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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.

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

  • October 29, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 29, 2021

    S2021 E4087 - 55m 40s

    Mo Elleithee and Mark Landler analyze President’s Biden's current domestic agenda and how could it impact American diplomacy. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich weighs in on President Biden's meeting with Pope Francis. Journalist Mohanad Hashim discusses the Sudan coup. Jennifer Moss explains why the U.S. is experiencing a wave of professional resignations and a burnout epidemic.

  • October 28, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 28, 2021

    S2021 E4086 - 55m 57s

    Democrats are at a pivotal moment in the passage of their infrastructure bill. Fossil fuel giant CEOs testified about whether they knew their products were fueling climate change. Facebook CEO outlines a new vision for the company, but experts warn it hasn’t done enough. Kim Ghattas focuses on three places that once had real hope for democracy. The supply chain crisis is crippling the U.S.

  • October 27, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 27, 2021

    S2021 E4085 - 55m 55s

    Ava DuVernay discusses her new Netflix series "Colin in Black and White." "The Premonition" author Michael Lewis reflects on losing his daughter to a car accident. Journalist Greg Zuckerman discusses his book "A Shot to Save the World" and the decades of research that went into the COVID-19 vaccine.

  • October 26, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 26, 2021

    S2021 E4084 - 55m 57s

    Former top Saudi intelligence official, Saad Al-Jabri, fears he or his family may be the Saudi Crown Prince's next victims. Al-Jabri's daughter joins the show. "Passing" by acclaimed actress Rebecca Hall tells the story of mixed-race childhood friends who reunite as adults. Psychologist Doreen Dodgen-Magee has released a new book, "Restart: Designing a Healthy Post-Pandemic Life."

  • October 22, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 22, 2021

    S2021 E4082 - 55m 44s

    Senator Joe Manchin continues to block a significant part of Biden’s climate legislation. Martin Indyk's "Master of the Game," looks at Henry Kissinger’s role in the Middle East. Washington Post columnist Max Boot blames Trump for leading the growing extremism within the Republican party. Known for her uncompromising attitudes, Rego fiercely took on fascism and explored women’s rights.

  • October 21, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 21, 2021

    S2021 E4081 - 55m 56s

    Carlos Fernando Chamorro; Abuzar Royesh; Simin Royesh; Stephanie Land

  • October 20, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 20, 2021

    S2021 E4080 - 57m 26s

    For Tarana Burke, watching #MeToo go viral wasn't necessarily cause for celebration. Her new memoir documents all this and more and she joins the show to discuss. Peter Marki-Zay became the unexpected opposition candidate against Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban this weekend. Rep. Adam Schiff speaks about why he believes the January attack fundamentally weakened the U.S.

  • October 19, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 19, 2021

    S2021 E4079 - 56m 46s

    Kaiya McCullough; Yvens Rumbold; Orlando von Einsiedel; Hassan Akkad; McKay Coppins

  • October 18, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 18, 2021

    S2021 E4078 - 55m 45s

    Colin Powell has passed away due to complications from COVID-19. Jack Straw and Robert Draper join to discuss. The fall of Enron was a scandal that rocked the business world so hard that its aftershocks are still being felt 20 years later. The inaugural Earthshot Awards were held in London this weekend. Ramsey Green speaks about lessons learned after Hurricane Katrina.

  • October 14, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 14, 2021

    S2021 E4076 - 55m 55s

    The global energy crunch is hitting supply chains and consumers hard, interfering with the effort to recover from the pandemic and last year’s harsh winter. Julie Delpy aspires to change our outlook on aging with her new series "On the Verge." In Dave Grohl's memoir "The Storyteller," he charts growing up in Washington, D.C., touring as a teenager, and his friendship with the late Kurt Cobain.

  • October 13, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 13, 2021

    S2021 E4075 - 55m 56s

    Fawzia Koofi; Mary-Ellen McGroarty; Kimberle Crenshaw; Gen. Stanley McChrystal

  • October 12, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 12, 2021

    S2021 E4074 - 55m 12s

    Doctors Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci changed the course of history when their company BioNTech, alongside Pfizer, developed the first clinically approved Covid-19 vaccine. 'Impeachment: American Crime Story' has the full backing of Monica Lewinsky herself, who is played by actress Beanie Feldstein. In their new joint memoir "The Boys," Ron and Clint Howard celebrate their decades of brotherhood.

Extras + Features

  • “Perversion of Justice”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “Perversion of Justice”

    S2021 E4016 - 2m 52s

    Julie Brown wrote series of explosive articles for the Miami Herald, which revealed how influential money manager Jeffrey Epstein was able to sexually abuse girls and young women for years – and largely escape accountability thanks to lenient prosecution and a host of enablers. She details it all, and pulls back the curtain on her reporting process, in her new book.

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    Ursula Burns: "The Rules Are Made By White Men"

    S2021 E4016 - 18m 2s

    As CEO of Xerox, Ursula Burns was the first Black woman to run a Fortune 500 company. Now she sits on the boards of Uber, ExxonMobil, Nestlé, and more. Her new memoir charts her incredible rise to the top, from growing up on welfare to controlling a multi-billion dollar company. Burns speaks with Walter Isaacson about getting more women and people of color into STEM.

  • Why It's Hard to Discuss Climate in a Way That Drives Change: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why It's Hard to Discuss Climate in a Way That Drives Change

    S2021 E4015 - 2m 57s

    Why is it so hard to talk about climate in a way that drives real change? Katharine Wilkinson is an environmentalist and educator who was named one of “fifteen women who will save the world” by Time Magazine. She is also co-editor of All We Can Save, an anthology of women’s writing on the climate crisis.

  • TX Dem On Why He Fled the State to Block GOP Voting Bill: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    TX Dem On Why He Fled the State to Block GOP Voting Bill

    S2021 E4015 - 18m 9s

    A group of Texas state legislators have come to Washington D.C. to battle restrictive new voting laws. The Republican-backed bills disproportionately obstruct voting access amongst ethnic minorities. State representative James Talarico speaks with Michel Martin about what needs to be done to protect national voting rights.

  • The Deadly Implications of Vaccine Inequity: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Deadly Implications of Vaccine Inequity

    S2021 E4015 - 2m 56s

    Inaction can be a matter of life and death during a pandemic, especially when it comes to vaccine inequity. Reporter Larry Madowo had a shocking and deeply personal experience in his home country of Kenya, where just 1.1% of the population has been fully vaccinated -- in stark contrast to almost 50% in the United States. Madowo reports on this divide and the deadly implications for his own family.

  • John Kerry on the Upcoming Climate Summit: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    John Kerry on the Upcoming Climate Summit

    S2021 E4015 - 2m 58s

    John Kerry, traveling the globe as President Biden’s envoy on the climate crisis, is pointing at politics and the profit motive as the root of the problem. Looking ahead to the upcoming climate summit in Glasgow, he says that in around 100 days, we can save the next 100 years. How many more meetings will it take to effect measurable, meaningful change? Kerry joins the show from Rome.

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    President Donald Trump's Clash on Iran

    S2021 E4014 - 16m 42s

    The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser broke the story of former President Donald Trump and General Mike Milley's clash on Iran involvement and joins the show to discuss what she found.

  • The Afghan Perspective on Peace with the U.S.: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Afghan Perspective on Peace with the U.S.

    S2021 E4014 - 2m 58s

    The U.S. has welcomed the talks and says it remains committed to advancing the Afghanistan peace process. For the perspective from the Afghan government’s side, Christiane speaks with Nader Nadery, part of their negotiation team and a former senior adviser to President Ashraf Ghani.

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:  “Notes on Grief”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Notes on Grief”

    S2021 E4014 - 2m 57s

    Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is well known for her bestselling novels Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, but her latest book strikes much closer to home. Notes on Grief is an outpouring of love to her father who died in the midst of the pandemic last year and her reflections on that loss.

  • What Israel Has Learned from the Pandemic: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Israel Has Learned from the Pandemic

    S2021 E4013 - 2m 27s

    It’s hard to predict the future when it comes to COVID-19, but many are looking at the data from Israel for clues. The country started lifting restrictions in March, after an early vaccination drive saw over 60% of its people get at least one shot – yet cases are spiking again there too. Israel’s Health Ministry director general joins the show to discuss lessons learned.

  • Michael Pollan, Author of "This Is Your Mind on Plants": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Michael Pollan, Author of "This Is Your Mind on Plants"

    S2021 E4013 - 17m 51s

    Even with the boom in legal cannabis, there were still more than one million marijuana arrests across the U.S. in 2019. In his new book, "This Is Your Mind on Plants," author Michael Pollan challenges the way we think about all drugs, from psychedelics and opioids to the caffeine in tea and coffee. Pollan speaks with Walter Isaacson about the effects of plant-based drugs on our behavior.

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