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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.

May 17, 2024

55m 53s

Correspondent Nic Robertson reports on the IDF announcement that the Israeli army found the bodies of three hostages in Gaza. The New York Times Magazine's Ronen Bergman discusses their investigation into settler violence in the West Bank. Bestselling author Kristin Hannah tells the story of female nurses in the Vietnam War in her book "The Women."

Episodes

  • May 13, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 13, 2021

    S2021 E3227 - 55m 43s

    Noura Erakat; Vladimir Chizhov; Francis Rooney; Jamal Simmons

  • May 12, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 12, 2021

    S2021 E3226 - 55m 50s

    More than 40 people have been killed since the beginning of Columbian anti-government protests. Police brutality in Columbia continues to escalate and neighboring countries look for answers.

  • May 11, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 11, 2021

    S2021 E3225 - 56m 5s

    Aaron David Miller; Marwan Muasher; Ana Porzecanski; Niall Ferguson

  • May 10, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 10, 2021

    S2021 E3224 - 55m 36s

    Tensions mounting in the middle east and Americans pandemic diets are questioned.

  • May 7, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 7, 2021

    S2021 E3223 - 56m 4s

    A new COVID-19 variant has emerged. Are Americans ready this time?

  • May 5, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 5, 2021

    S2021 E3221 - 55m 35s

    Christiane speaks with South African Foreign Minister Nalendi Pandor about what's ahead in Africa's fight against COVID. Kara Swisher discusses the upholding of President Trump's ban from Facebook. Cindy McCain remembers her late husband in a new book, "Stronger: Courage, Hope & Humor in My Life with John McCain." Barkha Dutt talks India's systemic failure in dealing with the pandemic.

  • May 4, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 4 2021

    S2021 E3220 - 55m 48s

    America’s vaccine rollout has seen more than half of adults get their first shots, but vaccine hesitancy remains an issue, especially among Republicans. So can anything change those minds?

  • May 3, 2021: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 3, 2021

    S2021 E3219 - 55m 32s

    Amy Klobuchar; Rana Ayyub; Amanda Bennett; Malcolm Gladwell

Extras + Features

  • The Significance of Social Media Banning Trump: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Significance of Social Media Banning Trump

    S2021 E3139 - 2m 57s

    The social media platforms that provided the megaphone for President Trump are now taking action by blocking the president – which raises another issue. What is the appropriate role of unelected business organizations in politics and free speech? Where’s the bar for hate speech, or incitement? And how effective can a ban be? No journalist is better plugged into this world than Kara Swisher.

  • Montana Senator Jon Tester: It Was Absolutely a Coup Attempt: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Montana Senator Jon Tester: It Was Absolutely a Coup Attempt

    S2021 E3139 - 17m 54s

    Senator Jon Tester of Montana was in his office, just a stone’s throw from the Capitol, when rioters attacked, and he calls Wednesday’s event “a terrorist act.” Aside from being a third-term lawmaker, Tester is the Senate’s only working farmer – a job that gives him a unique perspective on how Democrats might appeal to rural America. He joins Walter Isaacson.

  • A Rare Interview with Afghanistan's President and First Lady: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Rare Interview with Afghanistan's President and First Lady

    S2021 E3138 - 2m 37s

    One of the biggest issues being inherited by President-elect Biden is Afghanistan -- the site of America’s longest war. Just hours before the assault on the U.S. Capitol, Afghanistan’s president and first lady joined Christiane for an exclusive interview about the war, peace talks, coronavirus, and what relations with America will look like under President Biden.

  • Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson Reacts to Wednesday's Riot: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson Reacts to Wednesday's Riot

    S2021 E3138 - 17m 32s

    Following Wednesday's riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Lincoln Project is joining calls for President Trump to resign or be removed from office. Its co-founder Rick Wilson calls the violence “sedition and insurrection,” and speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what’s at stake.

  • Fiona Hill: "We've Got To Pull the Country Back Together": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fiona Hill: "We've Got To Pull the Country Back Together"

    S2021 E3138 - 2m 48s

    In the waning days of the Trump administration, Cabinet members are resigning, prosecutors are exploring possible charges, and the House is moving quickly on impeachment. Fiona Hill served on President Trump’s National Security Council and understands well the battle for truth against alternative facts and delusions.

  • Sen. Bill Cassidy: “I Think the President Should Be Worried”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sen. Bill Cassidy: “I Think the President Should Be Worried”

    S2021 E3137 - 17m 41s

    In the midst of the debates surrounding the certification of Biden’s win, U.S. lawmakers were forced to flee their respective chambers as the mob closed in. Among them was Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. He speaks with Walter Isaacson about what happened when white supremacists, anarchists and anti-Semites stormed the Capitol, and what should be done about President Trump now.

  • The Global Fallout of the U.S. Capitol Attack: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Global Fallout of the U.S. Capitol Attack

    S2021 E3137 - 2m 48s

    To discuss the global fallout of yesterday's attack on the U.S. Capitol, Christiane speaks with Kim Darroch, who served as the UK’s Ambassador to the United States during much of President Trump’s term, and former member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake, who now specializes in cybersecurity at Stanford.

  • Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Yesterday's Violence at the Capitol: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Yesterday's Violence at the Capitol

    S2021 E3137 - 2m 34s

    Following yesterday's attack on the U.S. Capitol, Congress has now certified Biden as victor in the presidential election. But two weeks remain in the Trump presidency, prompting calls for his removal via the 25th Amendment or impeachment. To discuss all this, Christiane speaks with the Democratic Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, who herself has been a target of lawless pro-Trump mobs.

  • Nurse Discusses the Strain on LA Healthcare Workers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Nurse Discusses the Strain on LA Healthcare Workers

    S2021 E3136 - 15m 37s

    According to the Los Angeles County Director of Public Health, people in LA County are dying of COVID-19 at the rate of one every ten minutes. The total number of cases has doubled in just over a month, and health workers are now being asked to ration oxygen. Registered nurse Nerissa Black from Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital tells Hari Sreenivasan what she's seeing from the front lines.

  • Paul Rosenzweig Reacts To Riot at US Capitol: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Paul Rosenzweig Reacts To Riot at US Capitol

    S2021 E3136 - 2m 46s

    Today, Congress was tasked with certifying the result of the presidential election -- a process that should have been a mere formality. Instead, thousands of armed pro-Trump demonstrators breached the barriers protecting the U.S. Capitol, calling for a halt to the certification. Paul Rosenzweig, a former high level official at the Department of Homeland Security, joins Christiane to discuss.

  • Princeton Prof.: What Georgia Results Reveal About America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Princeton Prof.: What Georgia Results Reveal About America

    S2021 E3136 - 2m 54s

    Eddie Glaude Jr. is a prominent academic on the African American experience and has closely documented systemic racism in America. He joins the show to speak about the Georgia election and what it says about the country.

  • Atlanta Mayor on Georgia's Extraordinary Political Shift: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Atlanta Mayor on Georgia's Extraordinary Political Shift

    S2021 E3136 - 2m 2s

    Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock will make history as Georgia's first Black senator. In the state’s other senatorial race, Democrat Jon Ossoff is claiming victory against incumbent Senator David Purdue. To discuss this extraordinary political shift in the Peach State, Christiane speaks with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

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