Original title
Charlie Rose
Released
9/30/1991
Origin country
US
Genre
Talk
Production companies
Thirteen, Charlie Rose Inc.
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
25
Number of episodes
91
Acclaimed interviewer and Emmy-winning journalist Charlie Rose engages a wide range of guests, including philosophers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, artists, business leaders, scientists, educators, and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and round-table discussions.
Charlie talks to City College professor Leonard Jeffries about a controversial speech he delivered on July 20, 1991. Journalists Jerry Nachman, Utrice Leid, and Sam Roberts debate Professor Jeffries's contentious ideas. David Grubin discusses his four-hour PBS documentary about former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, "LBJ: The American Experience." Charlie remembers jazz musician Miles Davis with performance clips of the legendary trumpeter.
Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general, discusses the AIDS epidemic in America. A conversation about the effect of condom distribution in American schools. Wendy Wasserstein on her career as a playwright.
New York City Councilman Noach Dear and Colin Moore, attorney for the Cato family, debate the events surrounding the accidental death of Gavin Cato and subsequent murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. We continue with a clip of Bill Moyer's "Beyond Hate" and a conversation with some New Yorkers that struggle with racism and antisemitism on a daily basis. Attorney Alan Dershowitz on his memoir about growing up in Brooklyn, "Chutzpah."
Calvin Trillin on his new book, "American Stories." Governor James Florio of New Jersey explains his state's tax policies. In an interview with Bill Moyers, author Nadine Gordimer on race and politics in South Africa. A discussion with Douglas Coupland, Robin Adler, and Manuel Villafania about the twenty-something age group called Generation X.
Dan Rather talks about his memoir, "I Remember." Thom Henley of The Endangered Peoples Project, Monica Whelan of Rainforest Action, and tribesmen Mutang Tuo and Mutang Urud discuss the destruction of the rain forests of Borneo by foreign logging companies.
Journalists James Ledbetter, Nancy Collins, and Kevin Goldman discuss the shifting power in news and broadcast media. Choreographer Tommy Tune on his career in dance. Mauricio Obregon on the myths surrounding explorer and colonizer Christopher Columbus.
Shelby Steele talks about his book of essays, "The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America." Attorneys Judith Vladeck and Gloria E.A. Toote debate the legal issues in the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment case. David Halberstam on Major League Baseball and his 1989 book, "Summer of '49."
R. W. Apple of the New York Times comments on the current state of the Clarence Thomas hearings and the sexual harassment charges against him. The conversation about Clarence Thomas continues with former representative Bella Abzug, attorney Lynn Hecht Schafran, and journalist Tony Brown. Terrence McNally discusses his film "Frankie and Johnny," starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino. Holocaust survivors Abe Chapnick and David Yager and soldiers E. J. McConnell and Walter Woodson reflect on the day the camps were liberated.
Senator Bill Bradley talks about the state of politics in the United States. Cornel West on race and the sexual harassment charges against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
A discussion of Anita Hill's testimony in the sexual harassment case against Judge Clarence Thomas with journalists Sheryl McCarthy and Jonathan Alter. Richard Gere and Lodi Gyari on the influx of Chinese settlers into Tibet. John Feinstein talks about his book, "Hard Courts: Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours."
Professor Catharine MacKinnon, an expert on sexual harassment and pornography, comments on the Clarence Thomas hearing and the "collusion" of the judiciary committee. NYC Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman and a panel of experts debate fact-finding procedures relating to Anita Hill's accusation of sexual harassment against Judge Clarence Thomas. Playwright Marsha Norman on her musical stage adaption of "The Secret Garden."
Harriet Michel, formerly of the New York Urban League, and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh debate Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Attorneys review the cross-examination of witnesses during the Thomas hearings.
Governor Mario Cuomo discusses whether he will run for president in the '92 elections. Journalists Sam Roberts, Deborah Orin, Lee Miringoff, Michael Kramer, and Floyd Weintraub offer their opinions on whether Cuomo will run.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jimmy Breslin discusses his new book, "Damon Runyon: A Life." New York chefs Daniel Boulud, Andre Soltner, David Bouley, Anne Rosenzweig, and Mark Strausman share their passion for food.
Journalist Rick Smith updates Charlie on the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev's future role in politics with Yeltsin in power, and what might happen to the remnants of the old Soviet cache of nuclear weapons and the KGB. Sen. Emanuel Gold and a diverse panel of experts debate the constitutionality of the "Son of Sam" law, which prohibits criminals from profiting from their stories. After a clip from Paul Taylor's "Made in America: Speaking in Tongues," the choreographer reflects on his career and how life has changed since the '70s.
Interview with Donald Trump
Anthony Hopkins discusses his career on stage and screen. Representatives from different Native American nations, Oren Lyons, William Commanda, Thomas Banyacya, and Birgil Kills Straight, discuss their participation in the U.N. conference "Native American Prophecy in the World Community."
Tony Coelho on his career, politics, and the Clinton Administration. Journalist Boyd Matson discusses his trip to Africa as the host of the National Geographic Explorer special, "Into Africa." Dr. John Mack, a Harvard University psychiatrist, who studies people who say they have been abducted by aliens.
A conversation with New York Times columnist and former theater critic Frank Rich about his personal memoir, "Ghost Light", which chronicles his childhood in Washington, D.C. and his early love affair with the stage. A conversation with Professor Stephen Cohen of NYU on the future of Russia and his book "Failed Crusade", in which he argues that American officials and experts have been ineffective at instituting reform in Russia over the last decade.
Academy Award-winning actor Robin Williams and director Mark Romanek share their new film, "One Hour Photo," a terrifying film starring Williams as a photo developer who begins to obsess over the people in the photos he develops. Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker reflects on overseeing the rescue of nine trapped miners in his state.
Ten years after "The Shawshank Redemption" was released, actors Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins and director Frank Darabont discuss the movie's origins and impact.
Actors Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep and Nicolas Cage discuss their new movie, "Adaptation.", directed by Spike Jonze and based on Susan Orlean's book, "The Orchard Thief".
A conversation with screenwriter and producer Charlie Kaufman about his movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" which examines the role of memory in relationships.
First, a Super Tuesday Recap with Mark Halperin Editor-At-Large for Time Magazine and ABC News Political Analyst & Adam Nagourney of the New...all » First, a Super Tuesday Recap with Mark Halperin Editor-At-Large for Time Magazine and ABC News Political Analyst & Adam Nagourney of the New York Times. Next, a discussion about the film "In Bruges" with Colin Farrell & Martin McDonagh. Finally a conversation about food with Alice Waters, co-owner of Chez Panisse and author of The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution.
Political analysts Eric Schmitt, Steve Coll, Gregory Johnsen, and Richard Barrett discuss the eruption of violence in Yemen after the U.S. foiled an Al Qaeda plot to attack a U.S. airliner. Former CIA official Henry Crumpton underscores the importance of intelligence and outlines critical strategies in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A conversation with Alan "Ace" Greenberg, former CEO of Bear Stearns A conversation about the film "Synecdoche, New York" with director Charlie Kaufman and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Actor Leslie Odom, Jr. on his role as Aaron Burr in the musical "Hamilton." Writer Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Thomas Kail talk about "Hamilton." DJs Wesley "Diplo" Pentz and Sonny "Skrillex" Moore talk about their collaborative project, Jack Ü.
A look at Charlie's visit to Cuba with Diplo, who played an enormous outdoor concert in Havana. Kamai Washington, the saxophonist and jazz musician behind "The Epic," including an in-studio performance with "The Next Step."
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