 2024
S2024 E6221 - 55m 44s
Mustafa Suleyman is an artificial intelligence pioneer and co-founder of the AI lab Deepmind. He joins the show to discuss his book “The Coming Wave.” Actor Jeffrey Wright on his new comedy "American Fiction." The Washington Post's National Security Columnist Max Boot on on Trump, Putin and blocked Ukraine aid.
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May 2, 2024
S2024 E6219 - 55m 34s
Senator Bernie Sanders has been outspoken about the recent campus protests. He joined the program from Washington, D.C. Wall Street Journal Higher Education Reporter Douglas Belkin talks to Hari Sreenivasan about the unique circumstances facing the class of 2024. In his new book, “Empireworld,” Sathnam Sanghera unpacks the lasting impact of imperialism around the globe.
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May 1, 2024
S2024 E6218 - 55m 53s
Last week, Rabbi Sharon Brous visited both Columbia and UCLA to witness the protests and speaks with Christiane about her experience. Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East program at Chatham House think tank, joins Christiane to discuss possible avenues of progress in the region. Lawyer Kenneth Stern wrote the working definition of “antisemitism,” which he now believes is being weaponized.
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April 30, 2024
S2024 E6217 - 55m 52s
Palestinian Observer to the UN, Riyad Mansour discusses the dimming prospect of a ceasefire in the region and Israel's looming offensive on Rafah. Robert Kagan explores the roots of threats to American democracy in his new book "Rebellion." Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens discusses the state of the GOP and what their embrace of Donald Trump means for the party and the country.
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April 29, 2024
S2024 E6216 - 55m 53s
Christiane speaks with Amit Segal, a right-wing political analyst close to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Editor-in-Chief of Columbia University's newspaper discusses the protests disrupting the campus. Supermodel Cameron Russell's new memoir, "How to Make Herself Agreeable To Everyone," explores feeling both objectified and complicit in the system that built her career.
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April 26, 2024
S2024 E6215 - 55m 35s
Actor Michael Stuhlbarg and director Rupert Goold discuss their new Broadway play "Patriots" about the rise of Vladamir Putin. Michael Arceneaux reflects on his journey of overcoming societal barriers in his book "I Finally Bought Some Jordans.” From the archives: Anti-apartheid campaigners Andrew Mlangeni and Peter Hain reflect on the end of aparthied.
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April 25, 2024
S2024 E6214 - 55m 44s
Legal expert Emily Bazelon breaks down Trump's many ongoing legal battles. Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller explains how a $61 billion aid package to Ukraine can best be used. Harriet Harman is the U.K.’s longest continuously serving female politician and joins to discuss. "Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny" author Kate Manne on the Sydney stabbings.
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April 24, 2024
S2024 E6213 - 55m 25s
UK Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy is encouraging “progressive realism” as Britain increases its defense spending in the midst of increased conflict across the globe. Author Salman Rushdie addresses the 2022 stabbing attack that almost took his life in his new book "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder." The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum on why Ukraine must defeat Russia.
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April 23, 2024
S2024 E6212 - 55m 53s
In an independent review, Catherine Colonna has concluded that UNRWA’s neutrality must be strengthened. Armenian leader Ruben Vardanyan remains jailed in Azerbaijan. His son speaks about the state of Nagorno-Karabakh. Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on her new book "An Unfinished Love Story." Christiane sits with The Metropolitan Opera's first-ever Ukrainian maestro Oksana Lyniv.
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April 22, 2024
S2024 E6211 - 55m 53s
Foreign policy experts Kori Schake and Nathalie Tocci weigh in on the international implications of Donald Trump's criminal trial. To mark World Earth Day, Abrahm Lustgarten discusses his new book "On The Move" about how climate change is reshaping American life. Palestinian and Ukrainian refugee Zoya El-Miari explains her complex experience as a refugee with identities in two global conflicts.
Extras + Features
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Is Marriage the Key to Happiness and Wealth? One Sociologist Says Yes.
S2024 E6220 - 18m 3s
Get married. This is the advice of sociology professor Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project. In a conversation with Michel Martin, Wilcox makes the case for marriage as a positive force for attaining happiness and prosperity. Wilcox joined the program from Charlottesville, Virginia.
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The Class of ‘24: Entered College During COVID-19, Graduating Among Protests
S2024 E6219 - 17m 3s
The protest movement is sweeping college campuses just weeks before graduation. This year’s college seniors are mostly the same group whose high school graduation was disrupted by the Covid pandemic. Wall Street Journal Higher Education Reporter Douglas Belkin talks to Hari Sreenivasan about the unique circumstances facing these students.
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He Wrote a Definition of Antisemitism; Now He Says It’s Being Weaponized
S2024 E6218 - 18m 23s
The crisis across America’s campuses is causing some controversy over the current definition of antisemitism, as written by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. It’s a definition which has been adopted by countries across the globe. Author Kenneth Stern led the drafting of that document, and he joins the show with a warning that it’s being used to stifle free speech.
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Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens: Complete Collapse of Moral Authority in GOP
S2024 E6217 - 17m 36s
The judge presiding over the former president’s hush money case has fined him $9,000 for violating a gag order. He also warns that Trump could face jail time if he continues to defy the order by publicly criticizing expected trial witnesses. Stuart Stevens, a former Republican strategist, admits he's still coming to grips with today's GOP and its embrace of a man facing 91 criminal charges.
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The Dark Side of Fashion: Supermodel Cameron Russell on Exploitation and Abuse
S2024 E6216 - 18m 1s
Fashion model Cameron Russell was first scouted at age 16. She has since modeled for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren and has appeared in Vogue and Elle. Russell has long called out hard truths in her industry. Her new memoir, "How to Make Herself Agreeable To Everyone," explores feeling both objectified and complicit in the system that built her career.
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“I Finally Bought Some Jordans:” Michael Arceneaux on Family, Debt and Grief
S2024 E6215 - 17m 12s
Michael Arceneaux has encountered many barriers in life, and is an expert at using humor to highlight important – though sometimes uncomfortable – subjects. Now the bestselling author is out with a new collection of essays, I Finally Bought Some Jordans, reflecting on his journey overcoming societal barriers -- from debt to heteronormativity. Arceneaux speaks about it all with Michel Martin.
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From UCSB Shooting to Sydney Mall Stabbing: The Violence of Misogyny
S2024 E6214 - 17m 46s
Misogyny often goes unrecognized and can certainly be deadly. We saw this on April 13th in Sydney, Australia, where a man killed six people at a busy shopping mall. Five of the victims were women. While police say the attacker may have targeted woman, Kate Manne, an associate professor at Cornell University and author of the book "Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny," says there is no doubt about it.
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Salman Rushdie on Being Violently Attacked and the Love That Healed Him
S2024 E6213 - 4m 35s
In August 2022, a young American man with a knife viciously attacked Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua, New York, as he was about to speak about the issue of safety for writers. Rushdie nearly died. He has written about the attack and the love that helped him triumph over death in a new memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.”
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Anne Applebaum: The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win
S2024 E6213 - 18m 22s
Ukraine is breathing a sigh of relief as the Senate passes its long-awaited aid bill. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister said “hallelujah” to the news. But he also warned that Russia is out-shelling Ukraine ten to one. Author Anne Applebaum is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Her latest piece is called “The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win." She joins Walter Isaacson to discuss.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Unfinished” Love Letter to the 60s and Her Late Husband
S2024 E6212 - 18m 26s
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is famed for her captivating biographies of U.S. leaders. In her new book, she focuses on an unlikely character – herself. "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s" is part memoir and part history. She joins the show to discuss.
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Palestinian-Ukrainian Refugee Zoya El-Miari: “Both Sides of Me Are Worth Living”
S2024 E6211 - 16m 46s
According to the U.N., over ten million refugees and asylum seekers fled their homes due to conflict in 2022. Half-Palestinian and half-Ukrainian, Zoya El-Miari is a peace ambassador for One Young World, a charity supporting young leaders across the globe. She joins the show to share her complex experience as a refugee.
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Nobel Laureate Investigating Russian War Crimes: Ukraine Needs U.S. Aid Now
S2024 E6210 - 18m 16s
Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk was awarded a Nobel Prize for her work documenting Moscow’s war crimes as head of the Center for Civil Liberties. She joins the show to discuss the importance of standing up to Russia.
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