Interviews
October 17, 2021
How the US Enables Corrpuption
In the wake of the "Pandora Papers" investigation, author Sarah Chayes lays out America's role in facilitating corrupt financial schemes.
September 2, 2021
America's Afghan Legacy
Sarah Chayes talks to Martin Sandbu about what will be the legacy of America’s 20-year involvement in Afghanistan.
August 23, 2021
Chayes details the level of corruption in Afghanistan
Former advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sarah Chayes, details her time in Afghanistan, and the lessons we still must learn.
October 7, 2021
The Peril of Neglecting Democracy and the Rule of Law with Sarah Chayes
Sarah Chayes has uncovered the unrecognized reality that severe and structured corruption often prompts international crises -- including violent religious insurgency.
September 1, 2021
The Ties that Bind US - Afghan Societies
August 18, 2021
Full Circle
Anderson Cooper talks to Chayes, who spent a decade in Kandahar, witnessed the fall of the Taliban and was a special adviser to the topmost levels of the U.S. military.
August 11, 2020
Morning Edition
Host Noel King interviews Sarah Chayes on her new book examining corruption in America.
October 6, 2021
America's Afghan Legacy
Sarah Chayes explores the role of political corruption in the renewed ascendency of the Taliban (interview starts 11:59)
August 30, 2021
On 20 Years of Crisis in Afghanistan
Sarah Chayes, speaks about how Afghanistan changed -- and how it changed her.
August 17, 2021
Why is this Happening?
Chris Hayes speaks with Sarah Chayes, an anti-corruption activist and the author of On Corruption In America -- And What Is At Stake.
March 15, 2020
The Damage Report
Chayes explains how kleptocratic networks, in all the countries she has examined -- including the United States -- make a point of capturing key government institutions.
October 3, 2019
NPR's David Greene interviews Sarah Chayes, author of "Hunter Biden's Legal, Socially Acceptable Corruption," in The Atlantic.
Nov 17, 2017
On Assignment with Richard Engel
Chayes talks with Richard Engel about how Donald Trump's enabling of corruption in other countries reflects back on the reputation of the United States -- and rubs off.
January 29, 2015
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
"Thieves of State author Sarah Chayes calls corruption one of the greatest security challenges of the 21st century.
December 19, 2008
PBS: Interview with Bill Moyers
October 11, 2018
Chayes addresses the conundrum facing West Virginians who don't want to vote for a Democrat who is a close collaborator of big pharma and the fossil fuel industry
March 13, 2014
Is $20 Billion in Missing Oil Wealth the Explanation for Extremist Group Boko Haram?
No one is shocked by allegations of corruption in Nigeria. But the amount of oil wealth that has gone missing is staggering.
September 10, 2018
FOCOS: Corruption, A Worldwide Epidemic
Sarah Chayes covers corruption as an operating system; English language conversation with an independent media talk show in El Salvador.
February 3, 2017
In a Victory for the Oil Industry, Congress Makes It Easier to Pay Bribes for Drilling Rights
Chayes discusses one of the first regulatory rollbacks of the new Administration
June 18, 2013
Former Afghanistan Advisor Not Optimistic About Taliban Talks
The US is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban after more than 10 years of war in Afghanistan. Chayes is pessimistic about the prospects.