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The podcast provides special coverage of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, highlighting the devastating attacks, rising death toll, and impact on civilians. It includes interviews with affected individuals and discusses the need for de-escalation and a different approach to end the violence.

“A woman, a human rights advocate, and a Freedom fighter.” That’s how the Nobel Committee Chair described Narges Mohammadi, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammadi, who is currently imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, has spent her life campaigning for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty in her country. Ahead of the Nobel announcement, with the help of intermediaries, correspondent Jomana Karadsheh interviewed Mohammadi via letter and audio recording from inside Evin Prison. Also on today's show: Gloria Browne-Marshall, attorney, activist and professor of constitutional law; historian Heather Cox Richardson; musician and record company exec Herb Alpert To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last month marked two years since the Taliban began effectively outlawing female education. Girls are not allowed to go to school from 6th grade onwards and are barred from universities. But a clandestine network of brave woman have set-up secret classrooms across the country in direct defiance of the ban. Correspondent Salma Abdelaziz reports. Also on today's show: Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and political scientist Norm Ornstein on Kevin McCarthy's historic downfall; author Yascha Mounk; New Yorker staff writer Sheelah Kolhatka  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

European Union foreign ministers gathered in Kyiv this week for their first-ever meeting outside the union, but leaders are on edge across the West after a series of political earthquakes. In a recent New York Times column, Oxford University history professor Anton Jager wrote, "Europe's extreme-right tide has been a long time coming.” He joins the program alongside Liana Fix, Fellow for Europe for the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss the latest news. Also on today's show: author Ruth Simmons; Jessica Bennett, Contributing Editor, The New York Times & Mitch Prinstein, Chief Science Officer, American Psychological Association To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the worst flare up of violence in the Balkans in decades between Serbia and Kosovo following the news that Serbia moved thousands of troops to the joint border last week, after a shootout that killed both Serbs and Kosovars. Yesterday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic joined the show for an exclusive interview in which he claimed Serbia has no intentions of invading Kosovo, that they plan to withdraw forces from the border and will hold the instigator of the shootout to account. Today, Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani joins the show to discuss what her country can do to normalize tensions between the two countries. Also on today's show: US House Democrat Elissa Slotkin; director Rebecca Miller; former New York City Commissioner of the Department of Correction To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peace in Kosovo has long been fragile, and tensions with its neighbor Serbia are right now drawing international concern. The roots of these tensions run deep. In 1999, the United States and allies defended Kosovar Albanians from brutal ethnic cleansing and abuse by Serbia. Afterwards, Kosovo declared independence in 2008, which Serbia does not recognize, although the EU has been mediating dialogue aimed at normalizing the relationship. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić joins the show from Belgrade for an exclusive interview. Also on today's show: author Heather McGhee; Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander; Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The longest-serving female senator in US history, California’s Dianne Feinstein died today at the age of 90. Feinstein came to national prominence before taking her senate seat, becoming mayor of San Francisco in 1978 following the tragic assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Over a decade later, she then won a special senate election that sent her to Washington, where she worked tirelessly for gun laws. By the time Feinstein was elected to a fifth full term in 2018, she was the oldest sitting US Senator. Senator Patty Murray and former Congresswoman Jane Harman knew Feinstein well and they join the program with reflections on her life and legacy. Also on today's show: Former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza; Wall Street Journal World Coverage Chief Gordon Fairclough; White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

92-year-old Rupert Murdoch stepped aside last week as chairman of the Fox Corporation and News Corp, triggering a potentially seismic shift in media spanning the globe. Christiane looks at where the empire strikes next, now that it’s in the hands of Murdoch’s first son Lachlan. She is joined by Andrew Neil, former editor of the Murdoch-owned Sunday Times of London, and tech and media journalist Kara Swisher. Also on today's show: 26.2 to Life director Christine Yoo & subject Markelle Taylor; author Helen Prejean (from the Amanpour archives) To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leaders around the world are rolling back climate policies and pledges, purportedly to boost their economies. In Britain, the government has just approved a huge new oil and gas field in the North Sea, one week after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slow-rolled carbon neutral targets. The International Energy Agency says that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius would require no new drilling, while a new report by Oxford University finds that Britain's energy needs could be met entirely by wind and solar power by 2050. The deputy leader of the UK Green Party, Zack Polanski, joins the show to discuss climate politics, UK energy security, and future energy supply.  Also on today's show: Betsey Stevenson, professor of economics and public policy and former adviser to President Obama, discusses whether the green agenda in the US is at risk, as well as the future of electrical vehicles and auto makers. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facing the likelihood of a long war against Russia, Ukraine is seemingly ready for a strategic reset – a move that President Zelensky has marked with a new defense minister. Rustem Umerov took on the new role less than three weeks ago with plans to rebuild Ukraine’s store of ammunition by ramping up local production wherever possible. In his first and exclusive interview, he joins the show to discuss the progress of the counteroffensive, his nation’s weapons systems, and the fate of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Chief, who was seen today in a Kremlin video despite Ukraine’s claims to have killed him. Also on today's show: US House Democrat Pat Ryan; Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; Iranian women's rights activist Elahe Tavakolian To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices