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A leaked recording of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif criticizing it's untouchable Revolutionary Guard is shaking up politics inside the country. Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Christiane Amanpour to explain how the tape tells a story of two parallel regimes working in concert. Turning to American politics, racial justice activist and former Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker gives his take on the Justice Department investigation into Louisville's police and its wider implications. After dominating publishing with his legal thrillers, author John Grisham reveals why he's turning his eye to basketball and the crisis in South Sudan for his 46th book, "Sooley." Then our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College professor and social theorist, about his new book, "In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower," that explores the sometimes negative impact universities have on their largely black and brown neighboring communities.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As covid ravages India, Dr Yatin Mehta, Chairman of the Critical Care Department at Medanta - The Medicity, and Bhramar Mukherjee, Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the situation on the ground and how the country's crisis reached this point. Kyle Buchanan, The Projectionist columnist at The New York Times, and Aisha Harris, Co-Host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, dig into last night's Oscars ceremony and the diverse list of winners. Our Michel Martin talks to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott about his campaign promise to re-imagine police reform.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senator Mazie Hirono joins Christiane Amanpour to share how her immigrant experience and her indomitable mother inspire her public service. Then artist Julie Mehretu talks about her retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the meaning behind her extraordinary abstract art. Vivek Maru is founder of Namati, which empowers grassroots groups to protect common lands and enforce environmental laws, while Rhonda Hamilton works with Namati to combat unlawful pollution in her own D.C. neighborhood. They speak to our Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their work.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UN Climate Chief Patricia Espinosa joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss Biden's Earth Day summit and whether the pledges that have been made are enough. She’s argues we’re not there just yet. Then director James Cameron reveals why he took some time away from editing Avatar 2, 3 and 4 to make his latest project, "Secrets of the Whales.” Walter Isaacson speaks to long-time Republican and Former Ohio Governor John Kasich about how the environment was once a key issue for Republicans, not just Democrats. And finally, we hear from 18-year old Jerome Foster about his incredible journey from protesting the climate crisis outside the White House to helping create policy from inside.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a long-awaited, historic verdict, jurors have found police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts of the murder of George Floyd; the unarmed black man killed last March that sparked a racial reckoning in the United States. To understand this profound moment National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan joins Christiane Amanpour to react, highlighting how the verdict shows the world, and the American people, that justice can prevail. Police Chief Art Acevedo discusses what this verdict could mean for police reform going forward. Then co-founder of Black Lives Matter Opal Temeti weighs in, explaining that whilst it’s a just, positive outcome, it’s not transformative.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leonid Volkov, Chief of Staff to Alexey Navalny, who's said to be gravely ill in prison, tells Christiane Amanpour the Kremlin does not want him to "die in custody but they want him to suffer." Then Celeste Wallander, former Special Assistant to President Obama on Russia, says the White House is preparing for a productive relationship with the Kremlin. Turning to America’s reckoning with racism, Philadelphia District Attorney and author of "For the People" Larry Krasner weighs in on the Derek Chauvin trial as well as making his case for re-election. Then our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Nicole Perlroth, author and The New York Times Cybersecurity reporter, about today's cyber arms arms and what more the U.S. need to do to protect its citizens.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the trial of Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd continues, former Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau joins Christiane Amanpour to reflect on this turning point for police across America and the dire need for change. She calls his death a "shock to the conscience." Then turning to the tragic shadow pandemic of male suicide, Michael McCarthy, a father of father of suicide victim, and Andrew Reiner, author of "Better Boys, Better Men," dig into this crisis in men's mental health. Filmed over an eight-year period, "My Octopus Teacher" documents the unusual friendship natural history filmmaker Craig Foster developed with a wild Octopus and the valuable lessons it taught him about the natural world. Craig Foster and Director Pippa Ehrlich talk to our Hari Sreenivasan.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A famine is stalking Yemen; with nearly half a million at risk of starving to death. Oscar nominated documentary "Hunger Ward" looks at those bearing the brunt of this tragic reality: children. Director Skye Fitzgerald and international correspondent Nima Elbagir join Christiane Amanpour to discuss what they learnt in covering this humanitarian crisis. Then Blake Bailey, author of "Philip Roth: The Life," discusses the relationships, the obsessions and the legacy of American literary giant Philip Roth. A controversial police encounter occurred in Virginia in December, when Army 2nd Lieutenant Caron Nazario was held at gunpoint and pepper-sprayed by two police officers during a traffic stop and Nazario is suing for one million dollars in damages. His lawyer Thomas Roberts speaks with our Michel Martin about the incident in question.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi joins Christiane Amanpour from Kabul to unpack President Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan before September 11. Democratic Senator from Jon Ossoff speaks about the need for Congress to act in the wake of voter restriction laws in his home state of Georgia. Then Princeton sociology professor Patrick Sharkey talks to our Michel Martin about the unprecedented rise in urban violence over the last year and the relationship between police violence and guns. And finally, songwriters Diane Warren and Laura Pausini discuss their Oscar-nominated song "Io Si (Seen)" for the new Netflix film "The Life Ahead".To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three U.S. presidents have tried and failed to end the war in Afghanistan, and President Biden says he refuses to be the fourth. By September, he will withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from the country and NATO is likely to follow. Former head of U.S. Special Operations Command Admiral William McRaven (Ret.) was the commander of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden, he joins Christiane Amanpour to explain how there probably will still be a small U.S. presence in Afghanistan even after President Biden pulls out troops. The contributions of journalists Kate Webb, Catherine Leroy and Frances Fitzgerald have long been overlooked, but now Elizabeth Becker – herself a former war correspondent – is telling their story in her new book, “You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War.” She explains the story of these three women correspondents who changed war coverage forever. The discovery that a subatomic particle is behaving in a way nobody could have predicted has physicists excited. Our Walter Isaacson speaks to Michio Kaku, physicist and author of "The God Equation", about how what we know about the laws of the universe may be about to change.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices