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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 31, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 31, 2021

    S2021 E3239 - 55m 41s

    100 years ago, on 31 May and 1 June, an estimated 300 Black people were killed in a rampage by a white mob in Tulsa, destroying a wealthy neighborhood known as America’s Black Wall Street.

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

    May 28, 2021

    S2021 E3238 - 55m 52s

    Susan Glasser; Fintan O’Toole; Bartlett Sher; Kathleen Kingsbury; John Green

  • May 27, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 27, 2021

    S2021 E3237 - 56m 5s

    Marc Lipsitch; Ed Yong; Hala Alyan; Kev Marcus and Will Baptiste

  • May 26, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 26, 2021

    S2021 E3236 - 55m 56s

    The EU has imposed new sanctions and cut aviation links to Belarus.

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

    May 25, 2021

    S2021 E3235 - 55m 53s

    Karen Bass; Matthew Chance; Tamara Alrifai; Bob Costas; Elizabeth Hinton

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

    May 24, 2021

    S2021 E3234 - 56m 5s

    Over the weekend, many Gazans got their first real look at the devastation brought by the 11 days of bombardments. And now begins the daunting, familiar task of rebuilding.

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

    May 21, 2021

    S2021 E3233 - 55m 56s

    Ben Wedeman; Yossi Klein Halevi; Mariam Barghouti; Daniel Kahneman; Dr. Monica Gandhi

  • May 20, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 20, 2021

    S2021 E3232 - 55m 50s

    Is a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants on the horizon?

  • May 19, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 19, 2021

    S2021 E3231 - 55m 45s

    Frans Timmermans; Dr. Ayoade Alakija; Randi Weingarten; Robert Ballard

  • May 18, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 18, 2021

    S2021 E3230 - 55m 26s

    As the lucky nations get vaccinated, a return to normalcy may not excite everyone. Some are very anxious about going back to how things were, with psychologists calling it “re-entry anxiety.”

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

    May 17, 2021

    S2021 E3229 - 55m 32s

    Dennis Ross; Khaled Elgindy; Safwat al-Kahlout; Dr. Céline Gounder; Anna Sale

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

    May 14, 2021

    S2021 E3228 - 56m 5s

    Violence and unrest in Gaza continue to be reported.

Extras + Features

  • Walter Isaacson discusses CRISPR and "The Code Breaker": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • How Bumble is Changing Dating Norms: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Bumble is Changing Dating Norms

    S2021 E3180 - 2m 3s

    Last month, Bumble founder and CEO Emily Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman to take a major American company public. She joins Christiane to talk about her personal journey and dating in the age of COVID-19.

  • Activist and Fmr. Ambassador Discuss Uyghur Genocide: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Activist and Fmr. Ambassador Discuss Uyghur Genocide

    S2021 E3180 - 2m 57s

    Does the world now have a duty to intervene? That is the big question after a blistering new report concludes China bears responsibility for genocide against the Uyghur people. Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer joins the program alongside Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham, whose father is serving a life sentence in China.

  • Groundbreaking Revelations on Guaranteed Income: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Groundbreaking Revelations on Guaranteed Income

    S2021 E3180 - 18m 22s

    Starting in 2019, a guaranteed basic income effort known as SEED started giving 125 individuals $500 a month for two years, with volunteers chosen from neighborhoods where the median income was around $46,000 or below. Director Sukhi Samra and researcher Amy Castro Baker have closely analyzed the results of this experiment, and they discuss their findings with Hari Sreenivasan.

  • Civilians in Space: Speaking with Crew Members: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Civilians in Space: Speaking with Crew Members

    S2021 E3179 - 17m 34s

    Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is funding Inspiration4 -- the world’s first all-civilian space mission -- with SpaceX. Proceeds from the flight will be directed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which fights cancer and other diseases. Hayley Arceneaux, a St. Jude physician assistant, is set to be the first crew member of the historic mission.

  • Dr. Ayoade Alakija discusses vaccine distribution in Africa: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dr. Ayoade Alakija discusses vaccine distribution in Africa

    S2021 E3179 - 2m 57s

    While millions of Europeans and Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there are entire nations in Africa that are still waiting for their initial dose. Dr. Ayoade Alakija is co-chair of the African Vaccine Delivery Alliance and is working to help secure vaccines for the continent.

  • Reactions to the Sussexes interview with Oprah: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Reactions to the Sussexes interview with Oprah

    S2021 E3179 - 2m 59s

    The British Royal Family is dealing with the shockwaves from Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah, in which audiences got a glimpse into their everyday lives after the fairytale wedding. Sir Peter Westmacott served as Prince Charles’ deputy private secretary, and joins the show to offer his reflections.

  • Belgian Prime Minister Pens Book on Feminism: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Belgian Prime Minister Pens Book on Feminism

    S2021 E3179 - 3m

    This year, the global pandemic has hit women hardest -- especially those in the workforce. One man who talks the talk and walks the walk when it comes to achieving parity is Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Gender equality is at the center of De Croo's post-COVID plan to build back. He also is author of "The Age of Women: Why Feminism Also Liberates Men."

  • Allegations of Racism Within the British Monarchy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Allegations of Racism Within the British Monarchy

    S2021 E3179 - 2m 49s

    Reaction to the Sussexes interview on both sides of the Atlantic has exposed sharp dividing lines between British and American attitudes, and has raised hard questions about racist views within the royal household. Author and columnist Bonnie Greer is well placed to comment, having grown up in Chicago and lived in the UK for the past several decades.

  • More Bloodshed in Myanmar: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    More Bloodshed in Myanmar

    S2021 E3178 - 2m 35s

    Today the United Nations Security Council held a closed-door meeting to discuss the Myanmar crisis, with the UN’s Special Envoy for Myanmar urging them to take action. Dr. Sasa says he was with Aung San Suu Kyi on the morning of the coup last month, but managed to escape in order to help form a shadow government. He has been appointed envoy to the UN on behalf of the now disbanded parliament.

  • Pope Francis' First Ever Visit to Iraq: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Pope Francis' First Ever Visit to Iraq

    S2021 E3178 - 2m 33s

    Pope Francis is making the first visit to Iraq in the history of the papacy. Iraqi Christians have been targets of persecution at the hands of Al Qaeda and ISIS, with thousands having fled the country. Correspondent Ben Wedeman is on the ground in Baghdad, and joins the show with an update on the visit.

  • Author Isabel Allende's Feminist Journey: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Author Isabel Allende's Feminist Journey

    S2021 E3178 - 2m 12s

    Author Isabel Allende had to flee her homeland following the U.S.-backed coup in Chile in 1973. Today the author is famed for such novels as "The House of the Spirits" and her touching, nonfiction-like "Paula." Restless and imaginative as ever, Allende is now ready to release "The Soul of a Woman," a memoir of her feminist journey.

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