Every day, people are dying in Gaza. As the death toll there approaches 40,000 it's a stark reminder of those caught in the middle of these negotiations: the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, their families, and ordinary Palestinians facing starvation and the brutality of Israel's bombs. Correspondent Jeremy Diamond brings us a report on the death of newborn twins and their mother, and the excruciating grief of their father. Also on today's show: Yuli Novak, Executive Director, B'Tselem; Darren Wal...
Aug 14, 2024•59 min
First: What next for Venezuela as Maduro cracks down amid accusations of stealing the latest election? Christiane reaches opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in hiding. Plus: The specter of full-blown regional war hovers over the Middle East. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could spread calm, but who's standing in the way? And: The United States vs. Google. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter joins the show to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...
Aug 13, 2024•59 min
It's been one week since Ukraine launched its surprise incursion into Russia. Today, President Vladimir Putin again framed this as a battle of survival against the West, saying Kyiv's move is a negotiating tactic. John Sullivan was appointed US ambassador to Russia by President Trump and was still there when Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He previously served as deputy secretary of state. He recounts it all in his new book, "Midnight in Moscow," and he joins ...
Aug 12, 2024•59 min
From questioning Kamala Harris’s ethnic identity to his long-standing birther claims against Barack Obama, racist attacks against his political opponents have become part of Donald Trump's political playbook. Harvard professor and racial politics scholar, Randall Kennedy joins Bianna Golodryga to examine how Trump weaponizes racism to undermine his opponents. Then Nicholas Thompson and Emily Glazer unpack the dangers of misinformation on democracy, social media’s role, and Musk's impact on the A...
Aug 10, 2024•41 min
Just as soon as Kamala Harris' presidential campaign began nearly four weeks ago, so too did the ugly, age-old racist attacks, with Donald Trump questioning his rival's race in a sit-down interview with Black journalists. Bianna speaks with Randall Kennedy, a law professor at Harvard, and an expert on the history of race and politics. Also on today's show: Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff, co-authors of “Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War”; Ahmad ...
Aug 09, 2024•59 min
A "massive attack" by Ukraine - this is how Russia describes a daring incursion by Ukrainian troops into its Kursk region. And while Russia claims it has stopped the incursion, evidence from the ground suggests fighting is ongoing. This comes as Russian forces creep closer to the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, threatening a vital supply line for Kyiv. Bianna discusses with Rose Gottemoeller what Kyiv’s strategy might be, and what its US ally makes of it. Also on tod...
Aug 08, 2024•59 min
One day in and it's been a rapturous reception for VP candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Today he and running mate Kamala Harris are stumping in Wisconsin after an enthusiastic debut in Philadelphia. Congressman Brendan Boyle is a longtime friend of Walz and a congressman for the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania. He joins the show to discuss the new vice presidential candidate. Also: correspondent Jeremy Diamond reports from northern Israel; US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan;...
Aug 07, 2024•59 min
After what feels like endless speculation - although it's only been about two weeks - Kamala Harris has chosen her chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz running mate. Walz has a track record of winning even in conservative-leaning districts. The Trump camp has already begun its campaign against Walz, labelling him a dangerous radical. Joining the program is Geoff Duncan, a Republican who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Georgia until last year and who now he says he'll vote for Harris over Trum...
Aug 06, 2024•59 min
After 15 years in power, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned from her post and fled the country. It's an incredible development and the culmination of deadly protests that have rocked the nation for weeks. New York Times' South Asia Bureau Chief Mujib Mashal has been following this story closely and joins the show from New Delhi. He's followed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, perhaps the most well known Bangladeshi in the world. Also on today's show: Former Israeli Pri...
Aug 05, 2024•59 min
The US presidential election and the entire political landscape looks completely different today than it did two weeks ago. A surge in enthusiasm for Kamala Harris has injected a newfound energy into the Democratic party. Bakari Sellers, political commentator and former State Representative in South Carolina, and Elaina Plott Calabro, staff writer at the Atlantic join the show to discuss Kamala Harris and the week in politics. Also on today's show: Evan Williams, Director, "Germany's Enemy Withi...
Aug 02, 2024•59 min
24 prisoners have been released in the largest prisoner exchange between the US and Russia since the Cold War. Among those freed are two wrongfully detained American citizens, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and former US marine Paul Whelan, in exchange for Russian criminals. Bianna Golodryga talks with exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar about the ethical dilemmas and the details of this groundbreaking deal. Also on today's show: former IDF paratrooper Yuval Green; Democratic...
Aug 01, 2024•58 min
Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an early morning strike Wednesday in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Iran and Hamas claim Haniyeh was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike. Iran’s Supreme Leader is vowing revenge. Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh joins the show to discuss the enraged rhetoric coming out of Iran, alongside correspondent Ivan Watson who joins from Beirut to discuss the latest on the ground in Lebanon. Also on today's show: Ronen Bergman, staff writer, The New York...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr
Residents of Khan Younis, Gaza are returning home after the Israeli military withdrew from the area following a week-long raid. Hopes for a ceasefire seem no closer to fruition, as negotiations drag on. Caught up in all this chaos are innocent children, for whom life under bombardment is a disorienting, violent experience, where joy and death live side-by-side, as Jomana Karadsheh reports. Also on today's show: surgeons Dr. Mark Perlmutter & Dr. Feroze Sidhwa discuss the "unspeakable" condit...
Jul 30, 2024•59 min
There are fears of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, in the wake of a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children on Saturday. For nearly 10 months now, Hezbollah and Israeli forces have exchanged cross-border fire, with dozens killed and hundreds of thousands forced to evacuate. At the same time, the war in Gaza drags on, with Israeli attacks killing at least 19 people, including children, on Sunday. Hezbollah has previously indicated they could halt thei...
Jul 29, 2024•59 min
Saturday marks one month since the CNN presidential debate – a month that has upended everything, and may have changed the course of history. The world has been following every extraordinary twist, and the consequences are enormous – particularly with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and an emboldened China and Russia. Veteran diplomat Richard Haass joins Bianna to digest this momentous month. Also on today's show: Ross Kaufman, Director, “Wild Wild Space” & Ashlee Vance, author, “When the Heav...
Jul 26, 2024•59 min
A hundred years since Paris last hosted the Olympic Games, the torch is once again making its way through the city, ahead of the opening ceremony on Friday. Andy Murray, the British tennis star and only man to win gold twice in the men’s singles, joins Christiane in Paris. Also on today's show: French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra; author Michael Waters (The Other Olympians) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 25, 2024•59 min
Kamala Harris is in full campaign mode as the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee. In just over 100 days, we’ll know the outcome of this sprint to the electoral finish line. So how will the race unfold, and what does the next president of the United States really face? Leon Panetta, who has held many different positions of power, including White House chief of staff, CIA director, secretary of defense, and congressman, joins the show alongside Susan Glasser, longtime journalist who co-wrote T...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr
Just two days since President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris has all but guaranteed she will be the Democratic nominee. But the GOP isn't wasting any time either, lining up attack ads against the VP. Now, some believe this campaign could take an ugly turn. Prominent Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying that people will have to brace themselves for misogynistic and potentially explicit racist attacks. Joining the program is a ...
Jul 23, 2024•59 min
The world’s attention turns to Kamala Harris after President Biden dropped out of the race. Endorsements for the VP are coming in fast and furious from heavyweight Democrats including potential rivals who hope Harris is their best chance to defeat Donald Trump in November. There appears to be little appetite for a contested convention, and so far no one else has announced their candidacy. Former US Senate Democrat Mary Landrieu joins Bianna to talk about this unprecedented moment. Also on today'...
Jul 22, 2024•59 min
As Republicans fall in behind the former president, will Trump’s VP choice alienate swing voters? And can the divide in Democrats bounce back? Also, this hour, Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughter on political violence surrounding her father’s term and why he chose not to run for reelection. Then, a week out from the Olympics, the Ukrainian athletes training despite violence and tragedy back home. From my archives, 55 years since the moon landing. Spaceman Michael Collins on having the right stuff. And,...
Jul 20, 2024•41 min
The Republican National Convention reached its conclusion late Thursday night, capping off proceedings with a whopping 90-minute speech from Donald Trump. Though the former president promised to speak on the theme of unity after his assassination attempt, the tone quickly shifted back to his familiar tropes, falsehoods and head-scratching references. Sarah Longwell is a longtime Republican strategist-turned-Trump critic, who regularly speaks to average GOP voters to understand their state of min...
Jul 19, 2024•59 min
As the Republican National Convention wraps up its final day, it's feeling like a grand old party in more ways than one. A jubilant mood is spreading throughout the RNC as a newly unified GOP rallies behind candidate Trump just after he survived an assassination attempt. It's very different within the Democratic party, where President Biden is facing growing pressure to drop out of the race as concerns around his age and health persist. Joining the program to discuss is former communications dir...
Jul 18, 2024•59 min
On day three of the Republican National Convention, one thing is crystal clear – Donald Trump is king of the GOP. Even former rivals who attacked him in the primaries, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, have now pledged their allegiance. David Frum, a staff writer for The Atlantic who was once a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, joins the show to discuss the risks of erasing important context about the presidential race. Also on today's show: Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United N...
Jul 17, 2024•59 min
It is day two of the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin, and a sense of dread is descending here across the pond since former President Trump named as his running mate, the ultra-isolationist Senator JD Vance. The former president, his ear bandaged, was greeted like a hero in his first appearance since the assassination attempt this weekend. “Fight, fight, fight!,” the crowds cheered and chanted, “We love Trump!” Correspondent Jeff Zeleny joins the program from the convention. Also on t...
Jul 16, 2024•59 min
The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is a testament to the increasingly fractious, furious and fatal state of this presidential race. He’s since said: “I want to try to unite our country, but I don’t know if that’s possible. People are very divided.” Correspondent Jeff Zeleny joins Christiane from Milwaukee to discuss the events of this weekend, and the mood at the convention. Also on today's show: Frank Lavin, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution / Former Reagan White Hou...
Jul 15, 2024•59 min
America's most recognizable doctor - Anthony Fauci - on what he's witnessed about Trump and Biden's fitness to serve. Political insiders David Frum and Alastair Campbell discuss how Biden can change the conversation, and concerns about Trump’s rambling rallies. Then exclusive new CNN reporting reveals Israeli forces deemed abusive by the US are now shaping the campaign in Gaza. Ahead of the Wimbledon finals, Christiane’s 2022 interview with Serena Williams a few months before her retirement. And...
Jul 13, 2024•41 min
Pressure is building for President Joe Biden to quit the race, and yet he’s made it clear he’s not giving up on his campaign for re-election. Speaking for almost an hour at a NATO press conference Thursday, President Biden put on a competent show, but his blunders remain the most memorable take away, like accidentally referring to his own Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump,” and calling Ukraine’s President Zelensky “President Putin.” Now at least 18 Democrats in Congress are c...
Jul 12, 2024•59 min
That's the message from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization this week as it marks its 75th anniversary at a Washington summit. President Zelensky is using his time in Washington to drum up a sustainable support pipeline for his country, where US weapons have proved crucial in recently stabilizing Ukraine’s frontlines. Meantime, in a striking development, NATO has called out China for the first time, criticizing Beijing as a "decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine." Ukrainian Foreign...
Jul 11, 2024•59 min
As world leaders gather in Washington to mark NATO'S 75th anniversary, unprecedented challenges face the alliance. As Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock reckons with the many challenges facing Western democracy. She spoke with Christiane Amanpour from the NATO summit about Russia’s aggression, the rise of extremism in Europe, and the threat of an autocratic America under Donald Trump. Also on today's show: Hezbollah Lawmaker Ibrahim Moussawi; Sacha Nauta, Social Affairs Editor, The Ec...
Jul 10, 2024•59 min
As world leaders descend on Washington for NATO’s 75th anniversary summit, the alliance faces threats from foreign antagonists and from within. The stakes could not be higher as gruesome images keep coming of Russia’s latest missile barrage against Ukraine- including strikes on a children's hospital- a clear message from Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will be pushing hard for accelerated NATO membership. Meantime, the alliance is already trying to "Trump-Proof" support for U...
Jul 09, 2024•59 min
