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2608 - Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens
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  • 2608 - Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens

    Abroad, alone, and locked away on trumped up charges, it's the stuff of nightmares. Yet for one year that has been the reality for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being held in a Russian prison on the charges of espionage. Charges he, and everyone who knows him, deny. Now, a Moscow court has extended his detention by three more months. At the same time in Gaza, more than a hundred hostages are still held captive after being taken during the brutal October 7th attack on Israel. Negotiations to release them -and build a ceasefire- have dragged on in Qatar for months. As the US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, Roger Carstens is at the heart of both these crises, and he joins the program to talk about it.  Also on today's show: correspondent Melissa Bell; Annelle Sheline, resigned in protest from US State Department; Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post Reporter  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Thu, 28 Mar 2024
  • 2607 - Atrocities in Myanmar

    We start with the fallout from a brutal military coup in Myanmar, all but forgotten by the wider world, while atrocities playout in plain view. In a new investigation, correspondent Anna Coren examines videos that show two rebel PDF soldiers being tortured and killed, part of a pattern of horrific violence at the hands of the military, which they deny.  Also on today's show: Noah Feldman, Author, "To Be A Jew Today"; Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General; Janti Soeripto, President, Save the Children US  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Wed, 27 Mar 2024
  • 2606 - Former Trump supporter Anthony Scaramucci

    Donald Trump made history when he became the first US President to be impeached twice, and now he's making history again, becoming the first former president to be criminally prosecuted. Anthony Scaramucci was once a dedicated Trump supporter and spent a notorious 11 days as the White House communications director. Since 2019, he has opposed the former president’s re-election and joins Christiane to discuss.  Also on today's show: actor Olivia Colman & director Thea Sharrock, "Wicked Little Letters"; author Charles Duhigg, "Supercommunicators"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Tue, 26 Mar 2024
  • 2605 - European policy chief Josep Borrell

    We start tonight with terror and trauma around the globe. In Russia, four men from Tajikistan have been charged in the attack on the concert hall in Moscow which killed at least 137. Russia continues its assault on Ukraine with heavy missile attacks across the country. Meanwhile, in the Middle East the death toll in Gaza reaches over 32,000 amid fears of an Israeli offensive on Rafah. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel joins the program from Brussels to discuss the challenges ahead.  Also on today's show: Peter Pomerantsev, Author, “How to Win an Information War”; Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General, Médecins Sans Frontières; actor Regina King, "Shirley"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Mon, 25 Mar 2024
  • 2604 - Turning the global frown upside down with America's top-ranking doctor

    We begin this hour with the very latest on the Moscow terror attack, and the Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis, from CNN's Fredrika Whitfield. Then, the pursuit of health and happiness, in an emotional conversation with America's highest-ranking doctor, Vivek Murthy. The US Surgeon General, who wears his heart on his sleeve talking about his own struggles with loneliness, was in London for the World Happiness Summit this week. He says unchecked social media is like driving without speed limits - and he’s worried young people are losing the muscle memory to make meaningful human connections in the real world. Meantime, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’s pressing ahead with plans to evacuate more than a million civilians from Gaza's southern city of Rafah, before ramping up his offensive on Hamas. Critics say it will only make the humanitarian catastrophe worse. This week the International Rescue Committee (IRC) called the imminent famine in Gaza "a profound failure of humanity," and "entirely preventable." IRC chief and former UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, joins the show. From the Amanpour Archive this week, the last Soviet leader’s lost legacy, and Russia’s path to dictatorship. We revisit Christiane’s 2012 conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev, and the legacy Putin has spent decades dismantling. And finally, the poison pen letter scandal that rocked Britain. Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman and director Thea Sharrock discuss their new movie Wicked Little Letters, and the satisfaction that get from swearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Sat, 23 Mar 2024
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