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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.

April 29, 2024

55m 53s

Christiane speaks with Amit Segal, a right-wing political analyst close to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Editor-in-Chief of Columbia University's newspaper discusses the protests disrupting the campus. Supermodel Cameron Russell's new memoir, "How to Make Herself Agreeable To Everyone," explores feeling both objectified and complicit in the system that built her career.

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 Özlem Türeci 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 Race to Evacuate: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Race to Evacuate

    S2021 E4043 - 2m 55s

    Many trying to leave Afghanistan will be left behind as of tomorrow’s evacuation deadline. According to the Pentagon, the State Department will continue working to get them out. Officials are saying at least 34 unaccompanied Afghan children have arrived in the U.S. For more on all this, we’re joined by Mark Hetfield, who heads a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to refugees.

  • Hurricane Ida Devastates South: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Hurricane Ida Devastates South

    S2021 E4043 - 2m 55s

    The lights are out in New Orleans. Power is down across the entire city and half the state of Louisiana as Hurricane Ida leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. Ida has now been downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues its path across the U.S., and the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi joins the show to assess the storm's impact and what’s to come.

  • Will the Taliban Allow Music?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Will the Taliban Allow Music?

    S2021 E4043 - 2m 51s

    The Taliban already have begun imposing harsh restrictions on Afghans not seen since 2001. One Taliban spokesperson told the New York Times that they still consider music forbidden in Islam. Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and his former student, Zarifa Adiba, who has conducted the school’s trailblazing all-female Zohra Orchestra join the show to discuss.

  • Gen. Joseph L. Votel (Ret.) on Afghanistan Withdrawal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Gen. Joseph L. Votel (Ret.) on Afghanistan Withdrawal

    S2021 E4037 - 2m 31s

    To understand how the U.S. withdrawal could have been handled differently, and what needs to happen most urgently to improve the situation on the ground, Bianna speaks with retired General Joseph Votel, who as commander of U.S. Central Command oversaw the war from 2016 to 2019.

  • Ted Johnson: Racism Is an Existential Threat to the US: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ted Johnson: Racism Is an Existential Threat to the US

    S2021 E4037 - 18m 4s

    Author and retired naval commander Theodore Johnson argues that “racism is an existential threat to America,” though that isn’t to say that all is lost. In his new book, When the Stars Begin to Fall, Johnson lays out a blueprint for healing the nation, as he explains to Michel Martin.

  • John Sopko on Afghanistan: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    John Sopko on Afghanistan

    S2021 E4037 - 2m 39s

    John Sopko has served as America’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction since 2012, and in a scathing new report he writes, “if the goal was to rebuild and leave behind a country that can sustain itself and pose little threat to U.S. national security interests, the overall picture is bleak.”

  • Speaker of the House Trump? It’s Possible with Redistricting: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Speaker of the House Trump? It’s Possible with Redistricting

    S2021 E4036 - 17m 26s

    The U.S. Census Bureau has released its first round of population data, setting in motion the redistricting process in states across the country. This is what author David Daley calls the “gerrymandering Olympics.” Daley, the author of "Unrigged," says redrawing boundaries is messing with the bedrock of American democracy.

  • How Will the Taliban Govern?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Will the Taliban Govern?

    S2021 E4036 - 2m 55s

    With Afghanistan now in the hands of the Taliban, the question of how they will govern – and who will be in charge – is not a simple one. Michael Semple has personal experience meeting and negotiating with the Islamist group and has lived and worked in Afghanistan for many years. He joins the show to discuss what Afghanistan might look like under Taliban rule.

  • Disaster in Haiti: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Disaster in Haiti

    S2021 E4036 - 2m 55s

    Last weekend’s earthquake in Haiti killed more than 2,000 people and left the country “on its knees,” according to Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The country was already reeling from extreme poverty, COVID-19 and the recent assassination of its president. Margarett Lubin heads the Haiti branch of Community Organized Relief Effort and joins the show from Port-au-Prince.

  • The Situation in Kabul Grows More Desperate: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Situation in Kabul Grows More Desperate

    S2021 E4036 - 2m 35s

    President Biden is facing a storm of criticism about the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, particularly about America's lack of preparedness for the quick Taliban takeover. Eliot Cohen served as a counselor in the State Department under President George W. Bush and joins the show from Maryland.

  • How Many Afghan Citizens Can Be Evacuated?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Many Afghan Citizens Can Be Evacuated?

    S2021 E4035 - 2m 57s

    More than 300,000 Afghan civilians have been associated with the U.S. mission over its two decades in the country, according to the International Rescue Committee. But how many can realistically be evacuated? IRC President and CEO David Miliband speaks with Christiane about how time could be running out.

  • CEO of Afghanistan's Largest Media Organization Speaks Out: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    CEO of Afghanistan's Largest Media Organization Speaks Out

    S2021 E4035 - 2m 39s

    The world is watching the outcome of Taliban talks with former government leaders. Has the Taliban attitude towards women and journalists really changed? Saad Mohseni is chief executive of Afghanistan’s largest media organization and joins the show to assess the situation on the ground.

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