News and Public Affairs

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.

May 12, 2025

55m 47s

Parents of Omer Neutra, an Israeli American captured and killed on Oct. 7, react to the return of American hostage Edan Alexander. Journalists Emily Feng and Felix Salmon on the 90-day pause in the U.S.-China trade war. Cardinal Michael Czerny on Pope Leo XIV's first public statements. Randi Weingarten offers an alternative future for public education.

Episodes

  • December 21, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 21, 2023

    S2023 E6124 - 55m 43s

    Nick Paton Walsh reports from the frontlines in Ukraine. Former NSC official and Russia expert Fiona Hill offers insight into Russia's current position. Staff writer for The New Yorker Masha Gessen on the backlash they faced after comparing Gaza to Nazi-era ghettos. Nisha Pahuja and Dev Patel talk about their new documentary "To Kill a Tiger" about sexual violence against women in India.

  • December 29, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 29, 2023

    S2023 E6130 - 55m 21s

    Sen. Patty Murray and fmr. Rep. Jane Harman reflect on the life and legacy of Dianne Feinstein. Matthew Bryza, fmr. US ambassador to Azerbaijan, discusses the takeover of the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan. Gordon Fairclough of The WSJ on the struggle to free his fellow reporter Evan Gershkovich. National climate advisor Ali Zaidi on the US's plans to combat climate change.

  • December 28, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 28, 2023

    S2023 E6129 - 55m 15s

    Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim sits down with Christiane at the close of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss balancing relations with both China and the United States. Author Ann Patchett talks about her newest novel, "Tom Lake" and her departure into exploring love. Loren Grush on her book "The Six," that tells the untold story of the first class of female astronauts at NASA.

  • December 27, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 27, 2023

    S2023 E6128 - 55m 43s

    A group of Americans imprisoned in Iran have just been released. Joining to discuss is prisoner Siamak Namazi's lawyer, U.S. Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood, formerly imprisoned journalist Jason Rezaian and director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group Ali Vaez. Veteran Indian news anchor Ravish Kumar and "While We Watched" director Vinay Shukla on press freedom in India.

  • December 26, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 26, 2023

    S2023 E6127 - 55m 43s

    Republican presidential candidate and former governor of New Jersey Chris Christie says that Trump "cannot be the nominee," and will not win the election against Biden. Playwright Gillian Slovo discusses her new play "Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors." Award-winning author James McBride explores hope and humanity in his new novel, "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store."

  • December 25, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 25, 2023

    S2023 E6126 - 55m 43s

    Former White House national climate advisor Gina McCarthy weighs in on the meeting in Brazil to combat deforestation. Journalist Sally Hayden discusses the latest migrant shipwreck tragedy. British Labour MP Chris Bryant talks further about this migrant crisis and the toxic politics surrounding it. Toshi Yoshihara joins to discuss China’s economic status and its ambitions.

  • December 20, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 20, 2023

    S2023 E6123 - 55m 36s

    NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the Russia-Ukraine war. Mirjana Spoljaric recently returned from a visit to Gaza and Israel, and calls the ongoing war the world’s “moral failure." Actor Adam Driver on making "Ferrari" and what he draws on from his own life. "How to Know a Person" author David Brooks on what it means to practice empathy in an increasingly lonely world.

  • December 19, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 19, 2023

    S2023 E6122 - 55m 20s

    A special report on violence in the West Bank. Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Mark Regev on the latest from Israel and Gaza. Deputy Editor of The Economist Tom Standage discusses their "World Ahead 2024" series. Jonathan Brent of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on his fight to preserve a record of Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

  • December 18, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 18, 2023

    S2023 E6121 - 55m 40s

    U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on the major climate decision to come out of the U.N. climate summit in Dubai. Rabbi Sharon Brous grapples with calls for the IDF to exercise restraint in Gaza and the rise of antisemitism outside of Israel as a result of this war. From Donald Trump to abortion pill access, legal scholar Stephen Vladeck discusses news from the Supreme Court.

  • December 15, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 15, 2023

    S2023 E6120 - 55m 56s

    Nivine Sandouka, regional chief of staff with the Alliance for Middle East Peace, and former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova, who leads an organization which is a member of Nivine’s alliance, join the show. Actor Gael García Bernal on his new film "Cassandro" about a gay Mexican wrestler. Washington Post reporters Samuel Oakford and Shane Harris on the new Frontline documentary "The Discord Leaks."

  • December 14, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 14, 2023

    S2023 E6119 - 55m 32s

    CNN becomes the first Western media outlet to report from inside Gaza without an IDF escort. Magen Inon and Hamze Awawde are an Israeli and a Palestinian both touched by tragedy talking about working for peace. Alok Sharma, President of COP26 discusses the recent COP28 climate deal. Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter Grammy Award-winning member of the Roots discusses his new memoir "The Upcycled Self."

  • December 13, 2023: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    December 13, 2023

    S2023 E6118 - 55m 46s

    Climate change expert Nicholas Stern on the new global climate deal out of COP28. Middle East expert Fawaz Gerges on the Israel-Gaza conflict. In Texas, Kate Cox has tried to win a legal exception to her state’s abortion ban. Attorney Molly Duane joins the show. GOP strategist Liz Mair on her piece, ""Republicans Are Finding Out That ‘Pro-Life’ Means a Lot of Things to a Lot of People."

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