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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.

October 29, 2024

55m 44s

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and former Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Kidwa on their suggestion for a path to peace in the Middle East. Dr. Samer Attar details her experience working inside Gaza. Reporter Kristen Holmes discusses the candidates' final push in the U.S. election. George Packer of the Atlantic explores how working class voters may impact this election.

Episodes

  • April 15, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 15, 2024

    S2024 E6206 - 55m 53s

    Daniel C. Kurtzer, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, unpacks the reaction to Iran's attack. Former president Donald Trump appears in court today for a criminal trial. Christiane is joined by Neal Katyal, law professor and former U.S. Acting Solicitor General. Author Eddie Glaude Jr. joins the show to discuss his new book, how all Americans can be leaders and what we might learn from history.

  • April 12, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 12, 2024

    S2024 E6205 - 55m 53s

    Mary Ziegler, an expert on abortion law, discusses Arizona's upholding of a Civil War-era abortion ban. Tom Perriello, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, describes the costs of a year of civil war in Sudan. Author Percival Everett discusses his book "James" a retelling of "Huckleberry Finn" from Jim's perspective. Plus, a look back on the Good Friday Agreement 26 years later.

  • April 11, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 11, 2024

    S2024 E6204 - 55m 53s

    O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star acquitted of murder in the 1990s, has died. Legal experts comment on his legacy. This year, one of the the Central Park Five – Yusef Salaam – became a member of the New York City Council. National security expert Juliette Kayyem argues, "The government isn't ready for the violence Trump might unleash."

  • April 10, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 10, 2024

    S2024 E6203 - 55m 22s

    Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins the show to discuss the war in Gaza as well as America’s politics at home and abroad. Michelle O’Neill, First Minister of Northern Ireland, looks back on the historic Good Friday Agreement and discusses Northern Ireland's politics today. Journalist Emily Tamkin explores the global reaction to the death of the World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza.

  • April 9, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 9, 2024

    S2024 E6202 - 55m 54s

    What leverage does America still wield in Israel, in Ukraine, and beyond? For decades, Wendy Sherman was at the center of the U.S. foreign policy establishment and joins the show to discuss. Academy Award winner Michael Douglas on Apple TV's "Franklin." It’s been 25 years since the hugely successful musical "Mamma Mia!" first hit London’s West End. Director and creator Judy Craymer joins the show.

  • April 8, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 8, 2024

    S2024 E6201 - 55m 43s

    Physicist Brian Greene discusses today's solar eclipse. Six months after the October 7th attack on Israel, Christiane speaks with Sharone Lifschitz whose father is still being held hostage in Gaza. Correspondent Nada Bashir reports on the tragic effects of six months of war in Gaza. Economics professor David Autor explains how AI could actually help rebuild the American middle class.

  • April 5, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 5, 2024

    S2024 E6200 - 55m 30s

    Amid growing international and domestic anger, Israeli economy minister Nir Barkat joins the show. Former Senior Investigative Counsel on the January 6th committee, Temidayo Aganga-Williams, joins the show to discuss the impact of Trump's campaign against the justice system. "A Brief History of the Future" host Ali Wallach asks how we can become the great ancestors the future needs us to be.

  • April 4, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 4, 2024

    S2024 E6199 - 55m 53s

    From the archive: 30 years after the Rwandan Genocide, a look back on Christiane's conversation with former U.N. Commander RomĂ©o Dallaire. Rwandan human rights activist Paul Rusesabagina who saved more than 1,000 lives during the Genocide reflects on that dark time and the years that followed. Sarah McCammon tells her story of leaving the Evangelical Church in her book “The Exvangelicals."

  • April 3, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 3, 2024

    S2024 E6198 - 55m 53s

    Kurt Volker is a former U.S. Ambassador to NTAO and weighs in on aid workers killed by Israeli air strikes. Correspondent Jeremy Diamond reports on the situation in Gaza. Comedian Bassem Youssef is now touring his latest one-man show across the U.S. and Europe, and he joins the program in London. Conservative political commentator Charlie Sykes discusses "The Great Resignation" in Congress.

  • April 2, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 2, 2024

    S2024 E6197 - 55m 51s

    UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths discusses the deaths of international relief workers in Gaza. Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on the state of Putin's Russia. Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer explains his pragmatic approach to interpreting the Constitution in his new book "Reading the Constitution."

  • April 1, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 1, 2024

    S2024 E6196 - 55m 53s

    Ronen Bergman, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins the show from Tel Aviv. Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha on the increasingly desperate situation in Gaza and his family’s escape. In Turkey, president Recep Erdogan has been dealt a heavy blow in recent elections. Scott McLean joins to discuss. "The Anxious Generation" author investigates the collapse of mental health in Gen Z.

  • March 29, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 29, 2024

    S2024 E6195 - 55m 53s

    Journalists Polina Ivanova and Pjotr Sauer reflect on the anniversary of the arrest of their friend, reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia. David Frum talks about the loss of his daughter and the comfort he's found in her dog, Ringo. Head of the IAEA Rafael Grossi on the nuclear status of Iran. From the archives: two fathers in the Middle East make an appeal for peace.

Extras + Features

  • Jennifer Doudna on FDA Approval of First CRISPR Treatments: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jennifer Doudna on FDA Approval of First CRISPR Treatments

    S2024 E6134 - 18m 9s

    More than a decade ago, pioneering biochemist Jennifer Doudna co-invented CRISPR, the gene editing technology which earned her the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Now, the very first treatment based on CRISPR has been approved in the U.K. and the U.S., a landmark decision for the treatment of sickle cell disease and for the potential of this rapidly advancing field. Dr. Doudna joins to discuss.

  • Grammy Winner Rhiannon Giddens on Her New Album: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Grammy Winner Rhiannon Giddens on Her New Album

    S2024 E6133 - 18m 11s

    Rhiannon Giddens is currently carving out an impressive legacy as a singer, songwriter, banjo player and actress who keeps adding strings to her bow. "You’re the One" is the title of her latest Grammy-nominated release and her first full album of original songs. She received the Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera "Omar." Giddens joins the show to discuss her unstoppable career.

  • Do People Really Hate the Media? A Suprising New Study: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Do People Really Hate the Media? A Suprising New Study

    S2024 E6132 - 16m 43s

    With an upcoming U.S. presidential election and ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, trust in news organizations is commonly assumed to be at record lows. Jennifer Benz and Mariana Meza Hernandez from NORC at the University of Chicago speak to Michel Martin about a recent op-ed for The Washington Post, "Actually, people don't hate the media as much as you think."

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