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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 26, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 26, 2022

    S2022 E5041 - 55m 42s

    Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. is Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force and the first Black officer to lead a branch of the military. He speaks with Christiane from the Pentagon. “Stranger Things” actor David Harbour speaks about fame, mental health, and what’s next for him. Activist Helen Zia discusses the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crime and why the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982 still matters today.

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

    August 25, 2022

    S2022 E5040 - 55m 35s

    Britain handed Hong Kong back to China 25 years ago. The last governor of Hong Kong discusses the 1997 handover, and how Hong Kong has changed. Michelle Zauner discusses her creative success in literature and in music. SCOTUS has voted to curb the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions. Kristie Ebi says that death rates will increase unless response systems are improved.

  • August 24, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 24, 2022

    S2022 E5039 - 55m 19s

    Half of Afghanistan’s population faces acute food insecurity, with almost 9 million on the brink of famine. Christiane presses Deputy Taliban leader Sirajuddin Haqqani on women’s rights — and whether the Taliban will commit to fair elections and a more inclusive government. Activist Mahbouba Seraj speaks out for Afghan women. Domestic terrorism expert Tom O’Connor discusses the Buffalo shooting.

  • August 23, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 23, 2022

    S2022 E5038 - 55m 40s

    The Taliban’s deputy leader joins Christiane for his first-ever interview with a western news organization. Laurel Miller and Margot Wallström discuss the Taliban’s treatment of women and girls. David Gergen, author of “Hearts Touched With Fire,” explains why the torch of leadership must now be passed to the next generation.

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

    August 22, 2022

    S2022 E5037 - 55m 40s

    Former Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev offers unique insight into the Kremlin leadership. Ben Hodges, former Commander of American forces in Europe analyzes the balance of power on the battlefield in Ukraine. Eliyahu Stern, Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale, explains how right wing parties are exploiting a new definition of antisemitism.

  • August 19, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 19, 2022

    S2022 E5036 - 55m 40s

    Russian propaganda expert Peter Pomerantsev discusses Kremlin strategy. Habib Khan, co-founder of Afghan Peace Watch, discusses recent brutal attacks in Afghan cities. “The Emergency” author Dr. Thomas Fisher reflects on the state of American healthcare.

  • August 18, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 18, 2022

    S2022 E5035 - 55m 39s

    We take a look at some of Christiane’s interviews with Secretary Madeleine Albright. Several towns and villages in the east have reportedly fallen to Russia. The International Monetary Fund is slashing global growth estimates, and the World Bank is warning that we’re in for the biggest commodity price shock in 50 years. Juliette Kayyem discusses what we can learn from dealing with catastrophe.

  • August 17, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 17, 2022

    S2022 E5034 - 55m 40s

    Chilean Environment Minister Maisa Rojas discusses climate action in Latin America. Producer Dan Edge discusses the new Frontline series “The Power of Big Oil.” Climate justice activist Svitlana Romano explains why the war in Ukraine is an environmental disaster.

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

    August 16, 2022

    S2022 E5033 - 55m 40s

    Benjamin Ferencz is the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials. He speaks about his experience, and his thoughts about the war in Ukraine. Journalist Mark Follman has spent the past decade researching gun violence in America. His new book “Trigger Points” details how leaders could go beyond thoughts and prayers and actually address the problem.

  • August 15, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 15, 2022

    S2022 E5032 - 55m 40s

    Poland’s prime minister gives an exclusive interview on the war in Ukraine. Chef José Andrés discusses the World Central Kitchen’s efforts to distribute hundreds of thousands of hot meals to Ukrainians. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili compares the situation in Ukraine to Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008. Journalist Mike Giglio discusses the ongoing January 6 investigation.

  • August 12, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 12, 2022

    S2022 E5031 - 55m 43s

    Elliot Ackerman explains why he believes America’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan represented the collapse of its morals. A new HBO documentary is exploring Princess Diana's death and the difficult questions it triggered in unsparing detail. In a new memoir, Jennette McCurdy opens up about the difficulties she faced as a child actress, including her troubled relationship with her mother.

  • August 11, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    August 11, 2022

    S2022 E5030 - 55m 28s

    Patrick Gaspard discusses the potential for inflation to ease in the United States. Author Philip Short discusses his new biography of Vladimir Putin. Correspondent Larry Madowo offers analysis of Kenya's elections. Journalist Jane Mayer details how gerrymandered state houses are passing extreme right-wing legislation that is out of step with public opinion.

Extras + Features

  • Finnish President: Putin Is Clearly Making a Nuclear Threat: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Finnish President: Putin Is Clearly Making a Nuclear Threat

    S2022 E4183 - 1m 52s

    Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö has known Putin for a decade and often acts as a de facto interpreter, explaining the Russian president's thinking to Western allies – and vice versa. Niinistö is among a handful of world leaders who continue to contact the Russian president, trying to put a stop to the war. Christiane speaks with Niinistö in London to get a sense of Putin’s endgame.

  • Martin Griffiths: The Double Standards Towards Refugees: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Martin Griffiths: The Double Standards Towards Refugees

    S2022 E4183 - 1m 47s

    Russia claims it is opening humanitarian corridors from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol to enable civilians to evacuate. But it is too late for many. To discuss the dire humanitarian situation, Christiane speaks with the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffiths.

  • War Crimes in Ukraine? "Vladimir Putin Incriminates Himself": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    War Crimes in Ukraine? "Vladimir Putin Incriminates Himself"

    S2022 E4183 - 17m 41s

    Numerous war crimes investigations are in process against the Putin regime. David Scheffer was the first U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, leading the U.S. delegation in talks to establish the International Criminal Court. Scheffer speaks with Michel Martin to evaluate the chances of convicting Putin and his henchmen.

  • Guillermo del Toro's Inspiration for "Nightmare Alley": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Guillermo del Toro's Inspiration for "Nightmare Alley"

    S2022 E4182 - 2m 7s

    In the new Oscar-nominated film "Nightmare Alley," Bradley Cooper plays a 1930s grifter who reinvents himself as a mentalist -- and then falls into the trap of believing his own hype. Guillermo del Toro directed and co-wrote the film, and he speaks with Christiane about his story's painful relevance for these times.

  • TV Rain Editor-in-Chief Flees Russia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    TV Rain Editor-in-Chief Flees Russia

    S2022 E4182 - 2m 49s

    Tonight Christiane speaks to those on the front lines of the information war. Tikhon Dzyadko recently had to flee Russia after his independent TV channel was banned, and U.S. journalist Danny Fenster was imprisoned for 176 days by Myanmar’s military junta after the coup there last year.

  • Russian Misinformation Is "A Military Assault” on the West: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Russian Misinformation Is "A Military Assault” on the West

    S2022 E4182 - 17m 32s

    In Russia, access to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter is now restricted. But Carole Cadwalladr says that trying to ban information is “like trying to ban oxygen.” A journalist for The Guardian, she exposed the harvesting of personal Facebook data for political campaigns. Cadwalladr speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about Putin’s information war on Ukraine and the West.

  • Marek Magierowski: "Russia is Losing This War Right Now": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Marek Magierowski: "Russia is Losing This War Right Now"

    S2022 E4181 - 2m 40s

    The White House, warning that Russia may up the ante in Ukraine, is declassifying intelligence in a bid to deter Putin from using chemical weapons. Russia, while denying it is targeting civilians, bombed a maternity hospital in the city of Mariupol, sparking global outrage. The Russian Foreign Minister met with his Ukrainian counterpart in Turkey, although no progress was made toward a ceasefire.

  • Russian Journalist: Putin Is " A Sick Man With a Sick Mind”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Russian Journalist: Putin Is " A Sick Man With a Sick Mind”

    S2022 E4181 - 19m 6s

    Independent journalism has been all but silenced in Russia under new censorship laws that make it a crime to call the war a war, or to say Russia is attacking civilian infrastructure. But Yevgenia Albats continues to defy the government’s restrictions. She is editor-in-chief of The New Times magazine, and a radio host at Echo of Moscow – both independent media organizations recently shut down by t

  • Ben Hodges: “I Believe That Ukraine Is Going To Win": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ben Hodges: “I Believe That Ukraine Is Going To Win"

    S2022 E4181 - 2m 41s

    Heavy fighting continues around Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. What might happen as the conflict intensifies? Ben Hodges was a brigade commander during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and later commanded the U.S. Army in Europe.

  • Michèle Flournoy: “We Need to…Help the Ukrainians”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Michèle Flournoy: “We Need to…Help the Ukrainians”

    S2022 E4180 - 18m 6s

    Former Under-Secretary of Defense Michèle Flournoy has close ties with the Clinton and Obama administrations, as well as with current Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Flournoy joins Walter Isaacson to discuss the impact of the Ukraine crisis on America’s security interests -- particularly in the case of China.

  • “Putin Is a War Criminal" — Ukraine's Fmr. Prime Minister: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “Putin Is a War Criminal" — Ukraine's Fmr. Prime Minister

    S2022 E4180 - 2m 41s

    NATO nations are working against the clock to get weapons to the Ukrainian defenders. Despite repeated promises, Russia’s so-called humanitarian corridors are non-operational, and civilians are bearing the brunt of artillery attacks on their homes, schools, shops, and hospitals. For more on this, Christiane speaks with Ukraine’s former prime minister.

  • Leonid Volkov: Putin's Russian Support Base Is Vanishing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Leonid Volkov: Putin's Russian Support Base Is Vanishing

    S2022 E4180 - 2m 58s

    Today the European Union slapped a fourth round of sanctions on an already beleaguered Russian economy. But what are the country's citizens being told about the war next door? Christiane speaks with Leonid Volkov, chief of staff to Russia’s jailed opposition leader, Alexey Navalny.

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