Jesmyn Ward: Can a Divided Nation Find Hope? @AmanpourandCompany
Jesmyn Ward: Can a Divided Nation Find Hope?  @AmanpourandCompany
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
With the nation’s 250th anniversary fast approaching, National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward’s new book “On Witness and Respair” offers powerful insights into how a divided nation can heal. “We have to reckon and we have to witness with it all.”

Originally aired on June 1, 2026

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Major support for Amanpour and Company is provided by the Anderson Family Endowment, Jim Attwood and Leslie Williams, Candace King Weir, the Sylvia A. and Simon B. Poyta Programming Endowment to Fight Antisemitism, the Straus Family Foundation, The Peter G. Peterson & Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Charles Rosenblum, Monique Schoen Warshaw, Koo and Patricia Yuen and Barbara Hope Zuckerberg.

Subscribe to the Amanpour and Company channel here: bit.ly/2EMIkTJ

Subscribe to our daily newsletter to find out who's on each night: pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/newsletter

For more from Amanpour and Company, including full episodes, click here: to.pbs.org/2NBFpjf

This program is made possible by viewers like you. Please support your local PBS station: pbs.org/donate

Like Amanpour and Company on Facebook: bit.ly/2HNx3EF

Follow Amanpour and Company on Twitter: bit.ly/2HLpjTI

Follow Amanpour and Company on Instagram: bit.ly/3SaTUhk

Watch Amanpour and Company weekdays on PBS (check local listings).

Amanpour and Company features wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. Christiane Amanpour leads the conversation on global and domestic news from London with contributions by prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, and Hari Sreenivasan from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York City.

#amanpourpbs
Jesmyn Ward: Can a Divided Nation Find Hope?Will the Future Be Made in China? | Amanpour and CompanyHow a Few Shades of Skin Color Changed Everything for One Family | Amanpour and Company“Barbaric” and Humiliating: Americans Are Waiting Days for a Hospital Bed | Amanpour and CompanyUN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Details the Horrors Civilians Face | Amanpour and CompanyAmerica 250: Can We Survive Our Divisions?America’s Debt Problem Is Getting Harder to Ignore | Amanpour and CompanyWhen Sports Gambling Becomes an ObsessionIs Trump Doing Enough for American Families?How “Women” Became a Dangerous Word in the WorkplaceChristiane Amanpour Remembers CNN Founder Ted Turner | Amanpour and CompanyBeyond the Hype and Fear: AI Is Helping Save Lives at This Hospital
Amanpour and Company |

Jesmyn Ward: Can a Divided Nation Find Hope?

SHARE TO X SHARE TO REDDIT SHARE TO FACEBOOK WALLPAPER