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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

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

    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.

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

    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.

  • August 5, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

  • July 29, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

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

    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."

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

  • July 21, 2022: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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

  • 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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    May 2

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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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    Christiane Amanpour leads discussions about world issues and interviews with global leaders.
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