Amanpour and Company

August 9, 2019

Robert P. Jones and Christiane Amanpour speak about the role of white evangelical voters in the 2020 election. Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu-Wael join the program to discuss the film "Our Boys." Jia Tolentino sits down with Alicia Menendez to explain why the internet is “an engine of self-delusion.”

Robert P. Jones on White Evangelical Voters and 2020

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Donald Trump’s winning strategy for 2020 lies largely in the hands of white evangelical voters. Meanwhile, the proportion of minority voters is growing—a trend that favors Democrats—but it will take several election cycles before that demographic change is reflected at the ballot box. Robert P. Jones is founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, and has studied these changes in depth.

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  • Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu-Wael Discuss "Our Boys": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu-Wael Discuss "Our Boys"

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    In the summer of 2014, 2,000 lives were lost in a 50-day Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza. The events leading up to that conflict are the focus of a new HBO series, “Our Boys.” Co-directors Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu-Wael join the program to discuss.

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    Jia Tolentino on the Internet's Culture of Deception

    S2019 E2030 - 15m 42s

    Competing world views can be deeply distorted by the warped mirror of social media. New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino calls the internet “an engine of self-delusion.” She explores its power to distort in her new book of essays, called “Trick Mirror,” and sat down with Alicia Menendez to discuss the allure of false promises online.

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