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How Joe Manchin derailed President Biden’s social spending package, and the real-life implications of the West Virginia Democrat’s break with his own party … With the Omicron variant spreading fast, a former White House pandemic adviser analyzes the latest data … What 35-year-old leftist Gabriel Boric’s election as Chile’s new president means for democracy in the region. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the Bosnian state in danger of unravelling, the American special envoy to the region talks about the worldwide fallout … With Boris Johnson facing a crisis of trust, is the party over for the British PM? … With inflation accelerating, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers gives his take on how the country can right the ship. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The former head of the CDC and the editor-in-chief of the Lancet Lancet tell you what you need to know … Why what’s happening to a crucial ice shelf is a red alert for the human race … How AI could reinforce inequality. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why the Jan 6 investigation is crucial to American democracy, and what new revelations tell us about the state of the Republican party … The harrowing reality of life under the Taliban for Afghanistan’s LGBTQ community … The first woman of color to run a Fortune 50 company on her work, life, family and our future. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christiane talks with the lawmaker investigating the startling accusations of incompetence that plagued the chaotic exit from Afghanistan, as well as a former infantryman who just wrote a new book on the subject … Former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards about the assault on women’s choice … Show biz legend Kathleen Turner on her one-woman show. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the Covid crisis converges with scandals at #10 Downing Street, politicians on both sides of the aisle discuss whether British PM Boris Johnson has any credibility now … How much does climate change have to do with the calamity in Kentucky? … Reckoning with slavery across America. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya on what, if anything has been achieved by President Biden’s virtual democracy summit … What is “long Covid?” Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh provides answers on the lingering condition … Journalist Barton Gellman says Donald Trump’s next coup has already begun. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An independent panel says China is committing genocide against the Uighurs. We break down the evidence with a dissident activist, and then hear China’s view … A foreign policy expert on the life and vision of Germany’s new chancellor … The man behind Moderna talks about Omicron and where the Covid-19 vaccines may take us in 2022. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Mississippi lawsuit has the U.S. closer to overturning Roe vs. Wade. Frank discussions with feminist author Katie Roiphe, and Charles Fried, Ronald Reagan’s Solicitor General ... A new report declares China the biggest captor of journalists. Christianne speaks to a columnist-turned-activist from a Hong Kong newspaper that was forced to close … A look back at Angela Merkel, a woman who shaped an era. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the specter of war in Europe hanging in the air, the American and Russian Presidents spoke for over two hours today. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow gives his perspective … Novelist/poet Margaret Atwood on how to build practical utopias … The author of “Dopesick” and the founder of “Relatives Against Purdue Pharma” discuss the harrowing impact of the opioid epidemic. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While there are early signs the new COVID variant may not be as severe as Delta, health experts insist the key to ending the pandemic is vaccination. So Greece is taking the bull by the horns, mandating vaccines for everyone 60+. We speak exclusively to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki about his plan to find those who refuse the vaccine. Plus: Allison Krauss and Robert Plant discuss their new album, and why it took them 14 long years to reunite. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can Joe Biden persuade Putin to reverse the recent troop buildup on the Ukraine border? An exclusive interview with the Ukranian ambassador to the U.S. Plus: A look inside one of Libya’s detention centers, and how Puerto Rico is beating the odds to become the poster child for vaccination. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the Women’s Tennis Association suspended all tournaments in China, it took a crucial stand in defense of Peng Shuai and in support of women’s rights. We talk with WTA CEO Steve Simon. Plus: The secret cyber skirmishes between Israel and Iran. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the new Omicron variant continuing to spread, global public health experts talk about mixed messages and possible missteps … Following another mass shooting in the U.S., a former gun executive explains why America is the only country where this keeps happening … A fresh look at the legacy of Malcom X. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“We will repel, destroy and eliminate the enemy.” Those are the stark words today from Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Senator Chris Coons, President Biden’s foreign policy man in Congress, sheds light on the grim situation … A new documentary uncovers the American laws punishing boycotts of Israel … Will Omicron usher in another winter of discontent? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new coronavirus variant has prompted multiple countries to institute travel bans. But is that the best strategy? The woman spearheading the WHO’s global COVID strategy weighs in. Plus: Taiwan on alert. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Bosnia faces its most serious crisis since the 1990s, Christiane speaks with the country’s former prime minister … Is the latest COVID variant more transmissible than Delta? … Why the Chicago 7 trial still resonates today. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 migrants drown in the English Channel. We seek answers from a migration expert and a Macron ally … The International Olympic Committee is under fire for its handling of the Peng Shuai case. We speak with a senior IOC official … An incredible story of survival and Thanksgiving. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We take you on patrol in some of the world’s most contested waters as Ukraine prepares for a possible Russian invasion. Plus: The U.S. Supreme Court under the microscope. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The WHO’s Hans Kluga explains the reasons behind Europe’s latest Covid wave – and the way out … A new report says US democracy is backsliding … Documenting the incredible legacy of Arthur Ashe. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Afghanistan verges on a humanitarian catastrophe, Christiane interviews the former U.S. envoy who struck America’s deal with the Taliban. Plus: “Get Back” director Peter Jackson, and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Chinese tennis star hasn’t been seen since making assault allegations against a former Communist Party leader. What does her disappearance say about China? … Why is Russia building up forces on Ukraine’s border? … Pioneering new ways to fight the opioid epidemic. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya claims the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, is a “criminal” who’s weaponizing migrants to pressure the U.S. to lift sanctions. Those same migrants on the Belarus-Poland border were met with water cannons and tear gas from Polish authorities. Christiane asks Poland’s deputy foreign minister a simple question: why? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tensions escalate as Poland accuses Belarus of a mass entry of migrants across their shared borders … As Europe once again becomes the epicenter of the pandemic, Dr. Paul Offit on the trajectory of the virus … A desperate search for answers in the wake of the Astroworld Festival tragedy. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exclusive interview with Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter, who ignited a firestorm by accusing Xi Jinping of “unimaginable human rights abuses and crimes against humanity.” Also: Washington Post reporter Aaron Gardner’s detailed investigation into the Capitol Hill insurrectionists. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Anne Applebaum on the political violence at the Belarus border … The high-stakes meeting between the world’s two most powerful men … J.J. Abrams on what went right with The Play That Goes Wrong. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Glasgow climate summit is over, but did world leaders buy humanity enough time to avert disaster? … How three immigrant brothers built a company that would bring the global economy to its knees … Boundary breaking entertainer Billy Porter opens up. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An in-depth look at the two ongoing trials that will test the difference between self-vigilante killings and self-defense … Film star Forrest Whitaker explains how his acting career inspired his global activism … Grammy-winning musician Carlos Santana on his fascinating life and career. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the U.S. eyes a return to the Iran nuclear deal, Christiane speaks with Iran’s lead negotiator. Plus, a look back at the complex legacy of South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, who died today at age 85. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BP CEO Bernard Looney promises the fossil fuel giant can be part of the solution to climate change. Plus: Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar ups the pressure on Nicaragua’s power-hungry President Daniel Ortega. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rebels in Ethiopia say they're closing in on the capital. How we got here and what could happen next ... Inside the downfall of the NRA ... Why Lincoln tore up the US Constitution ... Major milestone in fight against COVID. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

International Atomic Energy Commission chief Rafael Grossi pitches nuclear energy as a solution to the climate crisis ... Hillary Clinton's "second daughter" Huma Abedin steps out of the shadows ... Billy Jean King on becoming the first woman to have a major tennis tournament named in her honor. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Glasgow for COP26, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explains why passing the President’s Build Back Better agenda is crucial for both the economy and the climate … and what it was like meeting with music icon Bono. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuing her live coverage from COP26 in Glasgow, Christiane interviews the British PM. Plus: Why John Kerry’s hopeful China will help save our future. And: Why NIH chief Dr. Francis Collins stood down. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christiane’s on-the-scene coverage of the crucial climate summit is highlighted by an exclusive interview with European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Also featured: candid chats with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, whose tiny nation is among those bearing the brunt of climate change. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The President heads overseas with his agenda stalled. What could this mean for America and its reputation around the world? Plus: Protesters take to the streets in Sudan to demonstrate against the coup ... How the pandemic has changed our relationship with work and stress. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As President Biden heads overseas for climate talks, could this be a game-changing moment? Plus: Facebook tries to chart a new course ... What the loss of freedom feels like … How pandemic-related demand is overwhelming U.S. supply chains. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oscar-nominated director Ava Duvernay talks candidly about her new series on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who famously took a knee in 2016 and launched a social justice movement. And: what needs to change in Hollywood after the fatal movie set shooting. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following a former Saudi spy chief’s desperate plea for help, Christiane speaks exclusively with his daughter, who feels her father and his family could be the next victims of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With President Biden’s climate agenda on the line, a conversation with the man who literally wrote the book on clean energy, Gov. Jay Inslee. Plus: why so many nurses are quitting, and what it will take to heal the health care system. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attention turns to climate policy leading up to the COP26 Conference. Leah Stokes, Associate Professor at U.C. Santa Barbara and environmental policy expert, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss President Biden's climate agenda and why Senator Manchin's opposition is so pivotal. Then, Martin Indyk’s new book “Master of the game” looks at former U.S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s role in the Middle East and what we can learn from his political philosophy. The Washington Post Columnist Max Boot joins our Walter Isaacson to talk about how the Republican party may pose an existential threat to the future of democracy. And Nick Wiling, the son of renowned artist Paula Rego, recounts his mother’s life and work that is currently displayed in London’s TATE Britain. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss strongman Daniel Ortega's crackdown on his political opposition. Abuzar Royesh, founding member of The Thirty Birds Foundation, and Simin Royesh, who led her family's evacuation from Afghanistan, talk about what's happening to those left behind after America's chaotic exit. Michel Martin talks to Stephanie Land, author of "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive", about the adaptation of her memoir into the Netflix hit series "Maid" and her experiences living below the poverty line in one of the richest countries on earth. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the four year anniversary of the MeToo movement, Christiane Amanpour speaks with Tarana Burke, the movement's founder, about the progress made so far and her new book "Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement". Hungarian opposition candidate Peter Marki-Zay discusses his unlikely victory in this weekend's primary election. Michel Martin talks to Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff about the latest from the House committee leading the investigation into the January 6 insurrection and his new book, "Midnight in Washington". To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former professional soccer player Kaiya McCullough discusses the allegations of emotional abuse she levelled against Washington Spirit coach Richie Burke - claims he denies. Yvens Rumbold, Director of Communications at Policité, talks about the abduction of American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti and how this is just the tip of the iceberg of kidnapping incidents in the country. Orlando von Einsiedel and Hassan Akkad, co-directors of "Convergence: Courage in a Crisis", discuss telling the stories of ordinary heroes on the frontlines of the pandemic in their new documentary. Hari Sreenivasan talks with journalist McKay Coppins about his reporting on the hedge fund Alden Global Capital's years long work gutting American newsrooms. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jack Straw, Former British Foreign Secretary, reflects on the passing of Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State and four star general. Journalist Robert Draper talks about Powell's legacy as a giant of American military and politics. John Emshwiller and Rebecca Smith, co-hosts of the "Bad Bets" podcast, discuss the fall of Texas energy giant Enron and the ensuing scandal, 20 years on. Christiana Figueres, member of The Earthshot Prize Council, and Vaitea Cowan, co-founder of Enapter and one of the winners of the Earthshot Prize, talk about finding solutions to combat the climate crisis. Walter Isaacson talks with Ramsey Green, New Orleans' Chief of Infrastructure, about how he's re-defining the way cities respond to extreme weather. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With supply chain issues plaguing the global economy, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman joins Christiane Amanpour asses Biden's plan of action. 60 years ago today, the "architect of the Holocaust" Adolf Eichmann stood trial in Israel . CNN Legal Analyst and former federal and state prosecutor Eli Honig's grandparents lived through this dark period of history; he sits down with his family and key players in the trial to discuss the quest for justice and the threat anti-Semitism and ethnic hatred still pose today. Then actress, writer and director Julie Delpy talks about her new series "On The Verge" and why it's important to show messy women. And our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Foo Fighters founder and frontman Dave Grohl about his days touring with Nirvana, grieving the loss of his friend and bandmate Kurt Cobain and finding rhythm in unusual places. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Afghanistan is headed towards a full-blown humanitarian and economic crisis, with its health system on the brink of collapse. Christiane Amanpour is joined by Fawzia Koofi, a former Afghan politician who was part of the negotiating team with the Taliban, and Mary-Ellen McGroarty, the World Food Programme’s director for Afghanistan. Then, Kimberlé Crenshaw is world-renowned for her work on the intersection between sexism and racism. She discusses the true meaning of "intersectionality" and what R Kelly's recent conviction means for society. And finally, Walter Isaacson speaks to former four-star general Stanley McChrystal, who’s drawn on his experience as commander of the American and coalition forces in Afghanistan in his new book "Risk: A User's Guide." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doctors Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci changed the course of history when their company BioNTech, alongside Pfizer, developed the first clinically approved Covid-19 vaccine. Their work has saved countless lives, and now they're working to save more by turning their focus to booster shots and other deadly diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. They join Christiane to discuss their work, and their fascinating personal stories. Then, actress Beanie Feldstein reflects on the challenges of playing Monica Lewinsky in Impeachment: 'American Crime Story', the latest dramatized version of the story that grabbed global headlines, and led to the impeachment of then-president Bill Clinton. And Walter Isaacson talks to two Hollywood brothers who made their names in some of America's best loved family classics. Both boasting successful individual careers on screen, Ron and Clint Howard celebrate the joys of brotherhood in their new joint memoir "The Boys.” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tension in Poland is climbing to boiling point over European Union membership and the UK’s food industry supply chains are in in chaos weighed down under severe labour shortages. Christiane Amanpour is joined by the EU’s former chief negotiator, and now French presidential candidate, Michel Barnier. Then, in just three weeks world leaders will meet in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference, where they'll reckon with a dispiriting report from the United Nations showing that the world is warming faster than scientists previously thought. Christiane speaks to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen during her state visit to India where she’s been highlighting the urgency of tackling climate change while maintaining economic growth. And finally, in its 138 year history, the Metropolitan Opera has never hosted a performance by a black composer, until now. Walter Isaacson speaks to six-time Grammy award winning musician and composer, Terence Blanchard about his new work "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Be it police violence, racism, voting rights and climate change, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s career puts him at the heart of so many issues we’re grappling with. Now, he is taking big oil to court because 'we can't expect them to grow a conscience.’ He joins Bianna Golodryga to discuss. Then, CNN Global Economist Analyst Rana Foroohar outlines her analysis of the U.S. September jobs report. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg talks about the impact covid has had on American society and how we can regain our humanity. And amid a troubling week for Facebook, raising questions about social responsibility in the age of social media and big tech, best-selling author Dave Eggers speaks with our Walter Isaacson about the release of his new book “The Every”. This sequel to “The Circle” imagines a social media and e-commerce monopoly and touches on the perils of corporate power. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices