September 13, 2024
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.
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August 26, 2021
S2021 E4041 - 55m 36s
John Kerry; Katharine Wilkinson; Larry Madowo; Rep. James Talarico
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August 25, 2021
S2021 E4040 - 55m 50s
Wendy R. Sherman; Akala; Clint Johnson
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August 24, 2021
S2021 E4039 - 55m 31s
David Sanger; Ellie Geranmayeh; Antwaun Sargent; Hakeem Oluseyi; David Lan
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August 23, 2021
S2021 E4038 - 55m 43s
Richard Haass & Nina Khrushcheva; George Packer; Salman Rushdie
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August 17, 2021
S2021 E4034 - 55m 23s
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai weigh in on the unfolding situaiton in Afghanistan. Tennis legend Billie Jean King discusses her new memoir "All In."
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August 16, 2021
S2021 E4033 - 55m 57s
Suhail Shaheen; Fawzia Koofi; Chuck Hagel; Tom Tugendhat
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August 13, 2021
S2021 E4032 - 55m 57s
Activist Pashtana Durrani describes the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. Fmr. British MP Rory Stewart reacts to America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Exiled Belarusian Olympian Kristina Timanovskaya discusses the dire state of affairs in the country. Jaime Lowe and a formerly incarcerated firefighter discuss the realities of fighting California's wildfires as an inmate.
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August 12, 2021
S2021 E4031 - 55m 31s
Barnett Rubin and Ahmed discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Clarissa Ward gives an update on the ground in Kabul. Heidi Heitkamp reacts to two bills that passed through the Senate this week. Filmmaker Lucy Walker discusses her new film “Bring Your Own Brigade.” Preet Bharara weighs in on the Cuomo resignation and the Rosen testimony.
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August 11, 2021
S2021 E4030 - 55m 45s
Dr. Anthony Fauci; Norman Lear; Ben Jealous; Andrew Sullivan
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August 10, 2021
S2021 E4029 - 55m 49s
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, majority leader of the New York State Senate, weighs in on Gov. Cuomo's resignation. Anders Fogh-Rasmussen and Husain Haqqani discuss U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and Taliban advances. Pulitzer Prize-winner Louis Menand discusses his new book “The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War.” Actress Cecily Strong reflects on her career and new memoir.
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August 9, 2021
S2021 E4028 - 55m 41s
Alok Sharma; Kate Orff; Cal Newport; Van Jones
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August 6, 2021
S2021 E4027 - 55m 59s
Dr. Larry Brilliant; Dr. Karl Lauterbach; Laura Coates; Peter Bergen; Lachlan Morton
Extras + Features
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The Inaugural Earthshot Awards
S2021 E4078 - 2m 59s
The inaugural Earthshot Awards were held in London this weekend to honor innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Founded by Prince William and naturalist David Attenborough, Earthshot awarded a prize of more than $1.3 million to each of its five winners. Among them was Vaitea Cowan, honored for her group’s innovation of a compact electrolyzer.
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Robert Draper: "To Start a War" and Colin Powell
S2021 E4078 - 2m 56s
For more on Powell’s legacy, Bianna speaks with journalist Robert Draper, whose recent book "To Start a War" chronicled the decisions and key players that led to invasion.
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How New Orleans Planned for the Next Big Hurricane
S2021 E4078 - 15m 27s
Now we turn to a city familiar with devastating natural disasters: New Orleans. Ramsey Green, the city’s Chief of Infrastructure, speaks about lessons learned after Hurricane Katrina in redefining the way cities respond to extreme weather. The interview is part of The WNET Group’s second annual virtual conversation series American Cities Rebuilding.
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"Bad Bets" Podcast Details the Fall of Enron
S2021 E4078 - 2m 59s
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 Texas energy giant was then the seventh largest company in the U.S., with a claimed revenue of over $100 billion. But beneath the surface, the company was concealing huge losses within a complex web of outside deals. What went wrong?
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Josep Borrell on The EU's Pressing Concerns
S2021 E4077 - 2m 21s
The European Union is facing a number of pressing concerns right now -- from Afghanistan to the Iran nuclear deal to the threat of a Polish exit from the bloc. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, joins the show from Washington D.C., fresh from a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Why Andrew Yang Left the Democratic Party
S2021 E4077 - 18m 6s
Andrew Yang ran for president in 2020 and for mayor of New York earlier this year. Now he's announced he’s leaving the Democratic Party entirely to launch a new party. The Forward Party shares its name with Yang's new book, which charts his experience in the 2020 presidential campaign. He speaks about the inspiration behind the book, his new party, and his vision for American politics.
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U.K. Conservative Member of Parliament Murdered
S2021 E4077 - 2m 41s
Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery, a regular session of one-on-one meetings between lawmakers and voters and a cornerstone of British democracy. A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing, but the motive remains unclear. It is the second killing of a sitting U.K. lawmaker in five years.
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Julie Delpy: "On the Verge" of Middle Age
S2021 E4076 - 2m 55s
Julie Delpy aspires to change our outlook on aging with her new series "On the Verge," celebrating the changing lives of four female friends living and working in Los Angeles – all on the verge of middle age. The show clearly struck a chord. In its debut episode it made Netflix's list of top ten shows. Delpy joins the show from L.A. to discuss the series and what inspired her to make it.
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Dave Grohl: "I Was Scared" to Write About Kurt Cobain
S2021 E4076 - 17m 50s
Dave Grohl is best known as the Foo Fighters' front man and former Nirvana drummer. In his newly released memoir "The Storyteller," the 16-time Grammy winner relates his story of growing up in Washington, D.C., touring as a teenager, and his friendship with the late Kurt Cobain. Grohl speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about grief -- and finding rhythm in unusual places.
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The Global Energy Crunch and Broader Economic Threats
S2021 E4076 - 3m
Empty supermarket shelves. Soaring utility bills. Sky-high gas prices. 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. To discuss this and broader threats to the global economy, Christiane speaks with New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.
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Kimberlé Crenshaw: How R. Kelly Was Able to Dodge Justice
S2021 E4075 - 3m
Columbia law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw is world-renowned for her work on racism and sexism in America. Preeminent in her field, she coined the term "intersectionality" back in 1989. In a recent essay for The New York Times, "How R. Kelly Got Away With It," Crenshaw argues that the R&B star was able to dodge justice for so long because of a "societal disregard for Black women.
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Gen. Stan McChrystal Sees Parallels Between Jan. 6 & Nazis
S2021 E4075 - 17m 7s
As the world grapples with the humanitarian fallout in Afghanistan, former four-star U.S. General Stanley McChrystal is watching it unfold knowing all too well what's on the line. McChrystal was the Commander of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan. He drew on this experience in his new book, "Risk: A User's Guide." He joins Walter Isaacson to discuss the major global threats.
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