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Amanpour and Company

Michael Specter on "Higher Animals" & the Biotech Revolution

Season 2023 Episode 5192 | 18m 01s

The COVID-19 vaccine was made possible by breakthrough MRNA technology -- just one development in an ongoing scientific revolution. New Yorker writer Michael Specter is the author of a new audiobook, "Higher Animals: Vaccines, Synthetic Biology, and the Future of Life." He speaks with Walter Isaacson about the possibilities and the risks of these latest scientific breakthroughs.

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Amanpour and Company
April 25, 2024
Emily Bazelon; Rose Gottemoeller; Harriet Harman; Kate Manne
Episode: S2024 E6214 | 55:44
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Amanpour and Company
From UCSB Shooting to Sydney Mall Stabbing: The Violence of Misogyny
Kate Manne joins the show.
Clip: S2024 E6214 | 17:46
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Amanpour and Company
April 24, 2024
David Lammy; Salman Rushdie; Anne Applebaum
Episode: S2024 E6213 | 55:25
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Amanpour and Company
Anne Applebaum: The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win
Anne Applebaum discusses her latest piece for The Atlantic.
Clip: S2024 E6213 | 18:22
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Salman Rushdie on Being Violently Attacked and the Love That Healed Him
Salman Rushdie reflects on the 2022 stabbing attack that almost ended his life.
Clip: S2024 E6213 | 4:35
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Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Unfinished” Love Letter to the 60s and Her Late Husband
Doris Kearns Goodwin joins the show.
Clip: S2024 E6212 | 18:26
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Amanpour and Company
April 23, 2024
Catherine Colonna; David Vardanyan; Doris Kearns Goodwin; Oksana Lyniv
Episode: S2024 E6212 | 55:53
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Amanpour and Company
April 22, 2024
Kori Schake; Nathalie Tocci; Abrahm Lustgarten; Zoya El-Miari
Episode: S2024 E6211 | 55:53
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Palestinian-Ukrainian Refugee Zoya El-Miari: “Both Sides of Me Are Worth Living”
Zoya El-Miari discusses her experience as a Palestinian and Ukrainian refugee.
Clip: S2024 E6211 | 16:46
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Amanpour and Company
April 19, 2024
Maj. Gen Amos Yadlin; Ray Takeyh; Oleksandra Matviichuk; Bill Weir
Episode: S2024 E6210 | 55:44
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Watch • 55:44
Amanpour and Company
April 25, 2024
Emily Bazelon; Rose Gottemoeller; Harriet Harman; Kate Manne
Episode: S2024 E6214 | 55:44
Watch • 55:25
Amanpour and Company
April 24, 2024
David Lammy; Salman Rushdie; Anne Applebaum
Episode: S2024 E6213 | 55:25
Watch • 55:53
Amanpour and Company
April 23, 2024
Catherine Colonna; David Vardanyan; Doris Kearns Goodwin; Oksana Lyniv
Episode: S2024 E6212 | 55:53
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Amanpour and Company
April 22, 2024
Kori Schake; Nathalie Tocci; Abrahm Lustgarten; Zoya El-Miari
Episode: S2024 E6211 | 55:53
Watch • 55:44
Amanpour and Company
April 19, 2024
Maj. Gen Amos Yadlin; Ray Takeyh; Oleksandra Matviichuk; Bill Weir
Episode: S2024 E6210 | 55:44
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Amanpour and Company
April 18, 2024
Petr Pavel; David Sanger; Terence Blanchard
Episode: S2024 E6209 | 55:27
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Amanpour and Company
April 17, 2024
Tamir Hayman; Tareq Abu Azzoum; Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Episode: S2024 E6208 | 55:42
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Amanpour and Company
April 16, 2024
Mark Esper; Mohammed Shia al-Sudani; Simon Harris; Jonathan Vigliotti
Episode: S2024 E6207 | 55:40
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Amanpour and Company
April 15, 2024
Daniel C. Kurtzer; Neal Katyal; Eddie Glaude Jr.
Episode: S2024 E6206 | 55:53
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Amanpour and Company
April 12, 2024
Mary Ziegler; Tom Perriello; Percival Everett; Bill Clinton; Tony Blair; Bertie Ahern
Episode: S2024 E6205 | 55:53