Jeffrey Franca, the drummer for DC's own world music icon Thievery Corporation - the band that generously allows us to use its music to open our show
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Lainie McKeating and her spouse launch a husband-wife career change and land in Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia.
One of our best episodes ever (in Laura's humble opinion) about just another day in the Amazing Vicki Huddleston's life in Mali.
Who would we rather hang out with than Vicki Huddleston? No One. And right now, No One is exactly the alternative we're all faced with.
Something inspiring for our days at home...Remember the capture of Osama Bin Laden? The Syria Red Line situation?
The life of Ralph Bunche, recently celebrated by the State Department as a Hero of US Diplomacy, as relayed by his grandson, Ralph Bunche III and UCLA
Ambassador Romero, how would you describe your head? Your chin? And whose gaudy suit is that, covered in paint?
Climate advocate Ambassador Bob Blake is back: Climate change, international business, government and our individual selves.
In four days in April, Bob Service helps save Paraguay from dictatorship (this is the 1990s).
Most of us are not born with leadership skills, explains Marc Grossman, one of the highest-ranking career Foreign Service Officers ever.
In helping stabilize failing states, what do you do about disaffected, potentially dangerous citizens? How do you help citizens own their countr
Eric Rubin, President of the Foreign Service Officers' "union", compares the treatment of Foreign Service Officers during the McCarthy era and support
And why is it a bad word? How could Thailand kill 40 million chickens without a state?
Laura's Foreign Service Test, finally. Did she pass? Did she live? Were the questions fair? Were the examiners fair? Pete and Dave Rabadan are tough.
Pete sends Phil Chicola to guerrilla country to investigate the deaths of American linguist missionaries, and both Pete and Phil are accused of negoti
Shari Villarosa, Chargé in Myanmar, helps us understand why the leader of Myanmar, Aung Sun Suu Kyi, who was once awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, did n
Pete quickly parses recent events in Iran for Laura. (Please note that we recorded this the day before the Ukrainian jet went down).