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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Lawrence Wright Discusses "The Plague Year"
S2021 E3135 - 2m 23s
With 20 million cases and more than 350,000 deaths, COVID-19 has ravaged America while also exposing many of the country’s deepest societal and structural failings. What went wrong – and what lies ahead? Veteran journalist Lawrence Wright has spent these months studying the destruction caused by the virus in America, as reported in his epic piece for The New Yorker titled “The Plague Year.”
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President Trump's Attempts to Overturn Election
S2021 E3135 - 2m 58s
It’s election day once again, but this time only in the state of Georgia. Voters headed back to the polls for another high-stakes vote in the midst of the pandemic. The outcome will determine control of the Senate. Christiane speaks with historian Anne Applebaum and journalist Fintan O’Toole about this and President Trump's repeated attempts to overturn the results of the presidential election.
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Author Ijeoma Oluo on the Dangers of White Male Mediocrity
S2021 E3135 - 18m 11s
2020 brought a new focus to the structural racism that persists in America, with books such as "So You Want to Talk About Race" hitting the bestseller list in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. Now, author Ijeoma Oluo has a new book for this time. In "Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America" she explores how society reinforces racial hierarchy regardless of merit.
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Surgeon Gen. Nominee: Every Unused Vaccine Is Someone's Life
S2021 E3134 - 17m 35s
Of the 20 million vaccinations promised before the new year, just over four million have been administered. Dr. Vivek Murthy is co-chair of President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board, and is set to step back into his former role of America’s surgeon general under the new administration. He speaks with Walter Isaacson about what is holding up the distribution and how to get it back on track.
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Virologist Discusses Emergence of New COVID-19 Strains
S2021 E3134 - 2m 53s
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is struggling to get up to speed. The virus is surging in many countries around the world, and new variants are causing concern amongst scientists. Christiane speaks with virologist Peter Piot who currently acts as adviser to the President of the European Commission on pandemic response.
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Carol Moseley Braun Discusses Georgia Runoff Election
S2021 E3134 - 2m 51s
The Georgia senate runoff election on Tuesday will determine the balance of power in Congress -- and President-elect Biden’s capacity to get his legislative agenda through. How likely is it that the state’s two senate seats will flip blue?
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William Cohen Discusses Ex-Defense Secretaries' Open Letter
S2021 E3134 - 2m 5s
Ten former defense secretaries have signed an unprecedented letter warning against calling in the armed forces over election disputes. One of the co-signers, former Republican senator William Cohen, joins Christiane to explain the urgency of this issue.
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