May 14, 2024
Georgia's parliament passes a controversial bill which critics say mirrors a law used in Russia to crack down on opposition. Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili joins the show. Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk joins from Kyiv. The Washington Post's David Herszenhorn on Putin's Russia. Writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan on "A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine."
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July 13, 2021
S2021 E4009 - 55m 39s
Narendra Taneja discusses the COVID crisis in India. Sen. Todd Young discusses politics and foreign relations. Kamilah Willingham and Soma Sara discuss the camapaign against sexism, misogyny, and sexual violence. Professor Cornel West explains why classics must remain in university curricula.
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July 12, 2021
S2021 E4008 - 55m 41s
Anthony Costello and David Spiegelhalter discuss European vaccine rollout. Mandu Reid and Jackson Katz explain how men can be allies allies in the campaign against misogyny. Rep. Jahana Hayes reflects on coronavirus’s impact on education.
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July 9, 2021
S2021 E4007 - 56m 4s
Jeremy Farrar discusses the state of the pandemic in the UK. WWII resistance spy Selma van de Perre discusses her new memoir “My Name Is Selma.” Freedom Rider Charles Person reflects on the Civil Rights Movement. Artist Maya Lin explains the inspiration behind her new exhibition in New York’s Madison Square Park.
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July 8, 2021
S2021 E4006 - 55m 44s
Donald De Lucca and Laura Coates discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin. Regina King and Kemp Powers discuss their new movie ““One Night in Miami…” Tax law professor Dorothy A. Brown talks about the racism present in tax policy.
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July 7, 2021
S2021 E4005 - 55m 32s
Sen. Amy Klobuchar discusses her new book “Antitrust." Rana Ayyub and Amanda Bennett discuss press freedom. Malcolm Gladwell discusses his book “The Bomber Mafia.”
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July 2, 2021
S2021 E4002 - 55m 25s
Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi reacts to yesterday’s verdict. Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo offers his opinion. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan talks future of country after Chauvin conviction. Political philosopher Danielle Allen relates ancient Greek ethics to modern day police reform.
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July 1, 2021
S2021 E4001 - 56m 4s
Experts reflect on the life and legacy of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
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June 30, 2021
S2021 E3261 - 55m 43s
Former Homeland Security official Elizabeth Neumann discusses immigration reform. John Hume Jr. and Martin Luther King III reflect on the peace movement and their fathers’ legacies. In a conversation recorded before Tuesday’s events in Atlanta, pro basketball player Jeremy Lin Jeremy Lin explains why he chose to speak out after being called “coronavirus” by a fellow player on the court.
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June 29, 2021
S2021 E3260 - 55m 49s
Former Ambassador Bill Taylor discusses foreign relations. Clinical psychologist Christine Runyon discusses what post-vaccine "normalcy" will look like. Actor and activist George Takei speaks out against the rise in anti-Asian violence and hate crimes.
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June 28, 2021
S2021 E3259 - 55m 55s
Walter Isaacson discusses CRISPR and “The Code Breaker.” Plus, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby explains how the Biden administration will approach tensions with China and Taiwan. And Nse Ufot, CEO of The New Georgia Project, explains how she’s working to make voting easier and more accessible.
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June 25, 2021
S2021 E3258 - 55m 52s
The Biden administration aims to confront homegrown racism and bigotry. Award-winning historian Kathleen Belew speaks with Michel Martin about American violence and how to combat it.
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June 24, 2021
S2021 E3257 - 55m 44s
Susan Lund; Samantha Stark; John Allen; Abigail Disney
Extras + Features
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Novelist Tim O'Brien Reflects on His Life, Career and Family
S2021 E3191 - 2m 32s
Tim O'Brien has been hailed as one of the best American writers of his generation. His groundbreaking book "The Things They Carried" drew on his experiences during the Vietnam War and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A new documentary, "The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien," focuses on his work and his life as a father. He joins Christiane from Texas.
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WHO's Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Vaccine Inequity
S2021 E3191 - 2m 31s
This week, the head of the World Health Organization said it was "shocking" how little had been done to combat vaccine inequality and added that the gap is "becoming more grotesque every day." The WHO's Chief Scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, joins Christiane from Geneva.
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Former Priest Calls to Reform the Catholic Church
S2021 E3191 - 18m 26s
The battle to reform the Catholic Church has been plagued by a long-running sexual abuse crisis. Author, historian and journalist James Carroll argues that male dominance is the root cause of the church's issues. His new memoir, "The Truth at the Heart of the Lie," links his own crisis of faith as a priest to the history of the church itself. He joins Michel Martin to discuss his call for reform.
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Father of Columbine Victim Reacts to Boulder Shooting
S2021 E3190 - 2m 54s
The U.S. is reeling from its latest mass shooting, which took place yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. This is the country's 7th documented mass shooting in the past week, coming barely 6 days after 8 people in Atlanta were shot to death, including 6 women of Asian descent. Gun safety advocate Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was killed in the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, joins the program.
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UK MP Jess Phillips Calls for Action Against Misogyny
S2021 E3190 - 2m 35s
The pandemic rages on in the UK, and so too does a national epidemic of violence against women. The conversation was triggered by the abduction and murder of Sarah Everard in London earlier this month. British lawmaker Jess Phillips has a brief on domestic violence and protecting women as Shadow Minister for the opposition Labour Party. She joined Christiane from Birmingham.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and the End of the Universe
S2021 E3190 - 17m 47s
Why is the universe the way it is? How did life begin? And how might it end? Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson has spent his life in search of the answers. His new book, "Cosmic Queries," was co-authored with physicist James Trefil. Tyson joins our Walter Isaacson to discuss the book and what drives his thirst to explore the really big questions of the universe.
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What Will It Take To End Gun Violence in the United States?
S2021 E3190 - 1m 54s
The U.S. is reeling from its latest mass shooting, which took place yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. This is the country's 7th documented mass shooting in the past week, coming barely 6 days after 8 people in Atlanta were shot to death, including six women of Asian descent. Journalist Dave Cullen, who has written the definitive accounts of the Columbine and Parkland shootings, joins the program.
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The Psychological Impact of the Pandemic in the Future
S2021 E3189 - 2m 55s
Where the vaccine rollout has been successful, a return to normality is on the horizon. But some may be wondering whether they remember what "normal" means. Christiane spoke with clinical psychologist Christine Runyan about that brain fog you may be feeling.
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George Takei on Anti-Asian Violence
S2021 E3189 - 17m 47s
As a young Japanese-American boy during World War II, actor and sci-fi legend George Takei was imprisoned with his family in the now infamous U.S. internment camps. He tells our Hari Sreenivasan about the history behind today's anti-Asian attacks as part of "Exploring Hate," our ongoing series of reports on antisemitism, racism, and extremism.
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Sanne Derks Discusses Water Scarcity Across the Globe
S2021 E3189 - 2m 37s
On World Water Day, we look at the shocking number of people who lack access to clean water. Four people in 10 worldwide do not have enough safe drinking water, and more than two billion live in countries where water shortages are the norm. Christiane is joined by Dutch photographer and anthropologist Sanne Derks, who has been documenting a crisis exacerbated by Cuba's famously patchy repair work
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Fmr. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor on Foreign Policy
S2021 E3189 - 2m 14s
The Biden foreign policy team has their work cut out for them, as former Ambassador Bill Taylor knows all too well. He recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and advised the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He speaks with Christiane from Arlington, Virginia.
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Turkish Novelist Elif Shafak Speaks Out Against Femicide
S2021 E3188 - 2m 43s
A woman in Turkey has been charged with murder for allegedly killing her husband in self-defense after years of abuse, torture and sexual assault. Christiane speaks with Elif Shafak, Turkey’s most popular female novelist and a women’s rights activist, about femicide and misogynistic violence.
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