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Amanpour and Company

Featuring conversations with global leaders and decision makers on the issues affecting the world today, Amanpour and Company adds to the long tradition of public affairs programming that has been a hallmark of public media for decades.

September 13, 2024

55m 47s

Kholood Khair, a Sudanese journalist, joins the show to shed light on what some call a forgotten crisis in Sudan. Cindy McCain, Director of the World Food Programme, describes the hardship that has spread across Sudan since the outbreak of war. Saad Mohseni on his memoir and the struggle for a free and independent press in Afghanistan. Jerusalem Demsas on the housing crisis in America.

Episodes

  • November 10, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 10, 2022

    S2022 E5095 - 55m 38s

    Ukraine is braced for what could be the decisive battle in this brutal war: the battle for Kherson. Christiane sits down with President Zelensky and his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, for a global exclusive. Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, is attending the COP27 summit in Egypt. Jemele Hill candidly relives her experiences in a new memoir, "Uphill."

  • November 9, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 9, 2022

    S2022 E5094 - 55m 19s

    Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, and reporter Astead Herndon each offer analysis of the midterm elections. NATO Secretary General ens Stoltenberg discusses the latest in Ukraine.

  • November 8, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 8, 2022

    S2022 E5093 - 55m 37s

    Could America's midterm elections affect U.S. support in Ukraine’s fight for freedom? Christiane speaks with U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. To discuss the U.S. economy, Christiane speaks with former U.S. Treasury secretary Larry Summers. Award-winning journalist Robin Wright looks at Biden’s foreign policy wins and losses.

  • November 7, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 7, 2022

    S2022 E5092 - 55m 9s

    Mike Mullen and Richard Shirreff offer insight into the military maneuvers on the ground in Ukraine. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari discusses the COP27 summit. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini explains how 10 interconnected "Megathreats" are endangering our global future.

  • November 4, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 4, 2022

    S2022 E5091 - 55m 38s

    In Kyiv, thousands of households are without power. Denise Brown has met with officials about providing generators, mobile boiler houses, and other equipment to fix their energy infrastructure. Anne Applebaum writes extensively about the danger of authoritarian movements and joins the show. The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority looks likely to overturn affirmative action.

  • November 3, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 3, 2022

    S2022 E5090 - 55m 37s

    Senators Rob Portman and Chris Coons met with President Zelensky today. They join Christiane in Kyiv to discuss the latest on the war. Alex Stamos, director of Stanford University's Internet Observatory, weighs in on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. Rep. Stephanie Murphy explains the importance of bipartisanship.

  • November 2, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 2, 2022

    S2022 E5089 - 55m 24s

    Simon Stiell is the United Nations’ climate chief and speaks to Christiane prior to the COP27 summit. In two-time Oscar winner Geena Davis' new memoir, "Dying of Politeness," she describes a New England upbringing of crippling good manners. Joan Donovan and Emily Dreyfuss investigate the power of memes in their new book "Meme Wars."

  • November 1, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 1, 2022

    S2022 E5088 - 55m 37s

    Stanford's Director of Iranian Studies, Abbas Milani, discusses the new flareup of protests in Iran. "The Sum of Us" podcast host Heather McGhee weighs in on threats to affirmative action. Political scientist Barbara F. Walter explains the takeaways from her new book "How Civil Wars Start."

  • October 31, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 31, 2022

    S2022 E5087 - 55m 38s

    What does the return of Brazil's president-elect Lula da Silva's mean for the Americas -- and the world? Evan McMullin, a former Republican, is standing up against extremism by running for Senate as an independent. Early voters in crucial swing states are already experiencing intimidation. CNN's Anderson Cooper on his new podcast, "All There Is."

  • October 28, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 28, 2022

    S2022 E5086 - 55m 15s

    Haitian ambassador Bocchit Edmond discusses compounding crises in his country. Dr. Manfret McGhee, father of a St. Louis high school shooting victim, reflects on gun violence in the U.S. Reproductive justice expert Kimberly Mutcherson explains the “devastating” consequences of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade. Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa discusses his new book.

  • October 27, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 27, 2022

    S2022 E5085 - 55m 39s

    British Vogue's editor-in-chief Edward Enninful tells Christiane how he learned to stand up and stand out, becoming "A Visible Man." Afghanistan's youngest female mayor Zarifa Ghafari's full story appears in her new memoir, and in an upcoming Netflix documentary, "In Her Hands." In her new book about Samuel Adams, Schiff argues he’s one of the country’s most essential founding fathers.

  • October 26, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 26, 2022

    S2022 E5084 - 55m 38s

    Andrei Kelin, Russian ambassador to the U.K., says that Moscow using nuclear weapons is "out of the question." John Kerry discusses climate ahead of the COP27 summit. Investigative journalist Yevgenia Albats, who fled Russia for her safety earlier this year, explains why she will never stop fighting for truth.

Extras + Features

  • How Jan. 6 Hearings Impact GOP Voters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Jan. 6 Hearings Impact GOP Voters

    S2022 E4254 - 18m 6s

    With the January 6 hearings having passed the halfway mark, what have we learned -- and how engaged is the American public? Lifelong Republican Sarah Longwell is co-founder of Defending Democracy Together and executive director of the Republican Accountability Project. She has been hosting weekly focus groups since the start of the investigations, gauging political sentiment across the spectrum.

  • The Significance of Juneteenth: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Significance of Juneteenth

    S2022 E4253 - 2m 52s

    Today America marks Juneteenth with a federal holiday, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. It honors the day the last slaves in Galveston, Texas learned that they were free, on June 19, 1865. Prof. Carol Anderson explains the holiday's significance.

  • “The Janes:” An Underground Abortion Network Before Roe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “The Janes:” An Underground Abortion Network Before Roe

    S2022 E4253 - 17m 39s

    The Supreme Court will soon make a final ruling on Roe v. Wade and the future of abortion in America. "The Janes" is a new HBO documentary that takes us back to the late 60s and early 70s, when abortion was illegal and the Jane Underground Collective provided a space for pregnant women in Chicago to seek help.

  • Woodward & Bernstein on Jan. 6 & Why Watergate Still Matters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Woodward & Bernstein on Jan. 6 & Why Watergate Still Matters

    S2022 E4252 - 19m 8s

    June 17, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the break-in that began the Watergate scandal. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, two junior Washington Post reporters at the time, helped uncover the story of Richard Nixon’s attempt to undermine democracy. With Donald Trump’s actions now in the spotlight, Woodward and Bernstein join Walter to reflect on Watergate and its relevance today.

  • Capitol Police Officer Discusses Jan. 6 Hearings: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Capitol Police Officer Discusses Jan. 6 Hearings

    S2022 E4251 - 18m

    The hearings on Capitol Hill are steadily revealing new information about the January 6 insurrection. For Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, it’s not an easy watch. This is because he lived it. The Capitol Hill police officer sustained permanent injury as he was punched, kicked and sprayed with chemical irritants while defending the Capitol. Sgt. Gonell speaks with Michel Martin about accountability.

  • Inmate-Turned-Investigative-Journalist on U.S. Prisons: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Inmate-Turned-Investigative-Journalist on U.S. Prisons

    S2022 E4250 - 17m 2s

    America's prison system is broken. This according to award-winning criminal justice reporter Keri Blakinger, who was incarcerated for drug possession in college. Blakinger's new memoir details her path from competitive figure skater to convict to journalist. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss her experience and her work.

  • Rebecca Traister Dissects Sen. Feinstein's Political Career: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rebecca Traister Dissects Sen. Feinstein's Political Career

    S2022 E4249 - 18m 36s

    In her latest profile, journalist and author Rebecca Traister examines the five-decade career of Senator Dianne Feinstein -- from San Francisco to the U.S. Senate, where she is still a voting member at 88. Traister joins Michel Martin to discuss how, in her words, “the generation whose entry into politics was enabled by progressive reforms has allowed those victories to be taken away.”

  • Jack Welch Broke Capitalism & Ushered In an Era of Distrust: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jack Welch Broke Capitalism & Ushered In an Era of Distrust

    S2022 E4248 - 17m 35s

    The brutality of corporate America and the malaise of the American labor market are being traced back to one businessman: former General Electric CEO Jack Welch. Walter Isaacson speaks with author David Gelles about the legacy of America’s first celebrity CEO -- referenced in the title of Gelles' new book as "The Man Who Broke Capitalism."

  • The Origins of the "ABBA Voyage" Virtual Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Origins of the "ABBA Voyage" Virtual Concert

    S2022 E4248 - 2m 39s

    42 years after its last live concert, ABBA has come back to life with "ABBA Voyage," a spectacular concert event running at a purpose-built theater in east London. The production showcases four “ABBA-tars,” digital renditions of the real foursome as they looked in their 70s heyday. ABBA co-founder Björn Ulvaeus joins the show from Stockholm.

  • Emma Thompson on "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Emma Thompson on "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande"

    S2022 E4247 - 2m 46s

    Two-time Academy Award winner Dame Emma Thompson bares all in "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande," a new film about a woman's right to pleasure without shame. Thompson plays a widowed religion teacher who's never had an orgasm -- and decides to do something about it. She

  • Amb. Lipstadt: Racism and Antisemitism “Firmly Intertwined”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Amb. Lipstadt: Racism and Antisemitism “Firmly Intertwined”

    S2022 E4247 - 17m 34s

    The United States racked up almost 3,000 incidents of antisemitic behavior in 2021 -- the highest number recorded in over 40 years. Deborah Lipstadt, professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory University, is the newly appointed Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. She joins Walter Isaacson to discuss the rise and the pervasive nature of these attacks.

  • How Laundering A Conspiracy Theory Can Turn It Into "Truth": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Laundering A Conspiracy Theory Can Turn It Into "Truth"

    S2022 E4246 - 17m 29s

    Tonight, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is holding the first in a series of televised hearings. Nicole Hemmer is an author and historian specializing in the history of conservative media in the U.S. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the significance of this moment and what it means for American democracy.

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    Sep 27

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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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