Episodes
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August 5, 2021
S2021 E4026 - 55m 57s
Ret. Lt Col. Alexander Vindman; James Brainard; Dr. Adam Hampshire
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August 2, 2021
S2021 E4023 - 55m 25s
French member of European Parliament Nathalie Loiseau discusses her country's current approach to the pandemic. New York Times columnist Ezra Klein discusses vaccine hesitancy. CIDRAP director Michael Osterholm discusses the science behind the Delta variant. CNN correspondent Selina Wang gives an update from the Olympics.
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July 30, 2021
S2021 E4022 - 55m 45s
Dr. Reed Tuckson analyzes recent news from the CDC and vaccine disparities between racial groups in the U.S. Saad Mohseni discusses the situation in Afghanistan. Roy Weathers and John Miller explain the goal behind their new initiative, CEO Action for Racial Equity. Rodrigo Garcia discusses his new memoir "A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes.
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July 29, 2021
S2021 E4021 - 55m 44s
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya; Alexey Kovalev; Colleen Hacker; Michelle Fiscus; Jason Martin
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July 18, 2021
S2021 E4018 - 55m 57s
Dr. Matshidiso Moeti and Jeremy Farrar discuss global vaccine distribution. Jeremy Farrar and Robin Rue Simmons discuss the efforts for reparations for the Black community. Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel discuss their new book "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination."
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July 23, 2021
S2021 E4017 - 55m 55s
Selina Wang; Briana Scurry; Julia Gillard; Poorna Jagannathan
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July 22, 2021
S2021 E4016 - 55m 57s
Richard Ben-Veniste; Anne Applebaum; Julie Brown; Jens Stoltenberg; Ursula Burns
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July 21, 2021
S2021 E4015 - 55m 40s
John Kerry; Katharine Wilkinson; Larry Madowo; Rep. James Talarico
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July 20, 2021
S2021 E4014 - 55m 56s
The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser broke the story of Former President Trump and General Mark Milley's clash on Iran and joins the show to discuss what she found.
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July 16, 2021
S2021 E4012 - 56m 5s
Ben Wedeman reports on unrest in the Middle East. Bereaved Israeli mother Robi Damelin and bereaved Palestinian father Bassam Aramin reflect on the conflict between their two countries. Actor Matthew McConaughey discusses his new memoir. Author Jory Fleming discusses his new book “How to Be Human: An Autistic Man’s Guide to Life.”
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July 15, 2021
S2021 E4011 - 55m 46s
Ambassador Cui Tiankai discusses U.S.-China relations. The Wall Street Journal's Africa Bureau Chief Joe Parkinson discusses his new book "Bring Back Our Girls."
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July 14, 2021
S2021 E4010 - 56m 5s
VICE's Paola Ramos discusses her reporting on Migration. Former Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Kidwa discusses the country's first election in fifteen years. Philip Atiba Goff and Tracie Keesee discuss police reform and institutional racism.
Extras + Features
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Filmmakers Reflect on 10 Years of War in Syria
S2021 E3184 - 2m 46s
10 years ago today, the war in Syria erupted and calamity followed. As the world stood by and watched, the country faced a brutal crackdown under Bashar Al-Assad, a flourishing of extreme Islamic terrorists across the region, and foreign powers entering the fight to prop up Syria’s dictator. Filmmakers Waad Al-Kateab and Gianfranco Rosi join the program to reflect on the past decade of turmoil.
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Salesforce CEO Talks Vaccines, Taxing the Rich and More
S2021 E3184 - 18m 24s
More than a fifth of Americans have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, with over two million people vaccinated each day. But getting all those shots into all those arms is a massive logistical challenge, and now Salesforce is using its vast computing resources to help health agencies around the world track vaccinations. CEO Marc Benioff discusses this endeavor with Hari Sreenivasan.
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COVID-19 Ravages Brazil
S2021 E3184 - 2m 8s
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is facing total calamity, with the country's death toll at over 275,000 and nearly all ICUs at peak capacity. Luiz Henrique Mandetta was Brazil's health minister until he was fired by Bolsonaro at the height of the country's first wave. He joins the show from Sao Paulo to discuss how it all went so wrong, and where Brazil goes from here.
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An Organization That Provides Legal Training for Inmates
S2021 E3183 - 2m 59s
Alexander McLean is an attorney and founder of Justice Defenders, a group which aims to provide legal training for inmates and guards in multiple different countries so that they can defend themselves within often unequal justice systems. He joins the show to explain their incredible results, alongside Jane Manyonge, currently an inmate in a Kenyan prison for women and now a trained paralegal.
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The Impact of President Biden's Sweeping Relief Package
S2021 E3183 - 2m 58s
Starting Monday, President Biden will travel the nation in the wake of signing into law a historic sweeping relief package. It amounts to almost $2 trillion in the form of direct payments, investments in public health, schools, and pensions – and some estimate it could slash America’s poverty rate by a third and halve the number of poor children.
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Hidden Brain Host Explains Why We Lie to Ourselves Every Day
S2021 E3183 - 17m 47s
Shankar Vedantam, host of the popular podcast “Hidden Brain,” has been reporting on human behavior for decades, and he says that buying into false beliefs can actually be a good thing – sometimes. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain why self-delusion can be a helpful tool to get us through the hard parts of life.
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The Inspiration Behind the BAFTA-Nominated Film “The Father”
S2021 E3182 - 2m 41s
The film "The Father" is racking up nominations this awards season. Adapted from the international hit play, the film pulls off the feat of bringing the audience inside the head of its aging protagonist, played by Anthony Hopkins, as dementia strips away his ability to process the world around him. Writer and director Florian Zeller joins the program to discuss his inspiration.
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Myanmar Ambassador to UN: "We All Feel Helpless"
S2021 E3182 - 2m 43s
The U.N. is ringing alarm bells on Myanmar, as their special rapporteur for human rights says the junta’s brutal crackdown on peaceful protests are likely crimes against humanity. Indeed, the country’s own ambassador to the U.N. recently made an emotional speech against the military coup, asking the international community to provide security. He joins the program to explain why he's speaking out.
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"The White Tiger” Producer on Caste, Class and Globalization
S2021 E3182 - 16m 43s
The BAFTA-nominated film "The White Tiger" tells the story of Balram, a poor but shrewd young driver in India battling against the country’s caste system. It’s based on the 2008 Booker Prize-winning novel by Aravind Adiga, and the producer Mukul Deora speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about this project that was a decade in the making.
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UN Security Council Condemns Violence in Myanmar
S2021 E3182 - 2m 9s
A unanimous UN Security Council statement has been issued condemning the violence – a notable diplomatic achievement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, who ensured China, Russia, India and Vietnam were all on board. What more can the international community do to stop the violence and restore democracy to Myanmar? Ambassador Woodward joins the program to discuss.
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Walter Isaacson discusses CRISPR and "The Code Breaker"
S2021 E3181 - 2m 44s
Walter Isaacson is a widely published author and biographer, and his latest effort couldn’t be better timed. "The Code Breaker" explores the groundbreaking work of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Jennifer Doudna and the technology known as CRISPR, which holds spectacular scientific promise -- and also serious ethical conundrums.
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The Fight For Voting Rights in Georgia
S2021 E3181 - 18m 10s
Voting rights are still under fire, with bills restricting access to the ballot working their way through legislatures in more than 40 states, including Georgia. Activist Nse Ufot is working to change that, as CEO of The New Georgia Project, a non-partisan group that register voters. She speaks with Michel Martin about why so many of these bills are about race and class.
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