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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

  • Former Priest Calls to Reform the Catholic Church: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Former Priest Calls to Reform the Catholic Church

    S2021 E3191 - 18m 26s

    The battle to reform the Catholic Church has been plagued by a long-running sexual abuse crisis. Author, historian and journalist James Carroll argues that male dominance is the root cause of the church's issues. His new memoir, "The Truth at the Heart of the Lie," links his own crisis of faith as a priest to the history of the church itself. He joins Michel Martin to discuss his call for reform.

  • Novelist Tim O'Brien Reflects on His Life, Career and Family: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Novelist Tim O'Brien Reflects on His Life, Career and Family

    S2021 E3191 - 2m 32s

    Tim O'Brien has been hailed as one of the best American writers of his generation. His groundbreaking book "The Things They Carried" drew on his experiences during the Vietnam War and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A new documentary, "The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien," focuses on his work and his life as a father. He joins Christiane from Texas.

  • WHO's Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Vaccine Inequity: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    WHO's Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Vaccine Inequity

    S2021 E3191 - 2m 31s

    This week, the head of the World Health Organization said it was "shocking" how little had been done to combat vaccine inequality and added that the gap is "becoming more grotesque every day." The WHO's Chief Scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, joins Christiane from Geneva.

  • UK MP Jess Phillips Calls for Action Against Misogyny: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    UK MP Jess Phillips Calls for Action Against Misogyny

    S2021 E3190 - 2m 35s

    The pandemic rages on in the UK, and so too does a national epidemic of violence against women. The conversation was triggered by the abduction and murder of Sarah Everard in London earlier this month. British lawmaker Jess Phillips has a brief on domestic violence and protecting women as Shadow Minister for the opposition Labour Party. She joined Christiane from Birmingham.

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and the End of the Universe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and the End of the Universe

    S2021 E3190 - 17m 47s

    Why is the universe the way it is? How did life begin? And how might it end? Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson has spent his life in search of the answers. His new book, "Cosmic Queries," was co-authored with physicist James Trefil. Tyson joins our Walter Isaacson to discuss the book and what drives his thirst to explore the really big questions of the universe.

  • What Will It Take To End Gun Violence in the United States?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Will It Take To End Gun Violence in the United States?

    S2021 E3190 - 1m 54s

    The U.S. is reeling from its latest mass shooting, which took place yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. This is the country's 7th documented mass shooting in the past week, coming barely 6 days after 8 people in Atlanta were shot to death, including six women of Asian descent. Journalist Dave Cullen, who has written the definitive accounts of the Columbine and Parkland shootings, joins the program.

  • Father of Columbine Victim Reacts to Boulder Shooting: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Father of Columbine Victim Reacts to Boulder Shooting

    S2021 E3190 - 2m 54s

    The U.S. is reeling from its latest mass shooting, which took place yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. This is the country's 7th documented mass shooting in the past week, coming barely 6 days after 8 people in Atlanta were shot to death, including 6 women of Asian descent. Gun safety advocate Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was killed in the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, joins the program.

  • Fmr. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor on Foreign Policy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fmr. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor on Foreign Policy

    S2021 E3189 - 2m 14s

    The Biden foreign policy team has their work cut out for them, as former Ambassador Bill Taylor knows all too well. He recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and advised the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He speaks with Christiane from Arlington, Virginia.

  • The Psychological Impact of the Pandemic in the Future: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Psychological Impact of the Pandemic in the Future

    S2021 E3189 - 2m 55s

    Where the vaccine rollout has been successful, a return to normality is on the horizon. But some may be wondering whether they remember what "normal" means. Christiane spoke with clinical psychologist Christine Runyan about that brain fog you may be feeling.

  • George Takei on Anti-Asian Violence: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    George Takei on Anti-Asian Violence

    S2021 E3189 - 17m 47s

    As a young Japanese-American boy during World War II, actor and sci-fi legend George Takei was imprisoned with his family in the now infamous U.S. internment camps. He tells our Hari Sreenivasan about the history behind today's anti-Asian attacks as part of "Exploring Hate," our ongoing series of reports on antisemitism, racism, and extremism.

  • Sanne Derks Discusses Water Scarcity Across the Globe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sanne Derks Discusses Water Scarcity Across the Globe

    S2021 E3189 - 2m 37s

    On World Water Day, we look at the shocking number of people who lack access to clean water. Four people in 10 worldwide do not have enough safe drinking water, and more than two billion live in countries where water shortages are the norm. Christiane is joined by Dutch photographer and anthropologist Sanne Derks, who has been documenting a crisis exacerbated by Cuba's famously patchy repair work

  • Merav Michaeli: "Israel Is Not Netanyahu": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Merav Michaeli: "Israel Is Not Netanyahu"

    S2021 E3188 - 2m 48s

    Israel heads to the polls yet again on Tuesday for its fourth election in two years. For the first time in Israeli history, polls are indicating that the Labor Party might be completely shut out in the election. This is the uphill battle facing the current leader, Merav Michaeli, who is also the only woman leading a major party into this election. She joins the show to discuss the issues at stake.

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