

Amanpour
CNN Podcasts
Amanpour is CNN International's flagship global affairs interview program hosted by Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jul 19, 2019 • 56min
Amanpour: Michael Collins, Charles Fishman and Kati Marton
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins reflects on the historic mission which saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the moon. Then, Charles Fishman tells Christiane Amanpour about the hundreds of thousands of Americans that made the Apollo 11 mission possible, which he details in his book "One Giant Leap". Finally, author and journalist Kati Marton tells our Walter Isaacson about her journey from communist Hungary to America, and the legacy of her late husband, the legendary diplomat Richard Holbrooke.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2019 • 57min
Amanpour: Yair Lapid, Dina Nayeri and Amanda Little
Former Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid joins Christiane Amanpour from Tel Aviv to discuss September's general election rerun. Then, Dina Nayeri, author of "The Ungrateful Refugee", details her experiences growing up as a refugee in Oklahoma. Finally, Amanda Little, Professor of Investigative Journalism at Vanderbilt University, tells our Hari Sreenivasan about her new book "The Fate of Food".To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 17, 2019 • 57min
Amanpour: Kori Schake, Alistair Burt, David Crosby and Jamil Jivani
Former UK minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt and Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies join Christiane Amanpour in London to discuss U.S.-Iran tensions. Then, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician David Crosby reflects on his life and legacy. Finally, Jamil Jivani, author of "Why Young Men", tells our Michel Martin about how he escaped the prospect of a life of crime and gang violence to study at Yale Law School.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 2019 • 57min
Amanpour: Kris Kobach, Cecillia Wang, Steven M. Gillon, Carole Radziwill and Rujeko Hockley
U.S. Republican Senate Candidate from Kansas Kris Kobach discusses the fallout from a series of racist tweets by President Trump attacking Democratic congresswomen. Then, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Cecillia Wang talks about her efforts to block Kobach-inspired legislation. Steven M. Gillon, author of "America's Reluctant Prince", and Carole Radziwill, widow of JFK Jr.'s best friend, celebrates JFK Jr.'s life and legacy 20 years after his death. Finally, Rujeko Hockley, co-curator of the Whitney Art Museum Biennial 2019, tells our Alicia Menendez about the latest exhibition.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 2019 • 59min
Amanpour: Will Hurd, Isha Sesay and Richard Florida
U.S. House Republican Will Hurd joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss a series of racist tweets by President Trump attacking Democratic congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley. Then, former CNN correspondent Isha Sesay discusses her new book Beneath the Tamarind Tree about the search for the Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria and the failed #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Finally, urban studies theorist Richard Florida tells our Walter Isaacson about the divide between the city and suburbia in America.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2019 • 57min
Amanpour: Malcolm Gladwell, Nick Broomfield and David McCullough
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the "Revisionist History" podcast and one of the leading thinkers in the world today, joins Christiane Amanpour to talk inequality in education and the fallibility of memory. Nick Broomfield, director of "Marianne & Leonard", opens up about his film-making and the complicated relationship between acclaimed singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen. Our Walter Isaacson sits down with David McCullough, the historian and author, to discuss his new book "The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West".To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2019 • 57min
Barbara Boxer, Van Jones, Michelle Akers and Jackie Sibblies Drury
Barbara Boxer, former Democratic Senator for California, and Van Jones, Host of CNN's "The Van Jones Show", join Christiane Amanpour to discuss two landmark rulings in the U.S. Supreme Court - one on gerrymandering and the other on next year's census. Michelle Akers, the award-winning former U.S. soccer player, reflects on her career and rejoices in the attention women's soccer is finally getting, which has come to a height during to this year's FIFA Women's World Cup. Our Alicia Menendez sits down with Jackie Sibblies Drury, the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, to talk about her new work "Fairview" and the topics of family and racism that it grapples with.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 2019 • 57min
Amanpour: Veronica Escobar, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kori Schake, Gita Gopinath
Veronica Escobar, Texas Congresswoman, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the humanitarian crisis at America's Southern border. Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor-elect of Istanbul, speaks to us about snatching victory from President Erdogan. Kori Schake, deputy director at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, analyses what İmamoğlu's win means for the future of Turkey and the rest of the world. Our Walter Isaacson sits down with Gita Gopinath the first female chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, to unpack the state of the global economy.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 2019 • 57min
Amanpour: Barham Salih, Warren Binford and Frank Langfitt
Barham Salih, the Iraqi President, sits down with Christiane Amanpour to discuss rebuilding Iraq after sanctions, the 2003 invasion and the devastation of ISIS. Warren Binford, professor of law at Willamette University, gives her take on the controversial child detention centers on the U.S-Mexico border. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Frank Langfitt, author of "The Shanghai Free Taxi", about moving to China and creating a free taxi service powered by the exchange of conversations instead of money.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 2019 • 57min
Amanpour: Mohammad Shtayyeh, Bryan Stevenson and Marin Alsop
Mohammad Shtayyeh, the Palestinian Prime Minister, joins Christiane Amanpour for an exclusive interview to discuss the White House's Middle East peace plan. Bryan Stevenson, civil rights lawyer, speaks about how America needs to remember and atone for its history of racial inequality, which he explores in new HBO documentary "True Justice". Our Alicia Menendez sits down with Marin Alsop, the first woman to lead a major American orchestra, to reflect on her life as a pioneering conductor.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


