December 3, 2025
Fmr. U.S. Amb. to NATO Julianne Smith unpacks Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's meeting with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine peace. Jeremy Diamond brings us a report on the fate of Gaza's missing. Fmr. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert discusses Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) shares his plan to lower healthcare costs ahead of expiring enhanced premium tax credits.
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December 3, 2025
S2025 E8046 - 55m 45s
Fmr. U.S. Amb. to NATO Julianne Smith unpacks Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's meeting with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine peace. Jeremy Diamond brings us a report on the fate of Gaza's missing. Fmr. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert discusses Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) shares his plan to lower healthcare costs ahead of expiring enhanced premium tax credits.
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December 2, 2025
S2025 E8045 - 55m 51s
The Wall Street Journal's Yaroslav Trofimov discusses Steve Witkoff's meeting with President Putin. Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov releases the third volume of his war diary. Steve Hartman discusses his project, photographing the rooms of children killed in school shootings. Father of a victim, Bryan Muehlberger, also joins. Iranian Women's Rights Activist Mahnaz Afkhami looks back on her work.
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December 1, 2025
S2025 E8044 - 55m 50s
Reporter Stephen Collinson unpacks the legality of strikes on alleged cartel vessels. Brian Winter discusses Trump's latest moves in South America. John Kerry dissects the admin.'s unconventional approach to diplomacy. Pastor Tim Johnson discusses his "Fatherless No More" initiative. Writer Andrew Rice investigates the steep decline in U.S. student achievement.
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November 27, 2025
S2025 E8042 - 55m 43s
Former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns explains the road ahead for U.S.-China relations. Director Benny Safdie discusses his new solo film "The Smashing Machine," starring Dwayne Johnson. Author Trymaine Lee explains in his new book, "A Thousand Ways to Die," how reporting on traumatic gun violence and systemic racism takes a toll on the body and mind.
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November 26, 2025
S2025 E8041 - 55m 39s
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discusses the possibility of a peace deal for
Ukraine. Lesley Manville and Mark Strong share what it's like to take "Oedipus" to the Broadway stage. Renowned country singer Kenny Chesney bares it all in his new memoir "Heart Life Music." -
November 25, 2025
S2025 E8040 - 55m 50s
Reporter Stephen Collinson unpacks the dismissal of cases against James Comey and Letitia James. USAID's fmr. Head of Global Health and filmmaker Tom Jennings discuss their new documentary on the impact of aid cuts "Rovina's Choice." Susan Choi discusses her new book "Flashlight." Drug historian David Herzberg challenges Trump's approach to curbing fentanyl in the U.S.
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November 28, 2025
S2025 E8043 - 55m 45s
Former CNN President Tom Johnson discusses the changing media landscape and his new book “Driven.” Painter Adam Cvijanovic showcases his latest work that highlights the stories of New York’s immigrants. Historian Fara Dabhoiwala answers the question “What is free speech?” in his new book.
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November 24, 2025
S2025 E8039 - 55m 50s
Matthew Chance reports on progress towards a peace plan between Russia and Ukraine. Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of the Kyiv School of Economics, gives insight into the corruption scandal Pres. Zelensky is facing at home. LA Times' Nabih Bulos reports on Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon. Filmmaker Jimmy Chin follows war photographer Lynsey Addario as she navigates danger and motherhood.
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November 21, 2025
S2025 E8038 - 55m 50s
Carl Bildt and Christopher Hill reflect on the challenges of reaching the 1995 Dayton Agreement, which brought an end to brutal fighting in Bosnia. Actress Tilda Swinton talks about her journey in the arts in her new book "Ongoing." Sports journalist Joon Lee discusses the dangers of the sports world's embrace of betting and gambling.
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November 20, 2025
S2025 E8037 - 55m 45s
Journalist Nic Robertson reports on the latest from Israel as violence flares up in Gaza and the West Bank. Israeli comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi discusses the work of pursuing peace between Israeli's and Palestinians. Journalist Jelani Cobb tackles themes ranging from police violence to populist movements in his new book "Three or More Is a Riot."
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November 19, 2025
S2025 E8036 - 55m 50s
South Africa's Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola previews the G20 summit. Fred Pleitgen speaks exclusively to Iran's former foreign minister on U.S.-Iran nuclear tensions. Rev. Alex Santora discusses Pope Leo's message for America amidst mass immigration raids. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert reflects on her career covering the Earth in her new book "Life on a Little-Known Planet."
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November 18, 2025
S2025 E8035 - 55m 50s
Professor Bernard Haykel discusses Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince MBS's visit to the White House. Steffano Pozzebon reports on the latest in rising tensions between the US and Venezuela. Former NSC official Juan Gonzalez weighs in on Venezuela. A new doc explores the killing of a Florida mother of four over a neighborhood dispute. Director Geeta Gandbhir and Pamela Dias, the victim's mother, discuss.
Extras + Features
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Sen. Cassidy Has a Plan to Lower Healthcare Costs. Can It Work?
S2025 E8046 - 18m 1s
Next week Congress will decide on proposed plans to save pandemic-era enhanced tax credits, which are due to expire in less than 30 days. Without these credits, tens of millions of Americans could see their insurance premiums increase by 114% on average. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a doctor and the chairman of the Senate’s health committee, joins Walter Isaacson to share his proposal.
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New Doc Captures the Untouched Bedrooms of School Shooting Victims
S2025 E8045 - 18m 43s
Feeling increasingly desensitized to the headlines of school shootings, Steve Hartman channeled his frustration into a powerful project. "All the Empty Rooms" explores the grief experienced by families of victims through the bedrooms they left behind. Bryan Muehlberger lost his daughter Gracie in the Saugus High School shooting, and he and Steve Hartman discuss this painful portrait of America.
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Why Is American Student Achievement Down? (It’s Not Trump or the Pandemic)
S2025 E8044 - 17m 51s
Michel Martin sits down with Andrew Rice, a features writer at New York Magazine, to discuss his recent cover story, “The Big Fail: Student achievement has fallen off a cliff. And neither Trump nor the pandemic is to blame.” In the story Rice investigates a steep, decade-long decline in U.S. student achievement and why even wealthy and progressive communities are struggling to address the problem.
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Country Star Kenny Chesney On His Music and New Memoir
S2025 E8041 - 17m 59s
American singer-songwriter Kenny Chesney has sold 30 million albums worldwide and racked up dozens of No. 1 singles. Just last month Chesney was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Now, his new memoir "Heart Life Music" takes us back to where it all started: growing up in a small town in Tennessee, dreaming of stardom. Chesney joins the show to discuss how country music changed his life.
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Drug Historian Challenges Trump’s War on Fentanyl
S2025 E8040 - 18m 24s
While America pursues a drug war with Venezuela marked by lethal strikes on boats accused of carrying so-called "narco terrorists" (a move which has faced much criticism over its legality), at home the country continues to face a fentanyl issue which is killing thousands of people every year. Drug historian David Herzberg joins the show to discuss why Trump's approach to the crisis is flawed.
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Turning the Lens on War Photographer Lynsey Addario in New Doc “Love + War”
S2025 E8039 - 18m 33s
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has spent more than two decades documenting conflicts in Sudan, Ukraine, Iraq and Libya. A new film, "Love + War," explores her efforts to balance family life and front-lines reporting. Addario and filmmaker Jimmy Chin join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the risks and responsibilities that come with reporting from war zones.
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How the Sports Industry Is Reeling from Betting Scandals
S2025 E8038 - 18m 6s
Two major league baseball players in the U.S. were indicted earlier this month for allegedly rigging pitches during games. It's the latest betting scandal to rock the sports world, and comes on the heels of the FBI's widespread sports betting and money laundering conspiracy arrests. Those implicated in the scandals maintain their innocence. Sports journalist Joon Lee joins the show to discuss.
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Connecting Trayvon Martin to Trump: Jelani Cobb Explains How We Got Here
S2025 E8037 - 17m 56s
From mass ICE raids in immigrant communities to anti-DEI policies, racial tensions seem to be intensifying under President Trump. Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, told his students back in March that "nobody can protect you. These are dangerous times." In his new book — a collection of his articles over the last decade — Cobb reflects on how the U.S. got to this place.
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Pulitzer Prize Winner on Trump Climate Policy & Bill Gates’ Climate Reversal
S2025 E8036 - 18m 4s
The COP30 climate conference is where world leaders try to hammer out solutions to the growing climate crisis. This year the U.S. also boycotted that gathering. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert has been covering climate for over twenty years. Her new book is a collection of her essays. Kolbert joins us to reflect on what she's learned.
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“The Perfect Neighbor”: Inside Netflix’s New True Crime Documentary
S2025 E8035 - 19m 27s
The new Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbour, explores a two-year-old neighbourhood dispute in Florida that resulted in the tragic shooting of Ajike Owens, a mother of four. The story unfolds entirely through police bodycam footage. Director Geeta Gandbhir and the Ajike's mother Pamela Dias discuss the motivation behind the documentary and what they hope viewers will take away.
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MTV Creator Tom Freston on His Iconic Career and the Future of Creativity
S2025 E8034 - 18m 15s
MTV was the first-ever 24-hour cable network dedicated solely to music videos. Launched in the 1980s, MTV brought hit songs to the living rooms of audiences across the globe. Tom Freston is a co-founder of the once-beloved video channel and former CEO of Viacom. Freston speaks with Walter Isaacson about his career, the birth of MTV, and his new memoir "Unplugged."
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Ken Burns Wants You to Rethink What You Know About the American Revolution
S2025 E8033 - 18m 56s
The American Revolution is U.S. historians' Holy Grail, and Ken Burns says there is still much to be learned. Burns has been chronicling American history and culture for decades, rising to prominence 35 years ago with his PBS series on the Civil War. Now the filmmaker is turning his lens on America's origin story with a new 12-hour documentary for PBS. Burns joins Walter Isaacson to talk about it.
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