Interviews with attitude, tackling the big issues of our time with Mehdi Hasan.
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Interviews with attitude, tackling the big issues of our time with Mehdi Hasan.
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August 7, 2020
Is China a threat or a partner to the West? | Head to Head
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, tensions have mounted between China and the United States.<br><br>In this special edition of Head to Head, we ask if the West is heading towards a new Cold War with China.<br><br>In part one, we challenge retired US Brigadier General Robert Spalding, a former senior director for strategy on President Donald Trump's National Security Council, on why he believes the world should stand forcefully against China.<br><br>In part two, we challenge Kerry Brown, director of the Lau China Institute, King's College London, who argues that it would be disastrous to turn away from China now.<br><br>More: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/
July 31, 2020
US healthcare: A cure worse than disease? | Head to Head
In this episode, Mehdi Hasan goes Head to Head with two guests with opposing views.<br><br>In part one, he challenges Lanhee Chen, chief architect of former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign. Chen argues that "the employer-sponsored system ... has been the linchpin of a quality system of care we have in the US".<br><br>And in part two, Hasan debates Bernie Sanders surrogate and health policy expert Abdul El-Sayed. "I don't want to live in a society where any of my neighbours … have to potentially go bankrupt because they got sick ... and that's what we have here in the United States," he says.<br><br>*Editors Note: In the programme, Hasan refers to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, published May 13, which estimated that by May 2, 2020, some 27 million Americans could have lost their health insurance as a result of the economic impact of the coronavirus. After this segment was recorded, a new study, conducted by Families USA, estimated that 5.4 million Americans lost their health insurance. While the Kaiser study took into account family members of the insured, the Families USA study did not. Americans frequently receive their insurance through another family member's employer.<br><br>More: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/
July 24, 2020
US coronavirus catastrophe: Who is to blame? | Head to Head
With more than 146,000 deaths and counting, the United States has been the hardest hit country by COVID-19.<br><br>In this first episode of a special Head to Head series, we challenge prominent members of the Republican and Democratic parties on their handling of the crisis.<br><br>In part one, Mehdi Hasan challenges Jack Kingston, a surrogate for the Donald Trump campaign, and a former Republican congressman.<br><br>Our second guest, Jess O'Connell, is the former CEO of the Democratic National Committee who has worked on Hillary Clinton and Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaigns.<br><br>So, who is to blame for the US COVID-19 catastrophe?<br><br>*Editor's Note: These interviews were recorded on July 9 and 13, and since then, some of the data quoted has changed, including the number of cases and the death toll, which have sadly grown exponentially.
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