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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 10, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 10, 2022

    S2022 E5029 - 55m 44s

    David McKenzie brings us the latest from Ukraine. Trump's grip on the GOP is the inevitable result of the party’s decades-long transformation, argues Dana Milbank. Islamic Jihad militants continue their uneasy truce with Israel. Mohsin Hamid discusses his latest novel, "The Last White Man." A new study finds that cross-class connections are key in helping children rise out of poverty.

  • August 9, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 9, 2022

    S2022 E5028 - 55m 42s

    Neal Katyal discusses the FBI's search of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) discusses Kansas voters' strong backing of abortion rights. Jean-Martin Bauer of the World Food Programme explains the political and humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Plus, we revisit Walter Isaacson's 2019 interview with the late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough.

  • August 5, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 5, 2022

    S2022 E5026 - 55m 27s

    New Yorker writer Susan Glasser breaks down the past week in global politics. Director Ron Howard and producer Raymond Phathanavirangoon discuss their new film "Thirteen Lives." Historian Evan Thomas reflects on the United States' bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

  • August 3, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 3, 2022

    S2022 E5024 - 55m 26s

    Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala discusses reproductive rights. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield explains what can be done to mitigate the world's food supply crisis. Jose Ramos and Andrew Myatt discuss a new bill to expand healthcare benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Dr. Ashwin Vasan discusses the monkeypox crisis.

  • August 2, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 2, 2022

    S2022 E5023 - 55m 44s

    New details are emerging about the U.S. attack that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. For more on the killing of Zawahiri, retired Admiral William McRaven joins the program. America’s ambassador in Kyiv joins the show to discuss the latest from Ukraine. Larry Summers helped convince Senator Joe Manchin to support the climate and healthcare bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act.

  • July 29, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 29, 2022

    S2022 E5021 - 55m 43s

    As the war in Ukraine rages on Russia’s economy has been “catastrophically crippled” by Western sanctions. How is President Putin able to finance his war machine? In Haiti, brutal gang violence has surged since the assassination of the president. "The Kite Runner" has been adapted as a Broadway play. With COVID-19 cases once again rising in the U.S., health experts are predicting a winter wave.

  • July 28, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 28, 2022

    S2022 E5020 - 55m 43s

    The Financial Times' Rana Foroohar discusses the possibility of a global recession. Sen. Chris Coons reacts to the Democrats' breakthrough on climate and healthcare. Former U.S. soccer star Briana Scurry discusses her new memoir "My Greatest Save." Actors Dale Dickey and Wes Studi explain their roles in the new film "A Love Song."

  • July 27, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 27, 2022

    S2022 E5019 - 55m 44s

    This season California has seen wildfires unprecedented in scope -- witness the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park. The U.K. provided Ukraine with more solid support, financially and militarily, than any other European nation. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is accessible at an easy-to-remember 3-digit dialing code: 988. The director of the new documentary "Fire of Love" joins the show.

  • July 26, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 26, 2022

    S2022 E5018 - 55m 34s

    Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister discusses the EU's decision to reduce natural gas consumption by 15% between August and next March. Former Ambassador William Taylor discusses the latest on the war in Ukraine. "The Facemaker" author Lindsey Fitzharris explains the history of plastic surgery. Tom Nichols weighs in on the current state of the Republican Party.

  • July 25, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 25, 2022

    S2022 E5017 - 55m 43s

    WHO has termed monkeypox a global health emergency. Epidemiologist Anne Rimoin discusses the state of global public health. Rafael Grossi is warning that Iran’s nuclear program is “galloping ahead." Condoleezza Rice talks Putin, Ukraine and threats to democracy at home and abroad. Paul Andrew, a survivor of one of Canada's Catholic-run residential schools for indigenous children, joins the show.

  • July 22, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 22, 2022

    S2022 E5016 - 55m 12s

    Paul Rosenzweig weighs in on the latest January 6th hearing. Mental health advocate Aaron Stark discusses America's gun violence epidemic. Tikhon Dzyadko discusses the return of Russia's last independent TV station, TV Rain, which is now being produced in Latvia.

  • July 21, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    July 21, 2022

    S2022 E5015 - 55m 34s

    Texas doctors denied Marleena Stell the abortion she needed after suffering a miscarriage late last year. Emily Wales, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, discusses reproductive rights. Malcolm Nance discusses far right ideologies, as well as his own experience fighting in Ukraine. Jason Kander on his new book "Invisible Storm." Simon Mejia on music as activism.

Extras + Features

  • How Jan. 6 Hearings Impact GOP Voters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Jan. 6 Hearings Impact GOP Voters

    S2022 E4254 - 18m 6s

    With the January 6 hearings having passed the halfway mark, what have we learned -- and how engaged is the American public? Lifelong Republican Sarah Longwell is co-founder of Defending Democracy Together and executive director of the Republican Accountability Project. She has been hosting weekly focus groups since the start of the investigations, gauging political sentiment across the spectrum.

  • “The Janes:” An Underground Abortion Network Before Roe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “The Janes:” An Underground Abortion Network Before Roe

    S2022 E4253 - 17m 39s

    The Supreme Court will soon make a final ruling on Roe v. Wade and the future of abortion in America. "The Janes" is a new HBO documentary that takes us back to the late 60s and early 70s, when abortion was illegal and the Jane Underground Collective provided a space for pregnant women in Chicago to seek help.

  • The Significance of Juneteenth: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Significance of Juneteenth

    S2022 E4253 - 2m 52s

    Today America marks Juneteenth with a federal holiday, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. It honors the day the last slaves in Galveston, Texas learned that they were free, on June 19, 1865. Prof. Carol Anderson explains the holiday's significance.

  • Woodward & Bernstein on Jan. 6 & Why Watergate Still Matters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Woodward & Bernstein on Jan. 6 & Why Watergate Still Matters

    S2022 E4252 - 19m 8s

    June 17, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the break-in that began the Watergate scandal. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, two junior Washington Post reporters at the time, helped uncover the story of Richard Nixon’s attempt to undermine democracy. With Donald Trump’s actions now in the spotlight, Woodward and Bernstein join Walter to reflect on Watergate and its relevance today.

  • Capitol Police Officer Discusses Jan. 6 Hearings: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Capitol Police Officer Discusses Jan. 6 Hearings

    S2022 E4251 - 18m

    The hearings on Capitol Hill are steadily revealing new information about the January 6 insurrection. For Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, it’s not an easy watch. This is because he lived it. The Capitol Hill police officer sustained permanent injury as he was punched, kicked and sprayed with chemical irritants while defending the Capitol. Sgt. Gonell speaks with Michel Martin about accountability.

  • Inmate-Turned-Investigative-Journalist on U.S. Prisons: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Inmate-Turned-Investigative-Journalist on U.S. Prisons

    S2022 E4250 - 17m 2s

    America's prison system is broken. This according to award-winning criminal justice reporter Keri Blakinger, who was incarcerated for drug possession in college. Blakinger's new memoir details her path from competitive figure skater to convict to journalist. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss her experience and her work.

  • Rebecca Traister Dissects Sen. Feinstein's Political Career: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rebecca Traister Dissects Sen. Feinstein's Political Career

    S2022 E4249 - 18m 36s

    In her latest profile, journalist and author Rebecca Traister examines the five-decade career of Senator Dianne Feinstein -- from San Francisco to the U.S. Senate, where she is still a voting member at 88. Traister joins Michel Martin to discuss how, in her words, “the generation whose entry into politics was enabled by progressive reforms has allowed those victories to be taken away.”

  • Jack Welch Broke Capitalism & Ushered In an Era of Distrust: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jack Welch Broke Capitalism & Ushered In an Era of Distrust

    S2022 E4248 - 17m 35s

    The brutality of corporate America and the malaise of the American labor market are being traced back to one businessman: former General Electric CEO Jack Welch. Walter Isaacson speaks with author David Gelles about the legacy of America’s first celebrity CEO -- referenced in the title of Gelles' new book as "The Man Who Broke Capitalism."

  • The Origins of the "ABBA Voyage" Virtual Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Origins of the "ABBA Voyage" Virtual Concert

    S2022 E4248 - 2m 39s

    42 years after its last live concert, ABBA has come back to life with "ABBA Voyage," a spectacular concert event running at a purpose-built theater in east London. The production showcases four “ABBA-tars,” digital renditions of the real foursome as they looked in their 70s heyday. ABBA co-founder Björn Ulvaeus joins the show from Stockholm.

  • Amb. Lipstadt: Racism and Antisemitism “Firmly Intertwined”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Amb. Lipstadt: Racism and Antisemitism “Firmly Intertwined”

    S2022 E4247 - 17m 34s

    The United States racked up almost 3,000 incidents of antisemitic behavior in 2021 -- the highest number recorded in over 40 years. Deborah Lipstadt, professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory University, is the newly appointed Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. She joins Walter Isaacson to discuss the rise and the pervasive nature of these attacks.

  • Emma Thompson on "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Emma Thompson on "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande"

    S2022 E4247 - 2m 46s

    Two-time Academy Award winner Dame Emma Thompson bares all in "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande," a new film about a woman's right to pleasure without shame. Thompson plays a widowed religion teacher who's never had an orgasm -- and decides to do something about it. She

  • How Laundering A Conspiracy Theory Can Turn It Into "Truth": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Laundering A Conspiracy Theory Can Turn It Into "Truth"

    S2022 E4246 - 17m 29s

    Tonight, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is holding the first in a series of televised hearings. Nicole Hemmer is an author and historian specializing in the history of conservative media in the U.S. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the significance of this moment and what it means for American democracy.

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