Healthcare is taking centre-stage in the 2020 race. Andy Slavitt, a former insurance executive who ran Medicare under President Obama, and The New York Times’ healthcare reporter, join the program to discuss whether the party should stake out the center, or reach out for new, bolder ideas.

Michel Martin sits down with journalist Farai Chideya, who opened up about the harrowing adoption process she experienced as she tried to become a mother.

Christiane Amanpour speaks to David Friedman, U.S. ambassador to Israel and one of the architects behind the Trump administration’s economic proposal to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sam Bahour, a Palestinian-American businessman living through the everyday realities of conflict in his region, discusses whether Jared Kushner’s economic plan is likely to achieve peace in the Middle East.

As presidential hopefuls take the stage in the next round of debates, one key 2020 issue tragically made headlines again: gun violence. Sen Chris Muphy, who has become a leading voice in Congress on the matter since the Sandy Hook massacre in his home state, joins the program to discuss.

Hari Sreenivasan sits down with the co-directors of “The Great Hack,” Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, whose new Netflix film takes a hard look at the ethics of big tech and how data is used to undermine democracies.

As the week starts with significant developments concerning the United States in Russia and Afghanistan, Julia Ioffe, a correspondent for GQ Magazine, and Husain Haqqani, former Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S., join the program to discuss.

With American and Chinese negotiators headed to Shanghai, trying to end the year-long trade war biting at both their economies, Peter Navarro, a senior advisor to the President, joins the program.

Walter Isaacson sits down with The Wall Street Journal’s editor-in-chief Matt Murray as they discuss how to win back trust in the media and the ongoing challenges facing journalists today.

As the premiership of Boris Johnson begins, former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw discusses a critical week in UK politics, as well as one of the new Prime Minister’s most pressing foreign policy challenges: Iran.

The new film “Skin” tells the story of Brian Widner, a former neo-nazi who decided to cast away a life of extremism. There was just one problem: he was covered in hateful tattoos accumulated during a life of crime. Christiane discusses the movie with actor Jamie Bell and social activist Daryle Lamont Jenkins.

Walter Isaacson sits down with former U.S. marine Elliot Ackerman, a decorated veteran who spent five tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. He’s captured stories from the battlefield in his new memoir, “Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning.”

Renowned historian Margaret MacMillan and The New York Times’ Sarah Lyall unpack the week’s events in the United Kingdom, and whether Boris Johnson’s premiership is capable of uniting the nation.

As Puerto Rico’s governor announces he will resign amid the political scandal engulfing him and his party, Senator Eduardo Bhatia, the minority leader in Puerto Rico’s Senate, discusses the roots of the unrest in Puerto Rico, and why so many feel the need to take to the streets.

Alicia Menendez discusses activism within Silicon Valley and tackling sexual harassment, gender inequality and racism in tech with two women who led the mass Google walkouts, Meredith Whittaker and Claire Stapleton.

As Boris Johnson, often likened to President Donald Trump, wins his party’s vote to become the next British Prime Minister, former British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, a Johnson ally, joins the program to discuss what this means for the United Kingdom, and its relationship with Europe.

Irish MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness reacts to the news that Boris Johnson will become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ahead of Robert Mueller’s testimony, Christiane Amanpour speaks to U.S. Senate Republican Pat Toomey, one of the rare few in his party who hasn’t been afraid of criticizing President Trump.

Michel Martin sits down with Chris Arnade, a man who left his job on Wall Street to spend four years crossing the country, documenting the lives of those he calls “Back Row America.” They discuss his journey, as chronicled in his new book, “Dignity.”

In an exclusive interview, Christiane Amanpour speaks to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as Britain readies itself for a new Prime Minister and what that could mean for Brexit and unity within the nation.