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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

  • Hakeem Oluseyi's Journey From The Street to The Stars: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Hakeem Oluseyi's Journey From The Street to The Stars

    S2021 E3254 - 17m 29s

    Hakeem Oluseyi grew up in some of the roughest American neighborhoods. His father was a drug dealer and his mother, pregnant at 16, dropped out of high school. Oluseyi might have followed their lead. Instead, he became a world-renowned astrophysicist. His new memoir is called "A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars." He tells Hari how he beat the odds.

  • A Young Refugee's Journey: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Young Refugee's Journey

    S2021 E3254 - 2m

    One little girl, one big hope: That is the story of "The Walk." It's all about little Amal, a young refugee girl in the form of a giant puppet, who travels from Turkey to the U.K. in search of her mother. Little Amal transcends borders and politics as part of a traveling festival with a powerful humanitarian message: "Don't forget us." "The Walk" is directed by David Lan.

  • Antwaun Sargent Named New Director At Gagosian Gallery: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Antwaun Sargent Named New Director At Gagosian Gallery

    S2021 E3254 - 2m 33s

    Antwaun Sargent plans to curate exhibitions devoted to Black artists and his first show does just that. "Social Works" looks at what he calls "notions of Black space," works of art that he says are "doing more than just sitting quietly on a wall." He joined Christiane from New York.

  • Iran's New President Ebrahim Raisi To Take Office in August: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Iran's New President Ebrahim Raisi To Take Office in August

    S2021 E3254 - 2m 37s

    Ebrahim Raisi, an ultraconservative cleric hand-picked by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, will take office in August. At his first press conference, Raisi called on the United States to rejoin the 2015 nuclear agreement from which former President Trump withdrew.

  • Global COVID-19 Death Toll Has Surpassed 4 Million: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Global COVID-19 Death Toll Has Surpassed 4 Million

    S2021 E3253 - 2m 58s

    We're not past COVID-19 yet, in view of the delayed vaccine rollout in the developing world and the ongoing spread of the Delta variant. Andy Slavitt served as the White House adviser for coronavirus response in the first days of the Biden administration. In his new book "Preventable," Slavitt details the failings of the Trump administration's initial response.

  • A Record Number of Parents Are Turning to Homeschooling: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Record Number of Parents Are Turning to Homeschooling

    S2021 E3253 - 18m 16s

    Homeschooling among Black families increased by 500% last year, reflecting an increasing trend across America -- one that is especially pronounced in communities of color. Numerous parents abandoned the public school system, feeling that it was not meeting their children's needs. Education justice advocates Keri Rodrigues and Bernita Bradley talk with Michel Martin about homeschooling initiatives.

  • Justice Dept. Under Trump Faces Allegations: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Justice Dept. Under Trump Faces Allegations

    S2021 E3253 - 2m 49s

    The Justice Department under President Trump is now facing a tidal wave of allegations, among them that the department illegally gained access to private data from journalists, Democratic congressmen, and a former Trump lawyer. It’s just the tip of the iceberg, and legal analyst Elie Honig joins the show to explain.

  • Reflecting on America's Troubled Past with Race: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Reflecting on America's Troubled Past with Race

    S2021 E3253 - 2m 54s

    2021 marks 100 years since the Tulsa Massacre, when a white mob killed up to 300 Black Americans and destroyed an area known as Black Wall Street in an explosion of violence that spread far beyond Tulsa. Director Dawn Porter is shining a light on that period in her new film "Rise Again."

  • “Havana Syndrome” Afflicts Over 100 U.S. Officials: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “Havana Syndrome” Afflicts Over 100 U.S. Officials

    S2021 E3252 - 2m 22s

    “Havana Syndrome,” a mysterious neurological condition has afflicted more than 100 U.S. officials. Marc Polymeropoulos says the U.S. government's response is too late and was forced to retire. He explains this and more in his new book, "Clarity in Crisis."

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