April 26, 2024
Actor Michael Stuhlbarg and director Rupert Goold discuss their new Broadway play "Patriots" about the rise of Vladamir Putin. Michael Arceneaux reflects on his journey of overcoming societal barriers in his book "I Finally Bought Some Jordans.” From the archives: Anti-apartheid campaigners Andrew Mlangeni and Peter Hain reflect on the end of aparthied.
Episodes
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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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"Bad Bets" Podcast Details the Fall of Enron
S2021 E4078 - 2m 59s
The fall of Enron was a scandal that rocked the business world so hard that its aftershocks are still being felt 20 years later. The Texas energy giant was then the seventh largest company in the U.S., with a claimed revenue of over $100 billion. But beneath the surface, the company was concealing huge losses within a complex web of outside deals. What went wrong?
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Jack Straw: Reflecting on Colin Powell's Legacy and Death
S2021 E4078 - 2m 58s
Jack Straw was Powell’s British counterpart during the buildup to the Iraq War, serving as U.K. Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Tony Blair. He joins the program to reflect on his friend’s legacy.
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The Inaugural Earthshot Awards
S2021 E4078 - 2m 59s
The inaugural Earthshot Awards were held in London this weekend to honor innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Founded by Prince William and naturalist David Attenborough, Earthshot awarded a prize of more than $1.3 million to each of its five winners. Among them was Vaitea Cowan, honored for her group’s innovation of a compact electrolyzer.
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Robert Draper: "To Start a War" and Colin Powell
S2021 E4078 - 2m 56s
For more on Powell’s legacy, Bianna speaks with journalist Robert Draper, whose recent book "To Start a War" chronicled the decisions and key players that led to invasion.
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Why Andrew Yang Left the Democratic Party
S2021 E4077 - 18m 6s
Andrew Yang ran for president in 2020 and for mayor of New York earlier this year. Now he's announced he’s leaving the Democratic Party entirely to launch a new party. The Forward Party shares its name with Yang's new book, which charts his experience in the 2020 presidential campaign. He speaks about the inspiration behind the book, his new party, and his vision for American politics.
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U.K. Conservative Member of Parliament Murdered
S2021 E4077 - 2m 41s
Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery, a regular session of one-on-one meetings between lawmakers and voters and a cornerstone of British democracy. A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing, but the motive remains unclear. It is the second killing of a sitting U.K. lawmaker in five years.
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Josep Borrell on The EU's Pressing Concerns
S2021 E4077 - 2m 21s
The European Union is facing a number of pressing concerns right now -- from Afghanistan to the Iran nuclear deal to the threat of a Polish exit from the bloc. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, joins the show from Washington D.C., fresh from a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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The Global Energy Crunch and Broader Economic Threats
S2021 E4076 - 3m
Empty supermarket shelves. Soaring utility bills. Sky-high gas prices. The global energy crunch is hitting supply chains and consumers hard, interfering with the effort to recover from the pandemic and last year’s harsh winter. To discuss this and broader threats to the global economy, Christiane speaks with New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.
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Julie Delpy: "On the Verge" of Middle Age
S2021 E4076 - 2m 55s
Julie Delpy aspires to change our outlook on aging with her new series "On the Verge," celebrating the changing lives of four female friends living and working in Los Angeles – all on the verge of middle age. The show clearly struck a chord. In its debut episode it made Netflix's list of top ten shows. Delpy joins the show from L.A. to discuss the series and what inspired her to make it.
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Dave Grohl: "I Was Scared" to Write About Kurt Cobain
S2021 E4076 - 17m 50s
Dave Grohl is best known as the Foo Fighters' front man and former Nirvana drummer. In his newly released memoir "The Storyteller," the 16-time Grammy winner relates his story of growing up in Washington, D.C., touring as a teenager, and his friendship with the late Kurt Cobain. Grohl speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about grief -- and finding rhythm in unusual places.
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Afghanistan is Running Out of Food and Money
S2021 E4075 - 2m 49s
Afghanistan, home to 38 million people, is running out of food and money. The White House is making it clear it wants to provide assistance directly to the Afghan people. Joining Christiane is Fawzia Koofi, a former Afghan politician who was part of the team negotiating with the Taliban, and -- from Kabul -- Mary-Ellen McGroarty, the World Food Programme's Director for Afghanistan.
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Kimberlé Crenshaw: How R. Kelly Was Able to Dodge Justice
S2021 E4075 - 3m
Columbia law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw is world-renowned for her work on racism and sexism in America. Preeminent in her field, she coined the term "intersectionality" back in 1989. In a recent essay for The New York Times, "How R. Kelly Got Away With It," Crenshaw argues that the R&B star was able to dodge justice for so long because of a "societal disregard for Black women.
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