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Amanpour is CNN International's flagship global affairs interview program hosted by Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
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May 12, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Iván Duque, Tzipi Hotovely, Hilary Mantel and Helaine Olen
Iván Duque, Colombian President, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing anti-government protests taking place across his country. As the U.S. says it's dispatching a senior diplomat to the Middle East, Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli Ambassador to the UK, talks about the worsening violence between Israelis and Palestinian militants. Novelist Hillary Mantel discusses her new book, "The Mirror & the Light", the last her award-winning "Wolf Hall" trilogy, following the life and times of Thomas Cromwell. Michel Martin talks to Helaine Olen, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post, about the backsliding of gender equality during the pandemic.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Aaron David Miller, Marwan Muasher, Ana Porzecanski and Niall Ferguson
As violence continues to escalate in Gaza between the Israelis and Palestinians, Aaron David Miller, the former U.S. State Department Middle East Negotiator, and Marwan Muasher, the former Jordanian Foreign Minister, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss what it takes to address the root causes of this conflict. Ana Porzecanski, the Director of the Center for Biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about how the pandemic has affected the lives of indigenous communities in the Amazon and the crucial role they play in protecting our natural world. Walter Isaacson talks with historian Niall Ferguson about his new book "Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe", and why we're getting worse, not better, at handling disasters like the pandemic.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Mustafa Barghouti, Stav Shaffir, Karim Khan and Michael Moss
As Jerusalem is gripped once again by violent unrest, Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti and head of the Israel Green Party Stav Shaffir join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the "sad and risky combination of tensions" threatening the region. Then Karim Khan, head of the U.N. Investigative Team on Daesh Crimes, unpacks the new report showing that genocide was committed by ISIS against the Yazidis in 2014. Turning to the U.S. food industry, our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Michael Moss about his new book "Hooked" and the addictive dangers of processed food.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Jeremy Farrar, Selma van de Perre, Charles Person and Maya Lin
Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust and covid adviser to the UK government, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing debate around patent waivers for covid-19 vaccines. Then WWII resistance spy and author of “My Name is Selma,” Selma van de Perre shares her extraordinary story of not only surviving Ravensbruck, the infamous women’s concentration camp in Germany, but how she fought back. Turning to another story of resistance, Charles Person speaks to our Michel Martin about becoming the youngest original member of the Freedom Riders at the age of 18, travelling from Washington DC to New Orleans on a bus in 1961. He reflects on fighting for desegregation in the South and his new memoir "Buses Are a Comin'." And finally, the famed architect and artist Maya Lin talks about planting a "Ghost Forest" in New York's Madison Park and what the past can teach us about the future. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Claudia López, Moisés Naím, Michael Lewis and Robert A. Pape
After days of violent protests in Colombia, Bogotá Mayor Claudia López joins Christiane Amanpour to explain why President Duque should reach out directly to young people to address poverty and inequity. Journalist and analyst Moisés Naím digs in further to how the protests fit into a broader wave of social and economic crises sweeping across South America. Then turning to the pandemic, Michael Lewis discusses his book "The Premonition", examining the unknown individuals who tried to raise the alarm on Covid-19 and the systems that failed them. A new study on the January 6 Capitol insurrection finds that of the nearly 400 rioters arrested or charged, 93% are white and 86% are male. The study’s principal investigator, Professor Robert A. Pape, talks to our Michel Martin about his findings.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Naledi Pandor, Kara Swisher, Cindy McCain and Barkha Dutt
Naledi Pandor, South African Foreign Minister, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the push to loosen restrictions on vaccine patents and the lessons to be learnt from India's covid crisis. Kara Swisher, contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, talks about the decision taken by the independent oversight committee within Facebook to uphold the suspension of former President Trump's account. Cindy McCain, author of "Stronger: Courage, Hope, and Humor In My Life With John McCain", discusses her new book and the future of the Republican party. Hari Sreenivasan talks with Barkha Dutt, founder and editor of Mojo Story and a Washington Post columnist, about losing her father to covid and the situation in India.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: John Brennan, Laurie Woolever, Brian Castrucci and Frank Luntz
John Brennan, former CIA director, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing G7 meeting in London and it's key theme of promoting democracies in a world with increasingly strong autocracies. Laurie Woolever, co-author of "World Travel: An Irreverent Guide", talks about her colleague, the late Anthony Bourdain, with whom she discussed writing this book about his travels before he took his life almost three years ago. Hari Sreenivasan talks with Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, and Frank Luntz, political pollster and strategist, about how to change the minds of vaccine hesitant Americans.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Amy Klobuchar, Amanda Bennett, Rana Ayyub and Malcolm Gladwell
U.S. Senator and author of "Antitrust" Amy Klobuchar joins Christiane Amanpour to explain how giant tech companies are stifling competition. She says that America needs to get serious about taking on monopolies again. Then to mark World Press Freedom Day, journalists Rana Ayyub and Amanda Bennett discuss global attacks on reporters in the age of COVID-19 and disinformation. Our Walter Isaacson speaks to best-selling author and “Revisionist History” podcast host Malcolm Gladwell about his new book, "The Bomber Mafia." They explore the technological innovation and moral conundrums that scientists and generals wrestled with during WWII.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Narendra Taneja, Todd Young, Soma Sara, Kamilah Willingham and Cornel West
As India sets a covid world record with nearly 380,000 new infections, Christiane Amanpour asks Narendra Taneja, the national spokesman for Prime Minister Modi's ruling BJP Party, about the danger of elections continuing amidst the crisis. Republican Senator Todd Young discusses President Biden's speech to a joint session of Congress yesterday and his first 100 days in office. Kamilah Willingham, feminist writer and activist, and Soma Sara, founder of everyones-invited.org, talk about this new platform on which thousands have shared their stories of sexism, misogyny and sexual violence. Walter Isaacson talks with philosopher, scholar and civil rights activist Cornel West about why classics must remain in the curriculum.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2021 • 57min
Amanpour: Thabo Makgoba, Seth Berkley, Rebecca Traister, Jeh Johnson and Amy Sherald
As the debate over vaccine nationalism continues, countries like India are in the grip of the worst stage of the pandemic and others are forging ahead with vaccine rollout. Anglican Archbishop of Southern Africa Thabo Makgoba and Seth Berkley, the CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss why the G7 must put people before profit and share Covid vaccines. Just two weeks ago, we spoke with Philip Roth's biographer Blake Bailey about his 900-page tome on the late literary giant. But a few days later, troubling reports emerged or rape and grooming. Bailey denies these allegations, but his publisher says it will permanently take the book out of print. Journalist and author Rebecca Traister talks about the need for transparency and accountability in institutions. The Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday it will be conducting a formal review to root out white supremacy and extremism in its ranks. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speaks to our Walter Isaacson about why this is so significant. And finally, artist Amy Sherald's portrait of Breonna Taylor has been widely acclaimed since it appeared in Vanity Fair and now it's on loan from The Smithsonian in an exhibit in Breonna's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. She explains what she hopes to achieve through painting the black experience.
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