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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

  • August 5, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 5, 2021

    S2021 E4026 - 55m 57s

    Ret. Lt Col. Alexander Vindman; James Brainard; Dr. Adam Hampshire

  • August 2, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 2, 2021

    S2021 E4023 - 55m 25s

    French member of European Parliament Nathalie Loiseau discusses her country's current approach to the pandemic. New York Times columnist Ezra Klein discusses vaccine hesitancy. CIDRAP director Michael Osterholm discusses the science behind the Delta variant. CNN correspondent Selina Wang gives an update from the Olympics.

  • July 30, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 30, 2021

    S2021 E4022 - 55m 45s

    Dr. Reed Tuckson analyzes recent news from the CDC and vaccine disparities between racial groups in the U.S. Saad Mohseni discusses the situation in Afghanistan. Roy Weathers and John Miller explain the goal behind their new initiative, CEO Action for Racial Equity. Rodrigo Garcia discusses his new memoir "A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes.

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

    July 29, 2021

    S2021 E4021 - 55m 44s

    Svetlana Tikhanovskaya; Alexey Kovalev; Colleen Hacker; Michelle Fiscus; Jason Martin

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

    July 18, 2021

    S2021 E4018 - 55m 57s

    Dr. Matshidiso Moeti and Jeremy Farrar discuss global vaccine distribution. Jeremy Farrar and Robin Rue Simmons discuss the efforts for reparations for the Black community. Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel discuss their new book "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination."

  • July 23, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 23, 2021

    S2021 E4017 - 55m 55s

    Selina Wang; Briana Scurry; Julia Gillard; Poorna Jagannathan

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

    July 22, 2021

    S2021 E4016 - 55m 57s

    Richard Ben-Veniste; Anne Applebaum; Julie Brown; Jens Stoltenberg; Ursula Burns

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

    July 21, 2021

    S2021 E4015 - 55m 40s

    John Kerry; Katharine Wilkinson; Larry Madowo; Rep. James Talarico

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

    July 20, 2021

    S2021 E4014 - 55m 56s

    The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser broke the story of Former President Trump and General Mark Milley's clash on Iran and joins the show to discuss what she found.

  • July 16, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 16, 2021

    S2021 E4012 - 56m 5s

    Ben Wedeman reports on unrest in the Middle East. Bereaved Israeli mother Robi Damelin and bereaved Palestinian father Bassam Aramin reflect on the conflict between their two countries. Actor Matthew McConaughey discusses his new memoir. Author Jory Fleming discusses his new book “How to Be Human: An Autistic Man’s Guide to Life.”

  • July 15, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 15, 2021

    S2021 E4011 - 55m 46s

    Ambassador Cui Tiankai discusses U.S.-China relations. The Wall Street Journal's Africa Bureau Chief Joe Parkinson discusses his new book "Bring Back Our Girls."

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

    July 14, 2021

    S2021 E4010 - 56m 5s

    VICE's Paola Ramos discusses her reporting on Migration. Former Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al-Kidwa discusses the country's first election in fifteen years. Philip Atiba Goff and Tracie Keesee discuss police reform and institutional racism.

Extras + Features

  • 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.

  • The Status of the U.S. Evacuation in Afghanistan: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Status of the U.S. Evacuation in Afghanistan

    S2021 E4043 - 2m 58s

    As many as five rockets were fired at Kabul Airport this morning before being intercepted by a U.S. defense system. Moreover, according to local journalists, nine members of a family were killed in a U.S. drone strike the Pentagon said targeted a suspected ISIS-K suicide bomber. Mike Rogers, former Republican congressman and chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence, joins to discuss.

  • 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.”

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • New Film: China Attempted to Hide COVID-19 From the World: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    New Film: China Attempted to Hide COVID-19 From the World

    S2021 E4035 - 17m 58s

    How did the Chinese government manage to turn a cover-up in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist Party? The acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang addresses this question in her new documentary "In the Same Breath," as she explains to Hari Sreenivasan.

  • Oscar-Winner Barry Jenkins on “The Underground Railroad”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Oscar-Winner Barry Jenkins on “The Underground Railroad”

    S2021 E4035 - 2m 55s

    Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins’s TV series "The Underground Railroad" has received seven Emmy nominations, including a nomination in the category of “Best Director of a Limited Series.” Based on Colin Whitehead's acclaimed 2016 novel of the same name, the series tells the story of a young girl who escapes a Georgia plantation through a network of secret routes. Jenkins joins the show.

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