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Amanpour and Company

Featuring conversations with global leaders and decision makers on the issues affecting the world today, Amanpour and Company adds to the long tradition of public affairs programming that has been a hallmark of public media for decades.

April 29, 2024

55m 53s

Christiane speaks with Amit Segal, a right-wing political analyst close to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Editor-in-Chief of Columbia University's newspaper discusses the protests disrupting the campus. Supermodel Cameron Russell's new memoir, "How to Make Herself Agreeable To Everyone," explores feeling both objectified and complicit in the system that built her career.

Episodes

  • February 10, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • February 8, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • February 8, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

Extras + Features

  • Wendell Pierce is Broadway’s First Black Willy Loman: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Wendell Pierce is Broadway’s First Black Willy Loman

    S2022 E5070 - 17m 55s

    Actor Wendell Pierce is taking on a timeless American classic, starring as Willy Loman in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman," with the first-ever Black Loman family at center stage. Pierce speaks with Walter Isaacson about the play's political implications -- and what it means to him on a personal level.

  • Portraits of Brave Women Who Stood Alone in Crowds of Men: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Portraits of Brave Women Who Stood Alone in Crowds of Men

    S2022 E5069 - 17m 24s

    In her new book "The Only Woman," Oscar nominated director Immy Humes compiles historical images of singular woman surrounded by men. A simple but powerful premise, the pages showcase women from 20 countries, proving how common it was to be the only female in the room. She explores this phenomenon with Michel Martin.

  • How Cancer Affected Stanley Tucci’s Relationship to Food: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Cancer Affected Stanley Tucci’s Relationship to Food

    S2022 E5069 - 2m 57s

    Stanley Tucci is back with his hit travel series "Searching For Italy." The Oscar nominee revels in its sumptuous cuisine and culture and all of it is a recipe for success. The series has won two Emmys and returns with new episodes this Sunday on CNN. Tucci told Christiane that the show isn't just palatable. It's also personal.

  • Maggie Haberman on the Making of Donald Trump: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Maggie Haberman on the Making of Donald Trump

    S2022 E5068 - 17m 26s

    Immigration is an issue for every world leader, and President Donald Trump was no exception. Trump campaigned on overt hostility towards migrants.To explain what motivated the former president, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maggie Haberman chronicles Trump's life in her new book "Confidence Man." She joins Walter Isaacson to discuss Trump's rise and post-presidential life.

  • How Did America Go “Adrift?” Scott Galloway Explains: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Did America Go “Adrift?” Scott Galloway Explains

    S2022 E5067 - 17m 24s

    While the current social and economic crisis in the United States seems complex, our next guest believes it can be fixed. Marketing professor Scott Galloway examines the future of the country in his new book "Adrift: America in 100 Charts." He joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the dangers of a shrinking middle class.

  • Hasan Minhaj On Paving the Way For a “New Brown America”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Hasan Minhaj On Paving the Way For a “New Brown America”

    S2022 E5066 - 17m 29s

    Hasan Minhaj is a two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian, known for his political satire show "Patriot Act" and his breakout standup special "Homecoming King." Now he’s back with a second special, "The King’s Jester," which premiers October 4 on Netflix. He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about comedy, privacy, and what he calls his vision for “a new brown America.”

  • Will 2022 Be The Year of the Black Republican?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Will 2022 Be The Year of the Black Republican?

    S2022 E5065 - 17m 49s

    Will 2022 be the year of the Black Republican? It could be, with a record number of African American candidates in the GOP. What is driving this trend? Ted Johnson from the Brennan Center for Justice explains to Michel Martin.

  • Is There a New Wave of Unionization In America?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Is There a New Wave of Unionization In America?

    S2022 E5064 - 17m 40s

    Labor unions are back in the spotlight, with President Biden recently reaching a deal to avert a potentially damaging rail strike. Liz Shuler is the president of the AFL-CIO, which represents over 12 million workers, and she joins Michel Martin to discuss what lies ahead for America’s labor force.

  • War Correspondent Goes Inside the Mindset of Jan. 6 Rioters: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    War Correspondent Goes Inside the Mindset of Jan. 6 Rioters

    S2022 E5063 - 17m 7s

    Luke Mogelson has been closely following the social and political upheavals surrounding January 6, both then and now. It’s all explored in his new book, "The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible," and he speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about his findings.

  • Marjane Satrapi: Young Iranians "Want Democracy": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Marjane Satrapi: Young Iranians "Want Democracy"

    S2022 E5062 - 2m 50s

    Fury erupted when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in custody after her arrest by the country's morality police. State media and human rights groups say dozens have been killed in the violence so far. To discuss, Christiane speaks with Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian author best known for her illustrated memoir "Persepolis" in which she recounts growing up in Iran during the revolution.

  • Who Was Jane Roe? The Story of the Woman Behind Roe v. Wade: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Who Was Jane Roe? The Story of the Woman Behind Roe v. Wade

    S2022 E5062 - 17m 55s

    A judge in Arizona has ruled the state can enforce a ban on nearly all abortions, following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade this summer. Joshua Prager has spent a decade researching the life of the woman at the heart of that landmark ruling, known as Jane Roe. The author of "The Family Roe: An American Story" talks with Michel Martin.

  • EXCLUSIVE: Chile's President On Why He's Open About His OCD: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    EXCLUSIVE: Chile's President On Why He's Open About His OCD

    S2022 E5062 - 2m 22s

    At the U.N. recently, Chile’s new president, Gabriel Boric, made an impassioned call to fight for democracy. Antidemocratic and far-right forces seem to be advancing around the world. But Latin America may be bucking this trend: Boric, a progressive, was elected president of Chile seven months ago, after a meteoric rise via student activism and a stint in congress.

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