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Sep 28, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Anita Hill, Richard Kohn, Rais Bhuiyan and Vladimir Yavachev

As singer R Kelly awaits sentencing after being found guilty in his sexual misconduct trial, Christiane Amanpour talks to Anita Hill about her lifelong quest to tackle gender violence and her new book, "Believing". Richard Kohn, military historian and Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses the Senate hearing on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Michel Martin talks with Rais Bhuiyan about his extraordinary story of survival and forgiveness after being shot at point blank range in the days after 9/11. Vladimir Yavachev, the nephew of the late artist Christo, discusses their installation at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 27, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Anna Sauerbrey, Anne Applebaum and Jane Mayer

Dr Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, talks to Walter Isaacson about booster shots and how she hopes to convince 70 million Americans to finally get vaccinated. Anna Sauerbrey, a journalist at Der Tagesspiegel, and Anne Applebaum, the Pulitzer prize-winning historian, talk to Amanpour about the close election result in Germany and what happens now. The New Yorker's Jane Mayer digs into dark money and the role it plays in congress, especially when it comes to the climate.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 25, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Donna Shalala, Betsey Stevenson, Kathryn Sherman and Mary Roach

Economist Betsey Stevenson and former Rep. Donna Shalala say the Senate needs a cardiologist on hand, for the stress they're causing the U.S. economy. They join Bianna Golodryga to discuss how congress is playing a dangerous game with the debt ceiling. Then Chief China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Lingling Wei explains how President Xi Jinping is dramatically steering China away from capitalism. Turning to coronavirus, our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to critical care nurse Kathryn Sherman about working on the front lines of the pandemic and treating the sickest patients. And finally, author Mary Roach talks about her new book "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law", and the impact of humans colliding with the natural world.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 24, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahm and Ian Cameronan Al-Thani,

As UNGA is in full swing, Linda Thomas-Greenfield joins Christiane Amanpour to explain that the U.S. is building better relations with its allies, despite some recent "expressions of disappointment". She reflects on what she calls recent "bumps in the road". Then Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani argues that nothing in Islam prevents girls schooling and therefore the treatment of women in Afghanistan is unacceptable. And our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to former U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer Ian Cameron, who oversaw airstrikes that killed more than 300 Taliban fighters, about the lessons to be learned from America’s failed war in Afghanistan.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 23, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Anthony Gardner, Victor Gao, Bridget Cambria and Lee McIntyre

Former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner and Chinese expert Victor Gao join Christiane Amanpour to reflect on the fallout from the AUKUS pact and implications for US/China relations. Then Bridget Cambria, immigration lawyer and Executive Director of Aldea - The People's Justice Centre, discusses the Haitian migrants attempting to reach the U.S. and the systemic issues with America's immigration system. And our Michel Martin speaks to Lee McIntyre, author of "How to Talk to a Science Denier," about how conspiracies have gained a dangerous foothold in society and how best to combat them.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 22, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Ursula von der Leyen, Filippo Grandi, Justin Chon and Yola

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen joins Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview to talk about the AUKUS deal. She says a lot of questions have to be answered and the current treatment of France is “not acceptable”. Then UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi discusses the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the need for stability in the country. Turning to a moving portrayal of the Asian-American experience, our Hari Sreenivasan speak to former Twilight actor Justin Chon about his new movie “Blue Bayou” in which he directs and stars as a Korean born U.S. adoptee who faces deportation from the only country he’s ever called home. And finally, singer/songwriter and four-time Grammy nominee Yola talks about making music in an industry that, she says, too often subverts black female autonomy.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 22, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Rajiv Shah, Evan Osnos and Bill Nelson

President of the Rockefeller Foundation Dr. Rajiv Shah joins Bianna Golodryga to discuss his ambitious proposal to challenge global inequity. Then Journalist and biographer Evan Osnos speaks about his new book, “Wildland: The Making of America's Fury”, and how President Biden's foreign policy has taken shape in his first nine months in office. And our Walter Isaacson talks to NASA Administrator and former Senator Bill Nelson about SpaceX's groundbreaking all-civilian mission to orbit space.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 17, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Angela Povilaitis, Georgia Wells, Tristan Harris, Leopoldo López and

Angela Povilaitis was the lead prosecutor of Larry Nassar, she speaks exclusively to Bianna Golodryga about the U.S. gymnasts' brave testimony and the institutional failings that permitted Nassar's abuse. Then reporter Georgia Wells and Tristan Harris, co-founder of Humane Tech and subject of "The Social Dilemma", discuss The Wall Street Journal report on Facebook's knowledge of its harmful impact on teen girls. Turning to Venezuela, opposition activist Leopoldo López, who's featured in the new documentary "A La Calle", says the erosion of democracy is a global problem demanding the attention of the United States. And our Walter Isaacson speaks to George Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Washington Post, about vaccine mandates, the GOP and his new book "American Happiness and Discontents" which reflects on American culture and the many attacks on expertise and rationality.     To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 16, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Dr. Hans Kluge, Mike Davis, Margarita Campuzano and Steve Schmidt

Dr. Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's Regional Director for Europe, joins Christiane Amanpour to talk about vaccine inequity and the case for booster shots. Mike Davis, CEO of Global Witness, and Margarita Campuzano, climate activist and Communications Director at Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, discuss why 2020 was the deadliest year for environmental activists worldwide. And The Lincoln Project’s Steve Schmidt speaks out on the collective GOP pushback on COVID-19 mandates and the contentious state of U.S. politics with our Michel Martin. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 14, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Ken Burns, John McEnroe and Dave Zirin

Christiane Amanpour talks to director Ken Burns about his new documentary series "Muhammad Ali" on the legendary boxer, what he found so compelling about him, and sportsmanship today. John McEnroe, 7-time tennis Grand Slam champion, discusses the whirlwind success of British tennis star Emma Raducanu and the role mental health plays in the game. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dave Zirin, author of "The Kaepernick Effect", about the waves footballer Colin Kaepernick made in the sporting world when he took at knee in 2016.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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