The Left’s Foreign Policy: Gaza, American Power, and the Democratic Divide | Matt Duss
What would American foreign policy look like if the progressive left were in charge? A’ndre is joined by Matt Duss, Executive Vice President at the Center for International Policy and former foreign p...
17 Sep 53min
Did America Win the War on Terror? | Peter Bergen
Twenty-five years after 9/11, what did America’s War on Terror actually accomplish? Peter Bergen, one of the country’s leading experts on terrorism and national security, joins The Burn Bag to take st...
10 Sep 45min
Refuge and Security: Why Should Immigration be a Foreign Policy Priority? with Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
Immigration is often framed as a domestic political fight — about borders, jobs, identity, and security. But America’s immigration choices also shape how the world understands U.S. power, credibility,...
18 Juni 30min
The Dissident's Dilemma: Case Studies of Moral Courage in an Age of Authoritarianism with Gal Beckerman
In this episode of The Burn Bag, Gal Beckerman joins us to explore what it means to be a dissident in an age of conformity, fear, and authoritarian drift. Drawing on themes from his new book, How to B...
4 Juni 55min
Violence as an Epidemic: From Community Harm to War and Authoritarianism with Dr. Gary Slutkin
In this episode, The Burn Bag speaks with Dr. Gary Slutkin, a physician, epidemiologist, former World Health Organization official, and founder of Cure Violence Global, about a provocative idea: what ...
27 Maj 55min
Rethinking China: Could Washington be Getting Beijing Wrong? w/ Zhengyu Huang
In this episode of The Burn Bag Podcast, A’ndre Gonawela sits down with Zhengyu Huang — former President of the Committee of 100 and author of Rethinking China — to examine the assumptions driving U.S...
19 Maj 49min
Data Centers as Targets: What Happens if the Cloud and AI Infrastructure gets Hit? with Morgan Plummer
For decades, wars targeted oil fields, pipelines, ports, and power grids. But in March 2026, that logic appeared to change when Iranian strikes reportedly targeted commercial cloud infrastructure in t...
7 Maj 50min
Fuels, Ports, and Power: How South Asia's Smaller States are Navigating Crisis, with Nilanthi Samaranayake
As geopolitical tensions spill into the Indian Ocean, smaller states in South Asia are finding themselves on the frontlines of crises they did not choose. From the sinking of an Iranian vessel off Sri...
29 Apr 46min
