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Mark Halperin (Time) and John Heilemann (New York) on politics; Richard Haass (Council on Foreign Relations) and Steve Coll (New Yorker) on ISIS.
ISIS is discussed with former ambassador Ryan Crocker and Tom Friedman (New York Times). Also: Whit Stillman ("The Cosmopolitans").
David Sanger (New York Times); Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Former United States ambassador to Syria Robert Ford examines the continuing conflict in Syria and the Obama administration's stance on ISIS. Retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni presents his new book, "Before the First Shots Are Fired," which examines U.S. foreign policy and recommends changes. Remembering Joan Rivers, one of America's greatest comedians, with a look back at some of her moments on the show.
Chuck Todd, the new host of NBC's "Meet the Press," talks about his recent interview at the White House with President Barack Obama. A conversation with twins Mike and Bob Bryan—the most successful doubles champions in history, with sixteen Grand Slam titles—about their most recent win at the U.S. Open. Director Craig Johnson and actors Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader talk about their film "The Skeleton Twins," which follows the relationship between a brother and sister.
Bill Maher. Also: ISIS is discussed with Clarissa Ward (CBS News) and Tim Arango (New York Times).
"This is Where I Leave You" is discussed with director Shawn Levy, screenwriter Jonathan Tropper, Jason Bateman and Tina Fey. Also: Jeffrey Goldberg (Atlantic); economist James Galbraith ("End of Normal").
An hour with Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.
Part 2 of Apple CEO, Tim Cook, and industrial designer, Yves Behar
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.); author Ian McEwan ("The Children Act").
ISIS is discussed with Aluf Benn (Haaretz) and David Sanger (New York Times); and "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" is discussed with director Ned Benson, Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy.
Mike Morrell; Terry Gilliam.
David Feherty; Peter Thiel.
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen; Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi; French foreign minister Laurent Fabius.
Bill Clinton; Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Also: the Hong Kong protests are discussed with Orville Schell (Asia Society) and Nicholas Bequelin (Human Rights Watch).
GoPro CEO Nick Woodman; reporter Peter Baker (New York Times); author Matt Bai ("All the Truth Is Out").
Michael Green (CSIS); Jon Huntsman, a former ambassador to China. Also: the protests in Hong Kong; and the Ebola epidemic.
Russian political activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Russian political activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Jeffrey Toobin. Also: the AIG trial is discussed with Aaron Kessler and Leslie Scism; and "Gone Girl" is discussed with director David Fincher, author Gillian Flynn, and actors Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.
Leon Panetta
Matt Olsen, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is interviewed.
"The Judge" is discussed with director David Dobkin, Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. Also: Lisa Dwan.
Ian Bremmer (Eurasia Group); Walter Isaacson ("The Innovators").
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Also: "Birdman" is discussed with director Alejandro G. Inarritu, Michael Keaton and Edward Norton.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
Bernard-Henri Levy; Massimo Bottura; Paul Krugman.
Bernard-Henri Levy; Massimo Bottura; Paul Krugman.Martin Wolf ("The Shifts and the Shocks"); James McPherson ("Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief").
Ian Bremmer (Eurasia Group); Walter Isaacson ("The Innovators").
Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya'alon.
Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta (1932-2014) is remembered.
Former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee (1921-2014) is remembered. Also: Barham Salih, the former prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq; and author Martin Amis ("The Zone of Interest").
Annie Lennox; George Lucas. Also: the controversy over the "Death of Klinghoffer" opera is discussed with First Amendment attorneys Martin Garbus and Floyd Abrams.
Oscar de la Renta (1932-2014) and Ben Bradlee (1921-2014) are remembered. Also: filmmaker Laura Poitras ("Citizenfour").
Richard Haas; E.O. Wilson.
Amy Poehler ("Yes Please"); Atul Gawande ("Being Mortal"); Michael Waldman ("The Second Amendment").
Michael Lewis ("Liar's Poker"); Aaron David Miller ("The End of Greatness"); and photographer Russell James ("Angels").
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn ("A Path Appears"); and Neil Young.
GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty. Also: Iran is discussed; and Al Hunt talks with former senators Trent Lott and Tom Daschle.
President Obama in China; Tony Fadell; Point & Shoot
"Rosewater" is discussed with director Jon Stewart, actor Gael García Bernal and journalist Maziar Bahari.
Essayist Daphne Merkin describes her writing process and her obsession with "wounded" celebrities like Marilyn Monroe.
Director Bennett Miller and actors Channing Tatum, Vanessa Redgrave, and Steve Carell share their experiences filming "Foxcatcher."
Sportswriter Bob Ryan ("Scribe: My Life in Sports"); financial bloggers Josh Brown (The Reformed Broker), Joe Weisenthal (Bloomberg News), Felix Salmon (Fusion) and Megan Murphy (fastFT).
Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Also: the "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art is discussed.
Mike Nichols (1931-2014) is remembered. Also: President Obama's immigration plan is discussed with Michael Shear (New York Times) and Karen Tumulty (Washington Post).
Lawrence Wright ("Thirteen Days in September"); and John Dickerson (Slate). Also: Al Hunt talks with David Ignatius (Washington Post) and Karim Sadjadpour (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace).
"Sticks and Bones" is discussed
Boxer Manny Pacquiao; former National Counterterrorism Center director Matthew Olsen; and attorney David Boies.
Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain ("A Most Violent Year"); Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.); and David Oyelowo ("Selma").
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (USA Ret.), a former Defense Intelligence Agency director.
Bob Simon (1941-2015) is remembered. Also: NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
A discussion about City of Hope and their work researching and treating cancer with Robert W. Stone, president and CEO of City of Hope, Steven T. Rosen, provost and chief scientific officer, and Stephen J. Forman, chair of Hematology.
An hour with comedian Larry David on his Broadway play, 'Fish in the Dark.'
A discussion of Iran's nuclear program with Karim Sadjadpour of th
Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes; ESPN's Jay Bilas; and Adm. Michael Mullen (USN Ret.), the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Teddy Atlas of ESPN on Saturday's boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather
*Corey Lee, James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of the restaurant Benu in San Francisco
*Noah Baumbach on his latest film, "While We're Young"
A discussion about Charlie Hebdo with Editor-in-Chief Gerard Biard and writer Jean-Baptiste Thoret
Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
*John Micklethwait, Bloomberg editor-in-chief, on Britain's general election
*David Steinberg on his new interview series called "Inside Comedy"
David McCullough
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell ("The Great War of Our Time").
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker; Tom Brokaw.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.); and Allianz chief economic adviser Mohamed El-Erian.
Conan O'Brien; Alex Garland.
James Taylor; and Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino.
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia; former defense secretary Robert Gates.
Ian Bremmer; and Reps. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.).
Former treasury secretary Timothy Geithner; George Clooney. Also: a look at One World Trade Center.
David Letterman's final show is discussed. Also: highlights from past conversations with Letterman.
Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman discusses his latest movie, “5 Flights Up.” We conclude with Lori McCreary, CEO of Revelations Entertainment, a film production company she started with Morgan Freeman in 1996.
A full hour with Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium and host of a new talk show on National Geographic called "Star Talk."
The biology of parenting is discussed.
Joseph Nye ("Is the American Century Over?"); Jeffrey Sachs (Earth Institute at Columbia University).
Peter Westmacott, the British ambassador to the U.S.
Jim Parsons; Carey Mulligan.
Photographer Sally Mann ("Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs").
Gen. Mark Welsh, the chief of staff of the Air Force; Henry Kissinger.
Author Karl Ove Knausgaard ("My Struggle"); Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes.
Richard Reeves; David Petraeus.
Richard Lewis; David Sanger (New York Times); chef April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman, owners of the Spotted Pig in New York City.
The Turkish elections are discussed with Elmira Bayrasli (World Policy Institute), Steven Cook (Council on Foreign Relations) and Soner Cagaptay (Washington Institute for Near East Policy). Also: George Mitchell on his memoir, "The Negotiator."
Edition hotels are discussed. Also: jockey Victor Espinoza; and James Corden.
Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel and writer-programmer Paul Ford discuss Ford's "What Is Code?" article. Also: Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.).
A discussion about President Obama's decision to send more U.S. military personnel to Iraq, with Dexter Filkins & Michael Gordon. A look at refugee crises around the world. Bjarke Ingels, the Danish architect who designed Two World Trade Center.
A discussion about Jeb Bush's announcement that he'll run for president in 2016. Charlie is joined by Mark Halperin & John Heilemann, the hosts of Bloomberg's "With All Due Respect." We conclude with Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric.
Jim O’Neill, former chief economist and head of asset management at Goldman Sachs. A discussion about Richard Nixon with Evan Thomas and Tim Weiner.
Eric Kandel are joined by Ben Barres, chair of neurobiology at Stanford University, Norman Spack of Boston Children’s Hospital, Catherine Dulac of Harvard University, Melissa Hines of University of Cambridge, and Janet Hyde of University of Wisconsin.
Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, taped at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
The tragedy in Charleston with Congressman James Clyburn. Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, examines Greek debt, Iranian nuclear negotiations, and Vladimir Putin. Jeffrey Zients, director of President Obama's National Economic Council.
Jaime Diaz, editor-in-chief of Golf World, and John Feinstein of The Washington Post on Jordan Spieth. Judd Apatow discusses his book, "Sick in the Head" and the movie "Trainwreck." Aziz Ansari, who's just written his first book, "Modern Romance."
David Ignatius discusses reports that the National Security Agency spied on senior leaders in France. Larry Summers, president emeritus of Harvard University on the debt crisis in Greece. Michael Wolff, author of “Television Is the New Television.”
A look at the Supreme Court's ruling that nationwide subsidies in the Affordable Care Act are legal with Adam Liptak of The New York Times. Ben Anderson, a correspondent for Vice, on Afghanistan. We conclude with a tour of the Hermitage Museum.
David Boies reports on today's Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage. Emmanuel Macron, the finance minister of France. A discussion of the open letter written to President Obama denouncing the Iranian nuclear deal.
Continued coverage of the Greek debt crisis with Lionel Barber, Roger Altman,and Joe Weisenthal. a look at what many consider to be the best week of President Obama’s second term. Charlie is joined by Ed Luce of the Financial Times and Al Hunt.
A discussion about the extension of the Iranian nuclear talks with Margaret Brennen of CBS News; Lyse Doucet of the BBC; Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Iran’s former chief nuclear spokesperson; and Bret Stephens of The Wall St. Journal.
The Greek debt crisis with Peter Coy of Bloomberg Businessweek, and Eric Schatzker of Bloomberg television. Nisid Hajari, author of “Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition.” Sylvia Burwell, secretary of health and human services.
A tour of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg with museum director, Mikhail Piotrovsky. We conclude with an in-studio interview with Mark Kelner, vice president of the Hermitage Foundation.
David Remnick, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, on President Obama. We conclude with a compilation of interviews from the archive: Joseph Ellis, Ron Chernow, David McCullough, and Walter Isaacson on America's Founding Fathers.
A discussion of the economic crisis in Greece with Economist Megan Greene, Ian Bremmer, and Sebastian Mallaby. Tommy Smyth, former goalkeeper Briana Scurry, and Jeré Longman, sports reporter for The New York Times break down the Women's World Cup final.
An update on the Iranian nuclear negotiations with David Sanger of the New York Times. We conclude with a rebroadcast of Charlie's conversation with Mohammad Javad Zarif in April. He has been foreign minister of Iran since 2013.
An hour with conductor Valery Gergiev, taped at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Guest host Ian Bremmer discusses the Iranian nuclear negotiations with Suzanne Maloney and Gary Samore. We conclude with Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of "Between the World and Me." El Chapo Guzman's escape from a maximum security prison with Jorge Castaneda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico, Patrick Radden Keefe of the New Yorker, and Don Winslow, author of “The Cartel.”
landmark agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. Charlie is joined by Ben Rhodes, David Sanger, Jeff Goldberg, Karim Sadjadpour and Ed Royce.
Continued discussion about the Iran nuclear agreement with Dennis Ross of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Nicholas Burns, professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School. We conclude with Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, interviewed by Al Hunt.
Senator Tim Kaine on the Iran nuclear agreement. Next, Paul Rudd, star and co-writer of Marvel Studio’s new movie, "Ant-Man.” "The Stanford Prison Experiment" with director Kyle Alvarez, actor Billy Crudup and psychologist Philip Zimbardo.
Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates discuss philanthropy and their work with The Giving Pledge.
Continued coverage of the Iran nuclear deal with Ari Shavit, Israeli columnist for Haaretz and later with Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group.
Conversations with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Al Pacino, and Helen Mirren
Conversations with Neil deGrasse Tyson and E.O. Wilson
Actor and comedian Chris Rock talks about his new movie "Top Five." Conan O'Brien talks about David Letterman, late night television in the age of the internet, and going to Cuba. Actor and comedian James Corden discusses his entrance into comedy and assuming the mantle of host of "The Late Late Show." Comedian Aziz Ansari presents his new book, co-authored with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg, "Modern Romance: An Investigation."
