Today immigration authorities finally released detained Palestinian Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi following a judge's order. He was arrested earlier this month after arriving for an interview for his US citizenship petition. This news comes as a  a new CNN poll shows a majority of Americans say the President Trump has gone too far on immigration enforcement. Joining the program to discuss is David J. Bier, the director of immigration studies at the Cato institute and an expert on bo...Show morerder security.  Also on today's show: Three Americans released from an Iranian prison in 2023 join the program for their first joint interview; presidential historian Timothy Naftali on Trump's first 100 days

Apr 30, 2025

In a stunning turnaround, Canada’s Liberal party, under the new leadership of economist Mark Carney, has won re-election. Just a few months ago, the Conservative opposition were the favorite to win, but US President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canada's sovereignty reshaped the race. Andrew Coyne is a longtime journalist at Canada's The Globe and Mail and author of the new book, "The Crisis of Canadian Democracy."  Also on today's show: Haaretz Military Analyst Amos Harel; PEN America co-CEO Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf and novelist Dinaw Mengestu; former US Amassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink

Apr 29, 2025

According to a new CNN poll, President Donald Trump's approval rating stands at 41%. That's a steep drop from Trump's support just before the election, and the lowest for any US president at this point in his term going back to at least the 1950s. Will these negative ratings spell doom for the rest of the president's term? Or are they just one more ride on the Trump roller coaster? Susan Glasser, Staff Writer for The New Yorker, joins the program to discuss.  Also on today's show: Former US Mideast Envoy Dennis Ross; author Mary Ziegler ("Personhood"); filmmaker Perry Peltz and lawyer Matthew Bergman discuss the new documentary "Can't Look Away"

Apr 28, 2025

At the end of a week of mourning for Pope Francis, Christiane speaks with Father Carlos Ferrero, a parish priest in Gaza who spoke daily with the Pope until his final call to them on Saturday. He discusses the Pope’s pastoral care for those trapped in Gaza, and the humanitarian situation right now.  Also on today's show: The International Rescue Committee’s Shireen Ibrahim joins the program from Kabul; playwright Ryan Calais Cameron on "Retrograde"; "Conclave" director Edward Berger

Apr 25, 2025

First: After Russia conducts major strikes on Kyiv, President Trump urges both sides to embrace his peace proposal. Oleksiy Goncharenko, Ukrainian MP, joins from Ukraine to discuss how his country is being pressured by the Trump Administration. Following that, the EU’s Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan discusses a key point of leverage on Russia.  Plus: A year ago, Pope Francis met with an extraordinary duo of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli fathers, Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, whose daught...Show moreers had both been killed. They have dedicated their lives to peace, and they join the show to recount that meeting with the Pope, and their hopes for peace in their troubled region.  And: Finally, we revisit Christiane’s interview with a close friend of Pope Francis, Rabbi Abraham Skorka. He spoke with Christiane in 2013 about their friendship and the man who he knew as Jorge Bergoglio.

Apr 24, 2025

First: We take a look at the Pope’s legacy and future of the Church with Ireland’s former president and canon lawyer Mary McAleese.  Next: As President Trump’s tariff and economic policies cause market ructions, how should the Democrats respond? Christiane puts this to President Obama’s former top strategist David Axelrod.  Then: Is the campus crackdown by the Trump administration really about tackling antisemitism? Rabbi Sharon Brouse doesn’t think so – she joins the show to explain.

Apr 23, 2025

With mourners pouring into the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis, we take a look at his legacy and what comes next – including the all-important conclave. Christopher Bellitto is Professor of History at Kean University and an expert in the Church, and joins the program live.  Also on today's show: Former NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad; Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center Director Alexander Gabuev; actor Jonathan Pryce, who played Pope Francis in "The Two Popes"

Apr 22, 2025

Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic church, is dead. We get the latest from Vatican City, plus reflections from Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, who will be one of the few people to choose the next pope. Then we bring you insight from a reporter who interviewed Francis and was knighted by him. Plus, religious scholar David Gibson joins the show to discuss on the Francis's moral authority in a world of strongmen. And we look back at Christiane's conversation with filmmaker Wim Wenders about his revealing portrait of the pope as you've never seen him before.

Apr 21, 2025

As the Trump administration intensifies its attempts to reshape U.S. colleges and universities, Christiane Amanpour speaks to those who are pushing back. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey talks about her concerns as her state is targeted by the Republican White House and Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth discusses why he believes the Trump Administration is, in his words, “selling Jews a dangerous lie” by claiming its crackdown is to combat Anti-Semitism. Then, Mike Valerio’s repor...Show moret on how South Korean women are fighting against explicit images made with AI deepfakes. Also, British playwright Ryan Calais Cameron discusses his timely West End smash, ‘Retrograde’, a play revealing how Sidney Poitier’s career was almost derailed by the Red Scare. Plus, as Sudan marks two years of its devastating war, an echo from history as Christiane revisits her reporting on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur in 2004. And finally, a tribute to a giant of Latin American literature, Mario Vargas Llosa. As the Peruvian author dies aged 89, Christiane looks back at their conversation when he told her how he got started by writing love letters.

Apr 19, 2025

When Donald Trump re-entered the White House less than three months ago, he began with a flurry of executive orders, and now the impact of those policies is hitting home. Maura Healey is the Democratic governor of Massachusetts and an influential voice in her party. She says Americans must stand up for what they believe in, and she joins the show from Boston.  Also on today's show: Cyrus Nasseri, former Iranian nuclear negotiator; Simon Shama, host of the new PBS documentary "The Holocaust, 80 Years On"

Apr 18, 2025