Plugged in with Greta Van Susteren

Global supply chains are again disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic as economic activity starts to resume. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the causes of the shortages and next steps toward normality with Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, and Thomas Goldsby, co-faculty director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee. Airdate: June 9, 2021

The visual of Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sitting behind President Joe Biden during his first address to Congress was a reminder of how American political history has changed. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines Pelosi's career as the first woman Speaker of the House with her biographer Susan Page, USA Today's Washington Bureau Chief. Airdate June 2, 2021.

Earth's giants are running for their lives, illegally hunted for their ivory tusks. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the issue of elephant poaching as VOA Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb follows U.S. Special Forces on a mission to Gabon to help protect the elephants. And actress Kristin Davis explains her work protecting elephants in Kenya. Airdate: November 18, 2020.

Global supply chains are again disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic as economic activity starts to resume. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the causes of the shortages and next steps toward normality with Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, and Thomas Goldsby, co-faculty director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee. Airdate: May 19, 2021.

Journalists worldwide are facing an increase of threats and obstacles to reporting the truth. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the issue of press freedom with Kirstin McCudden, managing editor of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, and Najib Sharifi, president of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee. Airdate: May 12, 2021.

At an American-led climate summit, President Joe Biden set a goal of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the climate change challenge with Asher Bennett, CEO of Tevva Motors, and Adam Lindquist, director of Baltimore's Healthy Harbor initiative. Airdate: May 5, 2021.

Following the rare conviction of an American police officer for murder while arresting a suspect, Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the training and tactics of police in the U.S. and its impact on minority communities with James Craig, police chief for Detroit, Michigan, and former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Airdate: April 28, 2021.

Some European countries are going back into lockdown amid a spike of COVID infections and the slow rollout of vaccines. Plugged In examines the issues and the concerns about some vaccines causing rare cases of blood clots with the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Thomas Frieden. Airdate: April 14, 2021.

A surge in the number of migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico is testing the Biden administration's immigration and border policies. Plugged In examines the issue with former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. And VOA's Celia Mendoza reports from the border on how the new policies are being implemented. Airdate: April 7, 2021.

Arresting journalists in Turkey has been made a weapon in its political system.   Press freedom has always had its challenges in that country but under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it's become one of the top jailers of journalists.   VOA has produced a new documentary exploring how Turkey cracks down on the free press.   Plugged In shares parts of this incredible production on this special episode “Breaking the Silence”.   Airdate March 31, 2021.

As more COVID vaccines are produced, challenges remain to get shots into the arms of people around the world. Plugged In examines the issue with UNICEF USA President and CEO Michael Nyenhuis and Dr. Linda Mobula, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Airdate: March 24, 2021.

Russia's arrest and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny is drawing condemnation and economic sanctions from the United States and the European Union. Plugged In examines Navalny's situation and the future of U.S.-Russian relations under the Biden administration with the director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute Matthew Rojansky and Christo Grozev, lead investigator for Bellingcat. Airdate: March 17, 2021.

It has been a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the pandemic year with infectious disease expert Jennie Lavine. Airdate: March 10, 2021.

Perseverance made a pinpoint landing on Mars, giving us the most detailed perspective yet of Earth's nearest neighbor. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren explores the mission's goals and the future of space travel with Matthew Smith, Systems Engineer for the Mars 2020 mission, and NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green. Airdate: March 3, 2021.  

Nearly three and a half billion people worldwide use some sort of social media regularly. Should there be some sort of regulation of content on those platforms? Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the issues surrounding social media with New York Times opinion columnist Kara Swisher and Jillian York from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Airdate: February 24, 2021.

Once an example of democracy in the Middle East, Turkey's crackdown on dissent now makes it among the biggest jailers of journalists in the world. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren presents a new VOA documentary that explores how Turkey's once vibrant and competitive media landscape has been suppressed by the Erdoğan government. Airdate: February 17, 2021.

The United States is levying new sanctions on Myanmar's military following its takeover of the country's government on February 1, placing Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest and ending a nearly 10-year experiment in democracy. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the situation with Derek Mitchell, former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar. Airdate: February 10, 2021.

One year into the coronavirus pandemic, vaccine rollout is competing with new, and for some, more contagious strains of COVID. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the challenges ahead with the Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Airdate: February 3, 2021.

Now that the Biden administration is into its second week, Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the range of issues facing the new president with USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon. Airdate: January 27, 2021.

Joe Biden was sworn-in as the 46th president of the United States. And Kamala Harris is now America's first woman vice president. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the historic inauguration with Susan Page, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief, and Capricia Penavic Marshall, former U.S. Chief of Protocol. Airdate January 20, 2021.

An attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump and his false claims of massive election fraud prompted Democrats to vote on impeaching the president. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the fast-moving issue with former Capitol Police Chief Terrence Gainer and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. Airdate: January 13, 2021 

From kindergarten to graduate school, education for an estimated 1.6 billion students has been disrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines how students, teachers, and staff have adapted to keep up and keep safe with Lynn Pasquerella, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and John Katzman, co-founder of The Princeton Review. Airdate: January 6, 2021.

2020 has been a historic year as a coronavirus pandemic paralyzed most of the world at some point, creating economic, social, and political shockwaves that will be felt well into the new year. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the year that was with Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution and Dr. Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Institutes for Health. Airdate December 30, 2020.

A new coronavirus vaccine is injecting hope for an end to the deadly pandemic. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren looks at who gets the first doses, when will everyone else get theirs, and the challenges ahead for distributing the vaccines worldwide with infectious disease and vaccine behavior expert Rupali Limaye from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Medicine. Airdate: December 16, 2020.