Iran Deal - Wendy Sherman Negotiates
The Iran nuclear deal explained. What was it, and how did our chief negotiator Wendy Sherman help make it happen?
9 Mai 201821min
John Feeley - Panama Papers
Feeley's ambassadorship begins with the leak of the Panama Papers, a trove of documents exposing massive international financial fraud. When the US is accused of orchestrating the leak, what's an amb...
4 Mai 201832min
Andrew Albertson - Three Explosions in Afghanistan
From an evangelical upbringing, Albertson studies in Kenya and then devotes his life to international development. He survives three bombs in Afghanistan while working with USAID, and now leads the d...
27 Apr 201817min
Gina Winstanley, Oman and Saudi Arabia
Do you know where to find a hooker in Oman? Go to the hospital! And what happens when your boss nixes your husband's job choice in Saudi Arabia, and you are intent on preserving your marriage? Repo...
20 Apr 201826min
Jonathan Addleton - The Dust of Kandahar
Addleton shares his haunting experience as the only one left standing after a suicide bomber attacks his party while visiting a school in Afghanistan. Was it worth it?
13 Apr 201818min
Ajani Husbands - Islamabad and Port Au Prince
In places like Pakistan where governments may not be friendly, cultural diplomacy, a form of "soft power", is power indeed. And in Haiti, Husbands gains the nickname, "dread la ki te refize m '," or ...
6 Apr 201830min
Desiree Cormier - Africa and Tijuana
How does diplomacy help stem a public health crisis like Ebola? And what can a diplomat do (and not do) to help Americans in Mexican prison?
22 Mar 201829min
Desiree Cormier - Creole, Colored or Black?
Cormier, raised in part by her civil rights activist grandfather, identifies as African American, or, black. So why does everyone in Pretoria tell her she's not black at all, but instead, "colored"? ...
16 Mar 201828min
