Scientists say there's no doubt that recent extreme weather is driven by climate change. Yet the RNC will have nothing to say about it. Environmentalist and Republican Benji Backer grew up knocking on doors for John McCain and Mitt Romney. In college, he created the American Conservation Coalition to engage young conservatives on climate change and push the GOP to take action.

Mia Love broke through the glass ceiling in 2015 when she became America's first Black Republican Congresswoman. The daughter of Haitian immigrants and a Mormon convert, Love represented Utah’s fourth district until she lost her seat in 2019. A proud conservative, Love spoke at the 2012 RNC. Whether she supports President Trump today is not an easy question to answer, as she tells Michel Martin.

Alcohol is back on sale in South Africa, after previously being banned by South African President Ramaphosa to stave off domestic abuse. Josina Machel was blinded in one eye in a brutal attack by her partner five years ago. The incident led her to set up the Kuhluka Movement to empower women. She joins the program to tell her story and the discuss how the pandemic fuels domestic violence.

The effects of coronavirus on the human body are still unclear. Michael Reagan was fit and healthy before contracting COVID-19 in March. Since then he has been admitted repeatedly to New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital with serious, recurring symptoms. He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about his experience, alongside the doctor running Mount Sinai’s Center for Post-COVID Care.

The Republican National Convention is underway. President Trump has doubled down on his unsubstantiated claim that mail-in voting is riddled with fraud. Yet in the crucial battleground state of Florida, he’s actively encouraging the practice and is making use of it himself. To discuss the latest, Christiane speaks with former Florida governor and current GOP Senator Rick Scott.

After President Trump's inauguration in 2017, one of his first guests to Mar-a-Lago was Chinese President Xi Jinping. But after three years of trade wars, tariffs, and a coronavirus war-of-words, a new U.S. intelligence report states that Beijing would prefer Trump lose the 2020 election because he is “unpredictable.” To discuss this, Christiane speaks with experts from the U.S. and China.

Beth Fukumoto served three terms in the Hawaii House of Representatives, but the GOP forced her resignation after she publicly denounced President Trump's policies and rhetoric. She's now a Democrat and openly acknowledges what she calls her "political failings." She tells Michel Martin what led to her resignation.

Afua Hirsch is a prominent British writer, and in her book "Brit-ish," she laid out the consequences of Britain's ongoing denial of its imperial past. In her latest BBC series, "African Renaissance," she turns her gaze to Africa's art, history, and liberation culture. She joins the program to discuss the toxic legacy of racism.

One of President Trump's top campaign promises is tackling coronavirus. On Sunday, the President announced emergency authorizations of Convalescent Plasma Therapy as a potential treatment. Dr. Paul Offit is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He joins Christiane to explain the science behind the treatment.

As he accepted the GOP nomination, the President once again challenged the validity of mail-in ballots and of the upcoming election in general. The Republican National Committee has chosen not to draft a party platform this election cycle and instead to "enthusiastically support the President's America-First agenda." What can the U.S. expect from four more years of Trump? Scott Jennings discusses.

The world first knew Chanel Miller as Emily Doe, when her anonymous victim impact statement about suffering a brutal sexual assault went viral in 2016. She joins Christiane to discuss healing and her latest project: a 75-foot-long mural called "I Was, I Am, I Will Be" at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum.

How does this year's DNC fit in with the history of party conventions past? Doris Kearns Goodwin is perhaps the nation's best known presidential historian. For decades she has studied the highest office in the land -- and at one time viewed it from up close, as a young aide to Lyndon Baines Johnson. She recently wrote the book "Leadership in Turbulent Times" and she joins Christiane from Boston.

Political conventions are the stage upon which Presidential candidates need to employ one skill above all others: the art of persuasion. Jonah Berger, Professor at the Wharton School of Business, is an expert on such matters. His latest book, "The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind," argues that removing barriers is the key to changing the way people think. He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan.

The Democratic National Conventionmade history this week when Kamala Harris officially accepted the nomination to be Joe Biden’s running mate -- making her the first Black woman and the first Asian American on a major party ticket. One who helped pave the way for this moment is Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman to become a U.S. senator. She joins the show to discuss the significance.

In 2018, at the remarkable age of 23, Tyler Mitchell became the first Black cover photographer in the 126-year history of Vogue Magazine. His cover girl? None other than Beyoncé. Now at the grand old age of 25, he has released a new book entitled “I Can Make You Feel Good.” Mitchell sits down with Christiane to discuss his sources of inspiration, and the role of racial identity in his work.

Pramila Jayapal was the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Jayapal, an outspoken progressive member of the Democratic Party, has referred to her strong bond with Harris. She joins the show to discuss the future of her party and her country.

Michael Chertoff served as Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush and speaks with Michel Martin about the looming specter of yet more election interference.

Tensions have heightened between Greece and Turkey over oil exploration in the Mediterranean and reports of a crackdown on migrants seeking refuge in Greece. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis joins Christiane to discuss the state of his country.

COVID-19 may have forced a virtual delivery of Joe Biden's Party nomination acceptance speech, but we can still get a unique perspective on the Democratic candidate with Ron Klain. He served as President Obama’s Ebola czar. Before that, Klain was Vice President Biden’s chief of staff and remains one of his closest advisers. Klain speaks with Walter Isaacson about the election and the pandemic.

In Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko still clings to power after claiming victory in elections that were widely condemned as fraudulent. The EU is calling for new elections – something Lukashenko says won’t happen, unless “you kill me.” But his support seems to be slipping away. The country’s ambassador to Slovakia has tendered his resignation and joins the program from Bratislava.