When You Shouldn't Follow the Rules (Repost)
A repost of Pete's chat with Laura Lane, one of our most inspiring guests ever. Ambassador Laura Lane served in Rwanda during its period of genocide in the 1990s and learned when you need the courage ...
29 Huhti 202023min
Repatriating Americans During COVID
Ian Brownlee, head of the State Department's Repatriation Task Force, tells us how it's been to preside over an unprecedented effort to bring back well over 60,000 American citizens in very short orde...
23 Huhti 202029min
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 - brings us on the journey he took to be...
16 Huhti 202035min
School Scandal in Jakarta
Lainie McKeating and her spouse launch a husband-wife career change and land in Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia. How does she get a substantial job of her own at their very first post? She puts the pedal...
9 Huhti 202053min
AmDip Carries On
We're all stuck at home, as we should be. But we still love you! This little mini-dealio tells you how we will continue to share our diplomats' so very human stories despite these strange times. Be...
7 Huhti 20205min
Glamping With the Masters, and with Vicki, Again
One of our best episodes ever (in Laura's humble opinion) about just another day in the Amazing Vicki Huddleston's life in Mali. This repost offers good company and a virtual adventure for these days...
2 Huhti 202029min
Vicki Huddleston is Back as Well
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. So, here's a repost of one of our favorite episodes with one ...
1 Huhti 202038min
The Great Bill Burns is Back
Something inspiring for our days at home...Remember the capture of Osama Bin Laden? The Syria Red Line situation? What Laura remembers best from this previously aired episode with Bill Burns is the c...
25 Maalis 202033min
