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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

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

    June 23, 2021

    S2021 E3256 - 55m 55s

    The first case of AIDS was reported 40 years ago this month. Since then, millions of people all over the world have lost their lives to the virus.

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

    June 22, 2021

    S2021 E3255 - 55m 37s

    Andrey Kelin; Brian Lehrer and Christine Quinn; George Will

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

    June 21, 2021

    S2021 E3254 - 55m 31s

    Iran has elected its most hardline leader since the Islamic revolution 43 years ago.

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

    June 17, 2021

    S2021 E3252 - 55m 34s

    Sunday is World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the United Nations to honor refugees around the world.

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

    June 16, 2021

    S2021 E3251 - 55m 53s

    Richard Haass; Nina Khrushcheva; George Packer; Salman Rushdie

  • June 15, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    June 15, 2021

    S2021 E3250 - 55m 38s

    Abbas Milani; Alice Waters; Mack Beggs and Nancy Beggs; Angélique Kidjo

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

    June 14, 2021

    S2021 E3249 - 55m 58s

    President Biden took part in his first NATO summit today as Commander in Chief.

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

    June 11, 2021

    S2021 E3248 - 55m 49s

    Businesses are welcoming employees back to the office.

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

    June 10, 2021

    S2021 E3247 - 55m 49s

    Tom McTague and Mark Landler; Bianca Jagger; Bill Bratton; Jamie Metzl

  • June 7. 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    June 7. 2021

    S2021 E3244 - 55m 38s

    Border encounters reached a two decade high in April, according to the US Customs and Border Protection, and nearly half were from Central America.

  • June 4, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    June 4, 2021

    S2021 E3243 - 55m 36s

    Linda Thomas-Greenfield; Wu’er Kaixi and Finn Lau; Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel

  • June 3, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    June 3, 2021

    S2021 E3242 - 55m 34s

    Health ministers from the wealthiest countries are meeting today in Oxford to address vaccine inequality.

Extras + Features

  • An Analysis of The Secret Service: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    An Analysis of The Secret Service

    S2021 E3236 - 2m 30s

    Over the years, the Secret Service has been plagued by scandals and embarrassing missteps. Investigative journalist Carol Leonnig uncovers them in her book "Zero Fail." She joins the show to reveal what she found.

  • The EU Imposes New Sanctions on Belarus: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The EU Imposes New Sanctions on Belarus

    S2021 E3236 - 2m 19s

    The EU has imposed new sanctions and cut aviation links to Belarus. Yet despite the mounting backlash, Lukashenko does have one important ally: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will meet with the Belarusian lead in Sochi later this week.

  • Single Parent Tax Code Penalty: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Single Parent Tax Code Penalty

    S2021 E3236 - 17m 45s

    Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter believes that the tax code should treat single parents the same way as married couples, so has proposed a bill to eliminate the single parent penalty. It’s a move spurred by her own personal experience, as a mom of three and one of the only single parents serving in the House of Representatives.

  • On the Front Lines of Rebuilding Gaza: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    On the Front Lines of Rebuilding Gaza

    S2021 E3235 - 2m 33s

    Much of Gaza lies in ruins after 11 days of destruction, with the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants leaving over 200 Palestinians and 12 Israelis dead. For Palestinians, rebuilding from the rubble will be a Herculean task. As part of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Tamara Alrifai will be on the front lines of that effort.

  • One Year Since George Floyd Was Murdered: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    One Year Since George Floyd Was Murdered

    S2021 E3235 - 2m 30s

    Today President Joe Biden met with the Floyd family, having asked Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by today. Negotiations are ongoing, and Bianna – in for Christiane – speaks with Congresswoman Karen Bass, who was lead author of the Act as passed by the House.

  • What's Happening With This Year's Olympic Games?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What's Happening With This Year's Olympic Games?

    S2021 E3235 - 2m 23s

    The Tokyo Olympics are set to start in under two months, but so far things are off to a rocky start. The U.S. is urging citizens to avoid traveling to Japan as it enters a fourth wave of the pandemic, while a recent poll shows 83% of Japanese people want the summer games either postponed or cancelled altogether. Veteran sports commentator Bob Costas has covered 11 Olympic Games and joins the show.

  • The EU Will Impose Sanctions on Belarus: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The EU Will Impose Sanctions on Belarus

    S2021 E3235 - 2m 12s

    The EU will impose sanctions on Belarus for diverting and grounding a commercial flight for the purpose of arresting dissident journalist Roman Protasevich. What can be done, and what role might Russia play? Correspondent Matthew Chance joins the show from Moscow.

  • "America on Fire" Elizabeth Hinton on Black Rebellion: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    "America on Fire" Elizabeth Hinton on Black Rebellion

    S2021 E3235 - 17m 53s

    One year after George Floyd’s death, we look again at systemic racism in America with Elizabeth Hinton, who aims to put the current racial justice movement in historical context. Her new book “America on Fire” looks at Black rebellion in the 1960s and 70s, and she speaks with Michel Martin about how we got to where we are today.

  • Climate Migration is Reshaping The Future: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Climate Migration is Reshaping The Future

    S2021 E3234 - 16m 48s

    Abrahm Lustgarten is a Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental reporter and has spent years looking at how climate migration will reshape the world.

  • Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday

    S2021 E3234 - 2m 58s

    From “Like A Rolling Stone” to “Forever Young,” Dylan’s genius still resonates with millions all around the world. He’s the first – and to this day, the only – musician ever to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

  • Belarus' "Hijacking" Actions Explained: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Belarus' "Hijacking" Actions Explained

    S2021 E3234 - 2m 33s

    To discuss why Belarus has taken such an extraordinary step, the work that Pratasevich was doing, and what all this augurs for relations between the west and Russia and Belarus, Bianna speaks with Franak Viačorka, a friend of Pratasevich and adviser to the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, and historian Anne Applebaum.

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