As a major criminal case highlights alleged corruption in admissions to America’s most elite universities, Larry Summers, the former President of Harvard University and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, discusses the place of privilege in college admissions.

Walter Isaacson sits down with the first ever female president of Harvard University, Drew Faust, who helped steer the institution through choppy financial waters, and was at the helm when students alleged the admissions office discriminates against Asian Americans, and sued – a case which is still ongoing.

Americans pay more for worse healthcare outcomes than anywhere in the western world. One bold new plan to fix this is ‘Medicare For All,’ which has become a rallying cry for many Democrats – including most presidential contenders in the party. 'Medicare For All' was recently introduced in the House by lead co-sponsors Jayapal and Dingell, who joined Christiane from DC to discuss their proposal.

"Game of Thrones” is about to return for its eighth and final season, and anticipation is high. Lena Headey plays Queen Cersei Lannister, one of the few original characters to have survived the show’s many violent episodes. Headey also is a prominent campaigner for the International Rescue Committee; she recently visited refugee camps in Greece and is calling for better mental health care there.

Michel Martin sits down with Davarian Baldwin, author and professor of American studies at Trinity College in Connecticut, to discuss why racist practices from the past continue to haunt U.S. politics today.

Hari Sreenivasan sits down with actor James Spader to discuss his role as one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives in TV series “The Blacklist.”

Michel Martin sits down with a sociologist and civil rights activist Harry Edwards who has been behind protests by high-profile athletes for more than fifty years.

As teacher strikes across America highlight the country’s frayed public education system, Prof. Pedro Noguera, distinguished professor of Education at UCLA, and Nate Bowling, Washington state’s teacher of the year in 2016, discuss why lawmakers need to start prioritizing teaching.

Christiane Amanpour sits down with acclaimed actress Gillian Anderson to discuss her wide-spanning career, whether that’s television roles in “The X-Files” and Netflix comedy “Sex Education,” or on-stage in London’s West End in a brilliant new production of “All About Eve.”

Hari Sreenivasan sits down with acclaimed French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy to discuss his new book “The Empire and the Five Kings” and America’s gradual abdication from its traditional leadership role.