Featuring conversations with global leaders and decision makers on the issues affecting the world today, Amanpour and Company adds to the long tradition of public affairs programming that has been a hallmark of public media for decades.
As a director, Ron Howard has created huge commercial and critical hits, with films like Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and Rush. His new documentary looks at the life and work of opera’s legendary divo Luciano Pavarotti, and he speaks with Christiane about the singer and much more from New York.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been called the de facto leader of Europe. Voters this weekend turned out in record numbers to push the Green Party to great success in Germany, while the far right and the center ground both fell short. In the wake of that result, Merkel grants an extremely rare and exclusive interview to Christiane in Berlin.
Hari Sreenivasan sits down with 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, to discuss why the former tech executive believes he can stand-out in a crowded democratic field.
Christiane Amanpour speaks to David Miliband, former British foreign secretary and now President & CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to discuss how Ebola has returned to strike again in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where more than a thousand people are already dead.
As Prime Minister Theresa May announces she will resign her post, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt and editor of The Spectator Fraser Nelson join the program to discuss a legacy marked by disunion in May’s party and country, as well as what this means for Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Prof. Suketu Mehta, author of “This is Our Land,” who argues the West is being destroyed not by immigrants, but the fear of immigrants.
Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Rachel Lears, director of “Knock Down the House,” to discuss the year she spent documenting the highs and lows of campaigning against the establishment, by following would-be freshmen in the 2018 midterm elections, including one Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
While President Trump ran for office promising to put America first and avoid foreign wars, America is in the midst of a brutal trade war with China and is now edging closer towards armed conflict with Iran. The New Yorker’s Robin Wright joins the program to discuss the troubling state of U.S. foreign diplomacy.
Christiane Amanpour speaks to the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, Radhika Jones, about her first year heading the influential magazine, why she’s put diversity front and center, and what Vanity Fair’s role will be in the 2020 race.
Hatice Cengiz was engaged to Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. She joins the program seven months later to discuss the lack of justice for him and how she’s working tirelessly to make sure those responsible for his murder are held accountable.
Guantánamo Bay, the U.S. military prison, is often seen as the opposite of due process, where detainees in the War on Terror have been held without charge or trial since 2001. "The New Yorker" journalist Ben Taub's latest piece is about one man who was held in Guantánamo Bay for more than a decade. Taub joins Alicia Menendez to discuss the piece "Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret."
Following the Christchurch massacres, neighboring Australia's political discourse has been fraught with talk of xenophobia. As Australia gears up for elections, the public appears to be pushing back, calling for far-right politicians to be expelled from the nation's parliament. Waleed Aly is one of the country's most prominent commentators and joins the program to talk about tolerance.
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