Big Protests are Sweeping Across Iran
Iran is in the midst of its most significant protest and popular uprising since 2009, when the so-called Green Revolution was quashed by the government. Now, since December 28th, tens of thousands ...
3 Jan 201826min
Episode 176: Daniel Webb
Since 2013, the government of Australia has enforced a policy of sending any refugee or migrant who arrives who arrives by boat to detention centers in Papua New Guinea or the remote island nation of ...
31 Des 201747min
After a Vote, The United States Finds itself Isolated at the UN. (Plus: A 2017 UN Year-in-Review)
On Thursday, December 21 the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning the United States' decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The resolution passed 128...
22 Des 201732min
Meet the US Youth Observer to the UN
Munira Khalif is the US Youth Observer to the United Nations. This is a position created in partnership between the State Department and the United Nations Association of the United States to help giv...
19 Des 201721min
The International Committee for the Red Cross Plays a Unique Role in International Affairs
The International Committee for the Red Cross/Red Crescent, otherwise known as the ICRC, is a singularly unique international organization. It was founded over 150 years ago to care for soldiers wound...
15 Des 201730min
Episode 175: Dr. Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani is a Psychologist who Escaped a Genocide
Dr. Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani is a psychologist with Doctors without Borders. She is a Kurdish refugee to Denmark and recently delivered a TED Talk describing her refugee experience. In the talk she draws o...
13 Des 20171h
Trump's Jerusalem Gamble
The United States will formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capitol and intends to move its embassy there from Tel Aviv — thus, decreed President Trump from the White House yesterday. The move buc...
6 Des 201726min
Episode 173: Dr. Joanne Liu, Head of Doctors Without Borders / MSF
Dr. Joanne Liu is the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), otherwise known as Doctors without Borders. She is a Canadian Pediatrician by training and has been with MSF for almost...
1 Des 201745min
