Amanpour and Company

July 29, 2020

Chrisitane speaks with former Amazon Vice President Tim Bray and scholar Shoshana Zuboff about the pitfalls of the explosive growth of the tech industry. She also speaks with comedian Fary about his Netflix special--the first French comedy special on the platform. Walter Isaacson speaks with New York Times science writer Carl Zimmer about the biology of vaccines.

When Can We Expect a COVID-19 Vaccine?

17m 48s

Right now there are more than 165 coronavirus vaccines in development, with 27 already in human trials. Carl Zimmer is an award-winning science writer with a weekly column in the New York Times, and he speaks with Walter Isaacson to break down the biology of vaccines.

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  • Should Congress Crack Down on Big Tech?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Should Congress Crack Down on Big Tech?

    S2020 E3021 - 2m 59s

    The growth of the tech industry is a great American success story: Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google have created numerous jobs and raked in trillions of dollars around the world. But today, for the first time, four tech titans – Sundar Pichai of Google, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook – are joining Congress to face the question: Is big tech just too big?

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    A Comedian's Take on Racism in France

    S2020 E3021 - 2m 19s

    The murder of George Floyd sparked reflections on race, and a wave of demonstrations, around the world -- including in France, where protests challenge the culture's idea of itself as “color-blind.” This is where French comedian Fary comes in. As the star of Netflix's first French comedy special, he has sparked a renaissance in stand-up comedy at home in Paris.

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