The Heat is On
Amanpour12 Jun 2024

The Heat is On

Last month was the hottest May ever, marking the 12th consecutive month that records were broken. In a major new cover article for The Atlantic, journalist George Packer spent months reporting from Phoenix, Arizona exploring the quixotic growth fueling urban expansion, even as the water runs dry and the heat kills hundreds. Packer joins the program along with climate expert Leah Stokes. Also on today's show: Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia, co-directors of "Federer: Twelve Final Days"; Leah Rigueur, Associate Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Trump's Family Separation Policy Explored in New Documentary

Trump's Family Separation Policy Explored in New Documentary

As Donald Trump’s second term rapidly approaches, one domestic policy seems particularly clear and predictable: mass deportations. Family separation, you'll recall, was a highly controversial policy a...

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Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi

In Iran, there are still those bravely speaking out on issues of human rights, democracy and women's equality. One is Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Peace Laureate, who has now been imprisoned for the be...

18 Des 202458min

UN Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher

UN Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher

Syria's new leaders are pushing for legitimacy on the world stage and have been meeting with United Nations and European officials this week. The United Nation’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari...

17 Des 202458min

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba

The defense of Ukraine is top of the agenda for European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today. With a new year ahead, and a new American administration too, the urgent question is how to end th...

16 Des 202458min

The Global Implications of Assad's Fall in Syria

The Global Implications of Assad's Fall in Syria

This week on The Amanpour Hour, Chrisitane explores the aftermath of the stunning fall of Syria’s Assad regime, unpacking its geopolitical ripple effects with the view from Europe and what Trump 2.0 m...

15 Des 202440min

Holding Assad Responsible

Holding Assad Responsible

The Syrian people are still celebrating what so many never thought possible, a country free of Bashar al-Assad. But amid the joy, there is much uncertainty about what lies ahead, and also deep pain, a...

13 Des 202458min

UNRWA Head Philippe Lazzarini

UNRWA Head Philippe Lazzarini

On Wednesday night the United Nations General Assembly demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and also condemned a new law in Israel that will ban the operations of the ...

12 Des 202458min

Mideast Mediator Meetup

Mideast Mediator Meetup

Both outgoing and incoming US administrations hope there’s momentum for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. Qatar has played the central mediator role throughout, and this weekend regional leaders g...

11 Des 202459min

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