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How To Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing Geopolitical and Military Landscape | Global Catastrophic Risks
29 mins; March 29, 2026
The Case Against Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court
31 mins; March 26, 2026
Is Cuba Next?
26 mins; March 22, 2026
The Iran War Ignites a Global Humanitarian Emergency
29 mins; March 15, 2026
How to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change | Global Catastrophic Risks
30 mins; March 12, 2026
The War in Iran Comes to the UN | To Save Us From Hell
24 mins; March 08, 2026
How Does The Iran War End?
31 mins; March 04, 2026
Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: The High-Stakes Fight Over Military AI—and Autonomous Weapons
24 mins; March 01, 2026
Ethiopia Is Sliding Fast Toward Major War
30 mins; February 25, 2026
Board of Peace v United Nations | US To Attack Iran? - To Save Us From Hell
20 mins; February 22, 2026
Why Has the United States Deployed Gunboats to Haiti?
34 mins; February 18, 2026
The Last Nuclear Arms Control Agreement Between the US and Russia Just Expired. What's Next?
27 mins; February 16, 2026
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro SĂĄnchez Is Rewriting the Political Playbook
26 mins; February 11, 2026
The Secretary General Race Heats Up — And the Epstein Files Hit the UN | To Save Us From Hell
18 mins; February 09, 2026
What Americans Really Think About Foreign Policy
24 mins; February 04, 2026
Civil War Has Returned to South Sudan
29 mins; February 01, 2026
One Year On: What Have Trump's HIV/AIDS Cuts Cost The World?
28 mins; January 28, 2026
The Stories that Will Drive the UN Agenda in 2026 | To Save Us From Hell
21 mins; January 26, 2026
Why a U.S. Strike Against Iran May Backfire
29 mins; January 18, 2026
The Curious Case of America's Christmas Day Missile Strikes in Nigeria
27 mins; January 14, 2026
The View from Denmark as Trump Threatens Greenland | Søren Lippert
27 mins; January 14, 2026
How China is Responding to the "Donroe Doctrine"
24 mins; January 12, 2026
Is This an Existential Moment for the United Nations? | To Save Us From Hell
23 mins; January 07, 2026
Maduro Ousted and Trump Says the US Will Run Venezuela | Expert Analysis from Elizabeth Dickinson of the International Crisis Group
27 mins; January 03, 2026
How to Revive a Global Plastics Pollution Treaty | When Treaties Work
28 mins; December 28, 2025
How to Prevent Ecological Collapse | Global Catastrophic Risks
27 mins; December 22, 2025
To Save Us From Hell | Anjali Addresses the Security Council! Plus: Rafael Grossi Gets "The New Yorker" Profile Treatment
23 mins; December 18, 2025
When Treaties Work | The Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court
39 mins; December 14, 2025
2025 Was a Year of Global Protests
22 mins; December 11, 2025
Inside the Search for Syria's Missing Persons
18 mins; December 07, 2025
The Security Council Goes To Syria | To Save Us From Hell
29 mins; December 04, 2025
What Happens When America Withdraws? | Live From The Halifax International Security Forum With Justin Ling
40 mins; November 30, 2025
The Last of Syria's Political Prisoners are Still Languishing in Lebanese Jails
19 mins; November 25, 2025
Live From Kabul — The World's First Capital Facing Total Water Collapse
24 mins; November 20, 2025
A Brilliant New Biography Tells the Story of the Cold War Era UN Secretary General U-Thant
34 mins; November 16, 2025
How the UN General Assembly Can Get Its Peace and Security Groove Back
25 mins; November 12, 2025
How Tanzania's Fraudulent Elections Sparked an Unusual Protest Movement
35 mins; November 09, 2025
When Treaties Work: The Biological Weapons Convention
29 mins; November 05, 2025
A Genocidal Massacre is Underway in Sudan
24 mins; November 02, 2025
Live From Cameroon: What's Driving The Political Unrest
25 mins; October 29, 2025
North Korea is Getting Even More Repressive
26 mins; October 26, 2025
Can the UN Charter Be Reformed? | To Save Us From Hell
22 mins; October 22, 2025
Is the US About to Attempt Regime Change in Venezuela? The View From Caracas
27 mins; October 19, 2025
What Comes Next For Israel and Gaza | With Matt Duss
27 mins; October 16, 2025
Did The Gaza Ceasefire Emanate From UNGA? Plus: A New "Gang Suppression Force" for Haiti and our Nobel Predictions | To Save Us From Hell
19 mins; October 12, 2025
When Treaties Work: The High Seas Treaty
30 mins; October 08, 2025
Sudan's Civil War Takes an Even Deadlier Turn
25 mins; October 05, 2025
"Women’s Rights Are Human Rights" — 30 Years On
29 mins; October 03, 2025
Is America Suddenly at War With Venezuela?
22 mins; September 28, 2025
“Your countries are going to hell” -- Trump Unleashes at the UN
44 mins; September 23, 2025
Immunizations Are One of Africa's Greatest Public Health Success Stories | Future of Africa, Episode 7
63 hours 51 mins; September 19, 2025
Women and Girls Will Write the Future of Africa | Future of Africa, Episode 6
59 mins; September 17, 2025
These Are the Stories that Will Drive the Agenda at UNGA This Year | To Save Us From Hell
15 mins; September 11, 2025
The UN and the Crisis of Liberalism | Rethinking Humanitarianism
59 mins; September 09, 2025
How to Transform Education in Africa | Future of Africa, Episode 5
59 mins; September 09, 2025
A Simmering Conflict in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Region is Suddenly Getting Worse
27 mins; September 05, 2025
How to Solve the "Trust Deficit" in Africa | Future of Africa, Episode 4
64 hours 21 mins; September 03, 2025
A Major Study Finds Giving Pregnant Women Cash Massively Improves Children's Health
23 mins; August 27, 2025
How Global Development Finance Deals Can Actually Drive Local Impact | Future of Africa Episode 3
60 hours 22 mins; August 25, 2025
Can a Series of Global AI Summits Actually Shape the Rules that will Govern the World’s most Powerful Technology?
27 mins; August 20, 2025
The Climate, Peace & Security Nexus | Future of Africa Episode 2
60 hours 27 mins; August 18, 2025
What We Can Expect from the Putin-Trump Alaska Summit
18 mins; August 13, 2025
Africa's Role on the Global Stage | Introducing: The "Future of Africa" Podcast Series
61 hours 38 mins; August 11, 2025
Famine in Gaza — A Political and Humanitarian Tipping Point?
24 mins; August 06, 2025
The Stark Demise of the Era of NGOs
24 mins; August 03, 2025
A New Study Shows that Sanctions Kill As Many People As War
18 mins; July 27, 2025
Comfort Ero on How Foreign Aid Cuts May Spark Conflicts Worldwide | Live from the Aspen Security Forum
19 mins; July 23, 2025
Can Europe Stay Unified on Ukraine? With Thordis Gylfadottir, Iceland's Former Foreign Minister | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
19 mins; July 20, 2025
What We Learned From Mike Waltz's Confirmation Hearing for UN Ambassador | To Save Us From Hell
20 mins; July 17, 2025
The Global Backlash Against Gender Equality
28 mins; July 13, 2025
Nigeria's Herder-Farmer Violence is Escalating
28 mins; July 09, 2025
To Save Us From Hell: Searching for Compromiso in Seville | Is Rafael Grossi Suddenly Radioactive?
19 mins; July 06, 2025
How Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Costing Lives in Sudan—The Largest Crisis on Earth
23 mins; July 02, 2025
What the NATO Summit Tells Us About The Future of European Security
18 mins; June 29, 2025
How the Israel-Iran-US War Forever Changed the Middle East
30 mins; June 25, 2025
How the US Bombing of Iran May Split the Republican Party
25 mins; June 22, 2025
Why The UN Oceans Summit Matters
21 mins; June 18, 2025
"They Have Decapitated the Iranian Military" - Will The Iran-Israel War Drag in the US?
21 mins; June 13, 2025
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Head of UN Peacekeeping, on Why It Still Matters—And What Happens If Funding Disappears
30 mins; June 11, 2025
A Personal Note from Mark
7 mins; June 09, 2025
The Gaza Aid Debacle
19 mins; June 08, 2025
A Fight Over Horses(!) Tells Us A Whole Lot About The Sad State of Trump's Diplomacy at the UN | To Save Us From Hell
14 mins; June 04, 2025
When Treaties Work: The Pandemic Agreement
30 mins; June 01, 2025
Pope Leo Makes His Foreign Policy Debut
27 mins; May 28, 2025
How Science Can Build a Nuclear Free Future | Zia Mian
34 mins; May 25, 2025
India and Pakistan: A Fragile Ceasefire Holds—But for How Long?
31 mins; May 22, 2025
The Nuclear Threat From Space | Bill Hennigan
18 mins; May 18, 2025
Can The UN Ban AI-Powered “Killer Robots” Before It’s Too Late?
35 mins; May 14, 2025
Inside the Hunt for Hidden Nuclear Weapons | Eliana Johns
22 mins; May 11, 2025
Who Will Be the Next UN Secretary-General?, With Richard Gowan | To Save Us From Hell
31 mins; May 09, 2025
In Memoriam: The Time Joseph Nye Told Me His Life Story
39 mins; May 07, 2025
What We Know About Trump's Nuclear Policy | Alexandra Bell
20 mins; May 04, 2025
When Treaties Work: The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
31 mins; April 30, 2025
Why We are in a ‘New’ Nuclear Age | Ankit Panda
31 mins; April 27, 2025
Tariffs, Counter-Tariffs, and What Comes Next in the US-China "Trade War"
22 mins; April 20, 2025
What the World is Ignoring About Sudan’s Civil War
29 mins; April 18, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Are Making a Mess at the UN | To Save Us From Hell
20 mins; April 13, 2025
Analyzing The Geopolitical Fallout As Trump’s Trade War Takes Shape
26 mins; April 09, 2025
Something Strange is Happening in Canada
29 mins; April 06, 2025
Crisis in Myanmar: Earthquake Aftermath and the Global Response
31 mins; April 02, 2025
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