
2025: A Year of Frenemies?
Pete and Laura look back on their favorite episodes of the past year, covering cybercrime, space diplomacy and gangsterism among others. And what's to come in the new administration? Borders north a...
26 Des 202427min

Keeping Them Home: The Private Sector Steps Up
Ambassador Luis Arreaga, Senior Advisor at the Partnership for Central America, brings companies such as Meta, Mastercard, Microsoft, together with the World Bank, NGOs and civil society organizations...
19 Des 202439min

Global Agreement: Online Predators Dealt a Setback
Ambassador Deborah McCarthy unpacks the benefits to the global community, particularly the American public, of the recently concluded UN Convention on Cybercrime. The mission: to better protect our c...
12 Des 202437min

Fit for Purpose: Modernization at State
Got a leak? Call a plumber. Want security and prosperity for you and the family, call a diplomat. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma and Ambassador Mike Polt (Arizona State University) speak to g...
5 Des 202444min

Our Friend Hosay and the Value of Immigration
"I feel wonderful!" Hosay Erfani, who appeared on our show as the Taliban took over (They Will Cut Our Heads, Of course, And What of Our Friend Toobah), had a harrowing escape from the deadly regime...
28 Nov 202417min

Disinformation's Sputnik Moment
Nadya Bliss, the executive director of ASU's Global Security Initiative, helps us understand disinformation from the ground up. What is the algorithmification of information and what are the technolo...
21 Nov 202444min

Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel and Iran - the Pieces, Together
We all recognize the intractability and tragedy of the Arab/Israeli conflict but what are the dynamics of Iran's proxy forces, separately fighting Israel, working together? What is each of their rela...
14 Nov 202438min

The Trump Foreign Policy: First 90 Days
Campaign promises - repatriating the undocumented, Mexico's role in securing the border, tariff quid pro quos and NATO's role in a Russian/Ukraine peace - will require expert diplomacy. Will the new ...
12 Nov 202432min



















