Following President Trump’s racist rhetoric, raids on undocumented immigrants, and an unprecedent new asylum policy, Cecilia Wang, deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union discusses what this means for civil rights and democracy in the United States.

As President Trump doubles down on his racist tweets, one of his supporters, Kris Kobach, a U.S. Republican Senate candidate from Kansas, joins the program.

Walter Isaacson sits down with Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” to discuss why the United States' biggest divide is not red versus blue, but rather city verses suburbia.

Five years on from the moment terrorist organization Boko Haram snatched hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls, journalist Isha Sesay, who covered the devastating story, discusses how this happened, and why so many of the girls are still in captivity.

U.S. House Republican Will Hurd discusses what many believe to be President Trump’s most racist rhetoric yet, aimed at four Democratic congresswomen, as well as the Trump administration’s hardened immigration policy.

Walter Isaacson sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough, whose new book “The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West,” documents the figures who helped shape the ideals of the nation.

Best-selling author and public intellectual Malcolm Gladwell discusses his hit podcast “Revisionist History” and the need for us to challenge our own ideas and assumptions.

Award-winning director Nick Broomfield reveals the story behind one of Leonard Cohen’s most iconic songs, “So Long Marianne,” and the muse who inspired his music.

Alicia Menendez sits down with Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury to discuss how her new drama, “Fairview,” confronts the various forms of racism in society.

The 2020 race picks up the pace as the democratic presidential debates begin and the Supreme Court issues landmark rulings that will shape America’s future. Christiane Amanpour discusses these developments with former Special Adviser to the Obama White House, Van Jones, as well as former Democratic Senator for California, Barbara Boxer.

As the Women’s World Cup galvanizes global attention like never before, Christiane Amanpour speaks to one of the titans of women’s soccer, Michelle Akers, about the challenges and prejudices female soccer players are forced to overcome.

Alicia Menendez sits down with conductor Marin Alsop, the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.

As the White House unveils a fifty-billion-dollar package for peace in the Middle East, the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh dismisses it as nonsense in an exclusive interview with Christiane Amanpour.

As the Supreme Court wraps up its session with crucial rulings on race, Christiane Amanpour speaks with civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson about his long crusade for judicial justice.

Frank Rich sits down with Walter Isaacson to discuss his work on "Veep" and "Succession."

Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter delves into what it takes to run the Pentagon, and why China and Russia may be this administration’s biggest foreign policy challenge.

Music legend Mavis Staples reveals why she’s still using gospel and soul music to unite America.

As tensions escalate between the United States and Iran, the confrontation puts America’s European allies, who are still committed to the nuclear deal, in a difficult position. Former French Ambassador to the United States Gérard Araud joins the program to discuss.