A curated playlist of the best new podcasts on international affairs. Powered by The Syllabus. (To see the articles, books, reports and videos that are also part of the Cosmopolitan, check out our site: the-syllabus.com)
LSE: The Ballpark | China’s Three Personality Problem with Professor Todd Hall
39 mins; March 21, 2026
#474 - A Modern History of Syria: A Dialogue with Daniel Neep
130 hours 45 mins; February 28, 2026
Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal Singh
43 mins; February 14, 2026
Red Pill or Blue Pill? China's K-Visa Examined
34 mins; February 05, 2026
Imagining Wastelands: Turkey's Waste and Recycling Policy at the Periphery with Adnan Khan
39 mins; January 17, 2026
Ep 357 - Socialism with Chinese Characteristics with Yan Liang
71 hours 33 mins; December 20, 2025
MAGA’s other immigration battle
25 mins; December 20, 2025
Can Feminism be African?: A Conversation with Minna Salami
34 mins; December 04, 2025
Is China's "Engineering State" the New Development Model for the Global South?
40 mins; November 30, 2025
Liliana López Ruelas: Building Community in Tucson´s News Desert
61 hours 1 min; November 08, 2025
Power, Policy, and Privatization with Simon Enoch
49 mins; November 01, 2025
Living Minerals of Chile’s Atacama: Ecosystems vs. Mining
71 hours 59 mins; October 04, 2025
Mali: Fuel tankers set ablaze
32 mins; October 04, 2025
j. Siguru Wahutu, "In the Shadow of the Global North: Journalism in Postcolonial Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
68 hours 59 mins; September 19, 2025
Profit, Politics, and the Future of Indonesia's Rainforests
52 mins; September 04, 2025
Can the Bad Bunny effect save Puerto Rico?
29 mins; August 26, 2025
LSE: The Ballpark | The Administrative State with Professor Kimberley S. Johnson
36 mins; August 18, 2025
Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)
78 hours 56 mins; August 18, 2025
India’s Big Cat Strategy: Balancing Conservation and Conflict Pt.1
26 mins; August 02, 2025
Long Reads: The Legacy of Greece’s Oxi Referendum w/ Yanis Varoufakis
55 mins; July 21, 2025
How Trump Became a Neocon
40 mins; July 09, 2025
The Unfolding Genocide in Sudan
19 mins; July 09, 2025
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood President
47 mins; June 30, 2025
E213 - South Sudan’s Failed Peace Deal w/ Joshua Craze
55 mins; June 22, 2025
E289: Freedom Zone of Interest w/ Malek Rasamny
48 mins; June 22, 2025
Is the Israeli Military on the brink of Collapse? Dr. Shir Hever
31 mins; May 19, 2025
What went wrong with Britain? w/ Daniela Tepe
32 mins; May 19, 2025
Project 2025 is happening
46 mins; May 08, 2025
Teaser - State Building, Development Ideology and Debt in the West Bank w/ Kareem Rabie
20 mins; May 08, 2025
EP. 722: ONE IDEA TO RULE THEM ALL: THE REVERSE ENGINEERING OF AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ft. Michelle Stiles
141 hours 22 mins; April 25, 2025
The Business of Big Law in the United States
44 mins; April 13, 2025
The Situation in Congo - From Mobutu to M23 Rebels Today w/ Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (AR&D Ep. 6)
93 hours 6 mins; April 09, 2025
Weaponising Antisemitism
58 mins; March 24, 2025
A Project 2025 Update with Lisa Graves
53 mins; March 18, 2025
#274 The Original Green New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher
51 mins; March 06, 2025
The U.S. Border Patrol
48 mins; March 01, 2025
A National Heist? Evaluating Elon Musk’s March Through Washington
44 mins; February 20, 2025
Wolfgang Streeck on Trump, fascism, Europe, the left, the end of capitalism… and a lot more!
70 hours 32 mins; February 14, 2025
Ep.112: Resisting Nazi-era Narratives at the European Parliament
41 mins; February 07, 2025
Ronald Reagan’s Make-Believe
65 hours 31 mins; January 29, 2025
E193 - Israeli Domestic Politics w/ Udi Greenberg
52 mins; January 22, 2025
Child soldiers and capoeira
22 mins; January 15, 2025
Why is the Democratic Republic of Congo suing Apple?
22 mins; January 09, 2025
Political Economy and Development in Africa with Prof. Henn
39 mins; December 18, 2024
Lawfare Daily:Â Deploying the Military at the Southern Border, with Chris Mirasola
41 mins; December 11, 2024
Sovereignty and Extortion in Mexico
59 mins; December 11, 2024
Anatomy of the Great Replacement Panic feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
31 mins; November 26, 2024
Scott J. Weiner, "Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
46 mins; November 20, 2024
Germany’s Culture of Remembrance – Is it enough?
