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The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs. Named by The Guardian as "a podcast to make you smarter," Global Dispatches is a podcast for people who crave a deeper understanding of international news.

Episode 137: Princeton Lyman

55 mins; January 27, 2017

Trump Just Re-Instated the "Global Gag Rule." Here's what that means.

22 mins; January 25, 2017

Live from Chicago! Zalmay Khalilzad: former UN ambassador and GOP Foreign Policy Insider

76 hours 41 mins; January 23, 2017

What's Next for the Israel and Palestine?

26 mins; January 18, 2017

Episode 136: Karen Greenberg

46 mins; January 13, 2017

Sponsored: Get a Master of Arts in Social Innovation from the University of San Diego

23 mins; January 13, 2017

Turkey is in Crisis

26 mins; January 11, 2017

Episode 135: Maria J Stephan

49 mins; January 06, 2017

Here are the big stories that will drive the global agenda in 2017

30 mins; January 03, 2017

What Russia Wants

26 mins; December 21, 2016

Episode 133: Amy Costello

48 mins; December 18, 2016

Trump has Assembled a "Team of Generals." So What's the Problem?

27 mins; December 14, 2016

Episode 132: Cameron Munter

57 mins; December 11, 2016

Conditions are ripe for a genocide in South Sudan

30 mins; December 07, 2016

Episode 131: Mark Tokola

47 mins; December 04, 2016

What Political Science Can Teach Us About Trump's Cabinet Picks

28 mins; November 30, 2016

Better Know Nikki Haley, the next US Ambassador to the UN

27 mins; November 29, 2016

Episode 130: Tali Nates

51 mins; November 18, 2016

What Does President Trump Mean for the Paris Climate Agreement?

32 mins; November 16, 2016

Episode 129: Maina Kiai

50 mins; November 14, 2016

A Personal Note -- My Pledge to You -- Build Community -- Earn Rewards

7 mins; November 10, 2016

American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

28 mins; November 09, 2016

How the UN is Fighting Hunger in Somalia

28 mins; November 05, 2016

Why Hot Sauce Can Explain the US Election

24 mins; November 03, 2016

Episode 128: Brian Katulis

48 mins; October 30, 2016

The Battle for Mosul

24 mins; October 26, 2016

Is this the end of the International Criminal Court?

26 mins; October 21, 2016

Episode 127: Sarah Chayes

59 mins; October 19, 2016

Meet Antonio Guterres, the Next UN Secretary General

47 mins; October 16, 2016

Beware the Global Superbug

24 mins; October 12, 2016

Why the Colombia Peace Deal Failed and What's Next

25 mins; October 05, 2016

Episode 125: Scott Shane

61 hours 41 mins; September 29, 2016

The Heroes of Syria

24 mins; September 28, 2016

Episode 124: Sarah Sewall, Live!

57 mins; September 25, 2016

UN Week Is Here! These Stories Will Drive the Global Agenda at the UN General Assembly

39 mins; September 16, 2016

Here's How the International Community Is Trying to Solve the Global Refugee Crisis

31 mins; September 14, 2016

How Yemen Became Mired in a Brutal Civil War

32 mins; September 09, 2016

This is the worst crisis in the world that gets the least amount of attention

23 mins; September 08, 2016

An Important Message from Mark

6 mins; August 31, 2016

An Insane Drug War in the Philippines

19 mins; August 15, 2016

Episode 121: Greg Stanton

58 mins; August 12, 2016

Why the Battle for Aleppo is So Consequential

23 mins; August 10, 2016

Episode 120: Derek Chollet

49 mins; July 29, 2016

El Nino Has Caused a Food Shortage in Southern Africa

17 mins; July 27, 2016

Arsalan Iftikhar Battles Islamophobia

28 mins; July 22, 2016

UN Secretary General Candidate Conversations: Helen Clark

30 mins; July 20, 2016

Episode 118: Priscilla Clapp

74 hours 49 mins; July 15, 2016

Congress Actually Does Something Good

16 mins; July 13, 2016

Episode 117: Lauren Wolfe

45 mins; July 10, 2016

The World's Newest Country Turns Five Years Old and There's Not Much to Celebrate

22 mins; July 07, 2016

The International Development Implications of Brexit

18 mins; June 30, 2016

Episode 116: Stewart Patrick

48 mins; June 24, 2016

Trouble in the South China Sea

19 mins; June 22, 2016

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Turns 20. It's an anniversary worth celebrating

24 mins; June 15, 2016

Episode 114: Marc Lynch

47 mins; June 12, 2016

The Worst Dictatorship You Have Never Heard Of

25 mins; June 08, 2016

Episode 113 Shelly Culbertson

44 mins; June 05, 2016

Should the Rio Olympics Be Cancelled over Zika?

19 mins; June 01, 2016

Venezuela is on the Verge of Collapse

23 mins; May 25, 2016

Episode 111: Jennifer Harris

49 mins; May 22, 2016

How One Senator is Trying to Change the US-Saudi Relationship

19 mins; May 18, 2016

Episode 110: Calestous Juma

47 mins; May 15, 2016

How to Fix a Broken Humanitarian System -- The World Humanitarian Summit Has Some Ideas

27 mins; May 11, 2016

How Tom Vilsack and the US Department of Agriculture are Taking on Climate Change

22 mins; May 07, 2016

What Would Happen if You Offered People Living in Extreme Poverty a Guaranteed Basic Income?

20 mins; May 04, 2016

Episode 109: Tom Nagorski

57 mins; April 29, 2016

Haitians in the Dominican Republic Face Statelessness

24 mins; April 27, 2016

Episode 108: Kevin Rudd

33 mins; April 24, 2016

UN Secretary General Candidate Conversations: Srgjan Kerim

41 mins; April 20, 2016

UN Secretary General Candidate Conversations: Vesna Pusic

30 mins; April 17, 2016

Who Will Be the Next UN Secretary General?

29 mins; April 14, 2016

UN Secretary General Candidate Series: Danilo Turk

44 mins; April 10, 2016

A New, Old Crisis in Western Sahara

19 mins; April 06, 2016

Episode 104: Mary Fitzgerald

56 mins; April 01, 2016

Meet the Next Big Global Environmental Treaty

18 mins; March 30, 2016

Anna Day 3:28:16, 12 54 PM

48 mins; March 28, 2016

After Brussels, A Disasterous Deal for Refugees

28 mins; March 23, 2016

Episode 102: Somini Sengupta

48 mins; March 20, 2016

How the Islamic State Came to Libya

24 mins; March 16, 2016

Episode 101: Thomas Fuller

40 mins; March 13, 2016

Episode 100: Ashish Thakkar

31 mins; March 06, 2016

The War Crime of Cultural Destruction

22 mins; March 02, 2016

Episode 99: Raj Shah

34 mins; February 26, 2016

The Global Implications of Apple V FBI

23 mins; February 24, 2016

Episode 98: Susan Benesch

42 mins; February 21, 2016

Burundi is in a Tailspin

21 mins; February 17, 2016

From the World Government Summit in Dubai

35 mins; February 11, 2016

Episode 97: Michelle Mays

43 mins; February 07, 2016

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Enters a New Phase

21 mins; February 03, 2016

Episode 96: Raymond Baker

39 mins; January 31, 2016

The Coming Zika Crisis

24 mins; January 27, 2016

Episode 95: Elizabeth Economy, and China's environmental challenges

45 mins; January 22, 2016

The Psychology of Drone Strikes

24 mins; January 20, 2016

Episode 95: Dan Byman

45 mins; January 18, 2016

Rwanda is on a Dangerous Path

26 mins; January 13, 2016

Episode 94: Marcy Hersh understands the plight of female refugees

51 mins; January 10, 2016

Decision 2016: Who Will Become the Next UN Secretary General?

28 mins; January 06, 2016

Welcome to Global Dispatches

1 min; December 30, 2015

The Paris Agreement

28 mins; December 16, 2015

Why Are So Many Eritreans Are Fleeing Their Country?

22 mins; December 09, 2015

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