Guantánamo Bay, the U.S. military prison, is often seen as the opposite of due process, where detainees in the War on Terror have been held without charge or trial since 2001. "The New Yorker" journalist Ben Taub's latest piece is about one man who was held in Guantánamo Bay for more than a decade. Taub joins Alicia Menendez to discuss the piece "Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret."

Following the Christchurch massacres, neighboring Australia's political discourse has been fraught with talk of xenophobia. As Australia gears up for elections, the public appears to be pushing back, calling for far-right politicians to be expelled from the nation's parliament. Waleed Aly is one of the country's most prominent commentators and joins the program to talk about tolerance.

Actress and playwright Heidi Schreck joins the program to speak about her Tony-nominated play "What the Constitution Means to Me."

Alicia Menendez sits down with Amanda Gorman, who at twenty-one years old is already a published author, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, and founder of an initiative in her hometown of Los Angeles that promotes literacy.

Craig Ferguson, an American late-night TV institution, looks back on his life so far, and how hardship can produce great comedy, as discussed in his new memoir, “Riding the Elephant.”

Christiane Amanpour sits down with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, whose unique leadership style is bucking the politics of division and populism seen elsewhere, and her nation’s ambitious pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2040.

Walter Isaacson sits down with Ray Dalio, an investor and philanthropist who manages the most successful hedge fund in the world and has become one of the latest billionaires to warn against a widening wealth gap.

HBO’s “Gentleman Jack” has joined the ranks of English period dramas like “The Crown” and “Downtown Abbey”- but with a twist. It showcases the life of Anne Lister, a 19th century businesswoman who defies the era’s stereotypes by following her heart and marrying a woman. Actress Suranne Jones and writer/director Sally Wainright join the program to discuss their groundbreaking new series.

As the 2020 race sees a wealth of Democratic candidates wager they can win the presidency, one issue unites them all: climate change. Mariana Mazzucato, author of “The Value of Everything,” argues bold initiatives like the Green New Deal are mistakenly dismissed as unrealistic.

As money pours into France to repair the devastating damage to Notre Dame, John Ochsendorf, professor of architecture at MIT, discusses how the key to repairing one of France’s greatest landmarks may lie with laser technology, and 3D models of the cathedral made by the late art historian, Andrew Tallon.