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109 Episodes 2013 - 0
Episode 1
Sun, Aug 25, 2013 30 mins
Scholar Cornel West is interviewed. Topics include President Obama; Hillary Clinton; and the Trayvon Martin verdict.
Episode 2
Sun, Sep 1, 2013 30 mins
Richard Trumka.
Episode 3
Sun, Sep 8, 2013 30 mins
Ron Paul.
Episode 4
Sun, Sep 15, 2013 30 mins
Writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan.
Episode 5
Sun, Sep 22, 2013 30 mins
Wesley Clark is interviewed. Topics include President Obama's handling of the crisis in Syria.
Episode 6
Sun, Sep 29, 2013 30 mins
President Evo Morales of Bolivia is interviewed. Topics include his criticism of the U.S. and his offer of asylum to Edward Snowden.
Episode 7
Sun, Oct 6, 2013 30 mins
Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) shares his personal story and talks about his fight for immigration reform.
Episode 8
Sun, Oct 13, 2013 30 mins
Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.) is the guest. Topics include gridlock in Washington, D.C.
Episode 9
Sun, Oct 20, 2013 30 mins
A conversation with French street artist JR.
Episode 10
Sun, Oct 27, 2013 30 mins
Author Malcolm Gladwell is the guest.
Episode 11
Sun, Nov 3, 2013 30 mins
George Takei discusses civil rights and his acting career.
Episode 12
Sun, Nov 10, 2013 30 mins
Hall of Famer Charles Barkley discusses racism, homophobia and money in the NBA.
Episode 13
Sun, Nov 17, 2013 30 mins
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. national-security adviser, weighs in on Edward Snowden, the relationship between Iran and the U.S., and problems in Egypt and Syria.
Episode 14
Sun, Nov 24, 2013 30 mins
Chef and farm-to-table advocate Alice Waters discusses healthy school lunches and the U.S. food industry.
Episode 15
Sun, Dec 8, 2013 30 mins
Iran's positive shift in relations with the West is explored.
Episode 16
Sun, Dec 15, 2013 30 mins
Former president Jimmy Carter remembers Nelson Mandela (1918-2013).
Episode 17
Sun, Dec 22, 2013 30 mins
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is the guest. The discussion centers on schools in the U.S.
Episode 18
Sun, Dec 29, 2013 30 mins
Radio personality Ira Glass ("This American Life") is the guest.
Episode 19
Sun, Jan 5, 2014 30 mins
A best-of edition includes conversations with Jimmy Carter, Malcolm Gladwell, Charles Barkley, Cornel West, Reza Aslan, Ron Paul and George Takei.
Episode 20
Sun, Jan 19, 2014 30 mins
Mystery writer Martin Cruz Smith is the guest.
Episode 21
Sun, Jan 26, 2014 30 mins
The views of editor Jill Abramson (The New York Times). Subjects include the NSA leak scandal; press freedom; and the challenges of running a paper in the digital age.
Episode 22
Sun, Feb 2, 2014 30 mins
Sports agent Leigh Steinberg is the guest. Topics include controversy in the NFL.
Episode 23
Sun, Feb 9, 2014 30 mins
XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis is the guest. Topics include prize competitions and private space travel.
Episode 24
Sun, Feb 16, 2014 30 mins
Soledad O'Brien interviews hip-hop figure and media mogul Russell Simmons. Included: Simmons talks about the role of meditation and yoga in his life.
Episode 25
Sun, Feb 23, 2014 30 mins
Cartoonist and author Art Spiegelman discusses his graphic novel "Maus."
Episode 26
Sun, Mar 2, 2014 30 mins
Australian politician Julia Gillard is the guest. Topics include helping children in poor countries attend school.
Episode 27
Sun, Mar 9, 2014 30 mins
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is the guest.
Episode 28
Sat, Mar 15, 2014 30 mins
Travel-guide entrepreneur Arthur Frommer and his daughter, Pauline Frommer, share travel advice and industry secrets.
Episode 29
Sat, Mar 22, 2014 30 mins
Author and historian Simon Schama traces Jewish history and culture.
Episode 30
Sat, Apr 5, 2014 30 mins
Education adviser Ken Robinson is the guest. Included: how schools can dull creativity.
Episode 31
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 30 mins
Documentarian Ken Burns discusses his 2014 film "The Address."
Episode 32
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 30 mins
Anthropologist Jane Goodall discusses technology's impact on the work she does with chimpanzees.
Episode 33
Sat, Apr 26, 2014 30 mins
Sean Penn is interviewed. Topics include privacy concerns; U.S. foreign policy; and Hugo Chavez.
Episode 34
Sat, May 3, 2014 30 mins
An interview with Gloria Steinem, who discusses the modern-day feminist movement.
Episode 35
Sat, May 10, 2014 30 mins
Lawyer David Boies is the guest. Subjects include the fight for marriage equality.
Episode 36
Sat, May 17, 2014 30 mins
Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses the NSA leaks and Edward Snowden.
Episode 37
Sat, May 24, 2014 30 mins
Anti-Defamation League leader Abe Foxman is the guest. Subjects include anti-Semitism.
Episode 38
Sat, May 31, 2014 30 mins
Actress Rosie Perez is the guest. Topics include her mother and her upbringing.
Episode 39
Sat, Jun 7, 2014 30 mins
World-music singer Angelique Kidjo is the guest. Topics include education for all girls in Africa; Nigeria's kidnapped schoolgirls; and the power of music.
Episode 40
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 30 mins
Robert Ford, U.S. ambassador to Syria, is the guest.
Episode 41
Sat, Jun 21, 2014 30 mins
Fran Drescher discusses her health-advocacy work and her Broadway endeavors.
Episode 42
Sat, Jun 28, 2014 30 mins
Diplomat George Mitchell is the guest. Topics: Iraq; efforts to forge Israeli-Palestinian peace; and frustrations with politics in Washington, D.C.
Episode 43
Sat, Jul 5, 2014 30 mins
Author Khaled Hosseini ("The Kite Runner") is the guest. Topics include the inspiration behind his book, world refugees and the future of Afghanistan.
Episode 44
Sat, Jul 12, 2014 30 mins
Civil-rights figure Dolores Huerta is the guest. Topics include Huerta's past and immigration reform.
Episode 45
Sat, Jul 19, 2014 30 mins
Two couples who challenged California's Proposition 8 and the ban on same-sex marriage reflect on their story.
Episode 46
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 30 mins
Academic administrator David Skorton discusses the rising cost of college and innovation's positive impact on the economy.
Episode 47
Sat, Aug 2, 2014 30 mins
Ken Roth (Human Rights Watch) discusses human-rights abuses.
Episode 48
Sat, Aug 9, 2014 30 mins
Deepak Chopra provides tips for happiness and conflict resolution.
Episode 49
Sat, Aug 23, 2014 30 mins
Educator Lily Eskelsen Garcia discusses student testing.
Episode 50
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 30 mins
Civil-rights figure Dick Gregory is the guest. Topics include the protests in Ferguson, Mo.; and the use of comedy as a way to advance dialogue.
Episode 51
Sat, Sep 6, 2014 30 mins
Filmmaker Alex Gibney discusses his documentary series "Edge of Eighteen."
Episode 52
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 30 mins
Guest Tavis Smiley discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days.
Episode 53
Sat, Sep 27, 2014 30 mins
Ali Velshi addresses difficult global topics, including Ebola, carbon emissions, childhood poverty and the crisis in Syria. Interviewed: Jim Yong Kim, World Bank president; and Carolyn Miles, CEO of Save the Children.
Episode 54
Sat, Oct 4, 2014 30 mins
Estonia President Toomas Hendrik Ilves discusses utilizing technology in governing. Also: Estonian-Russian relations.
Episode 55
Sat, Oct 11, 2014 30 mins
Actor Forest Whitaker is the guest. Topics include efforts to help child soldiers; Robin Williams; and race relations in America.
Episode 56
Sat, Oct 18, 2014 30 mins
Robert Kennedy Jr. is the guest. Topics include the environment.
Episode 57
Sat, Oct 25, 2014 30 mins
Car-company CEO Carlos Ghosn is the guest. Topics include global unrest; and the future of the electric car.
Episode 58
Sat, Nov 1, 2014 30 mins
Actress Geena Davis is the guest. Topics include sexism in Hollywood.
Episode 59
Sat, Nov 15, 2014 30 mins
Author George R.R. Martin ("Game of Thrones") is the guest.
Episode 60
Sat, Nov 8, 2014 30 mins
Dick Cavett is the guest. Cavett shares his experiences with show-biz luminaries, including Marlon Brando, Johnny Carson and Robin Williams.
Episode 61
Sat, Nov 22, 2014 30 mins
Rock singer Peter Gabriel is the guest. Topics include Gabriel's political education and his human-rights endeavors.
Episode 62
Sat, Dec 6, 2014 30 mins
Former FBI special agent Ali Soufan is the guest. Topics include the Islamic State; foreign fighters; and torture.
Episode 63
Sat, Dec 13, 2014 30 mins
Anne-Marie Slaughter, who headed Policy Planning at the State Department, is the guest. Topics include changes that could allow men and women to better juggle family and career; and U.S. interventions abroad.
Episode 64
Sat, Dec 20, 2014 30 mins
Best-of moments from "Talk to Al Jazeera" in 2014 are featured. Interview highlights with Peter Gabriel, Robert Kennedy Jr., George R.R. Martin and Jane Goodall are included.
Episode 65
Mon, Dec 22, 2014 30 mins
Television writer and producer Norman Lear ("All in the Family") is the guest. Topics include using comedy to address important social issues.
Episode 66
Mon, Jan 5, 2015 30 mins
Actor Ethan Hawke discusses his 2014 film "Boyhood," divorce and drones.
Episode 67
Mon, Jan 12, 2015 30 mins
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is the guest. Topics include the privatization of space exploration.
Episode 68
Mon, Jan 26, 2015 30 mins
Danish editor and journalist Flemming Rose discusses tolerance and freedom of speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Episode 69
Sun, Feb 1, 2015 30 mins
Ballerina Misty Copeland is the guest. Included: her rise to fame from poverty.
Episode 70
Sun, Feb 8, 2015 30 mins
Hip-hop artist Akon is the guest. Topics include Ebola, Ferguson and racial tensions in the U.S.
Episode 71
Tue, Feb 10, 2015 30 mins
United Nations figure Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser is the guest. Included: his call for international action against extremism.
Episode 72
Sun, Feb 15, 2015 30 mins
Comic Rain Pryor, Richard Pryor's daughter, is the guest. Topics include the role comedy plays in addressing race in the U.S.
Episode 73
Sun, Feb 22, 2015 30 mins
Writer Taiye Selasi, an expert on race and culture, is the guest.
Episode 74
Sun, Mar 1, 2015 30 mins
The parents of missing journalist Austin Tice, who vanished in Syria in 2012, are featured.
Episode 75
Sat, Mar 14, 2015 30 mins
David Duke is the guest.
Episode 76
Sun, Mar 15, 2015 30 mins
Writers Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn discuss sex trafficking and violence against women in the U.S.
Episode 77
Sun, Mar 22, 2015 30 mins
UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake is the guest. The topic centers on the impact of war and terrorism on children.
Episode 78
Sun, Mar 29, 2015 30 mins
Music figure David Foster is the guest. Topics include creativity and Foster's work helping children awaiting organ transplants.
Episode 79
Sun, Apr 5, 2015 30 mins
Civil-rights leader Julian Bond is the guest. Topics include the current state of race relations.
Episode 80
Sun, Apr 12, 2015 30 mins
NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton is the guest. Topics include terrorism and racial tensions.
Episode 81
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 30 mins
Classical pianist Lang Lang is the guest. Included: Lang's childhood; his collaborations; and music education.
Episode 82
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 30 mins
NASA official Charles Bolden discusses space exploration and the challenges of getting humans on Mars.
Episode 83
Sun, May 3, 2015 30 mins
B-52s singer Kate Pierson is the guest. Included: serious messages beneath the band's party music; her new song.
Episode 84
Sun, May 10, 2015 30 mins
Singer Johnny Rotten (the Sex Pistols) is the guest. Included: the positive role anger has played in his life.
Episode 85
Tue, Jun 2, 2015 30 mins
Actor Wendell Pierce is the guest. Topics include rebuilding New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Episode 86
Tue, Jun 9, 2015 30 mins
Tennis personality Katrina Adams is the guest. Included: her work in Harlem creating champions on and off the court.
Episode 87
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 30 mins
Author James Patterson is the guest. Included: the secret to his prolific writing; and ways to inspire children to read.
Episode 88
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 30 mins
Comedian Richard Lewis casts light on his career and his 2015 book "Reflections From Hell."
Episode 89
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 30 mins
Oceanographic explorer and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of explorer Jacques Cousteau, is the guest. Topics include ocean ecology.
Episode 90
Tue, Jul 14, 2015 30 mins
Chocolate taster Angus Kennedy discusses a chocolate shortage and its global causes.
Episode 91
Tue, Aug 4, 2015 30 mins
Comic Mo Amer is the guest. Topics include Bill Cosby and performing stand-up comedy in front of U.S. troops.
Episode 92
Tue, Sep 1, 2015 30 mins
Architect David Adjaye is the guest. Included: his design for the new Smithsonian building; insight into how to bring a building to life.
Episode 93
Sat, Sep 19, 2015 30 mins
CEO Bill Browder discusses Vladimir Putin.
Episode 94
Sat, Sep 26, 2015 30 mins
Sonia Manzano, Maria from "Sesame Street," is the guest. Topics include Manzano's childhood and how she was cast on the iconic children's show.
Episode 95
Sat, Oct 3, 2015 30 mins
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is interviewed.
Episode 96
Sat, Oct 10, 2015 30 mins
The future of tech is explored with One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte.
Episode 97
Sat, Oct 17, 2015 30 mins
The guest is alt-rock techno artist Moby, who discusses social activism and his new music.
Episode 98
Sat, Oct 24, 2015 30 mins
International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo is the guest. Topics include resolving the Syrian conflict and delivering justice in Iraq.
Episode 99
Mon, Nov 2, 2015 30 mins
Soul singer Nona Hendryx is the guest. Topics include pushing musical boundaries, plus transformation.
Episode 100
Mon, Nov 9, 2015 30 mins
Internet entrepreneur and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is the guest. Topics include Internet access for all and government censorship.
Episode 101
Mon, Nov 16, 2015 30 mins
Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith is the guest. Topics include catastrophe and her play tackling the school-to-prison pipeline.
Episode 102
Mon, Nov 30, 2015 30 mins
Author Mitch Albom ("Tuesdays With Morrie") is the guest. Topics include the power of music.
Episode 103
Mon, Dec 14, 2015 30 mins
Filmmaker Spike Lee is interviewed. Topics include gun violence and his 2015 film "Chi-Raq."
Episode 104
Mon, Dec 21, 2015 30 mins
Artist Molly Crabapple is the guest. Topics include her memoir, her move into journalism and the future of art.
Episode 105
Mon, Jan 4, 2016 30 mins
Best-of conversations from the series in 2015 are presented. Included: ballerina Misty Copeland; the B-52s' Kate Pierson; civil-rights leader Julian Bond; pianist Lang Lang; Liberia president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; and music figure David Foster.
Episode 106
Mon, Jan 11, 2016 30 mins
Human-rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson is the guest. Topics include slavery and terrorism, plus discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Episode 107
Mon, Jan 18, 2016 30 mins
Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson is the guest. Topics include his culinary beginnings.
Episode 108
Mon, Feb 1, 2016 30 mins
Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson reflects on her life and casts light on her songwriting secrets.
Episode 109
Mon, Feb 15, 2016 30 mins
Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant is the guest. Topics include the inspiration behind Merchant's music; and her efforts to give back.