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Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

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.

"It's Really Worrying Right Now." An Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is Not Under Control

23 mins; March 22, 2019

Snakebites are a Global Health Problem

30 mins; March 19, 2019

UN Correspondent Chat, With Carole Landry of AFP

27 mins; March 16, 2019

CNN's Clarissa Ward Spent 36 Hours With the Taliban. This is What She Learned

31 mins; March 13, 2019

Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy is a Fiasco

24 mins; March 08, 2019

Is an "Arab Spring" Coming to Algeria?

22 mins; March 06, 2019

North Korea: What's Next For Nuclear Diplomacy After the Trump-Kim Summit Ends in Failure

22 mins; March 01, 2019

A Crisis in Kashmir Threatens War Between India and Pakistan

30 mins; February 27, 2019

How "Energy Poverty" is Stifling Job Growth in the Developing World

27 mins; February 23, 2019

What Happens When Women Are Excluded From Peace Talks?

32 mins; February 20, 2019

How Vaccines Fight Poverty

20 mins; February 14, 2019

Massive Protests in Haiti Spark a New Kind of Political Crisis

29 mins; February 13, 2019

New Research Shows How Countries Can Avoid the "Resource Curse"

28 mins; February 10, 2019

The Co-Founder of Global Citizen Discusses the Future of Global Advocacy

31 mins; February 06, 2019

Protests and Repression Returns to Zimbabwe

29 mins; February 01, 2019

What is Next for the US in Afghanistan?

28 mins; January 30, 2019

UN Correspondent Chatter: Margaret Besheer of Voice of America

32 mins; January 25, 2019

Will Crisis in Venezuela Lead to a Civil War?

24 mins; January 24, 2019

Coffee Is Being Threatened With Extinction Because of Climate Change

26 mins; January 20, 2019

Election Fraud in the Democratic Republic of Congo

29 mins; January 16, 2019

Will Protests in Sudan Bring Down the Genocidal Regime of Omar al Bashir?

25 mins; January 12, 2019

What's Next for the World Bank After Jim Yong Kim's Sudden Resignation?

28 mins; January 09, 2019

The Migrant Route to Europe is Changing

31 mins; January 04, 2019

A Crisis Between China and Canada Has Big Global Implications

28 mins; January 02, 2019

A Decade Old War Crime is Causing Instability in Sri Lanka Today

22 mins; December 26, 2018

Better Know Heather Nauert, Donald Trump's Pick for UN Ambassador

26 mins; December 19, 2018

How Rivalry Between China and the United States Will Drive Global Development

29 mins; December 15, 2018

Will The Yellow Vest Protest in France Bring Down Emmanuel Macron--and Europe With Him?

24 mins; December 12, 2018

What is the 'Global Compact for Migration?'

26 mins; December 09, 2018

What Sham Elections in Bahrain Tell Us About the Middle East

28 mins; December 05, 2018

What You Need to Know About the Big UN Climate Conference, COP24

31 mins; November 30, 2018

Some Cultures Tolerate Rule Breaking More than Others. Comparing them can teach us a lot about international relations

27 mins; November 28, 2018

What You Need to Know About Slums Around the World

27 mins; November 21, 2018

In Donald Trump V. International Law, Who Is Winning?

26 mins; November 16, 2018

South Sudan's High Risk, High Reward Peace Process

26 mins; November 13, 2018

Under Reported Human Rights Catastrophe: Thousands of Refugees Languish in Libyan Jails

22 mins; November 08, 2018

These Are the Foreign Policy Implications of the US Mid-Term Election Results

25 mins; November 07, 2018

The Top UN Humanitarian Official Discusses the Crisis in Yemen

26 mins; November 02, 2018

Macedonia May Get a New Name -- And this is a Very Big Deal for International Relations

29 mins; November 01, 2018

What Happens if the International Criminal Court Investigates American War Crimes in Afghanistan?

34 mins; October 26, 2018

How India Defeated Polio

20 mins; October 23, 2018

Canada Goes to Pot

21 mins; October 19, 2018

Why the Latest Ebola Outbreak in the DRC is So Dangerous

21 mins; October 18, 2018

The State Sanctioned Murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Will Shake International Relations

29 mins; October 12, 2018

The Grand Strategic Failure of Trump's Foreign Policy

33 mins; October 11, 2018

Are Development NGOs Fit for Purpose?

29 mins; October 05, 2018

A Conversation with Kosovo's Foreign Minister

24 mins; October 03, 2018

How Facebook is Abetting Rodrigo Duterte's Drug War in the Philippines

25 mins; October 01, 2018

How Better Data Can Fight Global Hunger

28 mins; September 25, 2018

UN Week is Here! These Are the Stories That Will Drive the Agenda

31 mins; September 19, 2018

When UN Peacekeeping Works: The Story of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

29 mins; September 14, 2018

Unmasking the Elite Charade of "Changing the World"

33 mins; September 12, 2018

The World is Experiencing a Dam Building Boom

28 mins; September 07, 2018

How the Return of Refugees to Syria Will Define the Next Phase of the Conflict

27 mins; September 05, 2018

There's New Evidence of China's Brutal Repression of its Uighur Population

22 mins; August 29, 2018

Remembering Princeton Lyman

54 mins; August 24, 2018

A Final Showdown Looms in Syria. The UN Warns it Could be a "Bloodbath"

28 mins; August 22, 2018

This is How Nuclear War Breaks Out With North Korea

50 mins; August 19, 2018

Dr. Vanessa Kerry Strengthens Health Systems Against Ebola and Other Threats

29 mins; August 15, 2018

Fifteen Years Ago this Week, the UN Headquarters in Iraq Was Bombed

21 mins; August 13, 2018

Journalist Robin Wright from 2014

44 mins; August 09, 2018

The 1998 US Embassy Bombings, Twenty Years On

33 mins; July 30, 2018

977 Days as the Hostage of Somali Pirates

38 mins; July 29, 2018

How the World Regulates Twitter

32 mins; July 27, 2018

Colombia Has a New President Who is Opposed to the Peace Deal

27 mins; July 25, 2018

The Inside Story of How the World Closed the Hole in the Ozone Layer

27 mins; July 22, 2018

How Much Progress Are We Making Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?

27 mins; July 18, 2018

Sunitha Krishan Rescues Girls from Sex Slavery

34 mins; July 11, 2018

Crisis in Nicaragua

21 mins; July 08, 2018

An Interview with the Top UN Official in the Central African Republic

20 mins; July 03, 2018

What We Know About Air Pollution Around the World

22 mins; June 29, 2018

Peace Breaks Out Between Ethiopia and Eritrea

30 mins; June 27, 2018

Why Mary Robinson Fights For Climate Justice

20 mins; June 22, 2018

Understanding Asylum Law in the United States in the Context of Family Separations at the Border

24 mins; June 19, 2018

Tom Catena is a Hero Doctor of Sudan's Nuba Mountains

46 mins; June 14, 2018

How to Make Sense of the Trump-Kim Summit

26 mins; June 13, 2018

A Bold Idea for UN Reform

32 mins; June 10, 2018

World Food Program Director David Beasley on the Food Emergenices North Korea and the Sahel

25 mins; June 07, 2018

What India Can Teach Indiana About Fighting Diabetes

23 mins; June 01, 2018

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins was one of the largest private landowners in the world before she gave it away

30 mins; May 30, 2018

A New Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

32 mins; May 24, 2018

A Conversation With Michael Møller, Director General of the UN Offices in Geneva

31 mins; May 23, 2018

How Shipping Containers Explain the Conflict in Yemen

31 mins; May 18, 2018

Understanding the Gaza Protests

38 mins; May 16, 2018

The Demise of the Iran Nuclear Deal and What Comes Next

28 mins; May 09, 2018

Can Dr. Tom Frieden Save 100 Million Lives?

29 mins; May 04, 2018

China's Foreign Policy is at a Turning Point

31 mins; May 02, 2018

A Past Podcast Guest is Reportedly Tapped for a Top State Department Post: Listening Back on the Paula Dobriansky Interview

47 mins; April 27, 2018

How the US Can Get Its Multilateral Groove Back

26 mins; April 25, 2018

Venezuelans are fleeing their country in record numbers. This is Latin America's worst-ever refugee crisis

33 mins; April 20, 2018

The View From Europe

31 mins; April 18, 2018

Episode 190: Suzanne DiMaggio

49 mins; April 16, 2018

What happened to Iraq's Oil Wealth?

25 mins; April 11, 2018

Episode 189: Steve Coll

44 mins; April 05, 2018

Bosnia is Vladimir Putin's Next Target

25 mins; April 04, 2018

Episode 188: Bangladeshi Immigrant Rais Bhuiyan Survived a Hate Crime and Fought to Save from Execution the Man Who Shot Him

64 hours 44 mins; March 30, 2018

Palestinian Refugees are about to Face Yet Another Crisis

31 mins; March 29, 2018

I Started My Career as a Journalist Covering John Bolton. Here is What I have Learned (special episode)

27 mins; March 27, 2018

Episode 187: Wanjira Mathai

45 mins; March 23, 2018

A Successful End to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia

35 mins; March 20, 2018

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