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Amanpour and Company

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April 30, 2025

55m 47s

David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato institute, evaluates Trump's immigration policies. Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi join the program for their first joint interview since their release from Iranian Prison. Presidential historian Timothy Naftali places the fist 100 days of Trump's presidency in context.

Episodes

  • April 30, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 30, 2025

    S2025 E7218 - 55m 47s

    David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato institute, evaluates Trump's immigration policies. Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi join the program for their first joint interview since their release from Iranian Prison. Presidential historian Timothy Naftali places the fist 100 days of Trump's presidency in context.

  • April 29, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 29, 2025

    S2025 E7217 - 55m 47s

    Canadian journalist Andrew Coyne analyzes Mark Carney's win in the Canadian elections. Israeli reporter Amos Harel sheds light on tensions between Netanyahu and the head of the Shin Bet. Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf and Dinaw Mengestu discuss crackdowns on writers across the world. Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink reflects on 50 years since the fall of Saigon.

  • April 28, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 28, 2025

    S2025 E7216 - 55m 46s

    Susan Glasser, a staff writer for The New Yorker, on Trump's first 100 days. Ambassador Dennis Ross on his most recent book "Statecraft 2.0." Abortion law expert Mary Ziegler on her new book "Personhood." Filmmaker Perri Peltz and lawyer Matthew Bergman on their new documentary “Can’t Look Away.”

  • April 25, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 25, 2025

    S2025 E7215 - 55m 47s

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman on what cues Donald Trump seems to be taking from Hungary in terms of foreign policy. From the archive: Co-directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham discuss their film “No Other Land,” which just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Travel writer Rick Steves tells the story of his most formative trip in his new book "On the Hippie Trail."

  • April 24, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 24, 2025

    S2025 E7214 - 55m 41s

    Holocaust survivor Zvi Solow reflects on the 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz -- and antisemitism today. A look back at Christiane's conversations with WWII resistance fighter Selma van de Perre and Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. Zahra Joya on her mission to "give a voice to the women of Afghanistan." Jonathan Blitzer on Trump's immigration crackdowns.

  • April 23, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 23, 2025

    S2025 E7213 - 55m 46s

    Fellow for the Prevention of Genocide at the Holocaust Museum Stephen Rapp discusses the case he has been building against Bashar Al-Assad. Angela Patton and Natalie Rae tell the story of young girls preparing to reunite with their incarcerated fathers in their new film "Daughters." Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt discusses his new book "Genesis."

  • April 22, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 22, 2025

    S2025 E7212 - 55m 44s

    Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah discusses the ousting of Bashar al-Assad by rebel groups. U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on this "watershed moment in Syria's history." U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor explains the U.S. angle on developments in Syria. Abby Edaburn and Jacob Tice on their renewed hope for the return of their brother, journalist Austin Tice, believed to be in Syria.

  • April 21, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 21, 2025

    S2025 E7211 - 55m 47s

    Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago reflects on the life legacy of Pope Francis. Ben Wedeman reports on the Pope's passing from Vatican City. Former Reuters Vatican correspondent Philip Pullella shares what he learned from covering the Pope. David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham, discusses what the Pope's death means in this moment both culturally and politically.

  • April 21, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 21, 2025

    S2025 E7211 - 55m 38s

    One year after her release, former Israeli hostage Aviva Siegel reflects on her experience and the fate of her husband still being held by Hamas. Sir Geoffrey Nice on the ICC's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu. Joni Levin and Keith Clarke on their new docuseries "Call Me Ted." "Fire Weather" author John Vaillant on what the second Trump administration means for climate.

  • April 18, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 18, 2025

    S2025 E7210 - 55m 32s

    Maura Healey, the Democratic Governor of Massachusetts, discusses what Donald Trump's impact has been since the start of his term. Former Iranian nuclear negotiator Cyrus Nasseri offers perspective on the current talks between Iran and the U.S. Simon Shama explores the history and legacy of the Holocaust 80 years later in a new documentary, "Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On."

  • April 17, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 17, 2025

    S2025 E7209 - 55m 47s

    Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on the state of the U.S.-China relationship. Director Marcel Mettelsiefen on his new documentary "A State of Rage," which puts a human face on the Israel-Palestine conflict through the eyes of children on both sides. Small business owners Debbie Wei Mullin and Sarah LaFleur on the impacts of tariffs on their businesses.

  • April 16, 2025: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 16, 2025

    S2025 E7208 - 55m 40s

    Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University, discusses threats to their federal funding from the Trump administration and how they are pushing back. Religious scholar David Gibson explains the impact of Pope Francis on the current moment. Kelsey Osgood explores the stories of millennial women who have delved into organised religion in her book "Godstruck."

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