May 14, 2024
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
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March 29, 2022
S2022 E4194 - 55m 1s
Ivo Daalder and Andrey Kortunov discuss what the parameters of an end to the war in Ukraine might look like. Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, gives an update on casualties. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, explains how the war could push millions around the world to starvation.
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March 28, 2022
S2022 E4193 - 55m 41s
Ilya Ponomarev is fighting this war right alongside the Ukrainian people – despite being a former member of the Russian parliament. Fiona Hill discusses the impact of Biden’s remarks in Warsaw – which the White House insists were not a call for regime change in Russia – and how Putin is likely to react. New talks between Ukraine and Russia are set to begin tomorrow in Istanbul.
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March 24, 2022
S2022 E4191 - 55m 37s
It was a day of intense activity at an emergency NATO summit in Brussels, where Biden joined 29 other world leaders in a united front against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Madeleine Albright died yesterday at 84. Hillary Clinton discusses Albright's legacy. How will Putin respond to sanctions? Will he look for a diplomatic solution to the war, or will he be more likely to escalate?
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March 23, 2022
S2022 E4190 - 55m 39s
European Council President Charles Michel explains what needs to be done to defeat Putin. Ambassador Vsevolod Chentsov discusses Ukraine's fight to take back territory from Russian troops. Rep. Elissa Slotkin discusses her constituents' attitudes toward tough sanctions against Russia. Former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden explains why now is the time to pick up the pace on public health.
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March 22, 2022
S2022 E4189 - 55m 47s
Dmitry Peskov has served as Putin’s chief spokesperson and close confidante for more than 20 years, and he joins the program for an exclusive interview. Bellingcat is tirelessly working to track, verify or debunk information surrounding the war in Ukraine. Too often, ordinary citizens get caught up in the day’s geopolitical drama. Jason Rezaian discusses how to help those used as bargaining chips.
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March 21, 2022
S2022 E4188 - 55m 34s
President Zelensky's chief diplomatic adviser discusses the latest news on the Ukraine war. Evelyn Farkas explains what the West needs to do to rein in Putin. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen discusses his Oscar-nominated film "Flee."
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March 18, 2022
S2022 E4187 - 55m 45s
Scholar and author Francis Fukuyama discusses whether the U.S.-led liberal world order can survive -- and whether America has the moral authority and the will to lead. Should Putin succeed in shredding the world order, will leadership come from Russia, China, or both? Photojournalist Lynsey Addario captured an image that shocked the world and became one of the defining images of the Ukraine war.
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March 17, 2022
S2022 E4186 - 55m 48s
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand joins the program from Brussels, where NATO defense ministers met today to seek a way of ending the war. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko explains why Putin is the whole world's problem, not just Ukraine's. Sen. Tim Kaine tells Michel Martin what Congress plans to do if Russia escalates the war.
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March 16, 2022
S2022 E4185 - 55m 46s
"It was simply impossible to stay silent.” This is the reason given by an editor for Russian state TV for risking everything to speak out against Putin’s war. Seth Moulton discusses Ukraine's President Zelensky's speech. Andrew Forrest says the time to stop buying Russian oil and gas is now. Russian-born American journalist Julia Ioffe speaks about the future of Russia.
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March 15, 2022
S2022 E4184 - 55m 56s
Journalist Mikhail Zygar discusses Russian citizens' growing dissent against the war in Ukraine. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch explains why she thinks "we need to do everything we can to help Ukraine." The New Yorker's David Remnick joins Walter Isaacson to explore Putin's past.
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March 10, 2022
S2022 E4181 - 55m 57s
Poland’s Ambassador in D.C discussed the Russia-Ukraine War. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret.) explains the latest military moves in the Russia-Ukraine War. Yevgenia Albats risks imprisonment to join Michel Martin from Moscow and discuss the danger of a misinformation war.
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March 9, 2022
S2022 E4180 - 55m 40s
Ukraine's former prime minister gives an update on the war. Leonid Volkov discusses Russian attitudes toward Putin. Journalist Aida Cerkez reflects on the parallels between the Bosnian War and the war in Ukraine. Former top defense official Michèle Flournoy explains the impact the crisis will have on America's security interests, particularly when it comes to China.
Extras + Features
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"Stranger Things"' David Harbour on Fame and Mental Health
S2022 E5007 - 2m 39s
David Harbour plays the heroic police chief Jim Hopper in Netflix’s record-breaking smash hit series "Stranger Things." Even as the series is streamed to millions of homes worldwide, Harbour is starring in the play "Mad House" on the London stage. He speaks with Christiane about fame, mental health, and what’s next for him.
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"The Pandemonium Prime Minister:" Boris Johnson Resigns
S2022 E5005 - 1m 42s
Boris Johnson’s term in office is one of the shortest in post-1900 British history. Whether he has sufficient legitimacy to stay on as caretaker prime minister remains in question. To assess Johnson's legacy and the historical parallels, historians Simon Schama and Catherine Haddon join the show.
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7 Tips on How To Navigate Your Way Through a Recession
S2022 E5003 - 16m 20s
With record high inflation rates around the world and skyrocketing gas prices, the risk of a recession is on the minds of many. In a recent article for The Washington Post, financial columnist Michelle Singletary offered seven ways to prepare for a recession. She joins Michel Martin to explain.
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Climate Change Could Result in "Mass Casualty"
S2022 E5001 - 17m
SCOTUS has voted to curb the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions. This comes amid a period of increasingly extreme weather around the world. More than 40 million Americans were under heat advisory last week. Kristie Ebi has been researching the health risks of climate change for decades, and she tells Hari Sreenivasan that death rates will increase unless response systems are improved.
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Jamal Greene: "How Rights Went Wrong"
S2022 E4261 - 16m 47s
Having reversed Roe v. Wade and loosened gun laws in New York, the Supreme Court looks more like a political body than an independent judiciary, say experts like Jamal Greene. Greene, a Columbia law professor, is author of "How Rights Went Wrong." He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the high stakes of America’s constitutional conflict.
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U.S Headed to a One Party State Unless “Americans Wake Up"
S2022 E4260 - 17m 18s
Jason Stanley, an expert on authoritarianism, has been an adviser to the January 6 committee. The author of "How Fascism Works" speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the hearings and the state of democracy in America.
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The History of the Anti-Abortion Movement
S2022 E4259 - 17m 52s
As the anti-abortion movement evolved in the United States, a group of women influenced the strategy and ideology that perists today. Karissa Haugeberg is a historian and author of "Women Against Abortion." She speaks with Walter Isaacson to trace the history of the movement and those who shaped it.
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Ukrainian First Lady: “Our Relationship Is on Pause”
S2022 E4259 - 2m 4s
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska is busy on many fronts, rallying the world to Ukraine’s cause, supporting her people during this devastating war, and being a mother to two children. In a TV exclusive from Kyiv, she tells Christiane that her relationship is necessarily on pause, like so many other families fighting for their nation’s survival.
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Fmr. Pro-Life Leader Rev. Schenck on Abortion Ruling
S2022 E4258 - 18m
Overturning Roe v. Wade has been the goal of a decades-long campaign by activists like Rev. Robert Schenck. He was a high-profile organizer and spokesman for Operation Rescue in New York State, a particularly aggressive anti-abortion group. Then a series of events forced Schenck to re-evaluate the term “pro-life” and the power of words, as he explains to Michel Martin.
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Rohingya Forgotten and Stuck In World’s Largest Refugee Camp
S2022 E4257 - 17m 24s
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh after a brutal military campaign of killing five years ago. Dr. Mohsina Chaklader has been visiting the now infamous refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, since those killings. She’s the medical chair of Humanity Auxilium, and joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the conditions refugees are facing there.
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If the Rioters Found Pence “They Would've Killed Him”
S2022 E4256 - 17m 50s
The January 6 hearings have aired powerful testimonies from those impacted by the attack on the Capitol. One person following closely is Olivia Troye, former homeland security and counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. She joins Michel Martin to discuss Trump's effort to coerce Pence, the danger to his life, and what the GOP needs to do to mitigate domestic terrorism.
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Sportswashing: Countries Use Sports To Distract From Crimes
S2022 E4255 - 18m 10s
Is 2022 the year of sportswashing? The Beijing Winter Olympics and the Qatar World Cup have shed a light on the relationship between major sporting events and governments hoping to clean up their image. Sports journalist Dave Zirin joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.
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