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Amanpour is CNN International’s flagship global affairs interview program hosted by Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

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Amanpour: Ursula von der Leyen, Filippo Grandi, Justin Chon and Yola Sep 22, 2021

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen joins Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview to talk about the AUKUS deal. She says a lot of questions have to be answered and the current treatment of France is “not acceptable”. Then UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi discusses the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the need for stability in the country. Turning to a moving portrayal of the Asian-American experience, our Hari Sreenivasan speak to former Twilight actor Justin Chon about his new movie “Blue Bayou” in which he directs and stars as a Korean born U.S. adoptee who faces deportation from the only country he’s ever called home. And finally, singer/songwriter and four-time Grammy nominee Yola talks about making music in an industry that, she says, too often subverts black female autonomy.

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Amanpour: Rajiv Shah, Evan Osnos and Bill Nelson Sep 22, 2021

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President of the Rockefeller Foundation Dr. Rajiv Shah joins Bianna Golodryga to discuss his ambitious proposal to challenge global inequity. Then Journalist and biographer Evan Osnos speaks about his new book, “Wildland: The Making of America's Fury”, and how President Biden's foreign policy has taken shape in his first nine months in office. And our Walter Isaacson talks to NASA Administrator and former Senator Bill Nelson about SpaceX's groundbreaking all-civilian mission to orbit space.

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Amanpour: Angela Povilaitis, Georgia Wells, Tristan Harris, Leopoldo López and Sep 17, 2021

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Angela Povilaitis was the lead prosecutor of Larry Nassar, she speaks exclusively to Bianna Golodryga about the U.S. gymnasts' brave testimony and the institutional failings that permitted Nassar's abuse. Then reporter Georgia Wells and Tristan Harris, co-founder of Humane Tech and subject of "The Social Dilemma", discuss The Wall Street Journal report on Facebook's knowledge of its harmful impact on teen girls. Turning to Venezuela, opposition activist Leopoldo López, who's featured in the new documentary "A La Calle", says the erosion of democracy is a global problem demanding the attention of the United States. And our Walter Isaacson speaks to George Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Washington Post, about vaccine mandates, the GOP and his new book "American Happiness and Discontents" which reflects on American culture and the many attacks on expertise and rationality.

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Amanpour: Dr. Hans Kluge, Mike Davis, Margarita Campuzano and Steve Schmidt Sep 16, 2021

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Dr. Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's Regional Director for Europe, joins Christiane Amanpour to talk about vaccine inequity and the case for booster shots. Mike Davis, CEO of Global Witness, and Margarita Campuzano, climate activist and Communications Director at Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, discuss why 2020 was the deadliest year for environmental activists worldwide. And The Lincoln Project’s Steve Schmidt speaks out on the collective GOP pushback on COVID-19 mandates and the contentious state of U.S. politics with our Michel Martin.

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Amanpour: Ken Burns, John McEnroe and Dave Zirin Sep 14, 2021

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Christiane Amanpour talks to director Ken Burns about his new documentary series "Muhammad Ali" on the legendary boxer, what he found so compelling about him, and sportsmanship today. John McEnroe, 7-time tennis Grand Slam champion, discusses the whirlwind success of British tennis star Emma Raducanu and the role mental health plays in the game. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dave Zirin, author of "The Kaepernick Effect", about the waves footballer Colin Kaepernick made in the sporting world when he took at knee in 2016.

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Amanpour: Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, Tara Haelle, Morgan Freeman, Frankie Faison, Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. and Matt Pottinger Sep 13, 2021

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Christiane Amanpour talks with Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama, and science journalist Tara Haelle about anti-vaxxers, the influence they hold and how they prey on credible health fears. Academy award-winning actor Morgan Freeman joins actor Frankie Faison and Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. to talk about their new film, "The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain" and the true story it's based on. Walter Isaacson talks with Matt Pottinger, former U.S. deputy national security adviser and China program chairman at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, about Afghanistan, Asia and why he resigned from the White House after the January 6th attack on the capitol.

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Amanpour: Roya Rahmani, Lawrence Wilkerson and Joseph Pfeifer Sep 10, 2021

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20 years after the 9/11 attacks, Christiane Amanpour speaks with Roya Rahmani, the former Afghan ambassador to the U.S., about what it means to have the Taliban in charge again two decades later. Then, reflecting on her reporting at the time, Christiane talks about the attacks and how we got to where we are. Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, discusses America's place in the world today. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Joseph Pfeifer, a retired New York fire department chief, about his extraordinary personal story of that day.

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Amanpour: Anand Gopal, Daniel Bogado, Spencer Ackerman and Sandra Cisneros Sep 09, 2021

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Bianna Golodryga talks to Anand Gopal, contributor at The New Yorker, about his reporting on the lives of rural Afghan women suffering through decades of civil war and foreign occupation. Daniel Bogado, director of '9/11: One Day in America', talks about giving voice to the people who survived the attack on the World Trade Centre and the process of making his documentary. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Spencer Ackerman, a national security reporter and author of 'Reign on Terror', about the consequences of the war on terror, and how it produced President Trump. Author Sandra Cisneros discusses her new novella, 'Martita, I Remember You', and why it's so important to know who you are.

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Amanpour: Chris Murphy, Kori Schake, Ali Soufan and Nick Mohammed Sep 08, 2021

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As the Taliban's hardline caretaker government takes shape, Christiane Amanpour talks to U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy about America's role in the crisis. Kori Schake, the Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses her time in the Bush administration and where American foreign policy goes from here. Ali Soufan, former FBI special agent and author of "Anatomy of Terror", tells Michel Martin that the terrorism threat is entering a more dangerous phase. Actor Nick Mohammed from "Ted Lasso" talks about why the show has become such a hit and what his character has in store.

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Amanpour: Jerry Brown, Desmond Shum and Dahlia Lithwick Sep 07, 2021

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Former California Governor Jerry Brown joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss what it will take for countries to act on climate as well as the recall vote facing his successor Governor Newsom in California. Then “Red Roulette" author Desmond Shum explains why he believes his new book about corruption in China led to the mysterious reappearance of his ex-wife after she vanished four years ago. And our Michel Martin speaks to Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent at the Slate, about the Texas law prohibiting most abortions after six weeks, something she calls a “unconstitutional and brutal piece of lawless vigilantism.”

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