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Amanpour: Simon Coveney, Anita Malik and Ian McEwan

Amanpour

CNN

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4.2929 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Simon Coveney, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister, joins Christiane Amanpour in Dublin, Ireland to discuss Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement. Our Michel Martin talks to Anita Malik, the Democratic House Candidate, about her experiences running for Congress in 2018 and why she's running again in 2020. Ian McEwan, the beloved British author of novels like "Atonement" and "Enduring Love" discusses his latest work "Machines Like Us" and the challenges of finding solidarity in the 21st century.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

Hi podcast listeners really fascinating conversation today with the Irish

0:03.9

deputy prime minister he's also the foreign minister all about the anniversary of the

0:08.3

good Friday agreement and what a bad Brexit deal could do to Ireland and that of course has a huge impact on the

0:15.1

United States which shaped that Good Friday deal 21 years ago. Next Michelle

0:20.8

talks to Democrat Anita Malik so interesting to hear about her background in

0:25.3

tech and why she's running for Congress in 2020.

0:29.5

Then, I really enjoyed sitting down with the beloved British novelist Ian McEwen.

0:34.0

You'll know him as the author of books like Atonement and on Chezal Beach, Enduring Love.

0:39.2

Many of them became films.

0:40.8

And now he's got a new book about today's challenge of AI. So enjoy the

0:46.0

show and for whoever celebrating Easter or Passover enjoy this holy weekend. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christian Amunpur in London.

1:08.0

21 years ago peace overcame conflict in Northern Ireland,

1:13.0

with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement

1:15.0

between the UK and the Republic of Ireland,

1:17.6

backed by the United States.

1:19.4

The peace achievement was the jewel in the crown

1:22.4

of American diplomacy during the Clinton administration.

1:25.8

But now the Accord is facing its toughest threat yet, and that's Brexit, because of the risk

1:31.2

of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

1:34.7

being imposed again.

1:36.6

The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, was in Ireland this week, pledging support for

1:41.5

the Good Friday Agreement, and I sat down with her in Dublin for an exclusive

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