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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 14, 2024

55m 53s

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."

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

  • 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.

  • The Importance of Vaccines Throughout History: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Importance of Vaccines Throughout History

    S2021 E3139 - 2m 20s

    Nearly 9 million Americans have received their first dose of the vaccine, while President-elect Biden received his second dose today. Dr. Peter Salk was just nine years old in 1953 when he got his polio vaccine, which was developed by his own father, Jonas Salk. Now an infectious disease expert himself, Peter Salk joins the show to discuss the importance of vaccines, then and now.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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