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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

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

    August 26, 2021

    S2021 E4041 - 55m 36s

    John Kerry; Katharine Wilkinson; Larry Madowo; Rep. James Talarico

  • August 25, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 25, 2021

    S2021 E4040 - 55m 50s

    Wendy R. Sherman; Akala; Clint Johnson

  • August 24, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 24, 2021

    S2021 E4039 - 55m 31s

    David Sanger; Ellie Geranmayeh; Antwaun Sargent; Hakeem Oluseyi; David Lan

  • August 23, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 23, 2021

    S2021 E4038 - 55m 43s

    Richard Haass & Nina Khrushcheva; George Packer; Salman Rushdie

  • August 17, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 17, 2021

    S2021 E4034 - 55m 23s

    Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai weigh in on the unfolding situaiton in Afghanistan. Tennis legend Billie Jean King discusses her new memoir "All In."

  • August 16, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 16, 2021

    S2021 E4033 - 55m 57s

    Suhail Shaheen; Fawzia Koofi; Chuck Hagel; Tom Tugendhat

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

    August 13, 2021

    S2021 E4032 - 55m 57s

    Activist Pashtana Durrani describes the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. Fmr. British MP Rory Stewart reacts to America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Exiled Belarusian Olympian Kristina Timanovskaya discusses the dire state of affairs in the country. Jaime Lowe and a formerly incarcerated firefighter discuss the realities of fighting California's wildfires as an inmate.

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

    August 12, 2021

    S2021 E4031 - 55m 31s

    Barnett Rubin and Ahmed discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Clarissa Ward gives an update on the ground in Kabul. Heidi Heitkamp reacts to two bills that passed through the Senate this week. Filmmaker Lucy Walker discusses her new film “Bring Your Own Brigade.” Preet Bharara weighs in on the Cuomo resignation and the Rosen testimony.

  • August 11, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 11, 2021

    S2021 E4030 - 55m 45s

    Dr. Anthony Fauci; Norman Lear; Ben Jealous; Andrew Sullivan

  • August 10, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 10, 2021

    S2021 E4029 - 55m 49s

    Andrea Stewart-Cousins, majority leader of the New York State Senate, weighs in on Gov. Cuomo's resignation. Anders Fogh-Rasmussen and Husain Haqqani discuss U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and Taliban advances. Pulitzer Prize-winner Louis Menand discusses his new book “The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War.” Actress Cecily Strong reflects on her career and new memoir.

  • August 9, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 9, 2021

    S2021 E4028 - 55m 41s

    Alok Sharma; Kate Orff; Cal Newport; Van Jones

  • August 6, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 6, 2021

    S2021 E4027 - 55m 59s

    Dr. Larry Brilliant; Dr. Karl Lauterbach; Laura Coates; Peter Bergen; Lachlan Morton

Extras + Features

  • Israel's Fragile New Government: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Israel's Fragile New Government

    S2021 E3249 - 2m 43s

    Israel's former Foreign Minister and peace negotiator Tzipi Livni joined Christiane from Tel Aviv to discuss the complex challenges facing the fragile new government in Israel.

  • Russia Stalls Navalny’s Opposition: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Russia Stalls Navalny’s Opposition

    S2021 E3248 - 2m 5s

    As President Biden gets ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Russia has all but liquidated Alexey Navalny’s opposition movement this week. A Moscow court designated the two organisations linked to the Kremlin critic as “extremist” groups, forcing them to shut down-- a charge they deny. Vladimir Ashurkov, the Executive Director of Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation, weighs in.

  • Top 25 U.S. Billionaires Pay Almost No Income Taxes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Top 25 U.S. Billionaires Pay Almost No Income Taxes

    S2021 E3248 - 17m 53s

    Pulitzer prize-winning ProPublica reporter Jesse Eisinger speaks to our Hari Sreenivasan about how the world’s richest men -- Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch to name a few, legally work the system to avoid paying more than a fraction of their earnings in tax.

  • G7 Leaders Unite Against Authoritarianism: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    G7 Leaders Unite Against Authoritarianism

    S2021 E3248 - 2m 57s

    At the first G7 meeting in two years, leaders of the world's largest economies look to present a unified front against authoritarian aggression. Senior Director for Europe on the US National Security Council Amanda Sloat joins Bianna Golodryga, standing in for Christiane Amanpour, to discuss.

  • Nicaragua Plunges Deeper Into Authoritarianism: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Nicaragua Plunges Deeper Into Authoritarianism

    S2021 E3247 - 2m 38s

    Just months ahead of a national election, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega regime has imprisoned seven opposition leaders. Human rights defender Bianca Jagger is one of Nicaragua’s best-known pro-democracy advocates and joins the show to explain what’s going on.

  • Why Expert Jamie Metzl Thinks COVID-19 Was Likely a Lab Leak: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jamie Metzl: Why He Thinks Covid-19 Was a Lab Leak

    S2021 E3247 - 17m 41s

    Jamie Metzl is an adviser to the WHO’s committee on human genome editing and was among the first to argue the virus likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan. Once widely dismissed, the theory is now gaining traction. To unpack it all, Metzl speaks with Hari Sreenivasan.

  • Former Boston, LA, NY Police Chief Discusses Police Reform: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Former Boston, LA, NY Police Chief Discusses Police Reform

    S2021 E3247 - 3m

    Bill Bratton knows the knotty issues around police reform inside and out: As former police chief in Boston, New York and Los Angeles, Bratton won accolades for a historic decline in crime rates on his beat. His new book is called "The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America." He joins the show from New York.

  • Assessing the Biden-Johnson Working Relationship: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Assessing the Biden-Johnson Working Relationship

    S2021 E3247 - 2m 57s

    Today, President Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson co-signed a new Atlantic Charter: The foundational document of the "special relationship" between the U.K. and the U.S., but it is no guarantee of a warm relationship between the two leaders. To assess the Biden-Johnson working relationship, Bianna speaks with Tom McTague of The Atlantic and Mark Landler of The New York Times.

  • The Negotiation of Data and Ransomware: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Negotiation of Data and Ransomware

    S2021 E3246 - 1m 53s

    When companies’ data are held hostage and they are presented with a demand for payment, should they just go ahead and pay? The U.S. government urges them not to, but many victims see payment as the quickest – and sometimes cheapest – solution. Kurtis Minder is a ransomware negotiator and joins the show to explain why this is.

  • Belarussian Opposition Leader's Call to Action: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Belarussian Opposition Leader's Call to Action

    S2021 E3246 - 2m 26s

    As President Biden lands in Europe for a week of summits, he sets himself a high bar. In his meetings with G7 and NATO leaders and in his face-to-face with Vladimir Putin, Biden is out to prove the viability of democratic institutions and alliances.

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