Award-winning author Isabel Allende was forced into exile after her uncle, former Chilean President Salvador Allende, was overthrown in a coup. Her new historical novel "A Long Petal of the Sea" tells the story of a couple fleeing the 1930s Spanish Civil War. Allende tells Walter how writing helps soothe her own experience of exile and the pain of losing her daughter.

Throughout President Trump's impeachment trial, his supporters have insisted on the right to maximum presidential power, and perhaps no administration official believes this more fervently than Attorney General William Barr. David Rohde recently profiled Barr in an article, describing him as “Trump’s sword and shield.” He joins Christiane in New York to explain what he means.

"Little America" is a new series on Apple TV+ based on true stories that show the immigrant experience in all its complexity. Comedian Kumail Nanjiani and writer Emily V. Gordon, executive producers of the show, speak with Christiane about their mission to humanize immigrants in today’s political climate.

Mike Isaac has been covering Uber for years. His book "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" presents the dramatic rise and fall of a start-up that came to symbolize everything wrong with Silicon Valley. Though the current CEO has enacted wide reforms in the company, Isaac tells Hari Sreenivasan why Uber should be a cautionary tale for corporate greed and the limits of the gig economy.

With almost 600 people dead and tens of thousands infected, the Wuhan Coronavirus shows no sign of slowing down. While the Chinese government has imposed severe quarantine restrictions, the disease poses a major challenge to President Xi Jinping. To assess just how dangerous the outbreak is, Christiane speaks with Sir Jeremy Farrar, a global expert on infectious disease.

While Joe Biden and other moderate candidates in the 2020 election support a gradual transition away from fracking, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren call for banning it outright. But in key 2020 swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of workers rely on fracking for their jobs. Christiane gains insight from two Pennsylvanians in the crosshairs of the debate.

Fran Drescher is best known for playing the iconic Fran Fine in the 90s hit sitcom "The Nanny." Now she’s back on TV screens with the new comedy show "Indebted." Drescher speaks with Ana Cabrera about her career, her battle with uterine cancer, and a harrowing experience with sexual assault.

President Trump touted a booming economy in his State of the Union address—but do his claims live up to reality? The Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, was on hand to deliver the Democratic Party’s response to the address, arguing that American workers are not thriving. She joins Christiane to explain her stance.

David Byrne’s Broadway show "American Utopia" is all about hope and connection between people, an antidote to these divisive times. Byrne is best known as front man of the Talking Heads, a band that influenced generations of performers and music lovers with hits like “Burning Down the House” and “Psycho Killer." He joins Christiane to discuss the vision behind the show.

The city of Wilmington, North Carolina once stood out as a vibrant, mixed-race community. That came to a dramatic end in 1898 when white supremacists staged a bloody coup in which the city’s government was overthrown and 60 black men were killed. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Zucchino sits down with Walter to explain how his new book "Wilmington's Lie" chronicles it all.

As one of the masterminds of President Obama’s victorious 2008 campaign, David Axelrod remembers Iowa with particular fondness. He tells Christiane why the current mess is so damaging to the process and why he thinks the Iowa caucuses are dead as we know them.

Chaos and confusion reigned Monday night and into Tuesday, as technical issues combined with human error to turn the Iowa caucuses results into a muddled mess. There are serious questions about the integrity of the U.S. electoral system – and whether the Iowa caucus should be abolished. Journalist and host of “Iowa Press” David Yepsen joins Christiane to discuss.

On Sunday, movie lovers around the world will tune in to watch the Oscars, but the program has once again come in for criticism. All but one of this year's Best Actor and Actress nominees are white, and not one woman is nominated for Best Director. Christiane discusses the state of diversity in Hollywood with entertainment reporter Nischelle Turner and British activist Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.

In the presidential election, healthcare is the number one issue for voters in both parties. Paige Winfield Cunningham is a national reporter at the Washington Post, focusing specifically on healthcare policy. Despite the healthcare wars within the Democratic Party—and between Democrats and the GOP—Cunningham tells Hari that neither party will make major changes.

After the White House’s Middle East peace plan was unveiled last week, the plan was unanimously rejected this past weekend with a sharp statement from the Arab League. Journalist Kim Ghattas has been covering the Middle East for 20 years. She joins the program to discuss her new book "Black Wave," which chronicles the enduring 40 year rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

The 2020 election season is off to the races. With the first major contest in Iowa wrapping up, voters are revealing which topics they care about most and who they think can address them. But when it comes to actual economic policy, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman argues that it won’t matter much which Democrat wins the nomination. He joins Christiane to explain his views.

Petra Costa’s latest film "The Edge of Democracy" is nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars. It’s an intimate look at the rise and fall of former Brazilian presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. The current president, Jair Bolsonaro, is also featured, and he has already called the film "a work of fiction." Costa joins Hari to discuss the dangers to democracy in Brazil.

After a 47-year marriage, the U.K.’s bitter split from the European Union has finally happened. It’s taken the best part of four years, ever since the Brexit referendum, which divided a nation right down the middle and caused both celebration and mourning. David Dimbleby, a titan of British broadcasting who for decades has been the face of the BBC, joins Christiane to reflect on this moment.

As the rape trial of fallen Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein ramps up, a new film is examining the toxic workplace culture which enables predatory behavior and vilifies those who speak up. "The Assistant" tracks a day in the life of an assistant at a high pressure production company, and is the latest work from writer and director Kitty Green. She joins the program from New York to discuss.

St. Louis, Missouri was the epicenter of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2014. Now, Kim Gardner – the city’s first African American chief prosecutor – is investigating police violence. She joins Michel to explain why she filed a lawsuit accusing the city of St. Louis and its police union of a “racially motivated conspiracy to deny the civil rights of racial minorities."