The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, is a collection of unique and immersive single subject episodes from CNN’s Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning longform storytelling team. Every week we showcase character-driven stories, special interviews, profiles, and investigative deep dives featuring reporting from CNN’s anchors and correspondents.
This episode explores the paradox of Venice, where locals feel the flood of mass tourism is a greater threat than rising sea levels. As residents leave due to unaffordable housing and declining services, the city's unique culture and community erode. The episode highlights Venetian voices sharing frustrations about tourist behavior and ineffective politics, alongside efforts by locals to build sustainable businesses, revive artisan traditions, manage tourism with technology, and even propose engineering solutions to literally raise the city.
Nick Paton Walsh reports on the impact of the internet being introduced to the Amazon jungle's indigenous Kanamari community for the first time and how its people grapple with a technology that has transformed every part of Western life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As President Trump approaches his first 100 days back in office, he has moved with astonishing speed to issue a record number of executive actions. Abby Phillip takes a closer look at the real-world impact of his decisions on average Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donie O'Sullivan marks 30 years since the Oklahoma City bombing by exploring how technology and social media fuel modern far-right extremism. Along the way, he encounters a newly radicalized generation justifying political violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kate Bolduan reports on America's opioid overdose epidemic, speaking with EMTs, physicians, and people struggling with addiction. As the crisis enters its "third wave," she examines efforts to find new solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From the hurricane-afflicted Gulf Coast to the fire-ravaged mountains of California, communities are rebuilding in the face of disaster. CNN's Bill Weir explores the lessons learned and how we can adapt to a changing climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Anderson Cooper interviews Bill Gates about the moments that shaped him, his career at Microsoft and the future of AI. Gates also discusses meeting with President Trump and Elon Musk's intervening with USAID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The collision between a jetliner and an Army helicopter near Washington DC is the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001. Anderson Cooper examines the circumstances around the crash and the airline safety issues of recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Smithsonian National Zoo is set to reopen its panda exhibit. David Culver covers the arrival of the first giant pandas sent from China to the U.S. in 24 years and examines the history of panda diplomacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The worst wildfires in the history of Los Angeles are still burning. How did they start? How bad and long-lasting is the damage? And is this the start of a new era of climate disaster that we all need to face? Anderson Cooper reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
K-Pop bands, popular worldwide, originate from South Korea and are uniquely molded in the music industry. CNN's Kyung Lah explores the intense training of seven aspiring stars, just one week before their audition for a premiere idol group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A right-wing conspiracy theory from the presidential debate fueled hate against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Omar Jimenez takes us into their lives, revealing the hate they now face and their impact on the local economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Melania Trump could return to the East Wing for a second nonconsecutive term, while Doug Emhoff could make history as the inaugural First Gentleman. Kaitlan Collins examines the intense, unpaid, and often thankless role of the First Spouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
CNN's Ana Navarro examines the nuanced impact of the Latino vote in the 2024 presidential election. Visiting crucial swing states, she explores unexpected changes in voter preferences within America's diverse Latino communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In his latest investigation, Donie O'Sullivan meets disillusioned former "Bernie Bros" who feel left behind. Many have shifted to far-right extremism, embracing conspiracy theories, white supremacy, and even Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This hour examines former President Donald Trump's record and current stances on key issues. Abby Phillip delves into his positions on the economy, reproductive rights, immigration, foreign policy, and democracy itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this special, two-part series, Audie Cornish examines the records of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, as well as each candidate's current stances on key issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ed Lavandera explores Yellowstone National Park, where tourists are pushing precarious boundaries with wildlife to perilous effect. He witnesses the dangers of these close encounters and speaks with survivors of harrowing attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Donie O'Sullivan crosses the country to investigate the pervasive surge of misinformation targeting elections. He explores how chaos agents like Steve Bannon use alternative media and social organizing to undermine American democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After the shocking assassination on former President Donald Trump, any questions still remain about the shooter and the security failures that allowed him to get so close. Six presidents, including Trump, have survived attacks. Four have been killed while in office. Sadly, our history has also full of other notable political figures being targeted from Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s, to more recent assaults and members of Congress and their families. Over the next hour...
President Biden's decision to step aside from the race came as a shock to many Americans, including some of his own campaign and White House staff. Even after the disastrous CNN debate against former President Donald Trump and the growing calls from Democrats for him to pass the torch, Biden seemed dug in. So, the question is, what finally changed his mind? Over the next hour, CNN's Pamela Brown examines the rise and fall of candidate Joe Biden from his motivations for running against Donald Tru...
In the last few days, Vice President Kamala Harris has kicked her presidential campaign into high gear, speaking to voters in Wisconsin, Indianapolis, and Texas. She's already picked up the endorsement of leading Democrats, including former president Barack Obama. Soon after Kamala Harris became vice president, CNN's Abby Phillip sat down with her to talk about her immigrant routes, the difficulties and controversies she faced as a district attorney and attorney general in California, as well as...
Sharks have been around for at least 400 million years, even before dinosaurs walked the earth. These apex predators have a reputation for attacking all sorts of marine life, which sometimes includes the occasional human. But are sharks a danger to people or are people a danger to sharks? CNN's Boris Sanchez is an experienced diver, and over the next hour he takes us under water with sharks to show us both the beauty and danger of these creatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...
Since its launch a little more than two years ago, the James Webb Space Telescope has been capturing some of the most spectacular and enlightening images of outer space we've ever seen. Its mission is to study every phase in the history of our universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
CNN's Randi Kaye examines how drag performance has become a political target in Florida. Local drag queens and state politicians on both sides offer insight on the cycles of acceptance and backlash that have repeated throughout history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
80 years after D-Day laid the foundation for Germany's defeat in World War II, Jake Tapper reflects on the sacrifices made to save democracy then and how the fight continues to halt the erosion of democratic governance across the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows Alzheimer's patients' treatments over five years. He explains why it's the most hopeful era for patients, with new research suggesting potential symptom prevention, slowing, and even reversal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This emotional report follows transgender student athletes at the center of a culture war, including a softball player's fight for inclusion that reaches the Ohio State Senate and a college swimmer seeking NCAA approval to switch teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ivan Watson surveys Australia's coast, witnessing the toll of human activity from apocalyptic forest fires to unprecedented heat waves. Amidst the destruction, he engages with those combating climate change and preparing for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We are less than seven months away from the next presidential election. But even now, four years after Joe Biden won, there are a number of Donald Trump supporters who dispute those results. And that's not all. They dispute the January 6th attack was an insurrection. They dispute the idea of separation of church and state in America. Some even dispute that the last Super Bowl was played honestly, and they blamed Taylor Swift for rigging the outcome. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan dives deep into the und...
