Tonight on Amanpour and Company, Friday, April 3rd, 2026

Tonight on Amanpour and Company
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Friday, April 3rd, 2026

From 04/06/26 through 04/10/26, Amanpour and Company will be re-airing some of our favorite and most impactful interviews. We will be back with new content on Monday, 04/13/26.

Gary Sick
Former U.S. National Security Council Official
After addressing the nation in an attempt to galvanize domestic support for the Iran war, Donald Trump insisted the war is nearing its end. At what point this conclusion to the conflict will materialize remains unclear, with the administration's timeline oscillating between three days and some weeks. No clear solution was offered for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz or for the retrieval of the enriched uranium that remains in Tehran's hands. As miscalculations keep piling up, Christiane Amanpour speaks to a former presidential adviser for a historical perspective on the hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, and where he sees the conflict heading. Gary Sick is a former U.S. National Security Council official and is well acquainted with the Iran file after serving in the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations. Sick joined the show from the studio in New York.

Adrien Brody Actor, "The Fear of 13" and Lindsey Ferrentino Playwright, "The Fear of 13"
Based on a true story, "The Fear of 13" is a play that delves into the story of a man who spent more than two decades on death row for a crime he insists he did not commit, only to later be exonerated by DNA evidence. The play has challenged audiences from London's West End to Broadway with its gripping tale of survival, belief and failures in the justice system. Christiane Amanpour sits down with Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody, who takes on the leading role, and playwright Lindsey Ferrentino. The pair joined the show from the studio in New York.

McKay Coppins
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
As March Madness grips America and huge sums are wagered on college basketball, one journalist decided to step inside the frenzy by spending an NFL season betting via online sportsbook to understand what is driving millions to sports gambling. McKay Coppins is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He speaks to Michel Martin about his April cover story "Sucker: My Year as a Degenerate Gambler" and what the normalization of betting reveals about modern American culture. Coppins joins the show from Vienna, Virginia.


In Case You Missed It
Trump’s “Destroy and Deal” Doctrine: Impulse, Improvisation and Empire
America's shifting objectives for its war with Iran are giving the world whiplash. New York Times Diplomatic Correspondent Edward Wong says it's all part of the president's "destroy and deal" doctrine. Wong joined the show to discuss this, and China's increasingly complicated role in the Middle East.