Amanpour and Company

News and Public Affairs Series / 3 Seasons

Featuring conversations with global leaders and decision makers on the issues affecting the world today, Amanpour and Company adds to the long tradition of public affairs programming that has been a hallmark of public media for decades.

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March 26, 2025

March 26, 2025 / 55m 47s

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discusses the group chat mishap regarding strikes on Houthis in Yemen. European Council President Antonio Costa urges European NATO members to become less dependent on others, "namely on the United States." Yale Professor Jason Stanley on how new teaching guidelines are stoking a culture of fear, and why he's taking drastic measures as a result.

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March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025 / 55m 47s

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže discusses the latest developments between Russia and Ukraine. WIRED reporter Makena Kelly shares current news out of Elon Musk's DOGE. Save the Children UK's Shaima Al-Obaidi reveals what she has seen working in Gaza. Clay Risen discusses his new book "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America."

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March 24, 2025

March 24, 2025 / 55m 47s

Russia expert Dara Massicot on Russia-Ukraine. Özgür Özel, leader of Turkey's opposition party, on the targeting of Pres. Erdogan's rivals. Olivia Hill, the first elected transgender lawmaker in Tennessee, on the White House's campaign against trans rights. Filmmaker Asako Gladsjo and Dr. Le’Shauna Phinazeeo on their new documentary "The Calling: A Medical School Journey."

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March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025 / 55m 16s

David Miliband, President of the International Rescue Committee, discusses the lives at risk from government cuts to USAID. Journalist Omar El Akkad calls attention to suffering in Gaza in his book “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.” Carrie Besnette Hauser, President and CEO of the Trust for Public Land, discusses the impact of funding cuts on our public spaces.

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March 20, 2025

March 20, 2025 / 55m 24s

Maja Stojanovic, Executive Director of Civic Initiatives, on the mass protests against Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić. Actor and co-writer Stephen Graham on his new Netflix show "Adolescence." The New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof on the harrowing picture in Kenya and Sudan after USAID supply lines were cut.

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March 19, 2025

March 19, 2025 / 55m 46s

Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander discusses the role of the U.S. in negotiating with Russia and Ukraine. Greg Swenson, Chairman of Republicans Overseas UK, talks about Trump's latest clash with the legal system. Author John Green explores the history and prevalence of tuberculosis in his new book "Everything is Tuberculosis."

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March 18, 2025

March 18, 2025 / 55m 29s

Jeremy Diamond reports on Israeli strikes in Gaza. Olga Cherevko describes what she's seeing from Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko on what Ukrainians make of today's Trump-Putin phone call. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris on Trump's trade war the the U.S.-Irish relationship. Co-authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson on their new book "Abundance."

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March 17, 2025

March 17, 2025 / 55m 47s

Gavin Kelleher of the NRC discusses the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Elizabeth Goitein from the Brennan Center for Justice looks at the constitutionality of recent deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Noubar Afeyan speaks about the tentative peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Fmr. DOJ official Mary McCord discusses Donald Trump's crackdowns on prominent law firms.

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March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025 / 55m 37s

EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas discusses the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting and questions of global policy. Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar on Putin's ambitions and the mood inside his home country. Jonathan D. Cohen on his new book "Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling."

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March 13, 2025

March 13, 2025 / 55m 47s

Former U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland weighs in on Putin's reaction to the proposed Ukraine ceasefire. Baher Azmy, the attorney for Mahmoud Khalil, discusses the arrest of his client, a Palestinian activist. NYT journalist Farnaz Fassihi on the potential for a nuclear deal with Iran. Eric Lascelles of the Royal Bank of Canada discusses Trump's tariffs.

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March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025 / 55m 36s

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO weighs in with the latest on Trump's tariffs and negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. National Legal Director for the ACLU Cecillia Wang on the on the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Scott Galloway breaks down what Trump's policies mean for the American economy.

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March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025 / 55m 47s

Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Richard Clarida weighs in on the stock market plunge in the US. European policy expert Alina Polyakova offers her take on the latest in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima discusses USAID's role in Uganda. Dr. Ashish Jha looks back on five years since the start of the COVID pandemic.

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March 10, 2025

March 10, 2025 / 55m 47s

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander on what this week's meetings could mean for the war in Ukraine. Rim Turkmani, director of the LSE Syrian Conflict Research Program, on what's happening on the ground in Syria. Sexual abuse and harrassment lawyer Ann Olivarius breaks down the implications of Andrew Tate's return to the U.S. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman on his new book "Superagency."

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March 7, 2025

March 7, 2025 / 55m 47s

Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman on what cues Donald Trump seems to be taking from Hungary in terms of foreign policy. From the archive: Co-directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham discuss their film “No Other Land,” which just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Travel writer Rick Steves tells the story of his most formative trip in his new book "On the Hippie Trail."

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March 6, 2025

March 6, 2025 / 55m 47s

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly on Trump's tariffs. Top European leaders are meeting with President Zelensky for a special summit on defense. Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk joins the show to discuss. May Pundak and Rula Hardal, co-directors of the NGO A Land for All, on the state of the Gaza ceasefire. Veteran D.C. journalist Frank Sesno on Trump and the press.

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March 5, 2025

March 5, 2025 / 55m 45s

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) reacts to Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress. Fmr. Executive Editor of The Washington Post Marty Baron discusses the Trump administration's strict rules for journalists and changes within the media. Elaine Weiss tells the story of citizenship schools that secretly taught Black adults in the South during the Jim Crow era in her book "Spell Freedom."

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March 4, 2025

March 4, 2025 / 55m 33s

Alexander Vindman on the latest regarding the Russia-Ukraine war and his new book "The Folly of Realism." Dr. Mary T. Bassett on how sweeping cuts in the U.S. will impact American healthcare. Gracelin Baskaran, director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at CSIS, on "a new era of minerals diplomacy."

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March 3, 2025

March 3, 2025 / 55m 44s

Former UK Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind reacts to the Oval Office clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. Alexander Stubb, the President of Finland, discusses the role Europe can play in the conflict now. Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk offers the Ukrainian reaction to last weeks White House argument.

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February 28, 2025

February 28, 2025 / 55m 47s

Mike Pence's former Chief of Staff weighs in on Trump's first month in office. Writer Joe Murphy and star Stephen Kunken on their new play "Kyoto." ACLU attorney Chase Strangio on Trump's executive orders targeting trans Americans.

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February 27, 2025

February 27, 2025 / 55m 36s

Fmr UK Ambassador to the US Sir Peter Westmacott weighs in on where the relationship between the US and Ukraine may be heading and what the UK's role may be. Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov also offers his opinion on US-Ukraine relations. Grief expert David Kessler says that in a world overwhelmed by constant crises we are becoming "grief illiterate."

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