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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Lynsey Addario: “They Were Killed Before Our Eyes”
S2022 E4187 - 18m 51s
In Ukraine, New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario captured an image that shocked the world and became one of the defining images of this war: a mother, her two children, and a friend, all killed by Russian mortar fire when fleeing Irpin. In a week that saw four journalists killed while covering the war, she speaks about it means to witness history.
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Can a U.S.-Led World Order Survive After Ukraine ?
S2022 E4187 - 2m 31s
Whether Putin wins or loses, it’s clear there’s no returning to the status quo ante. What will emerge from this crisis in the center of Europe? The fate of democracy is at stake. What can a new world order look like? Scholar and author Francis Fukuyama joins the show to discuss whether the U.S.-led world order can survive -- and whether America has the moral authority and the will to lead.
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Viktor Yushchenko: "The Pres. Putin I Used To Know" Is Gone
S2022 E4186 - 2m 2s
As President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko started turning his nation's interests westward, responding to the people’s demands for closer ties with the West. Yushchenko believes, even now, that NATO should have welcomed Ukraine to the organization when he asked for membership back in 2008. He joins the show from Ukraine to discuss.
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Is the U.S. Doing Enough in Ukraine? Sen. Kaine Weighs In
S2022 E4186 - 18m 15s
Yesterday President Biden announced hundreds of millions of dollars in new security aid for Ukraine, along with thousands of new missile systems. But will it be enough? Senator Tim Kaine is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, and he speaks with Michel Martin about what Congress plans to do if Russia escalates its war.
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Canadian Defense Minister Discusses Mariupol Bombing
S2022 E4186 - 2m 3s
In Brussels, NATO defense ministers met today to seek a way of ending the war and putting a stop to Russia's aggression. Canadian defense minister Anita Anand met with her U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin in preparation for next week’s NATO summit, which President Biden and the other alliance leaders will attend.
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Russian TV Protester: It Was "Impossible to Stay Silent"
S2022 E4185 - 2m 51s
"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 Vladimir Putin’s war. Marina Ovsyannikova's defiance was cheered around the world as an act of bravery, punching a small but important six-second hole in the relentless flood of propaganda being broadcast to the Russian people.
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Investing in Russia: "Get Out Now. It is Blood Money."
S2022 E4185 - 2m 39s
Australian mining titan Andrew Forrest says the time to stop buying Russian oil and gas is now. He’s also pulled back from his renewable energy interests in the country, saying any profits to be made there would be blood money.
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Julia Ioffe: Why Ukraine Invasion Is Europe’s 9/11
S2022 E4185 - 17m 46s
As efforts continue to find a diplomatic solution for the war in Ukraine, the majority of Russians reportedly support Putin’s plan. Russian-born American journalist Julia Ioffe is a founding partner at Puck News and speaks with Walter Isaacson about the future of Russia.
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Rep. Moulton on Ukraine War: "We Need to Move More Quickly"
S2022 E4185 - 2m 55s
In an urgent address before Congress, Ukraine’s President Zelensky made a plea for help, directed to an American audience. Seth Moulton joined the Marines just months before 9/11, served four tours in Iraq, and now serves in Congress. He was at the Capitol for Zelensky’s speech, and joins the show from Capitol Hill.
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Marie Yovanovitch: “This Is a War of Extermination"
S2022 E4184 - 2m
Marie Yovanovitch has been at the center of the American-Ukrainian relationship for years. Having served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, she then became a household name as a witness during President Trump’s first impeachment trial. It was an experience she details in her new memoir, "Lessons from the Edge."
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Who Does Putin Trust? Russian Journalist Discusses
S2022 E4184 - 2m 57s
As Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds on, Moscow keeps the Russian people behind a propaganda wall. This wall was breached just fleetingly last night when an editor of Russia state TV news dashed onto the set, carrying a protest sign. Journalist Mikhail Zygar knows all too well what it’s like to go up against the Kremlin propaganda machine and joins the show to discuss.
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The New Yorker’s David Remnick: Is Putinism Doomed?
S2022 E4184 - 17m 31s
As a young KGB officer, Vladimir Putin took the collapse of the Soviet Union as a personal humiliation, and has repeatedly expressed his desire to redeem what he sees as lost glory. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick joins Walter Isaacson to discuss Putin’s past.
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