Episode 101: Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was the longtime Southeast Asia correspondent for the New York Times. He's now based in San Francisco, but his last posting from the region caught my attention. Fuller describes a scene ...
13 Mar 201640min
Episode 100: Ashish Thakkar
Ashish Thakkar is an African entrepreneur who started his business at the age of 15 having just escaped from the Rwanda genocide. That business, the Mara Group, is now a multi-billion dollar enterpris...
6 Mar 201631min
The War Crime of Cultural Destruction
On March 1 a man named Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi made an appearance at the international criminal court in the hague, and in so doing earned the dubious distinction of being the first person to ever app...
2 Mar 201622min
Episode 99: Raj Shah
Dr. Raj Shah served as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, from 2010 to 2015. He was just 36 years old when he was appointed to this cabinet-level posit...
26 Feb 201634min
The Global Implications of Apple V FBI
By now you have probably heard of the legal and public relations battle between the FBI and Apple. In short, the FBI is trying to force Apple to unlock the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters....
24 Feb 201623min
Episode 98: Susan Benesch
Susan Benesch is the founding director of the Dangerous Speech Project. And in this role she has helped to create a set of guidelines that helps policy makers and observers deduce the conditions under...
21 Feb 201642min
Burundi is in a Tailspin
Burundi is in a tailspin. It has been for the last year since President Pierre Nkurinziza decided to run for a constitutionally dubious third term in office. That set off protests, a violent suppressi...
18 Feb 201621min
From the World Government Summit in Dubai
I'm coming to you from World Government Summit this week, which is a conference dedicated to ideas and technologies to make government work more effectively. It's sort of a cross between TED talks an...
11 Feb 201635min
