Former US Democrat Congressman  - Anthony Weiner
The Interview2 Mar 2016

Former US Democrat Congressman - Anthony Weiner

American politics currently has more unlikely story lines than anything you might see in New York’s Broadway theatre district. The rise of Donald Trump is one illustration of the depth of public frustration with politics as usual. Stephen Sackur talks to Anthony Weiner who was a rising star of the Democratic Party in New York. His career was destroyed by not one but two bizarre sex scandals. Why did he push the self-destruct button?

(Photo: Anthony Weiner, former US Democrat Congressman, 2013. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Episoder(1872)

Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine war at critical juncture

Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine war at critical juncture

Ukraine is under enormous pressure as Russia seeks new frontline gains and, in the diplomatic arena, some Western allies show signs of war fatigue. Stephen Sackur asks Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmyt...

20 Jun 202422min

Mathieu Kassovitz: Where is France going?

Mathieu Kassovitz: Where is France going?

Stephen Sackur is in Paris to speak to the acclaimed actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz. Three decades ago, his film La Haine (Hate) focused on inequality, racism and police brutality in a Parisian ...

18 Jun 202423min

Akinwumi Adesina: Africa rising?

Akinwumi Adesina: Africa rising?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. He wants massive international financial backing to turn his continent into a global economic powerhouse. But amid...

17 Jun 202422min

Jean-Noël Barrot: A snap election in France

Jean-Noël Barrot: A snap election in France

Stephen Sackur is in Paris to speak to the French Minister Delegate for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot. President Emmanuel Macron has just taken the gamble of his political life, calling a snap parliamentar...

14 Jun 202422min

Eyal Weizman: The politics of architecture

Eyal Weizman: The politics of architecture

Mishal Husain speaks to the architect Eyal Weizman. He works in what he calls ‘forensic architecture’, where details of buildings and physical spaces – and their destruction – are used to highlight ab...

12 Jun 202422min

Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?

Mickey Bergman: What difference do hostage negotiators make?

Sarah Montague speaks to hostage negotiator Mickey Bergman, who has spent much of the last two decades working behind the scenes to help negotiate the release of Americans kidnapped or detained abroad...

4 Jun 202422min

R. Derek Black: Renouncing white nationalism

R. Derek Black: Renouncing white nationalism

Mishal Husain speaks to R. Derek Black, who was brought up in a family steeped in America’s white nationalist ideology, with a father who was a Ku Klux Klan leader. Then came exposure to a different w...

3 Jun 202423min

Mohammad Shtayyeh: Will the Palestinian Authority work with Hamas?

Mohammad Shtayyeh: Will the Palestinian Authority work with Hamas?

Mishal Husain speaks to the former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammed Shtayyeh. How does he see the Palestinian people’s future? Can he, and should he, work with Hamas?

30 Mai 202422min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
i-retten
stopp-verden
forklart
aftenpodden-usa
nokon-ma-ga
popradet
det-store-bildet
dine-penger-pengeradet
fotballpodden-2
aftenbla-bla
rss-ness
rss-gukild-johaug
hanna-de-heldige
rss-dannet-uten-piano
frokostshowet-pa-p5
e24-podden
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
grasoner-den-nye-kalde-krigen