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."
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February 10, 2022
S2022 E4161 - 55m 47s
Rep. Karen Bass is teaming up with Republican Ann Wagner, co-sponsoring a bill to battle human trafficking and help its survivors. Melissa Bell reports on how the weather might impact a Russian invasion. Bill Hayes explores the history of our relationship with exercise in his new book, "Sweat." Public Wise has launched an online database identifying those who supported the insurrection.
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February 8, 2022
S2022 E4159 - 55m 46s
French President Macron in the effort to defuse tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Unresolved questions about a key energy pipeline from Russia, and the issue of sanctions should Putin invade Ukraine. Ukrainian security forces are training at Chernobyl. Heather McGhee argues that racist structures are costly to everyone. Examining the relationship between the classics and identity politics.
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February 8, 2022
S2022 E4158 - 55m 55s
Sen. Todd Young discusses tensions between the U.S. and China. Author Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why he's taking a stand against book banning. "South to America" author Imani Perry analyzes the divide between the Northern and Southern states in the U.S.
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Ukraine's FM: "[Lavrov's] Hands Are Covered With Blood"
S2022 E4174 - 2m 22s
A strike on a local administrative building in Kharkiv killed 10 today, and President Zelensky told the EU that at least 16 children have died in bombings. More than one-half million Ukrainians have fled the country, and the U.S. is warning that worse may be yet to come. Dmytro Kuleba is Ukraine’s Foreign Minister and he joins the show from inside the country.
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Fmr. Lithuanian President: "[Putin's] Mind is Deteriorating"
S2022 E4173 - 2m 14s
The people of Lithuania have lived in the shadow of Russia since they won their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Several thousand Lithuanian women protested at the Russian embassy on Sunday, calling upon the mothers of Russian soldiers to rise up and stop the war in Ukraine. Dalia Grybauskaite was president of Lithuania during Putin’s first invasion of Ukraine in 2014.
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Unprecedented Sanctions Send the Russian Ruble Tumbling
S2022 E4173 - 17m 23s
Unprecedented sanctions have sent the Russian ruble tumbling. The U.S. has now cut off Russia’s central bank from its $630 billion so-called sanctions-proof fund. Bill Browder is CEO of Hermitage Capital and the architect of the Magnitsky Act, used by President Biden to impose sanctions on Vladimir Putin and his oligarch cronies. He speaks about the tactic of cutting Putin off from his wealth.
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Petraeus: Putin's War in Ukraine "Is Going Terribly for Him"
S2022 E4173 - 2m 58s
Putin's war seems not to be proceeding as far and as fast as planned. But there is little hope for an early resolution to the conflict. On Sunday, Putin put his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert. David Petraeus, a former commander of U.S. Central Command and director of the CIA, joins the show to discuss.
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Belarusian Opposition Leader on What Can Stop Putin
S2022 E4172 - 2m 44s
In his attack on Ukraine, Putin is relying heavily on his neighbor, Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, using the country to base Russian troops. Before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Lukashenko was known as Europe’s last dictator, and a referendum this Sunday could further cement his grip on power – it could keep him in office until 2035 and move his country even closer to Putin.
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Angela Stent: Putin Wants “a Disruptive World Order"
S2022 E4172 - 17m
In 2019, renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent wrote a book titled "Putin’s World" that looked at how the dictator created a paranoid and polarized world. Now in her latest article in Foreign Affairs, she outlines “the Putin doctrine,” which she argues is getting the West to treat Russia as if it were the Soviet Union – a power to be respected and feared.
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Ukrainian MP Gives an Update on Casualties in Kyiv
S2022 E4172 - 2m 56s
NATO leaders held an emergency summit today, announcing deployment of more forces and calling on Russia to withdraw theirs. Western officials are warning the Ukrainian capital could fall within days as Russian forces try to encircle Kyiv. Member of Parliament Lesia Vasylenko is also still in the capital city even as it is under assault.
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EXCLUSIVE: NATO SG on Putin's "Dark Message" and Chernobyl
S2022 E4171 - 2m 53s
And as Putin marches himself into the ranks of global tyrants and pariahs, western powers promise massive and punitive sanctions. NATO’s Secretary General joins Christiane for an exclusive interview.
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What is Putin’s End Game? Garry Kasparov on Russia’s Attack
S2022 E4171 - 16m 34s
A vocal critic of the Russian leadership is Garry Kasparov, the chess grandmaster who ranked world number one repeatedly for 20 years before turning his attention to politics. He’s telling leaders to “help Ukraine fight against the monster you helped create.” Kasparov speaks with Walter Isaacson.
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Matthew Chance Encounters Russian Troops in Kyiv
S2022 E4171 - 2m 51s
Correspondent Matthew Chance is on the ground in Kyiv and encountered Russian forces just outside the capital city. He joins the program to explain what he witnessed and what it means.
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Carnegie Moscow Center Dir. Discusses Ukraine Crisis
S2022 E4170 - 2m 13s
To take the measure of the mood at the Kremlin – as well as that of ordinary Russians – Christiane speaks with Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
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Masha Gessen: What the Media Gets Wrong About Putin
S2022 E4170 - 16m 47s
Journalist Masha Gessen’s latest article in The New Yorker tells of life on the Ukraine-Russia border, where locals talk of misleading propaganda and language divides. Gessen sat down with Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the current crisis -- and what the media gets wrong about Vladimir Putin.
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