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Fareed Zakaria GPS
Presented byFareed Zakaria
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes31 (as of December 28, 2008)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkCNN
CNN International
ReleaseJune 1, 2008 –
Present

Fareed Zakaria GPS is a weekly public affairs show hosted by journalist and author Fareed Zakaria that airs Sundays 1pm Eastern Time and 5pm on CNN. The show also airs Sundays at 1200 and 1900 GMT on CNN International. The "GPS" in the show's title stands for "Global Public Square," a reference to the show's focus on international issues and foreign affairs.

Fareed Zakaria GPS is an hour-long program that focuses mainly on foreign affairs. Each week, Zakaria usually conducts and interview with a world leader or other important figure on their input on an important issues. Also, he talks to a panel of experts on their take on the issue, as well as adding his own input. [1]

Guests

Each episode features Zakaria leading a panel discussion and conducting an extended one-on-one interview.

# Date Guest
1 June 1, 2008 Tony Blair,
2 June 8, 2008 Henry Kissinger
3 June 22, 2008 Condoleezza Rice
4 June 29, 2008 Gordon Brown
5 July 6, 2008 Manouchehr Mottaki
6 July 13, 2008 Barack Obama
7 July 20, 2008 David Cameron
18 September 28, 2008 Wen Jiabao, Premier of China
19 October 5, 2008 Bill Gates
20 October 12, 2008 George Soros
21 October 19, 2008 Queen Rania of Jordan
26 November 23, 2008 Al Gore
27 November 30, 2008 Ratan Tata
28 December 7, 2008 Ernesto Zedillo Fmr. President of Mexico
29 December 14, 2008 Colin Powell
30 March 1, 2009 Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
31 March 8, 2009 Gamal Mubarak
32 March 15, 2009 Charles Freeman, Paul O'Neill
33 March 22, 2009 Eliot Spitzer
34 April 5, 2009 James Baker
35 April 19, 2009 Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
36 May 10, 2009 Dalai Lama
37 May 17, 2009 Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan
39 Other Guests Tom Friedman,
Ian Bremmer,
Niall Ferguson,
David Frum,
Barbara Ehrenreich,
Ian Bremmer,
Judea Pearl, President, Daniel Pearl Foundation
Christiane Amanpour,
John Bruton,
Minxin Pei,
Douglas Feith,

References