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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

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

    May 13, 2021

    S2021 E3227 - 55m 43s

    Noura Erakat; Vladimir Chizhov; Francis Rooney; Jamal Simmons

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

    May 12, 2021

    S2021 E3226 - 55m 50s

    More than 40 people have been killed since the beginning of Columbian anti-government protests. Police brutality in Columbia continues to escalate and neighboring countries look for answers.

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

    May 11, 2021

    S2021 E3225 - 56m 5s

    Aaron David Miller; Marwan Muasher; Ana Porzecanski; Niall Ferguson

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

    May 10, 2021

    S2021 E3224 - 55m 36s

    Tensions mounting in the middle east and Americans pandemic diets are questioned.

  • May 7, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 7, 2021

    S2021 E3223 - 56m 4s

    A new COVID-19 variant has emerged. Are Americans ready this time?

  • May 5, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 5, 2021

    S2021 E3221 - 55m 35s

    Christiane speaks with South African Foreign Minister Nalendi Pandor about what's ahead in Africa's fight against COVID. Kara Swisher discusses the upholding of President Trump's ban from Facebook. Cindy McCain remembers her late husband in a new book, "Stronger: Courage, Hope & Humor in My Life with John McCain." Barkha Dutt talks India's systemic failure in dealing with the pandemic.

  • May 4, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 4 2021

    S2021 E3220 - 55m 48s

    America’s vaccine rollout has seen more than half of adults get their first shots, but vaccine hesitancy remains an issue, especially among Republicans. So can anything change those minds?

  • May 3, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 3, 2021

    S2021 E3219 - 55m 32s

    Amy Klobuchar; Rana Ayyub; Amanda Bennett; Malcolm Gladwell

Extras + Features

  • US Senate Passes Anti-Asian Hate Crime Bill: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    US Senate Passes Anti-Asian Hate Crime Bill

    S2021 E3213 - 2m 43s

    Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii is one of the lead sponsors of new legislation to stop anti-Asian hate crimes. In 2012, Hirono became the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate, and is currently the only immigrant serving there. Her new memoir “Heart of Fire” chronicles her own remarkable journey and she joins the show to discuss.

  • Artist Julie Mehretu on Her Retrospective at the Whitney: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Artist Julie Mehretu on Her Retrospective at the Whitney

    S2021 E3213 - 2m 59s

    The works of artist Julie Mehretu are informed by global crisis and upheaval. Mehretu is best known for her expansive murals addressing aspects of war, immigration, racism, and other themes that shape our world. Now she is having a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and joins the show from New York.

  • The Fight for Environmental Justice: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Fight for Environmental Justice

    S2021 E3213 - 17m 48s

    Vivek Maru is founder of Namati, which empowers grassroots groups to protect common lands and enforce environmental laws, while Rhonda Hamilton works with Namati to combat unlawful pollution in her own D.C. neighborhood. They join Hari to discuss their work as part of the ongoing public media initiative Peril and Promise, on the challenges of and solutions to climate change.

  • The GOP and the Shift on Climate Change: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The GOP and the Shift on Climate Change

    S2021 E3212 - 18m 22s

    Even when the federal government has lagged behind, many individual states have forged ahead with climate action. But as Biden’s ambitious pledge places the crisis at the top of the Democrats’ agenda, it’s perhaps hard to imagine that the environment was once a bipartisan issue. Former Ohio Governor John Kasich explains to why the GOP has lost its way.

  • The Pledge to Protect Our Planet: Reducing Carbon Emissions: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Pledge to Protect Our Planet: Reducing Carbon Emissions

    S2021 E3212 - 1m 55s

    With climate change on the forefront of many countries, over 40 world leaders pledged to reside carbon emissions by 2030. U.N. Climate Chief Patricia Espinosa joins Christiane to talk about what this means for the future.

  • From Protesting Outside The White House to Working Within: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    From Protesting Outside The White House to Working Within

    S2021 E3212 - 2m 37s

    Youth activists have been at the very forefront of the fight against the climate crisis, and Jerome Foster II has gone from protesting outside the White House to helping implement change in climate policy from inside. At just 18 years old, Foster is now the youngest member of Biden’s White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

  • “Secrets of the Whales”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “Secrets of the Whales”

    S2021 E3212 - 2m 50s

    Film Director James Cameron joins the show to discuss his latest project. “Secrets of the Whales”, This follows various species in 24 different locations around the world, revealing that these complex ocean creatures might be a lot more like humans than we ever realized.

  • How Chauvin's Conviction Impacts Police Nationwide: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Chauvin's Conviction Impacts Police Nationwide

    S2021 E3211 - 2m 23s

    A key question following the conviction of Derek Chauvin is what the verdict might mean for serious police reform in America. Art Acevedo has served as chief of police in Houston and Austin, Texas, and now heads up the Miami Police Department. He joins the show to offer his reaction.

  • An Exclusive Interview with Jake Sullivan: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    An Exclusive Interview with Jake Sullivan

    S2021 E3211 - 2m 41s

    To discuss the Chauvin conviction as well as the wider geopolitical challenges facing the country, Christiane speaks with Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan in an exclusive interview.

  • From Plato to Present: Tracing the Roots of American Justice: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    From Plato to Present: Tracing the Roots of American Justice

    S2021 E3211 - 17m 57s

    Harvard professor and classicist Danielle Allen is an expert on how democracy and ethics intersect, and sees important parallels in history, all the way back to Ancient Greece. She speaks with Walter Isaacson about how the Chauvin verdict will impact police reform and our understanding of justice.

  • BLM Co-Founder Opal Tometi Reacts to Chauvin Verdict: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    BLM Co-Founder Opal Tometi Reacts to Chauvin Verdict

    S2021 E3211 - 2m 58s

    The unfolding of the Derek Chauvin trial is a real demonstration of the power of the people, whose protests and involvement were driven in large part by the Black Lives Matter movement. The movement’s co-founder, Opal Tometi, joins the show to give her reflections.

  • US Has Imposed New Sanctions on Moscow: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    US Has Imposed New Sanctions on Moscow

    S2021 E3210 - 2m 54s

    The U.S. has expelled Russian diplomats and imposed new sanctions on Moscow. The Kremlin, in response, has expelled U.S. diplomats. This latest exchange is part of a U.S. effort to discipline Russia over election interference and its SolarWinds cyber attack. Celeste Wallander served on the National Security Council under President Obama and joins the program to discuss.

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