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.

Watch: S2023 E6121

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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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February 26, 2025

February 26, 2025 / 55m 47s

Former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on the deal between President Zelensky and President Trump and what it could mean for Ukraine. Gregg Nunziata, conservative attorney and Executive Director of the Society for the Rule of Law, on Elon Musk and the constitutionality of DOGE's actions. Retired naval officer Theodore R. Johnson on the recent firings of top military leaders and lawyers.

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February 25, 2025

February 25, 2025 / 55m 34s

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe discusses Dan Bongino's new role as deputy director of the bureau. Comfort Ero, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group, provides an update on the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. CEO and Co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, Bill Browder on the impact of Trump's moves to negotiate with Putin.

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February 24, 2025

February 24, 2025 / 55m 47s

European leaders are gathered in Kyiv today to mark three years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reports with the latest. Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on chronicling his country at war. Experts David Broder and Constanze Stelzenmüller on the German elections. Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, on his new book "Righting Wrongs."

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February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025 / 55m 47s

New York Times opinion columnist Masha Gessen on Trump's disruptive foreign policy and the limits of executive power. Christiane speaks with European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi onstage at the Munich Security Conference. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) on the consequences of the Trump administration's budget cuts to the Department of Education.

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February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025 / 55m 47s

Former Russian Diplomat Boris Bondarev, outspoken critic of Putin, discusses the developments in Russia-U.S. talks. Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Elon Musk's cuts through U.S. government. Law professor Bernadette Atuahene on her new book "Plundered," which explores what she calls the systemic bigotry in America's tax system.

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February 19, 2025

February 19, 2025 / 55m 36s

Former Secretary of State Wendy Sherman offers her insight on talks between the US and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine. Ruth Margalit, writer for NYT Mag, shares the mood in Israel as the country awaits the return of the bodies of four hostages including two young children. Former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou discusses the dismissed corruption indictment against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

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February 18, 2025

February 18, 2025 / 55m 47s

Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh joins the show from Kyiv to discuss the latest in U.S.-Russia peace talks. Andrea Kendall Taylor, former CIA analyst, further explains the potential outcomes. Palestinian PM Mohammad Mustafa discusses the fragile ceasefire still holding between Israel and Hamas. Loretta Ross explores how to work with those you disagree with in her book "Calling In."

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February 17, 2025

February 17, 2025 / 55m 47s

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discusses the upcoming talks on ending the war in Ukraine, which Ukraine has been left out of. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) offers his take on where all this is headed. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the alliance's reaction to these developments. Bill Gates shares stories from his childhood that shaped him in his new book "Source Code."

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