Weekend Talk Shows/April 20-21

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Saturday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

8 a.m.: Nat Malkus, deputy director of American Enterprise Institute's Education Policy Studies, discusses "how to combat chronic student absenteeism in schools that started in the pandemic and continues today."

9:15 a.m.: Author and journalist Ray Suarez discusses his podcast, "On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez" and his book "We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century: An Oral History."

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Sunday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

8 a.m.: Cook Political Report founder Charlie Cook discusses "top issues and trends to watch in campaign 2024."

9 a.m.: Bradley Bowman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies discusses "the U.S. role in the Israel-Hamas war and recent military strikes between Israel and Iran."

9 a.m. -- THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC):

An interview with Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

An interview with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).

An interview with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, author of "Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism."

A political roundtable with former DNC chair Donna Brazile; former RNC chairman Reince Priebus, former White House chief of staff; Politico senior Washington correspondent Rachael Bade; and Politico senior political correspondent Jonathan Martin.

A report on "efforts to mobilize environmentally conscious voters in battleground Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 election."

9 a.m. -- FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH SHANNON BREAM (FOX):

An interview with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).

An interview with Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.).

A political roundtable with Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation; former DNC delegate Richard Fowler; Guy Benson, political editor at Guy Benson is Townhall.com; and USA Today Francesca Chambers.

A legal discussion with George Washington University law school professor Jonathan Turley; and Tom Dupree, former principal deputy assistant attorney general.

9 a.m. -- STATE OF THE UNION WITH JAKE TAPPER AND DANA BASH (CNN):

An interview with Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.).

An interview with Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.).

A political roundtable with Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas); Kate Bedingfield, former Biden White House communications director; Scott Jennings, former special assistant to President George W. Bush; and Jamal Simmons, former communications director for Vice President Harris.

10 a.m. -- SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES WITH MARIA BARTIROMO (FOX NEWS):

An interview with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

An interview with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

An interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

An interview with Poland's President Andrzej Duda.

10 a.m. -- FAREED ZAKARIA GPS (CNN):

An interview with Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi.

Actor Michael Douglas discusses portraying Ben Franklin in the Apple TV+ series "Franklin."

10:30 a.m. -- MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER (NBC):

An interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

An interview with Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s."

NBC News national political correspondent Steve Kornacki discusses the results of a new NBC News political poll.

A political roundtable with Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher; Matt Gorman, former senior communications adviser of the Tim Scott presidential campaign and former communications director at the National Republican Congressional Committee; and NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

10:30 a.m. -- FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN (CBS):

An interview with Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.).

An interview with Rep. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).

A discussion with New York Times national security and White House correspondent David Sanger, author of "New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West."

Other interview guests are TBA.

11 a.m. -- MEDIA BUZZ (FOX NEWS):

An interview with former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), former speaker of the House of Representatives.

Other guests are: Lucy Caldwell, campaign manager for the 2020 Joe Walsh presidential campaign; OutKick.com host Tomi Lahren; Politico reporter Olivia Beavers; and FOX News correspondent Trey Yingst.

7 p.m. -- 60 MINUTES (CBS):

An interview with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

A report on the history of the Channel Islands, "occupied by Germany for five years during World War II and where the Nazis operated two concentration camps."

A profile of comedian and actor Kevin Hart.

8 p.m. -- Q&A (C-SPAN):

Filmmakers Christian Hansen and Zachary Treitz discuss their Netflix docuseries titled, "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders," and the events surrounding the 1991 death of journalist Danny Casolaro.

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