Amanpour and Company

March 23, 2021

Author Dave Cullen discusses yesterday's shooting in Boulder, Colorado alongside Tom Mauser, the father of Columbine victim Daniel Mauser. UK Labour MP Jess Phillips discusses the epidemic of misogynistic violence. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Walter Isaacson to explain how his new book "Cosmic Queries" tackles some of science's most perplexing questions.

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and the End of the Universe

17m 47s

Why is the universe the way it is? How did life begin? And how might it end? Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson has spent his life in search of the answers. His new book, "Cosmic Queries," was co-authored with physicist James Trefil. Tyson joins our Walter Isaacson to discuss the book and what drives his thirst to explore the really big questions of the universe.

Previews + Extras

  • Father of Columbine Victim Reacts to Boulder Shooting: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Father of Columbine Victim Reacts to Boulder Shooting

    S2021 E3190 - 2m 54s

    The U.S. is reeling from its latest mass shooting, which took place yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. This is the country's 7th documented mass shooting in the past week, coming barely 6 days after 8 people in Atlanta were shot to death, including 6 women of Asian descent. Gun safety advocate Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was killed in the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, joins the program.

  • UK MP Jess Phillips Calls for Action Against Misogyny: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    UK MP Jess Phillips Calls for Action Against Misogyny

    S2021 E3190 - 2m 35s

    The pandemic rages on in the UK, and so too does a national epidemic of violence against women. The conversation was triggered by the abduction and murder of Sarah Everard in London earlier this month. British lawmaker Jess Phillips has a brief on domestic violence and protecting women as Shadow Minister for the opposition Labour Party. She joined Christiane from Birmingham.

  • What Will It Take To End Gun Violence in the United States?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Will It Take To End Gun Violence in the United States?

    S2021 E3190 - 1m 54s

    The U.S. is reeling from its latest mass shooting, which took place yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. This is the country's 7th documented mass shooting in the past week, coming barely 6 days after 8 people in Atlanta were shot to death, including six women of Asian descent. Journalist Dave Cullen, who has written the definitive accounts of the Columbine and Parkland shootings, joins the program.

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