A Win for Democracy in Poland!
The authoritarian government of Poland has just been voted out through free and fair elections. Dan Fried, former US Ambassador to Poland and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, has met with the...
30 Marras 202346min
Thanksgiving with Thievery Corporation: Unity, Love, Positivity
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 each week - shares with us the value of unity, lov...
23 Marras 202334min
Dissent and Its Consequences
What do you do if you have a severe crisis of conscience over a policy that you cannot support? Do you speak up? Or do you keep your head down and do your job? If you use State's established Dissent C...
15 Marras 202327min
Barbados Agreement - Venezuela and the US
Ambassador Larry Gambiner joins us to discuss a new deal in which President Maduro of Venezuela agreed to democratic reforms, including free and fair elections, in exchange for a reduction in US sanct...
9 Marras 202339min
What's Your Exit Strategy?
Admiral Mike LeFever and Roderick Jones's new book End Game First talks about collaborating with diplomats to rebuild Pakistan after the 2005 earthquake. Effective strategy means having a vision for a...
2 Marras 202341min
Problems Without Passports
Says Richard Verma, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, his job is to help create "the most effective, capable, inclusive, diverse department so that we can deliver for the America...
27 Loka 202346min
Permanent Rage: Palestine and Israel
The atrocities are breathtaking. But once Israel starts picking up the bodies in the smoking rubble of whatever is left of Gaza, then what? Will Gaza return to Israeli occupation? Will there be som...
19 Loka 202337min
Señor Menendez Goes to Washington
How did Robert Menendez fall so hard? A suspected foreign agent? Hiding gold bullion? Pete and John Feeley knew a different man decades ago. A champion of Latinos in government at the start, a nas...
12 Loka 202341min
