French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy has gone to the front lines of the fight against ISIS alongside Kurdish fighters. In two documentaries, Peshmerga and The Battle of Mosul, he tells the story of a people repeatedly abandoned by the West, who continue to fight for shared causes and values. Lévy tells Hari about his projects and explains how he has evidence ISIS is regrouping.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s retirement as senior royals is still top news. But the couple has always been open about their struggle with being tabloid fodder. So, less than two years since their fairy-tale wedding, what's changed? Could the move provide a way forward for an increasingly irrelevant royal family? Journalist Afua Hirsch and royal historian Robert Lacey join Christiane to assess.

Last night, the six Democratic candidates faced off in a debate for the final time before the Iowa caucuses next month. The party is split between two strands, moderates and progressives, but which stands a better chance of prevailing in November? Jennifer Granholm and Andrew Gillum have both represented key swing states for the Democrats, and join the program to discuss.

The Iranian government's lie about the Ukrainian passenger plane fits in with a global dilemma: how to navigate a post-truth world. Michel Martin delves into that conundrum with Lee McIntyre, whose book, Post-Truth, traces the development of this phenomenon from its roots in science denial, cognitive bias and postmodernism through the rise of “fake news,” and “information silos.

Gretchen Carlson was an anchor at Fox News and was the first to sue Fox CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Her case was eventually settled for $20 million, but this came with a mandatory non-disclosure agreement. Now, along with two other women who sued Fox, Carlson has launched “Lift Our Voices” to try and end the silence imposed by non-disclosure agreements.

Harvey Weinstein's career came crashing down after journalists Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey published their bombshell investigation, exposing alleged abuse and intimidation over decades. They told the story of their own reporting in the recent book “She Said”, and Kantor speaks with Christiane from the New York Times office to give an update on the Weinstein story.

Cybersecurity experts say Russian hackers are once again attempting to interfere in the US presidential election and have infiltrated Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Oren Falkowitz worked at the NSA before co-founding Area 1, a cyber security firm working to prevent these attacks. He joins the show from California to discuss the latest developments.

Facebook remains a goliath of the tech world and a range of critics have said that the company’s influence is a major risk to liberal democracy. One of its co-founders, Chris Hughes, shares these concerns and now is leading the fight against corporate monopolies, potentially placing him in confrontation with the company he helped to build. He sat down with Hari Sreenivasan.

There is a rather traumatic sense of déjà vu for the Ukranian public, with comparison being drawn between the doomed flight 752 from Iran and that of Flight MH17, the commercial airline brought down by a Russian missile in 2014. Danylo Lubvisky was the Ukranian Deputy Foreign Minister at the time of the MH17 disaster and he joins us from Kiev to discuss the fallout.

There have been worrying signs that the Iranian regime is responding in the way it has done to rebellion in the past- with an iron fist. To break this all down, Mohammad Ali Shabani, Iran Researcher at the University of London joins Christiane.

This week, Beijing’s top trade negotiator has touched down in D.C. with one aim; to bring an end to a bitter economic war between the two superpowers. With the White House distracted by Iran, could the situation play to the advantage of the Chinese? Evan Osnos has written extensively on just this subject for The New Yorker.

The U.S. has a long and complicated history with Iran, dating back to before the Ayatollahs came to power in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Ervand Abrahamian is an Iranian-Armenian historian whose book “The Coup” is the latest in his work unpacking U.S./Iranian relations. He tells Walter about the history of distrust and hostility between these two nations.

In a world filled with violence and polarization, new studies show that there are significant health benefits to even the smallest acts of kindness, like holding open a door or buying someone a coffee. Now UCLA has set up the world’s first institute to study kindness, and aims to research how it catches on. Christiane speaks with the institute’s inaugural director, anthropologist Daniel Fessler.

It has been a week of turmoil after the U.S.'s targeted killing of Iran’s military chief. Events took a tragic turn when a Ukrainian plane crashed over Tehran, killing all 176 on board. Most were Iranians and Canadians, along with 11 Ukrainians and other nationals. To discuss this tragic human cost of diplomatic drama, Christiane speaks with Michael Kergin, Canada’s former Ambassador to the U.S.

This week’s tragic disaster of the Ukrainian airliner highlights the urgent need for diplomacy that lowers the temperature. But what is America’s strategy towards Iran now? And what can be expected from Tehran? Christiane speaks with two experts: Sir Richard Dalton was the U.K.’s man in Tehran for years, while Barbara Slavin is the Atlantic Council’s top Iran expert.

As tensions with Iran take center stage, Customs and Border Protection have denied reports of Iranian Americans being detained and refused entry at the border between Canada and Washington state. As Lieutenant Governor of Washington, Cyrus Habib is the highest ranking Iranian American elected official in the U.S, and he sits down with Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the situation.

The U.S. increasingly believes Iran mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane that took off from Tehran on Tuesday amid military confrontation between Iran and the U.S. All 176 people on board were killed, soon after Iran launched missiles at two American bases in Iraq. To gain insight into the situation, Christiane speaks with Fred Pleitgen on the ground in Tehran.

Democrats say that in killing Soleimani, Trump acted without properly notifying Congress, and today the House is expected to vote to force the president to halt any military action against Iran unless Congress authorizes it. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine has introduced a similar bill in the Senate and joins the program from Capitol Hill.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they are stepping back as senior royals. In the couple’s statement on Wednesday they say they want to work to become financially independent and will split their time between the UK and North America. Christiane discusses the controversy with former royal insider Dickie Arbiter and New York Times London bureau chief Mark Landler.

Iran standing down – those are the words of President Trump as he addressed the nation in the wake of Iranian attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq. The belief in the administration seems to be that Iran chose to send a message rather than take action that would have provoked a substantial U.S. military response. David Urban, a close confidant of the president, joins the show to explain Trump's thinking.