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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

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

    February 10, 2022

    S2022 E4161 - 55m 47s

    Rep. Karen Bass is teaming up with Republican Ann Wagner, co-sponsoring a bill to battle human trafficking and help its survivors. Melissa Bell reports on how the weather might impact a Russian invasion. Bill Hayes explores the history of our relationship with exercise in his new book, "Sweat." Public Wise has launched an online database identifying those who supported the insurrection.

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

    February 8, 2022

    S2022 E4159 - 55m 46s

    French President Macron in the effort to defuse tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Unresolved questions about a key energy pipeline from Russia, and the issue of sanctions should Putin invade Ukraine. Ukrainian security forces are training at Chernobyl. Heather McGhee argues that racist structures are costly to everyone. Examining the relationship between the classics and identity politics.

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

    February 8, 2022

    S2022 E4158 - 55m 55s

    Sen. Todd Young discusses tensions between the U.S. and China. Author Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why he's taking a stand against book banning. "South to America" author Imani Perry analyzes the divide between the Northern and Southern states in the U.S.

Extras + Features

  • Finnish President: Putin Is Clearly Making a Nuclear Threat: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Finnish President: Putin Is Clearly Making a Nuclear Threat

    S2022 E4183 - 1m 52s

    Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö has known Putin for a decade and often acts as a de facto interpreter, explaining the Russian president's thinking to Western allies – and vice versa. Niinistö is among a handful of world leaders who continue to contact the Russian president, trying to put a stop to the war. Christiane speaks with Niinistö in London to get a sense of Putin’s endgame.

  • Martin Griffiths: The Double Standards Towards Refugees: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Martin Griffiths: The Double Standards Towards Refugees

    S2022 E4183 - 1m 47s

    Russia claims it is opening humanitarian corridors from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol to enable civilians to evacuate. But it is too late for many. To discuss the dire humanitarian situation, Christiane speaks with the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffiths.

  • War Crimes in Ukraine? "Vladimir Putin Incriminates Himself": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    War Crimes in Ukraine? "Vladimir Putin Incriminates Himself"

    S2022 E4183 - 17m 41s

    Numerous war crimes investigations are in process against the Putin regime. David Scheffer was the first U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, leading the U.S. delegation in talks to establish the International Criminal Court. Scheffer speaks with Michel Martin to evaluate the chances of convicting Putin and his henchmen.

  • Russian Misinformation Is "A Military Assault” on the West: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Russian Misinformation Is "A Military Assault” on the West

    S2022 E4182 - 17m 32s

    In Russia, access to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter is now restricted. But Carole Cadwalladr says that trying to ban information is “like trying to ban oxygen.” A journalist for The Guardian, she exposed the harvesting of personal Facebook data for political campaigns. Cadwalladr speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about Putin’s information war on Ukraine and the West.

  • Guillermo del Toro's Inspiration for "Nightmare Alley": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Guillermo del Toro's Inspiration for "Nightmare Alley"

    S2022 E4182 - 2m 7s

    In the new Oscar-nominated film "Nightmare Alley," Bradley Cooper plays a 1930s grifter who reinvents himself as a mentalist -- and then falls into the trap of believing his own hype. Guillermo del Toro directed and co-wrote the film, and he speaks with Christiane about his story's painful relevance for these times.

  • TV Rain Editor-in-Chief Flees Russia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    TV Rain Editor-in-Chief Flees Russia

    S2022 E4182 - 2m 49s

    Tonight Christiane speaks to those on the front lines of the information war. Tikhon Dzyadko recently had to flee Russia after his independent TV channel was banned, and U.S. journalist Danny Fenster was imprisoned for 176 days by Myanmar’s military junta after the coup there last year.

  • Ben Hodges: “I Believe That Ukraine Is Going To Win": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ben Hodges: “I Believe That Ukraine Is Going To Win"

    S2022 E4181 - 2m 41s

    Heavy fighting continues around Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. What might happen as the conflict intensifies? Ben Hodges was a brigade commander during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and later commanded the U.S. Army in Europe.

  • Marek Magierowski: "Russia is Losing This War Right Now": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Marek Magierowski: "Russia is Losing This War Right Now"

    S2022 E4181 - 2m 40s

    The White House, warning that Russia may up the ante in Ukraine, is declassifying intelligence in a bid to deter Putin from using chemical weapons. Russia, while denying it is targeting civilians, bombed a maternity hospital in the city of Mariupol, sparking global outrage. The Russian Foreign Minister met with his Ukrainian counterpart in Turkey, although no progress was made toward a ceasefire.

  • Russian Journalist: Putin Is " A Sick Man With a Sick Mind”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Russian Journalist: Putin Is " A Sick Man With a Sick Mind”

    S2022 E4181 - 19m 6s

    Independent journalism has been all but silenced in Russia under new censorship laws that make it a crime to call the war a war, or to say Russia is attacking civilian infrastructure. But Yevgenia Albats continues to defy the government’s restrictions. She is editor-in-chief of The New Times magazine, and a radio host at Echo of Moscow – both independent media organizations recently shut down by t

  • Bosnian War Survivor Reads Moving Letter to Ukrainian People: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bosnian War Survivor Reads Moving Letter to Ukrainian People

    S2022 E4180 - 3m 25s

    The last time war engulfed Europe was in the Balkans during the 1990s. The city of Sarajevo was under siege for 46 months -- the longest siege in modern history. Bosnian War survivor and journalist Aida Cerkez joins the program to reflect on parallels between the Bosnia and Ukraine and read a moving letter she wrote to the people of Ukraine.

  • Michèle Flournoy: “We Need to…Help the Ukrainians”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Michèle Flournoy: “We Need to…Help the Ukrainians”

    S2022 E4180 - 18m 6s

    Former Under-Secretary of Defense Michèle Flournoy has close ties with the Clinton and Obama administrations, as well as with current Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Flournoy joins Walter Isaacson to discuss the impact of the Ukraine crisis on America’s security interests -- particularly in the case of China.

  • “Putin Is a War Criminal" — Ukraine's Fmr. Prime Minister: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “Putin Is a War Criminal" — Ukraine's Fmr. Prime Minister

    S2022 E4180 - 2m 41s

    NATO nations are working against the clock to get weapons to the Ukrainian defenders. Despite repeated promises, Russia’s so-called humanitarian corridors are non-operational, and civilians are bearing the brunt of artillery attacks on their homes, schools, shops, and hospitals. For more on this, Christiane speaks with Ukraine’s former prime minister.

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