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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 17, 2024

55m 53s

Correspondent Nic Robertson reports on the IDF announcement that the Israeli army found the bodies of three hostages in Gaza. The New York Times Magazine's Ronen Bergman discusses their investigation into settler violence in the West Bank. Bestselling author Kristin Hannah tells the story of female nurses in the Vietnam War in her book "The Women."

Episodes

  • March 28, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 28, 2024

    S2024 E6194 - 55m 38s

    Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens discusses Israel's hostage crisis and jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich. Melissa Bell reports on the latest in Israel and Gaza. Annelle Sheline explains why she resigned in protest over the Biden Administration’s handling of the situation in the Middle East. Reporter Widlore Mérancourt on the dire conditions on the ground in Haiti.

  • March 27, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 27, 2024

    S2024 E6193 - 55m 53s

    Noah Feldman grapples with Jewish identity in the 21st century and the Jewish relationship with Israel in his new book "To Be a Jew Today." U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discusses the anxiety and loneliness struggles he is seeing in our world today. Janti Soeripto, President of Save the Children joins the show from Rafah to describe the devastation she is seeing on the ground in Gaza.

  • March 26, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 26, 2024

    S2024 E6192 - 55m 51s

    Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director under Donald Trump, discusses the former president's legal woes and why he now opposes Trump. Actress Olivia Colman and director Thea Sharrock talk about their new comedy "Wicked Little Letters." Author Charles Duhigg explains how to better connect with others in his new book "Supercommunicators."

  • March 25, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 25, 2024

    S2024 E6191 - 55m 53s

    EU Official Josep Borrell discusses recent violence across the globe, including a terror attack in Moscow. Peter Pomerantsev discusses his new book “How to Win an Information War.” Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders, Christopher Lockyear talks about the humanitarian crisis inside Gaza from Jerusalem. Award-winning actress Regina King talks about her new Netflix film "Shirley."

  • March 22, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 22, 2024

    S2024 E6190 - 55m 43s

    Evelyn Farkas talks about the situation on the ground in Kyiv. President of the CFR Michael Froman discusses shifts in U.S. foreign policy. Almost a decade after his death, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's final novel has been published -- but not without controversy. His son joins the show. Ian McKellen is taking on the iconic role of Falstaff in a new adaptation of "Henry IV," retitled "Player Kings."

  • March 21, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 21, 2024

    S2024 E6189 - 55m 53s

    Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis discusses his attempts to drum up support for Ukraine worldwide. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency discusses Russia and Ukraine and the risk of nuclear war. Ryan Calais Cameron discusses his play "For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy.”

  • March 20, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 20, 2024

    S2024 E6188 - 55m 30s

    Israeli military action continues to devastate the civilian population in Gaza. President and CEO of the IRC David Miliband joins the show. "The Persian Version" was a breakout hit at the Sundance Festival. Director Maryam Keshavarz and actor Bijan Daneshmand join the show. Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif explain why, and how, he survived a recent effort to impeach him.

  • March 19, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 19, 2024

    S2024 E6187 - 55m 37s

    Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez discusses the violence and chaos happening in its neighbor, Haïti. Raghad Jaraisy and Ofer Dagan, Co-Chief Executives of Sikkuy-Aufoq discuss their group's mission to foster local diplomacy between Israeli, Arab, and Jewish citizens. Bloomberg reporter Leslie Kaufman on how climate change is impacting the US housing and insurance crisis.

  • March 18, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 18, 2024

    S2024 E6186 - 55m 53s

    Richard Haass on Putin's re-election and how the U.S. might approach its bilateral relations with Israel at a time when over 31,000 people have died in Gaza. Andrew Weissmann on his new book "The Trump Indictments" and what lies ahead as the 2024 U.S. Presidential election approaches. In his new book “2020" Eric Klinenberg examines the events of 2020 through the eyes of seven New Yorkers.

  • March 15, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 15, 2024

    S2024 E6185 - 55m 53s

    Haaretz columnist Dahlia Scheindlin discusses growing concerns over Israeli leadership within the country. Paul Simon and director Alex Gibney shine a light on Simon's legendary career in the new documentary "Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon." Author Cass R. Sunstein explores the concept of habituation in his new book "Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There."

  • March 14, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 14, 2024

    S2024 E6184 - 55m 33s

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan discusses Putin’s rule and the danger of waning U.S. support for Ukraine. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and David Baddiel join the show to discuss their new podcast, “A Muslim and a Jew Go There." Deepfakes are infiltrating the 2024 election cycle. Just how will this impact voters? Misinformation experts Sam Gregory and Claire Wardle discuss what’s at stake.

  • March 13, 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    March 13, 2024

    S2024 E6183 - 55m 53s

    Russia defense expert Dara Massicot discusses the state of the Russian military ahead of the Russian elections. Author Rod Nordland tells his personal story of battling glioblastoma, a severe brain tumor, in “Waiting for the Monsoon.” Bulwark editor-at-large Bill Kristol warns of the danger of a second Trump term.

Extras + Features

  • “Living and Dying in a Country of Arms”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “Living and Dying in a Country of Arms”

    S2024 E6173 - 18m 3s

    Despite unending pleas for tighter gun laws, public possession of firearms has only gone up in recent years. Dr. Jonathan Metzl is Director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Metzl joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss his new book, “What We’ve Become,” and the social and political obstacles preventing the passage of meaningful firearm regulation.

  • Biden’s Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy Post-Trump: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Biden’s Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy Post-Trump

    S2024 E6172 - 17m 37s

    President Joe Biden met with top Congressional leaders today, pressing them to pass his aid package for Ukraine and Israel. The failure of Congress to act is hurting Ukraine and undermining America on the global stage. Politico National Security Reporter Alexander Ward takes a look at how Biden’s foreign policy team copes with all of these challenges in his new book, "The Internationalists."

  • Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Think About Race: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Think About Race

    S2024 E6171 - 18m 14s

    It was back in 2010 when Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris began inviting strangers to send her six words about race on a postcard. In the end, she collected more than one-half million personal stories in an online forum. This formed the basis for her new bestseller "Our Hidden Conversations." The author joins the show to discuss why these conversations are essential.

  • Special Rep. Pritzker Says U.S. Needs to Aid Ukraine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Special Rep. Pritzker Says U.S. Needs to Aid Ukraine

    S2024 E6170 - 18m 35s

    Fresh off the success of pushing the foreign aid bill through the Senate, majority leader Chuck Schumer is in Ukraine and he’s saying that without U.S. aid, Ukrainians undoubtedly will be facing more losses. He is also warning about the war's future impact on the West -- a warning echoed by Penny Pritzker, the former Commerce Secretary who last year took on the role of U.S. Special Representative

  • Is the World at Risk of a New Economic Cold War?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Is the World at Risk of a New Economic Cold War?

    S2024 E6169 - 17m 23s

    More than 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, might the world be on the verge of a new Cold War? Gita Gopinath says that tensions between the world's most powerful nations have caused fragmentation of the global economy into competing regional blocs. The First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund joins the show to discuss this "turning point" for the world economy.

  • Alexey Navalny’s Mentor: Putin Is “Evil, and a Killer”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Alexey Navalny’s Mentor: Putin Is “Evil, and a Killer”

    S2024 E6168 - 19m 3s

    As a result of a crackdown on independent journalists in Russia, Yevgenia Albats has been forced into exile. The Editor-in-Chief of The New Times, an independent political weekly based in Moscow, has been working in the United States since 2022. She was a close friend of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, whose death she blames squarely on President Putin. She joins the show to discuss.

  • Haaretz EIC on Netanyahu & “Israel’s Self-Destruction”: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Haaretz EIC on Netanyahu & “Israel’s Self-Destruction”

    S2024 E6167 - 17m 18s

    "Israel’s Self-Destruction: Netanyahu, the Palestinians, and the Price of Neglect" is Aluf Benn’s most recent essay for Foreign Affairs. The Haaretz Editor-in-Chief joins the show to discuss his piece at a time when Palestinian health authorities place the Gaza death toll at 29,000 since October 7th.

  • Can Ukraine Win? Zelensky and Christiane Amanpour Discuss: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Can Ukraine Win? Zelensky and Christiane Amanpour Discuss

    S2024 E6166 - 5m 2s

    Christiane Amanpour is in Ukraine, where -- days away from the second anniversary of the war -- there is a sense of urgency and of frustration. Amid this gloom, the death of preeminent Putin critic Alexey Navalny hit Europe, and Ukraine, like a bolt of lightning. Christiane spoke with President Zelensky onstage at the Munich Security Conference.

  • Wife of Imprisoned Russian Dissident on Navalny's Death: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Wife of Imprisoned Russian Dissident on Navalny's Death

    S2024 E6165 - 5m 7s

    One who understands the tragedy better than most is the wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, an opposition politician who was sentenced last April to 25 years in prison for treason and other charges that he has denied. Evgenia Kara-Murza joins the show to discuss the death of Navalny and the fears it stokes for the fate of other Russian political prisoners.

  • Hillary Clinton Reacts to Alexey Navalny's Death: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Hillary Clinton Reacts to Alexey Navalny's Death

    S2024 E6165 - 5m 40s

    Reports of Alexey Navalny’s death come as world leaders are convening in Munich for the annual security conference – with Russia’s war in Ukraine at the top of the agenda. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins Christiane to discuss the world's reaction and the current mood in Munich.

  • He Says 100+ Family Members in Gaza Have Been Killed: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    He Says 100+ Family Members in Gaza Have Been Killed

    S2024 E6164 - 18m 25s

    Palestinian-American cardiologist Dr. Tariq Haddad has lost more than 100 family members in Gaza. It was for this reason that he turned down an invitation from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss the administration’s response. Instead, the doctor wrote a 12-page letter to Blinken accusing him of sharing responsibility for the killings. He joins Michel Martin.

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    May 20

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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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    May 22

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