Amanpour: Narendra Taneja, Todd Young, Soma Sara, Kamilah Willingham and Cornel West

Amanpour

CNN

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As India sets a covid world record with nearly 380,000 new infections, Christiane Amanpour asks Narendra Taneja, the national spokesman for Prime Minister Modi's ruling BJP Party, about the danger of elections continuing amidst the crisis. Republican Senator Todd Young discusses President Biden's speech to a joint session of Congress yesterday and his first 100 days in office. Kamilah Willingham, feminist writer and activist, and Soma Sara, founder of everyones-invited.org, talk about this new platform on which thousands have shared their stories of sexism, misogyny and sexual violence. Walter Isaacson talks with philosopher, scholar and civil rights activist Cornel West about why classics must remain in the curriculum. 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 Amunbord. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	These are all the remains of human beings.
0:12.0	Death and despair as COVID ravages India.
0:15.0	With the government facing criticism,
0:18.0	I ask top ruling party official Norendra to nature.
0:21.0	And...
0:22.0	America is on the move again.
0:25.0	President Biden sells his ambitious agenda.
0:29.0	What do Republicans think?
0:31.0	I asked Indiana Senator Todd Young. Then everyone's invited. Survivors unite on a
0:37.0	platform for women to share their stories of misogyny and sexual
0:41.1	violence. I talk to founder Somer Sarah and feminist writer
0:45.0	writer Camila Willingham.
0:47.0	Plus, the classic force us to come returns with the most terrifying question we could ever raise, which is what does it mean to be
0:54.8	human?
0:55.8	Making the case for the classics, prominent philosopher Cornell West tells Walter Isakson why
1:01.7	studying the great thinkers is critical if we want to avoid a spiritual
1:06.2	catastrophe. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London. India's
1:26.4	COVID cases keep climbing. A new unenviable world record was set today
1:31.0	when the country reported nearly 380,000 new infections.
1:36.0	Grave diggers and crematoriums are overwhelmed by the number of bodies.
1:40.0	The Indian government is facing heavy criticism for prematurely declaring victory over COVID
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