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Episode 186: Maggy Barankitse saved thousands of children in the wake of a genocide
33 mins; March 18, 2018
Meet Mike Pompeo
30 mins; March 14, 2018
Episode 185: Joseph Kaifala
51 mins; March 11, 2018
How Democracies Can Defend Themselves from Disinformation Campaigns
28 mins; March 07, 2018
Episode 184: Noubar Afeyan
46 mins; March 02, 2018
Why We Lie About Aid
28 mins; February 28, 2018
Episode 182: Sulome Anderson
55 mins; February 23, 2018
The Conflict in Syria Enters a New Phase
25 mins; February 21, 2018
Episode 181: Djibouti Democracy Activist Daher Ahmed Farah
42 mins; February 16, 2018
Why American Funding for the United Nations is a Bargain
29 mins; February 15, 2018
Episode 180: Anote Tong, Former President of Kirabati
51 mins; February 12, 2018
Hate Speech is on the Rise in Poland
31 mins; February 02, 2018
Episode 179: Max Boot
35 mins; January 31, 2018
Donald Trump's Nuclear Weapons Policy is Radically Different from His Predecessors
30 mins; January 25, 2018
A Crisis in Cameroon is Forcing Anglophones to Flee the Country
33 mins; January 24, 2018
Mexican Towns Are Taking Security Into Their Own Hands
35 mins; January 21, 2018
A School in India is Trying to Disrupt the Caste System
32 mins; January 17, 2018
Episode 177: Robert Malley is the new head of the International Crisis Group
53 mins; January 10, 2018
What Big Data Can Teach Us About Terrorism
28 mins; January 05, 2018
Big Protests are Sweeping Across Iran
26 mins; January 03, 2018
Episode 176: Daniel Webb
47 mins; December 31, 2017
After a Vote, The United States Finds itself Isolated at the UN. (Plus: A 2017 UN Year-in-Review)
32 mins; December 21, 2017
Meet the US Youth Observer to the UN
21 mins; December 19, 2017
The International Committee for the Red Cross Plays a Unique Role in International Affairs
30 mins; December 15, 2017
Episode 175: Dr. Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani is a Psychologist who Escaped a Genocide
60 hours 5 mins; December 13, 2017
Trump's Jerusalem Gamble
26 mins; December 06, 2017
Episode 173: Dr. Joanne Liu, Head of Doctors Without Borders / MSF
45 mins; December 01, 2017
Episode 172: Agnès Marcaillou Leads the UN's Bomb Squad
53 mins; November 29, 2017
Zimbabwe and the fall of Robert Mugabe, Explained
36 mins; November 19, 2017
Can ISIS Face Justice for the Atrocities They Have Committed?
30 mins; November 16, 2017
Episode 170: Peter W. Galbraith
51 mins; November 13, 2017
The Crisis in Yemen Takes A Turn for the Worse
29 mins; November 08, 2017
How Trump's Radical Approach to "Sovereignty" is shaping International Relations
25 mins; November 06, 2017
The International Relations of California
27 mins; November 02, 2017
Episode 169: Farida Nabouremba, Democracy Activist in Togo
44 mins; October 27, 2017
How Tunisia Became the Only Real Arab Spring Success Story
37 mins; October 25, 2017
Episode 168: 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Beatrice Fihn
48 mins; October 20, 2017
This Supreme Court Case Could Have a Big Impact on US Foreign Policy
22 mins; October 18, 2017
Episode 167: Alexis Okeowo
49 mins; October 16, 2017
Will Trump Destroy the Iran Nuclear Deal?
24 mins; October 11, 2017
Can UN Peacekeepers Prevent the Central African Republic from Descending Deeper into Conflict?
47 mins; October 06, 2017
What the Kurdish Independence Referendum Means for the Middle East
28 mins; October 04, 2017
Episode 166: Ambassador Keith Harper
56 mins; September 29, 2017
Trump's New Travel Ban Has One Historic Precedent: The Chinese Exclusion Act
25 mins; September 27, 2017
Episode 165: Meghan O'Sullivan
46 mins; September 25, 2017
The Challenge of Getting Refugee Children in Quality Schools
22 mins; September 21, 2017
The United Nations and Donald Trump Get to Know Each Other
39 mins; September 16, 2017
Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar
31 mins; September 13, 2017
Episode 164: John Shattuck
58 mins; September 08, 2017
Can the International Community Do Hurricane Response Better?
33 mins; September 07, 2017
Episode 163: Helene Cooper is a pulitzer prize winning journalist and refugee from Liberia
35 mins; September 01, 2017
Cutting Edge Research Finds a Link Between the Cost of Getting Married and the Outbreak Violent Conflict
37 mins; August 30, 2017
Senator Sam Nunn Explains How a New "Fuel Bank" Can Curb Nuclear Proliferation
22 mins; August 25, 2017
Poland is Fighting for its Democratic Life
31 mins; August 19, 2017
Can North Korea Be Stopped?
27 mins; August 15, 2017
*** Special Episode *** Your Questions About Careers in International Affairs, Answered
63 hours 4 mins; August 09, 2017
Somalia is Caught in a Conflict-Climate Change Nexus
37 mins; August 04, 2017
An Unprecedented Coalition of NGOs Has Formed to Fight a Global Food Emergency
29 mins; July 19, 2017
Peace Breaks Out in Colombia
38 mins; July 14, 2017
Episode 160: Wendy Pearlman is an academic who studies the Middle East in an unusual way
56 mins; July 12, 2017
Episode 159: Eric Schwartz, former top State Department official who ran US refugee programs
62 hours 48 mins; July 07, 2017
This Could Be Africa's Next Big Crisis
30 mins; June 30, 2017
How the Supreme Court's Ruling on Trump's Travel Ban Will Impact Refugees Around the World
27 mins; June 28, 2017
Episode 157: Jeffrey Smith Helped Bring Down a "President for Life"
53 mins; June 23, 2017
The Latest World Population Facts and Figures Were Just Released
38 mins; June 22, 2017
Episode 156: Greg Stone -- Ocean Scientist, Explorer and Advocate
53 mins; June 16, 2017
Episode 155: Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament
53 mins; June 14, 2017
Episode 154: Hans Binnendijk
57 mins; June 09, 2017
Saudi Arabia moves against Qatar and we now have yet another crisis in the Middle East
25 mins; June 07, 2017
What You Need to Know About the Paris Agreement Pullout
32 mins; June 02, 2017
What you need to know about the world's "Internally Displaced"
33 mins; May 31, 2017
Episode 153: Sharon Weinberger
45 mins; May 26, 2017
What Political Science Can Teach Us About the Killing of Journalists
26 mins; May 24, 2017
Episode 152: Jill Filipovic
50 mins; May 19, 2017
Trump's First Foreign Trip: Here's What to Know
20 mins; May 17, 2017
Episode 151: James Walsh
51 mins; May 12, 2017
Meet Emmanuel Macron, the Surprising New President of France
25 mins; May 10, 2017
Episode 150: Lisa Palmer
39 mins; May 05, 2017
Yemen, Already Beset by Civil War, is Now Facing Famine
26 mins; May 03, 2017
Episode 149: Marcus Bleasdale
62 hours 12 mins; April 28, 2017
What's Next for Afghanistan
26 mins; April 26, 2017
Episode 148: Laurie Adams
48 mins; April 21, 2017
The Venezuela Crisis, explained
27 mins; April 18, 2017
Episode 147: Linda Thomas-Greenfield
53 mins; April 14, 2017
What Political Science Can Teach Us About the Syria Strikes
28 mins; April 12, 2017
What's Next for the US-China Relationship?
22 mins; April 05, 2017
These Are the Smugglers Who Make Mass Migration Possible
34 mins; March 29, 2017
Episode 144: James Goldgeier
57 mins; March 24, 2017
What North Korea Wants
29 mins; March 22, 2017
Is Torture Making a Comeback?
27 mins; March 15, 2017
Episode 143: Julie Smith
42 mins; March 10, 2017
Episode 142: Jeremy Konyndyk
64 hours 53 mins; March 09, 2017
What We Mean When We Talk About "Foreign Aid"
29 mins; March 03, 2017
Bonus Episodes! A Message from Mark
8 mins; March 02, 2017
For the first time in six years, a famine has been declared
19 mins; February 23, 2017
Episode 139: Bathsheba Crocker
52 mins; February 15, 2017
Is "Gross National Happiness" the New GDP?
15 mins; February 12, 2017
Crimes Against Humanity in Burma are Ongoing (and terribly under-covered)
25 mins; February 08, 2017
Episode 138: Dr. Larry Brilliant
55 mins; February 03, 2017
How the Middle East is Reacting to Trump's Travel Ban
25 mins; February 01, 2017
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