Jimmy Carter is in hospice and Lizzy Shackelford is back to focus on human rights in foreign policy, the first rules for which began under Carter’s pr
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Argentina, 1970s. The president catches a cold and dies. Who succeeds him? His VP, also his fifth-grade educated wife, selected expr
For Women's History Month, Ambassador Pru Bushnell returns with leadership tips for women.
Pete and John Feeley follow on last week's interview with Felix Maradiaga, freed Nicaraguan political prisoner.
The greatest threat to the Ortega regime in Nicaragua? Ideas. And that’s how Félix Maradiaga, Nic
Who can become a sex or labor trafficking victim? Anyone. We all need food and shelter; we all need to provide for our children, just to name a few.
More on the labrynth of intelligence, strategy and diplomacy in Ukraine.
Ambassador Mike Polt and General Ben Freakley of ASU's Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab join Pete for a discussion of Ukraine from a co
Iranian citizens are being raped and publicly hanged by their government. We are past the point of words of solidarity.
Were the riots in Brazil on January 8, 2023, a January 6 copycat, or a situation all their own?
Kathleen Stephens, former ambassador to Korea, shares her perspective on how the culture of the US Foreign Service has changed, as have the cultures o
Daren Nair, whose show
Ambassador Tony Wayne is back with a survey of trends, remaining challenges and reasons for optimism as we move from 2022 into 2023.
Pete botches up a boar hunt, drinks the mystery drink chicha, and receives upon his departure a marriage proposal, ambiguously addressed either to him
From the archive, Pete tells the tale of his visit to the jungle to hang with the Huarini. Did he do the right thing?
Ambassador Peter Bodde shares a Christmas Eve tale of rescue and relief as the walls of Communism fell like snow in Eastern Europe, 1989.
The authritarian psychology, with Ken Dekleva, our (fascinating) Foreign Service psychiatrist.
Laura's great old pal Andy Mertha, SAIS professor and China expert, contextualizes recent Chinese protests against Covid policies in the immense time-
Our Thanksgiving special featuring pie at the Hague and Turkey in Uzbekistan - Thank you to you, each and all! Have a wonderful holiday!