May 3, 2024
Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University, discusses the protests on campuses across the country and the deal his university was able to strike. Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists on threats to press around the globe. Photographer Platon discusses his new book “The Defenders.” Sociologist Brad Wilcox explores the positives of marriage in his book "Get Married."
Episodes
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August 5, 2021
S2021 E4026 - 55m 57s
Ret. Lt Col. Alexander Vindman; James Brainard; Dr. Adam Hampshire
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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.
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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.
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July 29, 2021
S2021 E4021 - 55m 44s
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya; Alexey Kovalev; Colleen Hacker; Michelle Fiscus; Jason Martin
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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."
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July 23, 2021
S2021 E4017 - 55m 55s
Selina Wang; Briana Scurry; Julia Gillard; Poorna Jagannathan
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July 22, 2021
S2021 E4016 - 55m 57s
Richard Ben-Veniste; Anne Applebaum; Julie Brown; Jens Stoltenberg; Ursula Burns
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July 21, 2021
S2021 E4015 - 55m 40s
John Kerry; Katharine Wilkinson; Larry Madowo; Rep. James Talarico
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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.
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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.”
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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."
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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
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How the Biden Administration Will Approach Foreign Relations
S2021 E3181 - 2m 47s
Next week sees the first international travel for President Biden’s cabinet officials since his inauguration, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin fly to Japan and South Korea. What is the U.S. strategy here? Department of Defense spokesperson John Kirby joins Christiane from the Pentagon.
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Activist and Fmr. Ambassador Discuss Uyghur Genocide
S2021 E3180 - 2m 57s
Does the world now have a duty to intervene? That is the big question after a blistering new report concludes China bears responsibility for genocide against the Uyghur people. Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer joins the program alongside Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham, whose father is serving a life sentence in China.
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Groundbreaking Revelations on Guaranteed Income
S2021 E3180 - 18m 22s
Starting in 2019, a guaranteed basic income effort known as SEED started giving 125 individuals $500 a month for two years, with volunteers chosen from neighborhoods where the median income was around $46,000 or below. Director Sukhi Samra and researcher Amy Castro Baker have closely analyzed the results of this experiment, and they discuss their findings with Hari Sreenivasan.
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How Bumble is Changing Dating Norms
S2021 E3180 - 2m 3s
Last month, Bumble founder and CEO Emily Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman to take a major American company public. She joins Christiane to talk about her personal journey and dating in the age of COVID-19.
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Belgian Prime Minister Pens Book on Feminism
S2021 E3179 - 3m
This year, the global pandemic has hit women hardest -- especially those in the workforce. One man who talks the talk and walks the walk when it comes to achieving parity is Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Gender equality is at the center of De Croo's post-COVID plan to build back. He also is author of "The Age of Women: Why Feminism Also Liberates Men."
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Allegations of Racism Within the British Monarchy
S2021 E3179 - 2m 49s
Reaction to the Sussexes interview on both sides of the Atlantic has exposed sharp dividing lines between British and American attitudes, and has raised hard questions about racist views within the royal household. Author and columnist Bonnie Greer is well placed to comment, having grown up in Chicago and lived in the UK for the past several decades.
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Civilians in Space: Speaking with Crew Members
S2021 E3179 - 17m 34s
Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is funding Inspiration4 -- the world’s first all-civilian space mission -- with SpaceX. Proceeds from the flight will be directed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which fights cancer and other diseases. Hayley Arceneaux, a St. Jude physician assistant, is set to be the first crew member of the historic mission.
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Dr. Ayoade Alakija discusses vaccine distribution in Africa
S2021 E3179 - 2m 57s
While millions of Europeans and Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there are entire nations in Africa that are still waiting for their initial dose. Dr. Ayoade Alakija is co-chair of the African Vaccine Delivery Alliance and is working to help secure vaccines for the continent.
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Reactions to the Sussexes interview with Oprah
S2021 E3179 - 2m 59s
The British Royal Family is dealing with the shockwaves from Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah, in which audiences got a glimpse into their everyday lives after the fairytale wedding. Sir Peter Westmacott served as Prince Charles’ deputy private secretary, and joins the show to offer his reflections.
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Pope Francis' First Ever Visit to Iraq
S2021 E3178 - 2m 33s
Pope Francis is making the first visit to Iraq in the history of the papacy. Iraqi Christians have been targets of persecution at the hands of Al Qaeda and ISIS, with thousands having fled the country. Correspondent Ben Wedeman is on the ground in Baghdad, and joins the show with an update on the visit.
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Author Isabel Allende's Feminist Journey
S2021 E3178 - 2m 12s
Author Isabel Allende had to flee her homeland following the U.S.-backed coup in Chile in 1973. Today the author is famed for such novels as "The House of the Spirits" and her touching, nonfiction-like "Paula." Restless and imaginative as ever, Allende is now ready to release "The Soul of a Woman," a memoir of her feminist journey.
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The War Stories America Needs to Hear
S2021 E3178 - 17m 51s
Matt Eversmann and James Patterson's new book "Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America’s Bravest Warriors" tells the story of 85 veterans from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. Eversmann and Patterson speak with Walter Isaacson about how we can better understand our military.
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