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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.

July 5, 2024

55m 53s

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

  • 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

  • Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the GOP's Existential Crisis: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the GOP's Existential Crisis

    S2021 E3157 - 2m 55s

    The Republicans are in a highly divisive fight for the soul of their own party as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy refuses to strip a GOP congresswoman who embraced QAnon conspiracy theories of her committee assignments. Where does the Grand Old Party stand these days? Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson joins Christiane to discuss his party's existential crisis.

  • Ebs Burnough On His New Documentary "The Capote Tapes": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ebs Burnough On His New Documentary "The Capote Tapes"

    S2021 E3156 - 2m 56s

    Truman Capote is one of the most recognizable yet enigmatic literary figures of the modern era. "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" were literary blockbusters now regarded as classics. A new documentary, "The Capote Tapes," centers around the author's unfinished novel "Answered Prayers" -- the project that destroyed his social standing and led to his decline.

  • Charles Blow: Why Black Americans Should Migrate Back South: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Charles Blow: Why Black Americans Should Migrate Back South

    S2021 E3156 - 17m 31s

    After living in NY for 25 years, author Charles Blow moved to Atlanta. In his new book, "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto," he proposes that Black Americans in the north do the same and return to the South -- the region fled by their ancestors -- with the intention of establishing political power in key cities. Blow joins Hari Sreenivasan to make his case for a reverse Great Migration.

  • Reactions to a New Study of the AstraZeneca Vaccine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Reactions to a New Study of the AstraZeneca Vaccine

    S2021 E3156 - 2m 54s

    A new study by Oxford University shows that its AstraZeneca vaccine can prevent serious COVID illness as well as actually slow down transmission of the virus. Christiane discusses this with renowned medical researcher Dr. Helen Rees and journalist Tim Harford, who has been tracking the vaccine rollout closely.

  • Kremlin Defender Sergey Markov Discusses Navalny Sentence: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Kremlin Defender Sergey Markov Discusses Navalny Sentence

    S2021 E3155 - 2m 54s

    A Moscow court has sentenced Alexey Navalny to 2.5 years in jail for breaking the terms of his parole. Today the Russian opposition leader ridiculed the verdict, given that when he left the country for Germany, he was in a coma after having been poisoned with Novichok in August. He blames President Putin for the poisoning, which the Kremlin denies. Sergey Markov joins the program to discuss.

  • Why the Navalny Sentence Hits Home for Marina Litvinenko: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why the Navalny Sentence Hits Home for Marina Litvinenko

    S2021 E3155 - 1m 57s

    In 2006, Alexander Litvinenko was the first high profile Russian dissident to be poisoned in a public fashion. A British public inquiry found his death was probably ordered by President Putin himself, which the Kremlin denies. . Litvinenko’s widow Marina has long campaigned for justice for her husband, and she joins the program to Alexey Navalny's prison sentence.

  • How to Argue With Someone Who Has Different Views: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How to Argue With Someone Who Has Different Views

    S2021 E3155 - 17m 42s

    In our world of tribalism and echo chambers, is it possible to unlearn firmly held beliefs and opinions? Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist who explores how to navigate discussions with people of different opinions, and his latest book is called "Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know." He speaks with Walter Isaacson about what steps are needed to bridge our divides.

  • Artist Kehinde Wiley on Social Change and Black Lives Matter: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Artist Kehinde Wiley on Social Change and Black Lives Matter

    S2021 E3155 - 2m 51s

    In 2018, renowned artist Kehinde Wiley rose to global superstardom with his presidential portrait of Barack Obama – and his ambitions have only increased since then. Wiley has spent the last year at his Black Rock studio in Senegal, West Africa, and is also mentoring a new generation of artists. He joins the program to discuss Black Lives Matter and what inspires him artistically.

  • Majority of Newsrooms Run by White Men Says Emily Ramshaw: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Majority of Newsrooms Run by White Men Says Emily Ramshaw

    S2021 E3154 - 17m 34s

    The 19th* is a newsroom for our time. Named for the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the vote in 1920, it is a nonprofit venture covering issues of gender, politics, and policy. From childcare to jobs to voter suppression, The 19th* covers issues essential to all -- especially women of color and the LGBTQ community. CEO and co-founder Emily Ramshaw speaks with Hari Sreenivasan.

  • Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on Reinventing Reporting: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on Reinventing Reporting

    S2021 E3154 - 2m 50s

    This weekend saw protests across Russia against President Putin, with protestors triggered by the arrest of opposition leader Alexey Navalny upon his return to Russia after recuperating from Novichok poisoning. It was there that Navalny teamed up with CNN and open-source intelligence site Bellingcat to investigate this apparent assassination attempt. Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins joins the show

  • Exclusive Interview with Iran's Foreign Minister: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Exclusive Interview with Iran's Foreign Minister

    S2021 E3154 - 2m 55s

    Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran could be very close to producing enough nuclear material for a weapon. The new administration wants to reverse Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and Iran has said it wants the U.S. to re-enter. The two countries are locked in a stalemate over who goes first. In an exclusive interview, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif joins the show.

  • Myanmar's Military Coup and Arrest of Aung San Suu: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Myanmar's Military Coup and Arrest of Aung San Suu

    S2021 E3154 - 2m 51s

    President Biden is threatening to review sanctions on Myanmar after the country’s military staged a coup early this morning. Elected leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi is now under arrest along with multiple other party members, and the junta has imposed a curfew and a state of emergency. Christiane discusses the situation with the United Nations’ special rapporteur on Myanmar.

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