July 5, 2024
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths discusses the deaths of international relief workers in Gaza. Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on the state of Putin's Russia. Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer explains his pragmatic approach to interpreting the Constitution in his new book "Reading the Constitution."
Episodes
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June 14, 2024
S2024 E6250 - 55m 41s
Malala joins the show to discuss her foundation’s announcement of another $1.5 million pledged to keep girls’ education alive in Afghanistan. Ofir Amir is an October 7th survivor and helped produce an exhibition that aims to take viewers through what happened that day at the Nova Music Festival. A.J. Jacobs on his new book “The Year of Living Constitutionally."
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June 13, 2024
S2024 E6249 - 55m 53s
Nathalie Tocci and Thierry Arnaud discuss the latest from this week's G7 meeting in Italy. Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and director Daina O. Pusić explore grief and love in their film "Tuesday." Journalist Nicholas Kristof talks about his new memoir "Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life" and how he remains hopeful through his reporting on life's darkest moments.
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June 12, 2024
S2024 E6248 - 55m 53s
Journalist George Packer spent months reporting from Phoenix, where he investigated the quixotic growth fueling urban expansion -- even as the water runs dry and the heat kills hundreds. Packer and climate expert Leah Stokes join the show. Co-directors Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia on their film “Federer: Twelve Final Days.” Professor Leah Rigueur on the Black vote ahead of the 2024 election.
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June 11, 2024
S2024 E6247 - 55m 54s
Fmr U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer and Audrey Kurth Cronin discuss the murky messaging from Israel and Hamas about agreeing to a ceasefire deal. Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman on the university's recent decision to stay silent on global issues. Reporter Sheera Frenkel details the Israeli government's social media influence campaign that she uncovered targeting U.S. lawmakers.
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June 10, 2024
S2024 E6246 - 55m 53s
Former Italian PM Matteo Renzi and journalist Christine Ockrent join the show. An Israeli raid resulted in the rescue of four of the Oct 7th hostages, while at the same time killing hundreds of Palestinians. Correspondents Oren Liberman and Paula Hancocks, and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discuss. "Trippy" author Ernesto Londoño on the the intersection between mental health and drug use.
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June 7, 2024
S2024 E6245 - 55m 54s
Christiane Amanpour reports on her coverage of the D-Day 80th anniversary. General CQ Brown, America's top military official discusses the legacy of D-Day and the challenges America is confronting today. Kholood Khair and Declan Walsh on the "apocalyptic" situation in Sudan. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes talks about his work to combat AI-generated campaign content.
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June 6, 2024
S2024 E6244 - 55m 53s
Today, veterans gather in Normandy to honor the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Christopher Cavoli discusses this historic anniversary. 101-year-old D-Day veteran Jake Larson joins Chistiane in the Normandy American Cemetery. Tom Hanks on the importance of remembering. Anilore Banon, sculptor of "Les Braves" on Omaha Beach, joins the show.
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June 5, 2024
S2024 E6243 - 55m 54s
Former NSC official Andrea Flores discusses Biden's new immigration restrictions. Melissa Bell reports from Normandy ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-day. Laura Warner and Evan Williams chronicle efforts to investigate horrors perpetrated in the war in Ukraine in their new documentary "The Cranes Call." Debbie Walsh weighs in on whether Trump's guilty verdict will hurt him with women voters.
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June 4, 2024
S2024 E6242 - 55m 41s
Haaretz columnist and Netanyahu biographer Anshel Pfeffer on a possible ceasefire deal amid division in Israel. Journalist Barkha Dutt on India's national election. Correspondent Gustavo Valdes on immigration and America’s southern border. Former white nationalist R. Derek Black on their new memoir "The Klansman's Son."
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June 3, 2024
S2024 E6241 - 55m 44s
Viri Ríos discusses Mexico's historic election of their first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. Tessa Dooms sheds light on South Africa's election in which the ANC lost its majority for the first time in 30 years. Åsne Seierstad explores the Taliban's return to power in "The Afghans." George Stephanopoulos digs into the crises American presidents have faced in his book "The Situation Room."
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May 31, 2024
S2024 E6240 - 55m 53s
In a unanimous verdict on Thursday, a New York jury found Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the U.S., guilty on all 34 counts. Former U.S. Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen, former Trump campaign adviser David Urban, Republicans Against Trump executive director Sarah Longwell, and presidential historian Timothy Naftali join the show to discuss.
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May 30, 2024
S2024 E6239 - 55m 53s
British surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard is just back from Gaza. He joins Christiane to discuss the collapsing healthcare system there. Afghan Star, Kabul’s answer to American Idol, is the subject of a new podcast from superstar musician John Legend. Austan Goolsbee is President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He updates Walter Isaacson on the state of America’s finances.
Extras + Features
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New Book “The Exvangelicals:” Inside the Church and The Movement to Leave It
S2024 E6199 - 17m 59s
A national political correspondent for NPR, Sarah McCammon digs into her own past in her first book, “The Exvangelicals." In it she explains why many children of evangelicalism are growing up and fleeing the fold. She joined Michel Martin to discuss the increasing influence of evangelical Christians on right-wing U.S. politics.
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Charlie Sykes: GOP, Toxic Narcissists and a Fundamentally Broken Congress
S2024 E6198 - 18m 13s
Congress is broken. So say staffers and an unprecedented number of elected representatives quitting mid-term. A recent survey by the nonprofit Congressional Management Foundation found that a large majority of senior staffers believe the legislative body is no longer functioning. Conservative political commentator Charlie Sykes joins Michel Martin to discuss "The Great Resignation."
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Justice Breyer Says SCOTUS Risks Creating “A Constitution That No One Wants”
S2024 E6197 - 18m 21s
Interpreting the Constitution for modern America is of course the divisive legal dilemma of the times, and retired Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer tackles it head-on in his new book “Reading the Constitution,” which he speaks about with Walter Isaacson.
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“The Anxious Generation” Author: Social Media Is Spreading Mental Illness
S2024 E6196 - 17m 52s
Smartphones and social media have taken a toll on young people's development. But one man has an idea about how to fix Gen Z. In his new book, "The Anxious Generation," social psychologist Jonathan Haidt investigates the sudden collapse of mental health among adolescents. The author joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss ways for parents to head off the damage.
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IAEA Head on Iran’s Expansion of Its Nuclear Abilities
S2024 E6195 - 17m 6s
At a time of growing concern about Iran’s and China’s nuclear capabilities. In part two of this conversation with Walter Isaacson, the Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, discusses what we should and shouldn’t be worrying about.
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Haitian Journalist: Half the Country in Hunger, Dead Bodies in the Street
S2024 E6194 - 18m 33s
Haiti is on the brink of collapse amid escalating gang violence. The U.N. reports a death toll of 1,500 so far this year. Widlore Mérancourt is a reporter at the Washington Post and editor-in-chief of the Haitian publication AyiboPost. He joins Hari Sreenivasan from Port-au-Prince to discuss the deteriorating situation.
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Save the Children CEO from Gaza: “Starvation Is Already Happening”
S2024 E6193 - 17m 58s
A senior U.S. defense official says that there has been a "significant increase" in the amount of aid flowing into Gaza, with an average of 200 trucks entering a day — almost double what it was in February. However, according to a recent IPC report, Gaza is on the brink of famine. The situation is clearly desperate. Janti Soeripto, the head of Save the Children U.S., joins the show from Rafah.
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Charles Duhigg on the Power of “Supercommunicators”
S2024 E6192 - 17m 37s
Communication is crucial in all of our daily lives: in the workplace, in our personal relationships and, more than ever, online. How can we communicate better? And how can we make that a force for positive change? Author Charles Duhigg explores these questions in his new book, "Supercommunicators,” and he discusses what he’s learned with Walter Isaacson.
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Regina King on her New Netflix Film “Shirley”
S2024 E6191 - 18m 30s
The brand-new biopic "Shirley" spotlights the remarkable story of a presidential candidate and political trailblazer. Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress, and in 1972 became the first to run for president. Academy Award-winning actor and director Regina King takes on the challenge of portraying this American icon. She joins Michel Martin to talk about it.
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Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Gaza: A Look at U.S. Foreign Policy
S2024 E6190 - 18m 20s
As the prospect of a new Trump presidency casts a shadow over Ukraine's future on the battlefield, Michael Froman, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Walter Isaacson to discuss how shifts in U.S. foreign policy are resonating in Washington and beyond.
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IAEA Head on Nuclear Weapons at “The Frontline of War”
S2024 E6189 - 18m 1s
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency discusses ongoing safety issues at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Rafael Grossi met with Putin earlier this month and is now in Brussels, where leaders gathered for the first-ever nuclear energy summit, and stressed the importance of the summit in the face of “undeniable tensions” around the globe.
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Knesset Member: Gaza Crisis “Could Not Happen” Without U.S.
S2024 E6188 - 18m 19s
Left-wing Israeli lawmaker Ofer Cassif is a passionate opponent of West Bank settlement, and of Netanyahu's handling of the war. Cassif strongly believes a political solution is needed. He joins Michel Martin to explain why, and how, he survived a recent effort to impeach him.
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