National security advisor John Bolton and secretary of state Mike Pompeo are travelling the Middle East to reassure allies following President Trump’s sudden announcement to withdraw troops from Syria. Former national security aide Kori Schake discusses this, and America’s global leadership in 2019.

As the government remains in partial shutdown, David Urban, adviser to President Trump’s 2020 campaign, joins the program to discuss an impasse that is having a dramatic impact on thousands of federal employees, as well as the country.

Alicia Menendez speaks with Karla Welch, one of Hollywood's top stylists, about her career as an "image architect."

As Facebook is at the center of yet another privacy scandal, Kara Swisher, executive editor of Recode, discusses whether the need for oversight has reached a breaking point in Silicon Valley.

Michel Martin sits down with Somini Sengupta, who is part of the New York Times’ team dedicated to climate coverage, an issue that has devastated regions around the world, caused civil unrest and dominated this year’s headlines.

Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Lebanese film director and Golden Globe nominee Nadine Labaki, to discuss her latest work casting refugees who deliver astonishing performances in “Capernaum.”

While Maggie Anderson was an enthusiastic supporter of then-candidate Donald Trump’s tough stance on Muslim refugees, her newfound friendship with Bnyad Sharef, an Iraqi refugee, changed her mind. They sit down with Michel Martin to discuss their transformative relationship.

Political commentator, prolific conservative writer, and podcast host Ben Domenech is Founder of The Federalist, a conservative online magazine. He shares his thoughts on the evolution of conservatism, the future of the GOP, and the implications of the rising global populist movement.

Garrett Graff, author of “The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller’s FBI,” and Elie Honig, a former federal and state prosecutor, discuss what the latest bombshells mean for the embattled President.

Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen joins the program to discuss his latest work “Widows,” a film that puts women’s power and complexity front and center.

Hari Sreenivasan discusses that struggle servicemen and women face upon returning home with Lauren Knapp, producer behind “The War Within,” and one of three veterans featured in the docu-series, Assal Ravandi, who came to America as an Iranian refugee. Watch "The War Within" here https://www.facebook.com/WarWithinShow/
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As the world witnesses violence on the streets of France, paralyzing political in-fighting in Britain and partisan division in the United States, Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis discusses whether the center can hold against a rising tide of nationalism.

Since her own rocky road to Harvard University, Hanna Stotland has made a living getting kids with a past into universities across America – a career that has seen her attract a specific and controversial clientele: young men accused of sexual misconduct. Stotland argues that before we decide what to do with “bad men,” we must determine which ones are bad.

While political chaos engulfs the UK, US, and much of Europe, the world’s attention has slipped away from the ongoing civil war in Syria. Until this month, Jan Egeland was the Humanitarian Advisor to the outgoing UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura; he reflects candidly on the many failures – and small successes – of the humanitarian efforts to mitigate the human catastrophe in Syria.

When it comes to interviewing, no one perfected the art better than Dick Cavett. Over the course of an illustrious career, Cavett interviewed the most famous figures of the twentieth century. He joins Christiane Amanpour to look back at his extraordinary career, and to revisit some of his favorite moments from over the years.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is staking everything on European Union leaders saving her Brexit plan. First Vice President of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness joins the program to discuss what could happen if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal at all.

Walter Isaacson sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and renowned legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed, who argues looking at history’s great leaders is the best way to understand divisions over race, gender and partisanship- what she calls “the American dilemma.”

Hollywood star Margot Robbie joins the program to discuss her daunting new role as England’s Elizabeth I, in the historical biopic “Mary Queen of Scots.”

Michel Martin sits down with Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, whose Latino community and church are at odds over President Trump’s actions.

As federal prosecutors say for the first time President Trump is implicated in campaign violations, former Republican chair of the Federal Election Commission Trevor Potter and former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin discuss the mounting pressure on the president.