Amanpour and Company

Is America’s Gerontocracy a Problem?

Age has become an issue for the 2024 election -- not just for presidential candidates, but also in Congress. Sen. Mitt Romney, 76, announced he will not be seeking re-election in 2024. He strongly urged President Biden and former President Trump also to step aside . Susan Glasser’s latest article for the New Yorker is called "The Twilight of Mitch McConnell and the Spectre of 2024."

Is America’s Gerontocracy a Problem?

18m 28s

  • May 3, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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."

  • May 2, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • May 1, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

WETA Passport

Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA Passport whenever and wherever you want. Catch up on a single episode or binge-watch full seasons before they air on TV.