As the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration’s military transgender ban to go into effect while a legal challenge plays out in lower courts, Captain Jennifer Peace, a transgender woman who joined the US army when she was 19, joins the program.

As one of more than a hundred diplomats, academics and activists to sign a letter to Beijing demanding the release of two Canadians, David Mulroney, Canada’s former ambassador to China, discusses the escalating standoff between the two countries.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair joins the program to discuss the chaotic state of affairs in the UK, where Britain still does not have an exit agreement with the European Union, less than 70 days before it leaves.

As President Trump misses the World Economic Forum in Davos due to the government shutdown, union labour leader J. David Cox Sr. discusses the hardships his members are facing as they work without pay.

Alicia Menendez sits down with Claire Lehmann, founder and editor of Quillette, to discuss why she’s determined to prod the boundaries of acceptable discourse.

As America marks Martin Luther King Day, Hari Sreenivasan talks to the President of the leading non-profit Color Of Change, Rashard Robinson, about the right strategy to fight racial injustice.

Brett McGurk, former US Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS, has worked across three administrations. He joins the program to discuss his shock resignation and how the President's Syria policy could galvanize ISIS instead of beating it.

Author Reniqua Allen spoke to dozens of black millennials from all over the US for her new book, "It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America." She joins the program to discuss why so many young black Americans feel disillusioned today.

Whether it’s the US government shutdown or the UK’s Brexit chaos, best-selling author of “Winners Take All” Anand Giridharadas explains why he thinks society’s global elites are to blame.

Alicia Menendez sits down with #ShoutYourAbortion co-founder Lindy West to discuss her blog confronting sexual assault, her memoir and why so many women’s issues are still considered taboo.

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has featured in blockbuster hits, from Casino Royale to Doctor Strange. Now he joins the program to discuss his new survival movie “Arctic.”

Walter Isaacson sits down with Tim Wu, author of “The Curse of Bigness” to discuss how we’ve abandoned anti-trust and economic regulation laws to the public’s detriment.

R. Kelly is responsible for some of the 90s most enduring hits. But the six-part Lifetime series “Surviving R. Kelly” explores allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual abuse of minors, that have surrounded the R&B star for two decades, charges he’s always denied. Tarana Burke, founder of the "Me Too" Movement, joins the program to discuss the prevalent culture of sexual assault.

As the government shutdown jeopardizes the US economy and continues in the midst of crisis overseas, Republican congressman and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan joins the program to discuss.

As the British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a no confidence vote in her government, just over 70 days to go before Brexit is supposed to happen, Defense Minister Tobias Ellwood joins the program to discuss the dysfunction in his country’s government, and the nation’s future.

First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans tells Christiane Amanpour that after a year and a half of negotiations, the European Union has done its part, and it’s now Britain’s responsibility to figure out just what it wants to do.

Renowned actor Richard E. Grant, star of the cult classic “Withnail and I,” joins the program to discuss a new role in “Can You Ever Forgive Me” as well his poignant childhood.

Michel Martin sits down with Ellie Kemper, star of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” to discuss her new memoir, “My Squirrel Days.”

For decades, America – and the world – have worshiped at the feet of Silicon Valley and its mega-profitable innovations. But Scott Galloway says that these giants have rolled the dice, passed go, and collected the world, using what he terms “Jedi mind tricks” to convince us of a dubious reality.

Ilhan Omar made history to become the first Somali-American legislator in the US, and – along with Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib – the first Muslim woman in Congress. She spoke with Christiane Amanpour about Steve King’s “white supremacist” remarks, the government shutdown, her own historic position, and her efforts to enact a so-called “Green New Deal”.