April 25, 2025
Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman on what cues Donald Trump seems to be taking from Hungary in terms of foreign policy. From the archive: Co-directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham discuss their film “No Other Land,” which just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Travel writer Rick Steves tells the story of his most formative trip in his new book "On the Hippie Trail."
Episodes
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April 10, 2025
S2025 E7204 - 55m 47s
Former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu reacts to Trump's changing tariff policies. Ed Yong discusses threats to America's public health agencies and disease research. Economist Oren Cass believes that tariffs are the way forward for America and makes the case for bearing the costs for a period of time. Gints Zilbalodis discusses his Oscar-winning animated film "Flow."
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April 9, 2025
S2025 E7203 - 55m 47s
The New York Times journalist Li Yuan on the trade war with China. Ryan Calais Cameron on his new play "Retrograde." Canadian actress and entrepreneur Jasmine Mooney on being detained by ICE while attempting to renew her work visa.
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April 8, 2025
S2025 E7202 - 55m 47s
Gregg Nunziata, Executive Director of the Society for the Rule of Law, discusses the new Supreme Court rulings that will impact Trump Administration deportation cases. Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, shares what he saw on his recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden on measles outbreaks and federal funding cuts.
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April 7, 2025
S2025 E7201 - 55m 47s
Expert economists discuss the fall of world markets. Utah State Senator Nate Blouin on demonstrations against Trump and Elon Musk that took place across all 50 states and globally on Saturday. Journalist Ece Temelkuran on Turkey’s biggest protest movement in more than a decade. New York Times reporter Steven Kurutz on his latests article, "The Gen X Career Meltdown."
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April 4, 2025
S2025 E7200 - 55m 41s
Former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos react to Trump's tariffs. Actors Tom Basden and Tim Key discuss their new movie "The Ballad of Wallis Island." Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel discusses how the Democratic Party can claw its way back.
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April 3, 2025
S2025 E7199 - 55m 47s
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Trump's new tariffs. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on her latest novel "Dream Count." The Atlantic's Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg joins Walter Isaacson to discuss his bombshell story after being added to a Trump Administration Signal chat.
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April 2, 2025
S2025 E7198 - 55m 44s
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) discusses Cory Booker's marathon speech in Congress. Arwa Damon, founder of INARA and Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan a physician who volunteered in Gaza, on the current state of the war there. Harvard history professor Tiya A. Miles weighs in on the Trump admin's targeting of the Smithsonian Museum.
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April 1, 2025
S2025 E7197 - 55m 18s
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Trump and "the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation." The mother of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel speaks out. Loyola Law Professor Justin Levitt on why Trump's recent executive order regarding voting is both illegal and unconstitutional. A look back at Christiane's 2022 conversation with "Operation Mincemeat" author Ben Macintyre.
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March 31, 2025
S2025 E7196 - 55m 47s
French politician Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzling more than four million euros of European Union funds. Thierry Arnaud and Nathalie Tocci unpack the fallout. Dr. Sania Nishtar discusses the impact of Trump terminating US support for Gavi. Geopolitical strategist Tina Fordham on how the world should respond to US tariffs. Edward Fishman further unpacks US use of economic warfare.
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March 28, 2025
S2025 E7195 - 55m 47s
Author Colum McCann on his highly anticipated new book "Twist." As "The Sound of Music" celebrates its 60th birthday, we look back on Christiane's 2019 conversation with Hollywood pantheon Julie Andrews. Former editor of Vanity Fair Graydon Carter on his new memoir "When the Going Was Good."
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March 26, 2025
S2025 E7193 - 55m 47s
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discusses the group chat mishap regarding strikes on Houthis in Yemen. European Council President Antonio Costa urges European NATO members to become less dependent on others, "namely on the United States." Yale Professor Jason Stanley on how new teaching guidelines are stoking a culture of fear, and why he's taking drastic measures as a result.
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March 25, 2025
S2025 E7192 - 55m 47s
Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže discusses the latest developments between Russia and Ukraine. WIRED reporter Makena Kelly shares current news out of Elon Musk's DOGE. Save the Children UK's Shaima Al-Obaidi reveals what she has seen working in Gaza. Clay Risen discusses his new book "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America."
Extras + Features
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Harvard Historian Responds to Trump’s Order Targeting the Smithsonian
S2025 E7198 - 17m 51s
Trump is targeting the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum complex, with an executive order designed to eradicate what he calls "a divisive, race-centered ideology" at the institution. Civil rights groups are saying Trump is "whitewashing" America's past. Award-winning author and Harvard professor Tiya Miles joins the show to reflect on what this might mean for the future of the United States.
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Does Trump Have Legal Authority to Require Proof of Citizenship for Voting?
S2025 E7197 - 18m 8s
Another of President Trump's executive orders is aimed at exerting control over the American election process, an area that is traditionally regulated by individual states. The order calls for mandating proof of citizenship for registered voters and disqualifying ballots arriving post-election day. Loyola Law Professor Justin Levitt explains why the order is both illegal and unconstitutional.
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Can Trump Use Economic Warfare to America’s Advantage?
S2025 E7196 - 17m 59s
Delving into the U.S. economy, author Edward Fishman speaks with Michel Martin about why he believes that leveraging America's economic power carries great risks, both to the nation's economy and to the global world order.
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Graydon Carter on Donald Trump, Anna Wintour and the Golden Age of Magazines
S2025 E7195 - 16m 57s
For 25 years Graydon Carter was the editor of Vanity Fair. In his new memoir, Carter reflects on his career adventures, including encounters with New York celebrities from Anna Wintour to Donald Trump. Carter talks to Walter Isaacson about his rise to the top during the golden age of magazines.
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Tariffs, Taiwan & Trump 2.0: What's Next for U.S.-China Relations?
S2025 E7194 - 18m 36s
Beijing has accused the US of violating WTO rules since Trump announced 25% tariffs on all cars and auto parts imported from anywhere in the world. In Beijing the foreign ministry spokesman said that "there are no winners in a trade war or a tariff war.” Jessica Chen Weiss, Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins, discusses China's effort to manage an unpredictable second Trump administration.
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EXCLUSIVE: “How Fascism Works” Author Jason Stanley Plans to Leave the U.S.
S2025 E7193 - 19m 11s
Trump's America has started to challenge and redefine academic freedom, and Yale Professor Jason Stanley is sounding the alarm. He is the author of "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future." Stanley joins the show to discuss how new teaching guidelines are stoking a culture of fear, and why he's taking drastic measures as a result.
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The New Red Scare? Historian on McCarthyism and Parallels to Today
S2025 E7192 - 18m 27s
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was passed amid anti-communist fears during the early Cold War. That period of history is the focus of the new book "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America." Author and reporter Clay Risen joins the show to discuss past political hysteria and what it can tell us about the present.
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“The Calling:” A Look Inside the Emotional Journey of Medical School
S2025 E7191 - 18m 21s
From America's withdrawal from the WHO to the appointment of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of HHS, the public health sector has seen radical change since Trump's return to the Oval Office. The importance of healthcare is underscored in a new documentary, "The Calling: A Medical School Journey." Filmmaker Asako Gladsjo and Dr. Le’Shauna Phinazee join the show to discuss.
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“We Are Worried:” The Future of Public Land Under Trump
S2025 E7190 - 17m 41s
The Trump administration is slashing key federal projects, and fears are growing that public lands — including iconic areas of natural beauty — could be devastated. In a conversation with Walter Isaacson, Carrie Besnette Hauser, President and CEO of The Trust for Public Land, explains how these sweeping cuts will impact America’s parks and why every community needs access to green spaces.
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“A Tide of Suffering and Death:” NYT’s Nicholas Kristof on Musk’s USAID Cuts
S2025 E7189 - 18m 7s
A federal judge has halted the shutdown of USAID following relentless efforts by Elon Musk's DOGE to slash the agency's resources. Musk insists that no lives were lost from the pause in foreign aid. But New York Times Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof reports otherwise. Kristof speaks to Hari Sreenivasan about the harrowing picture in Kenya and Sudan after USAID supply lines were cut.
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“Everything Is Tuberculosis” John Green on Funding Cuts & the Fight to End TB
S2025 E7188 - 17m 34s
A federal judge in Maryland is blocking the Trump/Musk dismantling of USAID. Author John Green argues the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid are disastrous for global health outcomes, especially for infectious diseases like tuberculosis. Green explains why TB is still so prevalent in his new book "Everything Is Tuberculosis." The author joins the show to discuss what can be done.
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“Abundance:” Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson’s Bold Vision for Democrats
S2025 E7187 - 18m 2s
The Trump administration is creating a task force to identify federal lands suitable for building affordable homes. The initiative marks a first step by the Trump White House to address one of the worst housing shortages in decades. The housing crisis is a focal point of the new book "Abundance." Co-authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson join Walter Isaacson to discuss it.
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