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.
Women’s votes will be crucial in the mid-terms, with multiple issues of pressing concern, including female representation, Roe v. Wade, and the #MeToo movement in the wake of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem joins the show, alongside the actress who plays her in the new stage production, “Gloria: A Life.”
The day before the mid-terms, the world awaits what is being regarded as a referendum on President Trump. In 2016, 80% of white evangelicals voted for Trump, but is that support waning? Tony Perkins – President of the Christian conservative Family Research Council – joins the program to discuss.
Rosanne Cash produced fifteen albums and multiple bestselling books, earning a shelf-full of awards and accolades. She talks to Christiane Amanpour about her new album, an honest exploration of the traumas and triumphs that brought her to where she is today.
Alicia Menendez talks to veteran actor and musician Mandy Patinkin. Known for his roles in “Homeland” and “Evita,” he’s also an advocate for refugees, working with the International Rescue Committee, traveling the world to meet some of its most vulnerable people.
Reverend William Barber, one of America’s moral and spiritual leaders, joins the program, days ahead of the midterm elections, to discuss the awakening he senses in America: a fresh commitment to fighting poverty, bigotry and environmental devastation.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considered the firewall against a rising tide of Western nationalism. Now that she’s announced she won’t run for re-election in 2021, Stefan Kornelius, author of Merkel’s authorized biography, discusses how her departure will change Germany, Europe and the world.
As President Trumps ratchets up his rhetoric ahead of the midterms, Christiane Amanpour talks to Marc Short, Trump’s former director of legislative affairs, about the way forward if the result is a divided government.
Senator Mark Warner joins the program to discuss privacy regulations and the brutal new theory about what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.
Walter Isaacson sits down with Republican Congressman Garret Graves to discuss why cross-party cooperation is still possible.
Ben Bradlee Jr. sits down with Walter Isaacson to discuss politics in the era of Trump and his new book, "Forgotten: How the People of One Pennsylvania County Elected Donald Trump and Changed America."
Hari Sreenivasan sits down with film director Kimberly Reed to discuss the role of dark money in political campaigns.
Christiane Amanpour sits down with writer and comedian Hasan Minhaj, whose new Netflix show “Patriot Act” weaves wit in and out of our most pressing cultural crises.
President Trump is pulling out all the stops, days before the midterms. Scott Jennings, former special assistant to President George W. Bush, and John Avlon, former editor of The Daily Beast, join the program to discuss how divisions across the nation are impacting this critical election.
Alicia Menendez sits down with two Florida activists, themselves former felons, fighting to restore voting rights to more than a million ex-convicts in Florida.
In an exclusive interview at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Christiane Amanpour sits down with Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart, two comedy legends who share a rare ability to mine for laughter during troubled times
Hari Sreenivasan sits down with strategist Frank Luntz, who has helped shape the Republican message for decades and now says the country is more divided than ever.
The country mourns the lives lost in the worst attack in history on America’s Jewish community. Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke talks about the terror threat from within.
As Brazil lurches to the far-right with the election of nativist candidate Jair Bolsonaro, former Foreign Defense Minister Celso Amorim joins the program to discuss.
As America tries to make sense of a week marked by hate-fueled violence, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky and theologian Serene Jones join the program to discuss finding strength in America’s core principles.
Michel Martin sits down with journalist Beth Macy, whose latest book “Dopesick” tells the story of how the opioid crisis swept the United States.
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