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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.

May 17, 2024

55m 53s

Correspondent Nic Robertson reports on the IDF announcement that the Israeli army found the bodies of three hostages in Gaza. The New York Times Magazine's Ronen Bergman discusses their investigation into settler violence in the West Bank. Bestselling author Kristin Hannah tells the story of female nurses in the Vietnam War in her book "The Women."

Episodes

  • October 29, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 29, 2021

    S2021 E4087 - 55m 40s

    Mo Elleithee and Mark Landler analyze President’s Biden's current domestic agenda and how could it impact American diplomacy. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich weighs in on President Biden's meeting with Pope Francis. Journalist Mohanad Hashim discusses the Sudan coup. Jennifer Moss explains why the U.S. is experiencing a wave of professional resignations and a burnout epidemic.

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

    October 28, 2021

    S2021 E4086 - 55m 57s

    Democrats are at a pivotal moment in the passage of their infrastructure bill. Fossil fuel giant CEOs testified about whether they knew their products were fueling climate change. Facebook CEO outlines a new vision for the company, but experts warn it hasn’t done enough. Kim Ghattas focuses on three places that once had real hope for democracy. The supply chain crisis is crippling the U.S.

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

    October 27, 2021

    S2021 E4085 - 55m 55s

    Ava DuVernay discusses her new Netflix series "Colin in Black and White." "The Premonition" author Michael Lewis reflects on losing his daughter to a car accident. Journalist Greg Zuckerman discusses his book "A Shot to Save the World" and the decades of research that went into the COVID-19 vaccine.

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

    October 26, 2021

    S2021 E4084 - 55m 57s

    Former top Saudi intelligence official, Saad Al-Jabri, fears he or his family may be the Saudi Crown Prince's next victims. Al-Jabri's daughter joins the show. "Passing" by acclaimed actress Rebecca Hall tells the story of mixed-race childhood friends who reunite as adults. Psychologist Doreen Dodgen-Magee has released a new book, "Restart: Designing a Healthy Post-Pandemic Life."

  • October 22, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 22, 2021

    S2021 E4082 - 55m 44s

    Senator Joe Manchin continues to block a significant part of Biden’s climate legislation. Martin Indyk's "Master of the Game," looks at Henry Kissinger’s role in the Middle East. Washington Post columnist Max Boot blames Trump for leading the growing extremism within the Republican party. Known for her uncompromising attitudes, Rego fiercely took on fascism and explored women’s rights.

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

    October 21, 2021

    S2021 E4081 - 55m 56s

    Carlos Fernando Chamorro; Abuzar Royesh; Simin Royesh; Stephanie Land

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

    October 20, 2021

    S2021 E4080 - 57m 26s

    For Tarana Burke, watching #MeToo go viral wasn't necessarily cause for celebration. Her new memoir documents all this and more and she joins the show to discuss. Peter Marki-Zay became the unexpected opposition candidate against Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban this weekend. Rep. Adam Schiff speaks about why he believes the January attack fundamentally weakened the U.S.

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

    October 19, 2021

    S2021 E4079 - 56m 46s

    Kaiya McCullough; Yvens Rumbold; Orlando von Einsiedel; Hassan Akkad; McKay Coppins

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

    October 18, 2021

    S2021 E4078 - 55m 45s

    Colin Powell has passed away due to complications from COVID-19. Jack Straw and Robert Draper join to discuss. The fall of Enron was a scandal that rocked the business world so hard that its aftershocks are still being felt 20 years later. The inaugural Earthshot Awards were held in London this weekend. Ramsey Green speaks about lessons learned after Hurricane Katrina.

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

    October 14, 2021

    S2021 E4076 - 55m 55s

    The global energy crunch is hitting supply chains and consumers hard, interfering with the effort to recover from the pandemic and last year’s harsh winter. Julie Delpy aspires to change our outlook on aging with her new series "On the Verge." In Dave Grohl's memoir "The Storyteller," he charts growing up in Washington, D.C., touring as a teenager, and his friendship with the late Kurt Cobain.

  • October 13, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 13, 2021

    S2021 E4075 - 55m 56s

    Fawzia Koofi; Mary-Ellen McGroarty; Kimberle Crenshaw; Gen. Stanley McChrystal

  • October 12, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 12, 2021

    S2021 E4074 - 55m 12s

    Doctors Ugur Sahin and Ă–zlem TĂ¼reci changed the course of history when their company BioNTech, alongside Pfizer, developed the first clinically approved Covid-19 vaccine. 'Impeachment: American Crime Story' has the full backing of Monica Lewinsky herself, who is played by actress Beanie Feldstein. In their new joint memoir "The Boys," Ron and Clint Howard celebrate their decades of brotherhood.

Extras + Features

  • The Legacy of Murdered Journalist Kim Wall: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Legacy of Murdered Journalist Kim Wall

    S2021 E3157 - 2m 58s

    A new HBO series focuses on the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who went missing after she boarded a homemade submarine in Copenhagen to interview its designer. After an exhaustive investigation, she was found to have been murdered. Writer and director Tobias Lindholm joins the show alongside Kim’s parents to discuss the series and Kim’s legacy.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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