Hot Dog Man Gone Bad
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, opened hot dog stands upon his release from Russian prison as a young man. Now he leads the rapidly growing Kremlin-affiliated private military contracto...
22 Jun 202345min
"Wolf Warrior Diplomacy" in China?
Who coined that term anyway? It's true, there have been insults and lots of them. Why? Secretary of State Tony Blinken will visit China this weekend and Susan Thornton, Senior Fellow at Yale Universit...
15 Jun 202347min
A Diplomat's Gender Transition
All of us belong, even at State. In honor of Pride Month, we again offer the generously told story of Austin Richey-Allen, who recounts his story of gender transition while serving as a US diplomat. F...
8 Jun 202339min
Sex Up This Cable!
24 hours news TV totally changed the State Department comms staple, the cable. Pete hopped on the "wireless" to save a democracy and Amb. John Feeley connected with Panamanians using ridiculous (but v...
1 Jun 202351min
The Diplomat - You Asked!
By listener request, Pete and Laura have binged the Netflix show The Diplomat. Pete answers: How real is it? Laura answers (even though no one actually asked): How good is it? But importantly, how ea...
25 Mai 202338min
Turkey's Election - Why a Runoff?
In last Sunday's election, President Erdogan received almost half of the vote, but not enough to be the winner - yet. How does he hold onto power? Turkey's economy is in great peril and journalists ...
18 Mai 202334min
Israel's Judicial Reforms
Say what? "Reforms?" Or simply a way for Netanyahu to skirt the law and consolidate power? True, some felt that the Israeli court had abused its power, but is it a coincidence that Netanyahu faced ...
11 Mai 202334min
Whither NATO?
Years ago, many wondered what had become the purpose of NATO. Not anymore! General Doug Lute, former US Permanent Representative to NATO (also former Deputy National Security Adviser) brings us up-t...
4 Mai 202340min
