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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.

May 3, 2024

55m 52s

Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University, discusses the protests on campuses across the country and the deal his university was able to strike. Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists on threats to press around the globe. Photographer Platon discusses his new book “The Defenders.” Sociologist Brad Wilcox explores the positives of marriage in his book "Get Married."

Episodes

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

    November 10, 2022

    S2022 E5095 - 55m 38s

    Ukraine is braced for what could be the decisive battle in this brutal war: the battle for Kherson. Christiane sits down with President Zelensky and his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, for a global exclusive. Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, is attending the COP27 summit in Egypt. Jemele Hill candidly relives her experiences in a new memoir, "Uphill."

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

    November 9, 2022

    S2022 E5094 - 55m 19s

    Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, and reporter Astead Herndon each offer analysis of the midterm elections. NATO Secretary General ens Stoltenberg discusses the latest in Ukraine.

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

    November 8, 2022

    S2022 E5093 - 55m 37s

    Could America's midterm elections affect U.S. support in Ukraine’s fight for freedom? Christiane speaks with U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. To discuss the U.S. economy, Christiane speaks with former U.S. Treasury secretary Larry Summers. Award-winning journalist Robin Wright looks at Biden’s foreign policy wins and losses.

  • November 7, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 7, 2022

    S2022 E5092 - 55m 9s

    Mike Mullen and Richard Shirreff offer insight into the military maneuvers on the ground in Ukraine. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari discusses the COP27 summit. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini explains how 10 interconnected "Megathreats" are endangering our global future.

  • November 4, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 4, 2022

    S2022 E5091 - 55m 38s

    In Kyiv, thousands of households are without power. Denise Brown has met with officials about providing generators, mobile boiler houses, and other equipment to fix their energy infrastructure. Anne Applebaum writes extensively about the danger of authoritarian movements and joins the show. The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority looks likely to overturn affirmative action.

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

    November 3, 2022

    S2022 E5090 - 55m 37s

    Senators Rob Portman and Chris Coons met with President Zelensky today. They join Christiane in Kyiv to discuss the latest on the war. Alex Stamos, director of Stanford University's Internet Observatory, weighs in on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. Rep. Stephanie Murphy explains the importance of bipartisanship.

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

    November 2, 2022

    S2022 E5089 - 55m 24s

    Simon Stiell is the United Nations’ climate chief and speaks to Christiane prior to the COP27 summit. In two-time Oscar winner Geena Davis' new memoir, "Dying of Politeness," she describes a New England upbringing of crippling good manners. Joan Donovan and Emily Dreyfuss investigate the power of memes in their new book "Meme Wars."

  • November 1, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    November 1, 2022

    S2022 E5088 - 55m 37s

    Stanford's Director of Iranian Studies, Abbas Milani, discusses the new flareup of protests in Iran. "The Sum of Us" podcast host Heather McGhee weighs in on threats to affirmative action. Political scientist Barbara F. Walter explains the takeaways from her new book "How Civil Wars Start."

  • October 31, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    October 31, 2022

    S2022 E5087 - 55m 38s

    What does the return of Brazil's president-elect Lula da Silva's mean for the Americas -- and the world? Evan McMullin, a former Republican, is standing up against extremism by running for Senate as an independent. Early voters in crucial swing states are already experiencing intimidation. CNN's Anderson Cooper on his new podcast, "All There Is."

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

    October 28, 2022

    S2022 E5086 - 55m 15s

    Haitian ambassador Bocchit Edmond discusses compounding crises in his country. Dr. Manfret McGhee, father of a St. Louis high school shooting victim, reflects on gun violence in the U.S. Reproductive justice expert Kimberly Mutcherson explains the “devastating” consequences of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade. Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa discusses his new book.

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

    October 27, 2022

    S2022 E5085 - 55m 39s

    British Vogue's editor-in-chief Edward Enninful tells Christiane how he learned to stand up and stand out, becoming "A Visible Man." Afghanistan's youngest female mayor Zarifa Ghafari's full story appears in her new memoir, and in an upcoming Netflix documentary, "In Her Hands." In her new book about Samuel Adams, Schiff argues he’s one of the country’s most essential founding fathers.

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

    October 26, 2022

    S2022 E5084 - 55m 38s

    Andrei Kelin, Russian ambassador to the U.K., says that Moscow using nuclear weapons is "out of the question." John Kerry discusses climate ahead of the COP27 summit. Investigative journalist Yevgenia Albats, who fled Russia for her safety earlier this year, explains why she will never stop fighting for truth.

Extras + Features

  • Fmr. MP: Queen Elizabeth United Britain "Beyond Politics": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fmr. MP: Queen Elizabeth United Britain "Beyond Politics"

    S2022 E5050 - 3m 1s

    British journalist Walter Bagehot famously wrote that the constitution needed two parts: the dignified and the efficient. Queen Elizabeth arguably represented both -- having just two days ago appointed Liz Truss as prime minister. Former U.K. MP Alistair Burt joined the show to discuss.

  • Remembering Queen Elizabeth's "Extraordinary" Wit: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Remembering Queen Elizabeth's "Extraordinary" Wit

    S2022 E5050 - 2m 45s

    The White House has sent its condolences to the Windsor family. The Queen was of course Britain’s top diplomat and much more -- she represented 14 other nations as head of state as well as carrying the responsibility to safeguard the "Special Relationship" that exists between the U.K. and the United States. Sir Kim Darroch, Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, reflects on the monarch.

  • The Secret History of Trump’s Family Separation Policy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Secret History of Trump’s Family Separation Policy

    S2022 E5049 - 18m 19s

    The Trump administration’s forced family separation policy was a failed attempt to prevent illegal immigration. Thousands of children were deliberately separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, with no plan in place to reunite families in the future. The Atlantic’s Caitlin Dickerson discovered the true horror of what actually happened. She discusses her report.

  • Mayor of Jackson, MS on the Water Crisis in His City: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mayor of Jackson, MS on the Water Crisis in His City

    S2022 E5048 - 17m 37s

    Residents of Jackson, Mississippi have been without running water for most of the past week. After flooding hit a treatment plant, thousands lost access to clean water and had to rely on bottled water instead. There is now some relief, as water pressure has been restored and public schools reopened. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba joins Michel Martin to give an update on the situation.

  • Jackie Robinson Museum Opens in NYC: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jackie Robinson Museum Opens in NYC

    S2022 E5047 - 16m 53s

    This week, 75 years after the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in major league baseball, a new museum honoring the sports and civil rights legend opens in New York. Walter Isaacson speaks with Jackie Robinson’s son David about his father’s incredible legacy.

  • Expert: Biden Plan Doesn’t Fix The Student Loan Catastrophe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Expert: Biden Plan Doesn’t Fix The Student Loan Catastrophe

    S2022 E5046 - 18m 26s

    President Biden recently announced student loan debt relief for millions of Americans, attracting both praise and criticism. How did American students become so burdened with debt in the first place? Josh Mitchell is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and his new book "The Debt Trap" traces the roots and explosive growth of the $1.7 trillion student debt behemoth.

  • Keeping Trump from Office Won’t Stop Threat to Democracy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Keeping Trump from Office Won’t Stop Threat to Democracy

    S2022 E5045 - 18m 18s

    Historian Nicole Hemmer says the dissolution of the USSR created a vacuum in American politics when America emerged as the sole global superpower. Hemmer’s latest book "Partisans" focuses on the conservatives who remade U.S. politics in the 1990s. Hemmer speaks with Walter Isaacson about how that decade's politics paved the way for Donald Trump’s presidency.

  • Adam Entous: The Untold History of the Biden Family: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Adam Entous: The Untold History of the Biden Family

    S2022 E5044 - 16m 51s

    President Biden is very much a product of his family history – but it’s a history we know little about. Investigative reporter Adam Entous has looked into the president’s ancestors in a piece for The New Yorker, and he speaks with Michel Martin about what shaped the man in the Oval Office.

  • Rise of the Black Quarterback: What It Means for America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rise of the Black Quarterback: What It Means for America

    S2022 E5043 - 18m 15s

    Diversity in leadership remains a problem for football in America: a significant majority of coaches, owners and quarterbacks are white. NFL writer and columnist Jason Reid explores the history of racism in the game in his latest book. The author joins Michel Martin to elaborate on breaking these barriers.

  • Racially Profiled, Sentenced to Die: Who Was Chol Soo Lee?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Racially Profiled, Sentenced to Die: Who Was Chol Soo Lee?

    S2022 E5042 - 17m 27s

    A victim of racial profiling, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was sentenced to life in prison for a San Francisco murder he did not commit. In 1970s America, his case inspired a grassroots social justice movement within the Asian American community. A new, critically acclaimed documentary traces Lee's story and the movement that led to his release.

  • “I’m Glad My Mom Died:” Jennette McCurdy on Her New Memoir: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “I’m Glad My Mom Died:” Jennette McCurdy on Her New Memoir

    S2022 E5031 - 17m 22s

    Jennette McCurdy was a child actor in Nickelodeon shows like "iCarly" and "Sam & Cat," starring alongside Ariana Grande. In a new memoir, McCurdy opens up about her struggles with addiction and eating disorders as well as her troubled relationship with her mother. She speaks with Michel Martin about all this and why she is choosing to speak out.

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