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.

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.

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.

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.

Walter Isaacson speaks to award-winning journalist for The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones, about the complex history of desegregation busing and the benefits of integration in schools.

After U.S. Attorney General Barr announced he would reinstate the federal death penalty, Christiane Amanpour first speaks to a proponent of the decision, New York Law School professor Robert Blecker, and then Ruth Friedman, who represents one of the men due to be executed, to get both sides of the debate.

Christiane Amanpour speaks to Gideon Raff, director of the new film “The Red Sea Diving Resort,” which tells the extraordinary true story of undercover agents who used a resort to smuggle refugees to safe, and to Daniel (identity masked), the real-life Mossad agent who was involved in the operation.

Alicia Menendez sits down with Kristen Arnett, author of “Mostly Dead Things,” whose debut novel about family, grief and identity became an overnight bestseller.

After two nights of high-stakes democratic debates, Will Jawando, a former Obama White House official, and political strategist Mark McKinnon lay out the state of the 2020 race.

As the Trump administration puts Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on its sanctions list, Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, discusses whether the U.S. and Iran are set on a collision course for war.

While Turkey was once a bastion of secular, moderate rule, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it’s become increasingly authoritarian. Award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, who has often clashed with the government because of her bold writing, joins the program to discuss.