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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.

June 28, 2024

55m 26s

Veteran Democratic party strategist Simon Rosenberg and former special assistant to President Trump Marc Lotter on last night's debate. Correspondent Fred Pleitgenand New York Times reporter Farnaz Fassihi on the Iran elections. Francis S. Barry on his new book "Back Roads and Better Angels."

Episodes

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

    October 7, 2022

    S2022 E5071 - 55m 30s

    Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi discusses the ongoing protests in Iran. Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault reflects on her new memoir and career. Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner discusses his new autobiography and the icons who shaped music history.

  • October 6, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 6, 2022

    S2022 E5070 - 55m 41s

    U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby discusses developments in Ukraine and North Korea. In his new series "Five Days at Memorial," writer and director John Ridley took a close look at one New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina. Wendell Pierce is starring as Willy Loman in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman," with the first-ever Black Loman family.

  • October 5, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 5, 2022

    S2022 E5069 - 55m 30s

    Expert Andrey Kortunov weighs in on the latest in the Russia-Ukraine war. Stanley Tucci discusses the new season of his hit travel series "Searching for Italy." Author Immy Humes explains what inspired her new photography book "The Only Woman."

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

    October 4, 2022

    S2022 E5068 - 55m 40s

    Fatemeh Shams is following the current protests closely on social media, and says the movement is already changing politics in Iran. In his latest book, Parag Khanna makes the point that mobility is a good thing; and society can function normally only when people move. Maggie Haberman chronicles Trump's life in her new book "Confidence Man," and discusses Trump's rise and post-presidential life.

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

    October 3, 2022

    S2022 E5067 - 55m 40s

    Sen. Jeanne Shaheen analyzes escalating tensions with Russia and President Putin. Former Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim discusses the Brazilian election. Scott Galloway explains the vision behind his new book "Adrift: America in 100 Charts."

  • September 30, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    September 30, 2022

    S2022 E5066 - 55m 41s

    Armando Iannucci is beloved for his comedies about the absurdity of politics. He hopes through his works to help shore up our fragile democratic norms. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Jodi Kantor digs into the alarming methods employers are adopting to track their workers' productivity. Hasan Minaj speaks about comedy, privacy, and what he calls his vision for “a new brown America.”

  • September 29, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    September 29, 2022

    S2022 E5065 - 55m 26s

    Climate policy expert Leah Stokes explains how the warming climate is fueling more destructive storms like Hurricane Ian. Historian Nina Khrushcheva discusses the latest news on the war in Ukraine. Author Katy Hessel explains the importance of celebrating woman artists. Author Theodore R. Johnson discusses whether or not 2022 will be the year of the Black Republican.

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

    September 28, 2022

    S2022 E5064 - 55m 16s

    Fiona Hill says that Putin is “determined to shape the future to look like his version of the past” and that he “craves legitimacy." Hill has studied the Russian president for many years and joins the show. Jennifer Egan's "The Candy House" takes a thought-provoking look at ways in which we deal with life-changing technology. President of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler discusses labor unions.

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

    September 27, 2022

    S2022 E5063 - 55m 17s

    Sen. Patrick Leahy weighs in on the midterm elections. Italian ambassador to the U.K. Raffaele Trombetta discusses his country's possible new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Journalist Luke Mogelson discusses his new book, "The Storm Is Here," which looks inside the mindset of January 6 insurrectionists.

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

    September 26, 2022

    S2022 E5062 - 55m 41s

    In her illustrated memoir "Persepolis" author Marjane Satrapi recounts growing up in Iran during the revolution. In an exclusive interview, Christiane speaks to Chile’s new president, Gabriel Boric, who recently made an impassioned call to fight for democracy at the U.N. Author Joshua Prager has spent a decade researching the life of "Jane Roe" -- the woman at the heart of Roe v. Wade.

  • September 23, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    September 23, 2022

    S2022 E5061 - 55m 20s

    Australia’s foreign minister explains why her government is considering expelling the Russian ambassador over Putin’s nuclear threats. Vadym Prystaiko, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.K., discusses the potential for new sanctions on Moscow. Andy Borowitz explains why he believes anti-intellectualism is endangering the U.S. Amir Nizar Zuabi discusses Little Amal and "The Walk."

  • September 22, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    September 22, 2022

    S2022 E5060 - 55m 41s

    Demonstrators are mourning and protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police. Christiane sits down with the head of the International Monetary Fund in New York. In the "The Diver" authors Susan Glasser and Peter Baker go behind the scenes of the Trump White House, speaking to many key players, including the man himself.

Extras + Features

  • Armed With Cellphones, Ukrainian Civilians Fight Russia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Armed With Cellphones, Ukrainian Civilians Fight Russia

    S2022 E4200 - 17m 56s

    Ukrainians are holding off Russian forces not just on the ground, but also online. Government officials and a citizen IT army are transforming the digital landscape, adapting everyday technology into wartime survival tools. Investigative journalist Vera Bergengruen joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the country’s virtual strategy -- and success.

  • Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Discusses Potential War Crimes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Discusses Potential War Crimes

    S2022 E4200 - 2m 19s

    Ukraine’s Prosecutor General refers to the towns of Borodianka and Bucha as part of a “tortured region from hell.” Her office is investigating almost 5,000 alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces, and she joins Christiane in Kyiv.

  • Lithuanian PM: Russia Has "Overbeaten Goebbels By Far": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lithuanian PM: Russia Has "Overbeaten Goebbels By Far"

    S2022 E4199 - 2m 28s

    The European Union, responding to reports of Russian atrocities in Ukraine, is proposing a ban on Russian coal imports. But Lithuania has already gone a step further. Last weekend Lithuania became the first EU member state to pull the plug on Russian gas imports. Christiane speaks with the country’s prime minister.

  • Summers on Sanctions: “The West Has Cowered and Dithered": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Summers on Sanctions: “The West Has Cowered and Dithered"

    S2022 E4199 - 14m 29s

    Amid inflation, the war in Ukraine, and a lingering pandemic, economists are warning of an impending recession. To explain, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers speaks with Walter Isaacson about the global economy and where matters might go from here.

  • Will Hurd on the Threat of Kremlin Cyber Attacks: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Will Hurd on the Threat of Kremlin Cyber Attacks

    S2022 E4198 - 18m 17s

    Support for Ukraine continues to be a unifying issue in an otherwise politically divided America. Will Hurd, former Republican congressman for Texas and CIA officer, has first-hand knowledge of this division. He examines the state of American politics in his new book "American Reboot." Hurd speaks with Walter Isaacson about what the U.S. should do next.

  • German Foreign Minister on Putin's Contradictions: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    German Foreign Minister on Putin's Contradictions

    S2022 E4197 - 1m 59s

    Ukraine is relying on the United States and Europe for its very survival, but can these countries actually hold the line no matter what? German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock joins Christiane to discuss whether other EU nations are committed to maintaining sanctions and the pressure against Putin's aggressions.

  • Anne Applebaum: Autocracies Don’t Believe In Rules or Norms: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Anne Applebaum: Autocracies Don’t Believe In Rules or Norms

    S2022 E4197 - 17m 59s

    Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian. Her latest article "There is no Liberal World Order" argues that unless democracies defend themselves together, the forces of autocracy will destroy them. She joins Michel Martin to discuss this existential struggle.

  • Ukraine's Top Diplomat Hopes For Continued Western Support: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ukraine's Top Diplomat Hopes For Continued Western Support

    S2022 E4197 - 2m 19s

    Another week of war in Ukraine, and still no end in sight. Will there be a shift Russia's strategy? Talks between the two countries' delegations resumed virtually today. Ukraine's foreign minister, who is currently on a diplomatic mission in Poland, joins the program to discuss the state of negotiations.

  • EXCLUSIVE: Poland's Prime Minister's Analysis of the War: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    EXCLUSIVE: Poland's Prime Minister's Analysis of the War

    S2022 E4196 - 2m 57s

    Among the nations Ukraine's President Zelensky is confident has his back is Poland. A country that not long ago found itself at odds with the European Union has become central to the struggle. Mateusz Morawiecki is Poland's prime minister and he joined Christiane for an exclusive interview -- with a warning for Putin, and a message for America.

  • Georgian President on Russian Occupation: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Georgian President on Russian Occupation

    S2022 E4196 - 2m 35s

    One who knows the modern reality of a Russian invasion is Christiane's next guest. Salome Zourabichvili is the president of Georgia—a country invaded by Russia back in 2008.

  • Meet the Soldiers Who Halted Russia's Momentum: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Meet the Soldiers Who Halted Russia's Momentum

    S2022 E4196 - 2m 57s

    Moscow's military goals in Ukraine have not yet been met -- a reality Christiane saw for herself today when she travelled to the outskirts of Kyiv and met with some of the soldiers who halted Russia's momentum in the early days of the war.

  • The World Central Kitchen Is Delivering Meals to Ukrainians: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The World Central Kitchen Is Delivering Meals to Ukrainians

    S2022 E4196 - 2m 20s

    Humanitarian aid is urgently needed in Ukraine, and José Andrés is working tirelessly to feed the hungry. The celebrity chef and his organization are providing hundreds of thousands of hot meals daily in Ukraine and bordering countries -- at no cost.

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