Episode 142: Jeremy Konyndyk
---Support the Show! Unlock Bonus Episodes! Earn Rewards! --- Jeremy Konyndyk recently left his post as the top US global humanitarian relief official. Jeremy lead the Office of Foreign Disaster Assis...
9 Mar 20171h 4min
What We Mean When We Talk About "Foreign Aid"
---Support the Show! Unlock Bonus Episodes! Earn Rewards! --- You may have seen news reports that the White House wants to substantially increase defense spending, and to offset those increases slash ...
3 Mar 201729min
Bonus Episodes! A Message from Mark
I've started to roll out special bonus episodes for premium subscribers. I'm calling these "Background Briefings." Through interviews with experts, we will provide you with the context you need to und...
2 Mar 20178min
For the first time in six years, a famine has been declared
The United Nations did some extremely rare in February: agencies declared that a famine was ongoing in parts of South Sudan. More than 100,000 people are affected by this famine and childhood mortalit...
23 Feb 201719min
Episode 139: Bathsheba Crocker
Diplomacy runs in her family. Sheba Crocker and her father Chester Crocker are the first parent-child combination to have both served as assistant secretaries of state. Crocker-the-elder was a noted A...
15 Feb 201752min
Is "Gross National Happiness" the New GDP?
Greetings from the World Government Summit in Dubai! This one of those big international conferences (think: World Economic Forum in Davos) that is hosted by the government of the United Arab Emirates...
12 Feb 201715min
Crimes Against Humanity in Burma are Ongoing (and terribly under-covered)
Crimes against humanity are ongoing in Burma and they are being committed by the state against the Rohingya people. This is a minority community in Burma that has historically faced intense discrimina...
8 Feb 201725min
Episode 138: Dr. Larry Brilliant
Dr. Larry Brilliant starred in a 1960s film that was a total flop. The movie was called Medicine Ball Caravan and it was a sort of documentary that followed Larry and a bunch of other hippies as they ...
3 Feb 201755min
