Never in My Parents' Wildest Dreams
For Women's History Month, young diplomat Mary Vargas joins us to share her story as the daughter of an immigrant family of farm workers in Fontana, CA, to life as an American diplomat. How did she a...
7 Mars 202426min
One Million!!!
We just cleared our millionth download! Or, you did! Pete and Laura reflect on early days and share their favorite episodes of the 350 that they have broadcast over the years – the tomfoolery of cy...
4 Mars 202424min
Out To Get Us
Tribalism: Who is "other"? Ambassador Bob Beecroft recalls the atrocities in the Balkans of the late '90s, after which DNA tests revealed that the victims and the perpetrators of "ethnic cleansing" we...
29 Feb 202451min
Crowing about President Crow
A Million Downloads! Yes, you did it for us. Here to celebrate with us is ASU President Michael Crow. Think vision meets design meets global reach. The goal? Access and energize the full level of hum...
22 Feb 202430min
"You're Calling Us Global Terrorists? Oooh, Scare Me."
The Houthis: Who actually are these people? And Yemen: What is this place? Is it really a country? Yemen is engaged in a two-fronted, 10-year civil war, and this began long before the war in Gaza. Do...
15 Feb 202445min
A Rangel Fellow's Journey to Service - BHM
Young foreign service officer Hermanoschy Bernard joins us in honor of Black History Month to share his story of flight from his native Haiti as a child to life in the US as a political asylee, where ...
8 Feb 202446min
Don't Poke the Panda - Taiwan's Election
Ambassador Richard Boucher joins us to contextualize Taiwan's recent election in its deliberately ambiguous relationship with mainland China. No big news is good news as Taiwan preserves its integrit...
1 Feb 202437min
No More Funny Business in Guatemala (For Now)
Frank Mora, US Ambassador to the Organization of American States, helps us understand a diplomatic win: the (barely) peaceful transfer of power following Guatemala's election of an outsider who is a t...
25 Jan 202435min
