Amanpour: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Annette Bening and Joel Stein

Amanpour

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🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, the renowned presidential historian, joins Christiane Amanpour to delve into the Trump presidency, his predecessors and the latest shocking developments to emerge in the impeachment inquiry. Annette Bening, the award-winning actress best known for her roles in "American Beauty" and "Bugsy", reflects on growing older and stronger in Hollywood and what it was like to portray Senator Dianne Feinstein in new Amazon film "The Report". Feinstein was instrumental in the Senate investigation into CIA torture after 9/11, that exposed wrongdoing at the highest level. Our Walter Isaacson sits down with Joel Stein, former writer for Time magazine, discusses his new book "In Defense of Elitism" and why it is so important to fight against the tide of elitism, populism and end America's political culture war.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:09.0	The difference between then and now is not the difference between Nixon and Trump. It's the difference
0:16.2	between that Congress and this one. America gathers for Thanksgiving as a
0:21.6	divided nation.
0:23.2	Award-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin tells me
0:26.5	how history will judge these dramatic public hearings.
0:30.4	And are you accusing the CIA of murder, Dan?
0:33.5	Hollywood takes on the government inquiry that exposed torture in America,
0:37.8	Annette Benning, on being Senator Diane Feinstein in The Report.
0:42.8	Then, in general, I think we need to all listen better and respect expertise.
0:47.1	In defense of elitism, a new book uses comedy to examine how one social class fueled a populist backlash.
0:54.8	Our Walter Isaacson sits down with writer Joel Stein. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wampur in New York. As America
1:16.3	gets ready for Thanksgiving, will politics be taboo at the dining table or will
1:21.0	it be a bun fight?
1:22.5	With Democrats hoping to vote on articles of impeachment before Christmas,
1:26.6	the temperature will just keep rising.
1:29.0	Democrats say the evidence of serious presidential misconduct is overwhelming.
1:33.9	But the more damning the suggestions of an abuse of power becomes, the deeper it sends
1:38.6	Trump's defenders into a mix of what critics say are conspiracy theories, disinformation and outright
1:44.6	distortion. History though can tell us a lot about all of this and of course about
1:49.6	leadership and Doris Kearns Goodwin is the preeminent presidential scholar with award-winning books such as team of rivals and leadership in turbulent times.
1:59.0	Her latest work is a master class on the topic and she's joining me now.
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