Amanpour

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April 27, 2021 Amanpour: Karim Sadjadpour, John Grisham, Charles Booker and Davarian Baldwin
A leaked recording of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif criticizing it's untouchable Revolutionary Guard is shaking up politics inside the country. Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Christiane Amanpour to explain how the tape tells a story of two parallel regimes working in concert. Turning to American politics, racial justice activist and former Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker gives his take on the Justice Department investigation into Louisville's police and its wider implications. After dominating publishing with his legal thrillers, author John Grisham reveals why he's turning his eye to basketball and the crisis in South Sudan for his 46th book, "Sooley." Then our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College professor and social theorist, about his new book, "In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower," that explores the sometimes negative impact universities have on their largely black and brown neighboring communities.

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56 min
April 26, 2021 Amanpour: Dr. Yatin Mehta, Bhramar Mukherjee, Kyle Buchanan, Aisha Harris and Brandon Scott
As covid ravages India, Dr Yatin Mehta, Chairman of the Critical Care Department at Medanta - The Medicity, and Bhramar Mukherjee, Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the situation on the ground and how the country's crisis reached this point. Kyle Buchanan, The Projectionist columnist at The New York Times, and Aisha Harris, Co-Host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, dig into last night's Oscars ceremony and the diverse list of winners. Our Michel Martin talks to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott about his campaign promise to re-imagine police reform.
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58 min
April 26, 2021 Amanpour: Dr. Yatin Mehta, Bhramar Mukherjee, Kyle Buchanan, Aisha Harris and Brandon Scott
As covid ravages India, Dr Yatin Mehta, Chairman of the Critical Care Department at Medanta - The Medicity, and Bhramar Mukherjee, Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the situation on the ground and how the country's crisis reached this point. Kyle Buchanan, The Projectionist columnist at The New York Times, and Aisha Harris, Co-Host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, dig into last night's Oscars ceremony and the diverse list of winners. Our Michel Martin talks to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott about his campaign promise to re-imagine police reform.
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56 min
April 25, 2021 Amanpour: Mazie Hirono, Julie Mehretu, Vivek Maru and Rhonda Hamilton
Senator Mazie Hirono joins Christiane Amanpour to share how her immigrant experience and her indomitable mother inspire her public service. Then artist Julie Mehretu talks about her retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the meaning behind her extraordinary abstract art. Vivek Maru is founder of Namati, which empowers grassroots groups to protect common lands and enforce environmental laws, while Rhonda Hamilton works with Namati to combat unlawful pollution in her own D.C. neighborhood. They speak to our Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their work.
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57 min
April 25, 2021 Amanpour: Mazie Hirono, Julie Mehretu, Vivek Maru and Rhonda Hamilton
Senator Mazie Hirono joins Christiane Amanpour to share how her immigrant experience and her indomitable mother inspire her public service. Then artist Julie Mehretu talks about her retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the meaning behind her extraordinary abstract art. Vivek Maru is founder of Namati, which empowers grassroots groups to protect common lands and enforce environmental laws, while Rhonda Hamilton works with Namati to combat unlawful pollution in her own D.C. neighborhood. They speak to our Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their work.
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56 min
April 23, 2021 Amanpour: Patricia Espinosa, James Cameron, John Kasich and Jerome Foster II
UN Climate Chief Patricia Espinosa joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss Biden's Earth Day summit and whether the pledges that have been made are enough. She’s argues we’re not there just yet. Then director James Cameron reveals why he took some time away from editing Avatar 2, 3 and 4 to make his latest project, "Secrets of the Whales.” Walter Isaacson speaks to long-time Republican and Former Ohio Governor John Kasich about how the environment was once a key issue for Republicans, not just Democrats. And finally, we hear from 18-year old Jerome Foster about his incredible journey from protesting the climate crisis outside the White House to helping create policy from inside.
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58 min
April 23, 2021 Amanpour: Patricia Espinosa, James Cameron, John Kasich and Jerome Foster II
UN Climate Chief Patricia Espinosa joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss Biden's Earth Day summit and whether the pledges that have been made are enough. She’s argues we’re not there just yet. Then director James Cameron reveals why he took some time away from editing Avatar 2, 3 and 4 to make his latest project, "Secrets of the Whales.” Walter Isaacson speaks to long-time Republican and Former Ohio Governor John Kasich about how the environment was once a key issue for Republicans, not just Democrats. And finally, we hear from 18-year old Jerome Foster about his incredible journey from protesting the climate crisis outside the White House to helping create policy from inside.
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56 min
April 22, 2021 Amanpour: Jake Sullivan, Art Acevedo, Opal Temeti and Danielle Allen
In a long-awaited, historic verdict, jurors have found police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts of the murder of George Floyd; the unarmed black man killed last March that sparked a racial reckoning in the United States. To understand this profound moment National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan joins Christiane Amanpour to react, highlighting how the verdict shows the world, and the American people, that justice can prevail. Police Chief Art Acevedo discusses what this verdict could mean for police reform going forward. Then co-founder of Black Lives Matter Opal Temeti weighs in, explaining that whilst it’s a just, positive outcome, it’s not transformative.
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57 min
April 22, 2021 Amanpour: Jake Sullivan, Art Acevedo, Opal Temeti and Danielle Allen
In a long-awaited, historic verdict, jurors have found police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts of the murder of George Floyd; the unarmed black man killed last March that sparked a racial reckoning in the United States. To understand this profound moment National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan joins Christiane Amanpour to react, highlighting how the verdict shows the world, and the American people, that justice can prevail. Police Chief Art Acevedo discusses what this verdict could mean for police reform going forward. Then co-founder of Black Lives Matter Opal Temeti weighs in, explaining that whilst it’s a just, positive outcome, it’s not transformative.
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56 min
April 21, 2021 Amanpour: Leonid Volkov, Celeste Wallander, Larry Krasner and Nicole Perlroth
Leonid Volkov, Chief of Staff to Alexey Navalny, who's said to be gravely ill in prison, tells Christiane Amanpour the Kremlin does not want him to "die in custody but they want him to suffer." Then Celeste Wallander, former Special Assistant to President Obama on Russia, says the White House is preparing for a productive relationship with the Kremlin. Turning to America’s reckoning with racism, Philadelphia District Attorney and author of "For the People" Larry Krasner weighs in on the Derek Chauvin trial as well as making his case for re-election. Then our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Nicole Perlroth, author and The New York Times Cybersecurity reporter, about today's cyber arms arms and what more the U.S. need to do to protect its citizens.
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58 min