No More Funny Business in Guatemala (For Now)
Frank Mora, US Ambassador to the Organization of American States, helps us understand a diplomatic win: the (barely) peaceful transfer of power following Guatemala's election of an outsider who is a t...
25 Tammi 202435min
The Border, Part 2: This is North America's Moment
Amb. Tony Wayne is back to go into depth on the US-Mexico border's two greatest challenges. How did drug trafficking become even more sinister than it was before? And can we improve the immigration ...
18 Tammi 202429min
Zone of Opportunity: Trust at the Border
Did you know that $1.5M dollars in trade cross the US/Mexico border every single minute? Did you know that 5 million US jobs depend on the trade that takes place there? Ambassador Tony Wayne explain...
11 Tammi 202431min
Cybercrime: Everybody's a Target
Cybercrime has many names but what, actually, is it? Jim Lewis, former Foreign Service Officer, now Senior Vice President and Director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for St...
4 Tammi 202448min
It Wasn't All Bad, Was It?
Pete and Laura close the year with reflections on the diplomatic successes in 2023 that helped create a more peaceful and sustainable world. Global events have offered up a lot to fear recently, but ...
28 Joulu 202310min
You Are Stuck and Trapped
Psychiatrists David Charney and Ken Dekleva are back to discuss in depth what makes a person into a traitor. Start with an intolerable sense of personal failure. Then think of parties in Santiago wit...
20 Joulu 202332min
Betrayal and Treason - Why?
Pete's old friend Manuel Rocha is in the news - but in jail as a spy for the Cubans! Imagine the shock. You trust someone, and wow. Psychiatrists David Charney and Ken Dekleva help us understand th...
14 Joulu 202330min
How Corruption Destroys Democracy
Ambassador Mark Schneider, former director of the Peace Corps and an expert on corruption in the Western Hemisphere unpacks the August election in Guatemala. Juan José Arévalo was elected on an anti-...
7 Joulu 202335min
