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September 22, 2022
Ambassador Vicki Huddleston gets around in the Sahara, and even gets the women a place inside the tent. So where did all these terrorists come from?
September 15, 2022
Not the same as cybersecurity or digital diplomacy, cyberdiplomacy affects us all, worldwide, our access to information, our privacy, our ability to c
September 8, 2022
Ken Quinn is back, this time to talk about saving democracy from a coup attempt in the Philippines.
September 1, 2022
Hi, everyone! Enjoy the sound of the cicadas and the cooling of the evenings with our annual music episode.
August 25, 2022
What is Schedule F? And its evil twin, the Public Service Reform Act?
August 18, 2022
Worldwide, and in the Americas, journalists live in fear for their personal safety and are muredered in ever-growing numbers in retaliation for their
August 4, 2022
Beginning a career at State in the Office of International Religious Freedom, Sameer Hossain visited the Rohingya refugee camps in the country where h
July 28, 2022
This is Fidel’s advice to Daniel Ortega, today’s strongman leader of Nicaragua. Wonder who else was listening?
July 21, 2022
In a fun twist, John Feeley interviews Laura on what she's learned about foreign service officers.
July 16, 2022
In this glorious encore episode, we say bottoms up to vacay! That's where we are and where you should be, too!
July 7, 2022
Here's our earlier episode about Victor Bout, reposted, as he is again in the headlines, part of a proposed prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for
July 1, 2022
Ambassador Kevin Whitaker walks us through one of the most significant polticial events in Colombia's history: its recent election of outsider candida
June 23, 2022
We build trust, says Marcela Celorio, Counsul General of Mexico in Los Angeles, in our first-ever interview with a diplomat representing another count
June 16, 2022
Ambassador Rufus Gifford, Chief of Protocol for the United States, knows the very real power of setting the stage for successful diplomacy, especially
June 9, 2022
Dave Silverman, Deputy National Summit Coordinator, Summit of the Americas, talks about the complexity and diplomatic significance of setting the Summ
June 2, 2022
Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs brings us up to speed on the most pressing issues on the agenda for the upc
May 27, 2022
The Summit of the Americas is coming up in ealry June. Who will be there? What's at stake?
May 19, 2022
The night before the war begain, a calm confidence prevailed in President Zelensky's office.