New episodes of the award-winning global affairs program will
focus on the ongoing war in the Middle
East, the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and an
exclusive conversation with Argentina's President Javier Milei
NEW
YORK, July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GZERO
WORLD with Ian Bremmer opens
its seventh season at a critical moment for both the United States and the world. A deeply
polarized American public will head to the polls this fall in what
may be the most contentious election of our time. A deadly war
between Israel and Hamas
continues, and emerging AI technologies pose new risks for society.
Host Ian Bremmer will once
again offer insights, analysis, and thoughtful conversations with
global leaders. Season 7 of the award-winning weekly global affairs
series launches nationwide on public television stations beginning
Friday, July 5 (check local
listings). In the New York metro
area, GZERO WORLD airs on Saturdays at
6:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN, Saturdays at
6 p.m. on WLIW21, Saturdays at
7:30 a.m. on NJ PBS and is available
to stream at thirteen.org/gzeroworld.
GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer Returns with
Season 7 on Public Television beginning July
5
Opening the season is Bremmer's interview with Ambassador
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of
Palestine to the United Nations. In a candid discussion, Bremmer
challenges the diplomat as the two lay out the case for a two state
solution. In the first weeks of Season 7, Bremmer will also
interview Argentina's
controversial new President Javier
Milei, U.S. Senator and former astronaut Mark Kelly, and a conversation about the
politics of sports as the Paris Olympic Games begin featuring
journalist Sally Jenkins.
This season's themes and topics include the state of democracy
globally, governance of AI, the 2024 U.S. presidential election,
and more.
GZERO WORLD also features "Puppet Regime," a
satirical series that uses puppetry to parody world leaders from
Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
Already an award-winning program, this year GZERO WORLD
with Ian Bremmer earned five
additional Telly Awards in its sixth season, including three for
Puppet Regime. Two broadcast episodes were honored including an
examination of Iraq 20 years after
the U.S. invasion and an exclusive interview with American
Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Last
season, GZERO WORLD hosted news-making interviews
with former Vice President Al Gore,
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos
Mitsotakis, WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and more.
GZERO WORLD's host, Ian
Bremmer, is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, the
leading global political risk research and consulting firm, as well
as GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and
engaging coverage of international affairs. He also serves as the
foreign affairs columnist and editor at large for
TIME magazine. Bremmer teaches political risk at
Columbia University, and is the author
of 11 books, the most recent being "The Power of Crisis: How Three
Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World."
GZERO WORLD is executive produced by
Tony Maciulis and Ian Bremmer for GZERO Media. Alex Gibson and Nolan
Ticer are senior producers; Molly
Rubin is a producer. Alexander
Kliment is director, writer and performer for the "Puppet
Regime" feature. Steve Michel,
Andrew Ross Rowe and Miguel Saenz-Flores are editors, and
Cindy Shan is production assistant.
The series is presented by The WNET Group. Neal Shapiro and Stephen Segaller are executives
in charge for The WNET Group. Distributed nationally by American
Public Television.
The lead sponsor of GZERO World is Prologis. Additional funding
is provided by Cox Enterprises, Jerre & Mary Joy Stead, Carnegie Corporation of
New York and Susan S. and Kenneth
L. Wallach Foundation.
About GZERO Media
GZERO Media is the go-to source of first insight into
geopolitics. The media company—dedicated to providing intelligent
and engaging coverage of global affairs—was founded in 2017 as a
subsidiary of Eurasia Group, the world's leading political risk
analysis firm. GZERO Media produces the national public television
program GZERO World with Ian
Bremmer, along with its companion weekly newsletter and
podcast. It also publishes regular daily newsletters including
GZERO Daily and GZERO North with video stories posted across social
media channels. Evan Solomon serves
as publisher of GZERO Media. Visit us at gzeromedia.com
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