Plácido Domingo is the world’s most successful opera singer. Christiane Amanpour met him behind-the-scenes as he prepared for his sold-out show in London.

General Stanley McChrystal and author Sean McFate discuss the changing face of war, and why the world order America and its allies have fought hard to protect is now on shaky ground.

Alicia Menendez sits down with renowned African-American feminist and sociology professor Tressie McMillan Cottom to discuss her new book, "Thick: And Other Essays."

The Washington Post's Jason Rezaian recounts in chilling detail what it was like to be imprisoned on trumped-up charges in Tehran's Evin prison for 544 days.

Top German cabinet minister Jens Span joins the program to discuss rocky relations between the US and Germany as their two leaders suffer through a strained relationship.

Colombian President, Iván Duque, discusses why, along with the US, his country is also supporting the power grab in the neighboring country of Venezuela.

The political crisis in Venezuela has taken a dramatic turn as the leader of the opposition declares himself interim President. Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff discusses why, despite a government crisis of its own, the US was the leading country to announce its approval, as well as developments around the Russia investigation and President Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Walter Isaacson sits down with Native American writer David Treuer, to discuss his new memoir and why he believes America is at war with itself.

Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Sarah El Deeb, Syria correspondent for the Associated Press, to discuss the many conflicts on the ground there, and the human toll of a country cut into pieces.

Afghanistan is America’s longest war, and this week a suicide attack killed dozens of Afghans, with a US army sergeant killed in combat. Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah joins the program to discuss.

As the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration’s military transgender ban to go into effect while a legal challenge plays out in lower courts, Captain Jennifer Peace, a transgender woman who joined the US army when she was 19, joins the program.

It’s now been 33 days that federal workers have gone without a pay check. Former Presidential Candidate Al Gore lived through eight shutdowns, and he joins the program from Davos, where he’s tackling an even bigger crisis: climate change.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair joins the program to discuss the chaotic state of affairs in the UK, where Britain still does not have an exit agreement with the European Union, less than 70 days before it leaves.

Alicia Menendez sits down with Claire Lehmann, founder and editor of Quillette, to discuss why she’s determined to prod the boundaries of acceptable discourse.

As President Trump misses the World Economic Forum in Davos due to the government shutdown, union labour leader J. David Cox Sr. discusses the hardships his members are facing as they work without pay.

As one of more than a hundred diplomats, academics and activists to sign a letter to Beijing demanding the release of two Canadians, David Mulroney, Canada’s former ambassador to China, discusses the escalating standoff between the two countries.

As America marks Martin Luther King Day, Hari Sreenivasan talks to the President of the leading non-profit Color Of Change, Rashard Robinson, about the right strategy to fight racial injustice.

Brett McGurk, former US Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS, has worked across three administrations. He joins the program to discuss his shock resignation and how the President's Syria policy could galvanize ISIS instead of beating it.

Author Reniqua Allen spoke to dozens of black millennials from all over the US for her new book, "It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America." She joins the program to discuss why so many young black Americans feel disillusioned today.