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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

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

    July 13, 2021

    S2021 E4009 - 55m 39s

    Narendra Taneja discusses the COVID crisis in India. Sen. Todd Young discusses politics and foreign relations. Kamilah Willingham and Soma Sara discuss the camapaign against sexism, misogyny, and sexual violence. Professor Cornel West explains why classics must remain in university curricula.

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

    July 12, 2021

    S2021 E4008 - 55m 41s

    Anthony Costello and David Spiegelhalter discuss European vaccine rollout. Mandu Reid and Jackson Katz explain how men can be allies allies in the campaign against misogyny. Rep. Jahana Hayes reflects on coronavirus’s impact on education.

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

    July 9, 2021

    S2021 E4007 - 56m 4s

    Jeremy Farrar discusses the state of the pandemic in the UK. WWII resistance spy Selma van de Perre discusses her new memoir “My Name Is Selma.” Freedom Rider Charles Person reflects on the Civil Rights Movement. Artist Maya Lin explains the inspiration behind her new exhibition in New York’s Madison Square Park.

  • July 8, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 8, 2021

    S2021 E4006 - 55m 44s

    Donald De Lucca and Laura Coates discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin. Regina King and Kemp Powers discuss their new movie ““One Night in Miami…” Tax law professor Dorothy A. Brown talks about the racism present in tax policy.

  • July 7, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 7, 2021

    S2021 E4005 - 55m 32s

    Sen. Amy Klobuchar discusses her new book “Antitrust." Rana Ayyub and Amanda Bennett discuss press freedom. Malcolm Gladwell discusses his book “The Bomber Mafia.”

  • July 2, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 2, 2021

    S2021 E4002 - 55m 25s

    Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi reacts to yesterday’s verdict. Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo offers his opinion. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan talks future of country after Chauvin conviction. Political philosopher Danielle Allen relates ancient Greek ethics to modern day police reform.

  • July 1, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 1, 2021

    S2021 E4001 - 56m 4s

    Experts reflect on the life and legacy of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

  • June 30, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    June 30, 2021

    S2021 E3261 - 55m 43s

    Former Homeland Security official Elizabeth Neumann discusses immigration reform. John Hume Jr. and Martin Luther King III reflect on the peace movement and their fathers’ legacies. In a conversation recorded before Tuesday’s events in Atlanta, pro basketball player Jeremy Lin Jeremy Lin explains why he chose to speak out after being called “coronavirus” by a fellow player on the court.

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

    June 29, 2021

    S2021 E3260 - 55m 49s

    Former Ambassador Bill Taylor discusses foreign relations. Clinical psychologist Christine Runyon discusses what post-vaccine "normalcy" will look like. Actor and activist George Takei speaks out against the rise in anti-Asian violence and hate crimes.

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

    June 28, 2021

    S2021 E3259 - 55m 55s

    Walter Isaacson discusses CRISPR and “The Code Breaker.” Plus, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby explains how the Biden administration will approach tensions with China and Taiwan. And Nse Ufot, CEO of The New Georgia Project, explains how she’s working to make voting easier and more accessible.

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

    June 25, 2021

    S2021 E3258 - 55m 52s

    The Biden administration aims to confront homegrown racism and bigotry. Award-winning historian Kathleen Belew speaks with Michel Martin about American violence and how to combat it.

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

    June 24, 2021

    S2021 E3257 - 55m 44s

    Susan Lund; Samantha Stark; John Allen; Abigail Disney

Extras + Features

  • Legendary Musician Willie Nelson On His Letters To America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Legendary Musician Willie Nelson On His Letters To America

    S2021 E3249 - 14m 47s

    A country music legend, singer and songwriter Willie Nelson has made two new albums in the past year and has taken part in multiple concerts, benefits and PSAs. His new bestseller, "Letters to America," offers up a dose of advice and hope.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Chris Krebs Cybersecurity Report: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chris Krebs Cybersecurity Report

    S2021 E3246 - 1m 32s

    Chris Krebs served as the director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and joins the show from Washington.

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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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