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.
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September 16, 2021
S2021 E4056 - 55m 57s
Angela Povilaitis; Georgia Wells; Tristan Harris; Leopoldo López; George Will
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September 15, 2021
S2021 E4055 - 55m 57s
Dr. Hans Kluge discusses waning vaccine uptake in Europe. Global Witness CEO Mike Davis and Mexican climate activist Margarita Campuzano assess the state of the climate crisis. Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt tells Michel Martin how Democrats should seize this political moment.
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September 10, 2021
S2021 E4052 - 55m 58s
Fmr. Afghan Ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani, foreign policy expert Lawrence Wilkerson, and retired FDNY Assistant Chief Joe Pfeifer each reflect on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
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September 9, 2021
S2021 E4051 - 55m 57s
Anand Gopal; Daniel Bogado; Spencer Ackerman; Sandra Cisernos
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September 8, 2021
S2021 E4050 - 55m 56s
Chris Murphy; Kori Schake; Ali Soufan; Nick Mohammed
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September 7, 2021
S2021 E4049 - 55m 32s
Former CA Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the climate crisis. Desmond Shum discusses his new book “Red Roulette.” Legal expert Dahlia Lithwick analyzes last week's Supreme Court ruling in Texas.
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September 3, 2021
S2021 E4047 - 55m 18s
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September 2, 2021
S2021 E4046 - 55m 57s
Shefali Luthra; Craig Whitlock; Gen. David Petraeus; Ady Barkan
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September 1, 2021
S2021 E4045 - 55m 38s
Former U.S. military adviser Sarah Chayes discusses the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan. Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi explains what's at stake in Pakistan if Afghanistan descends into chaos. Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant discusses the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant first seen in Colombia. Author and former U.S. marine Elliot Ackerman joins the program.
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August 30, 2021
S2021 E4043 - 55m 22s
Chokwe Antar Lumumba; Mike Rogers; Mark Hetfield; Ahmad Sarmast and Zarifa Adiba
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August 20, 2021
S2021 E4037 - 55m 7s
How could the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan have been handled differently? John Sopko and General Joseph L. Votel (Ret.) weigh in. Plus: “When the Stars Begin to Fall” author Theodore R. Johnson explains why structural racism is an existential threat to the idea of America.
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August 27, 2021
S2021 E4042 - 55m 31s
Tom Kean; Amna Guellali; Aly Raisman; Russell Moore
Extras + Features
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Taliban Spokesperson Committed to Peace Negotiations
S2021 E4014 - 1m 58s
Some of the Afghans who have benefitted from the last 20 years of relative democracy, women’s rights and freedoms are terrified of a return to the past.
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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.
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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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