September 13, 2024
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
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September 21, 2022
S2022 E5059 - 55m 29s
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen join Christiane at the U.N. General Assembly to discuss the latest in global affairs. Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of "A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door," offers an insider perspective on America's teacher shortage.
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September 20, 2022
S2022 E5058 - 55m 40s
To assess the state of U.S.-China relations, Michael Beckley joins the program. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a growing number of countries are hoping to come under NATO’s protective umbrella – among them Kosovo, in the Balkans. Peniel E. Joseph is offering a new perspective on the years between Barack Obama’s election in 2008 and last year’s attack on the Capitol.
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September 19, 2022
S2022 E5057 - 55m 40s
Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest. Experts reflect on her legacy.
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September 16, 2022
S2022 E5056 - 55m 33s
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell will be offering a prayer during the Queen’s state funeral on Monday. Tributes to the Queen are still pouring in even from countries that have deliberately moved away from the monarchy. The U.N. is sending a team to investigate a mass burial site near the newly liberated Ukrainian city of Izium. The NAE's Walter Kim on why climate change is a religious issue.
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September 15, 2022
S2022 E5055 - 55m 42s
Historian Simon Schama discusses how Queen Elizabeth II reinvented the British monarchy over her 70-year reign. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg weighs in on the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia war. Aisha Khan, Aisha Khan, chief executive of Pakistan’s Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change, explains the impacts of devastating floods in her country.
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September 14, 2022
S2022 E5054 - 55m 16s
The Commonwealth's secretary-general discusses the organization's member nations' complex relationships. Timothy Garton Ash discusses how the Queen charted the choppy waters of the 20th and 21st centuries. To try and get inside the mind of Putin, Christiane speaks with his former speechwriter. Zelensky’s press secretary discusses Ukraine's recent military advances and her time with Zelensky.
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September 13, 2022
S2022 E5053 - 55m 43s
Experts Catherine Haddon, Elizabeth Norton and Bidisha Mamata discuss the latest on Queen Elizabeth II's passing. Plus, former British Prime Minister Theresa May remembers her weekly meetings with the Queen.
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September 12, 2022
S2022 E5052 - 55m 4s
Tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II have not silenced the calls for devolution around the U.K. and overseas. Following a Ukrainian counteroffensive, Putin is facing criticism from his own side. The Queen's death has seen an outpouring of tributes from leaders of many faiths. The queen was a cultural icon and a rock of stability for a family dogged by celebrity and haunted by scandal.
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September 8, 2022
S2022 E5050 - 55m 26s
In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's death, historian Simon Schama, former ambassador Kim Darroch and former MP Alistair Burt reflect on her legacy.
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September 7, 2022
S2022 E5049 - 55m 41s
The emergency around Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant intensifies and Kyiv now says it’s considering shutting down the Zaporizhzhia complex. This week the Kenyan Supreme Court unanimously upheld William Ruto’s election victory. The Atlantic’s Caitlin Dickerson discovered the truth behind Trump's family separation policy. The indie band MUNA discusses their success and plays one of their tracks.
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September 5, 2022
S2022 E5047 - 55m 28s
Liz Truss will become the U.K.’s next prime minister. Andrew Neil joins the show to discuss. Boris Nemtsov’s daughter Zhanna Nemtsova has joined forces with former White House staffer Ben Rhodes to tell her father’s story in the new podcast. In his latest book, "Helgoland," Carlo Rovelli turns his attention to the brilliance of Werner Heisenberg. A new museum honoring Jackie Robinson opens in NYC.
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August 31, 2022
S2022 E5044 - 55m 42s
Author Nina Khrushcheva and former ambassador Thomas Pickering reflect on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev. Adam Entous explains what he discovered while writing his recent New Yorker report on "The Untold History of the Biden Family."
Extras + Features
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Leonid Volkov: Putin's Russian Support Base Is Vanishing
S2022 E4180 - 2m 58s
Today the European Union slapped a fourth round of sanctions on an already beleaguered Russian economy. But what are the country's citizens being told about the war next door? Christiane speaks with Leonid Volkov, chief of staff to Russia’s jailed opposition leader, Alexey Navalny.
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Ukraine is the “Fight for the Future of the 21st Century”
S2022 E4179 - 17m 54s
Vindman discusses the current conflict in Ukraine and his latest piece in Foreign Affairs Magazine, "America Must Do More to Help Ukraine Fight Russia." Vindman proposes a lend-lease program modeled on the one that provided arms and assistance to U.S. allies in Europe during WWII. He also discusses how Trump and the GOP empowered Putin, and what it is like to be sounding the alarm to no avail.
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Women's Significant Role in the Ukrainian Resistance
S2022 E4179 - 2m 45s
On this International Women's Day Putin sought to placate Russian wives and mothers, mindful of their central role in Russian society. Historian Olesya Khromeychuk, director of the Ukrainian Institute London, lost her brother in the 2014 Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine, while Afghan activist Orzala Nemat has twice survived Taliban takeovers of her native Afghanistan. They join the program.
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British Gov. Criticized for Greeting Refugees with Red Tape
S2022 E4179 - 1m 47s
The British government is being criticized for choking off the flow of refugees with red tape: Out of almost 20,000 applications, just a few hundred visas have so far been issued to Ukrainian refugees. Meanwhile, the independent Norwegian Refugee Council has announced plans to support 800,000 victims of the conflict, both inside and outside Ukraine. The organization's secretary general joins us.
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Mykolaiv Mayor: Soldiers Are "Ready to Fight to the Death"
S2022 E4178 - 2m 50s
Christiane speaks with the Mayor of Mykolaiv, who confirms Russia's use of cluster bombs and reports that Ukrainian fighters have pushed a number of Russian tanks away from the city's airport.
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How Climate Policy Could Help in the Fight Against Putin
S2022 E4178 - 17m 16s
With oil prices at a 14-year high, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said today that the EU has to "get rid of the dependency on Russian gas, oil, and coal." Bill McKibben says responding with renewables is the way to both defeat Putin and alleviate climate change. He tells Hari Sreenivasan that now is the time to transition away from fossil fuels.
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The Power of Art During War
S2022 E4178 - 2m 46s
Andrey Kurkov is acclaimed the world over for satirical novels like "Death and the Penguin." He has put his latest novel on pause in order to speak out about what is happening to his country and his countrymen. He joins Christiane from western Ukraine.
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NATO Ambassador: "This Is a Very Bad News Story for Russia"
S2022 E4178 - 2m 38s
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the Baltic nations -- all of them NATO members -- to reassure them, and to warn Putin that NATO is reinforcing its eastern flank. For more on this, Christiane speaks with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith.
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Russia Invasion of Ukraine: “A New Iron Curtain is Falling”
S2022 E4177 - 17m 25s
President Biden must rally not only a divided America, but also the world, against Putin's aggression -- this according to Susan Glasser, a writer for The New Yorker and former Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post. She joins Michel Martin to discuss how the U.S. President should respond to Putin's war.
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Serena Williams on the Double Standard in Athletics
S2022 E4177 - 2m 50s
The sports world has been rocked by Russia's war on Ukraine. Many athletes -- including tennis legend Serena Williams -- are using their platform to express despair at what's happening. Williams also spoke with Christiane about her extraordinary life and career and her younger years, chronicled in the Oscar-nominated film "King Richard."
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Anne Applebaum: What is Putin's Version of Reality?
S2022 E4177 - 1m 55s
What is Putin's version of reality? What would a Russian victory look like -- for Putin, for Ukraine, and for the world? Today more than ever, the Russian President seemed locked in to Orwellian logic, insisting Russia would actually benefit from unprecedented sanctions. Yet his unprovoked war has united the international community to a degree that seemed impossible just weeks ago.
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Attack on a Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant Was "A Close Call"
S2022 E4177 - 2m 59s
"Stop Russian nuclear terrorism." These were the startling words of Ukrainian President Zelensky after Russian forces fired on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces have occupied the facility, but radiation levels so far appear normal. Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, says today's attack was a close call. He spoke with Christiane by phone
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