Michel Martin sits down with author Casey Gerald to reflect on the 400th anniversary of the first documented arrival of African slaves to American shores and what’s at stake in remembering this sombre past.

As protests reach boiling point in Hong Kong and Chinese officials accuse the demonstrators of showing signs of “terrorism,” one of the movement’s main leaders, Joshua Wong, discusses how far they’re willing to take this.

As multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein is found dead in his cell while facing decades in prison on federal sex trafficking charges, McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses conspiracy theorists’ reactions to the shock death, and the increasing threat from fake news and misinformation.

U.S. House democrat Tom Malinowski, who served as assistant secretary of state for democracy and human rights under President Barack Obama, weighs-in on the spate of unrest in Hong Kong, Kashmir and Moscow, and what he calls a global clash of ideologies.

Competing world views can be deeply distorted by the warped mirror of social media. New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino calls the internet “an engine of self-delusion.” She explores its power to distort in her new book of essays, called “Trick Mirror,” and sat down with Alicia Menendez to discuss the allure of false promises online.

In the summer of 2014, 2,000 lives were lost in a 50-day Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza. The events leading up to that conflict are the focus of a new HBO series, “Our Boys.” Co-directors Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu-Wael join the program to discuss.

Donald Trump’s winning strategy for 2020 lies largely in the hands of white evangelical voters. Meanwhile, the proportion of minority voters is growing—a trend that favors Democrats—but it will take several election cycles before that demographic change is reflected at the ballot box. Robert P. Jones is founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, and has studied these changes in depth.

Michel Martin sits down with Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis and director Tom Donahue to discuss their new film “This Changes Everything,” which tackles the need for more female representation in media.

Tensions have been rising between two U.S. allies, India and Pakistan, since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced he was removing Kashmir’s special status from the constitution, putting its autonomy at risk. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, explains what’s at stake, and why her country has suspended trade with India in retaliation.

As the United Nations warns we need to rethink what we eat and how we produce it, leading climate expert Michael Mann explains why this message is both vital and urgent.

Hari Sreenivasan sits down with the co-director and producer of “One Child Nation,” Nanfu Wang, to discuss how the award-winning new film exposes the devastating cost of China’s one-child policy.

A new series called “The Family” sheds light on the deep ties between religion and politics through an intensely secretive and influential organization. The show’s director, Jesse Moss, and the author who wrote the book that first exposed the group, Jeff Sharlet, join the program to discuss.

As President Trump visits Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas—two towns that witnessed devastating mass shootings this week—Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, joins the program to discuss the divisive rhetoric and racial tensions that persist in the United States.

Walter Isaacson sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee to discuss the world’s second leading cause of death, cancer, and the ethical implications of new treatments emerging.

The United States is still reeling after mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas. As the FBI Agents Association calls for a domestic terrorism statute, radicalization expert Peter Neumann discusses the changes needed to make the nation safer.

After almost a decade of working for Russian TV, Peter Pomerantsev revealed how Russia manipulates the truth to influence and control its people. He joins the program to discuss his new book, "This Is Not Propaganda," where he tackles the age of global disinformation we’re now facing.

Former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz discusses the current threat of nuclear warfare, as tensions in Kashmir and North Korea rise, and a Cold War era nuclear pact between the U.S. and Russia falls apart.

Danah Boyd is a senior researcher at Microsoft and founder of the research institute “Data & Society,” where she studies how media manipulators may be responsible for mass shootings and other crisis events. She sat down with Hari Sreenivasan to explain how digital media amplifies the spread of false information.

Kellyanne Conway joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss President Trump's response to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, and whether or not he encourages extremism with language against migrants such as “invasion” and “infestation."

Daniel Benjamin was co-ordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department under President Obama and had to wrestle first-hand with the United States' blind spot regarding homegrown racist terror. He joins the program alongside Reverend William Barber, a longtime civil rights activist and Protestant minister who was in El Paso just days before the massacre there.