Hostage Diplomacy
Daren Nair, whose show Pod Hostage Diplomacy has brought public awareness and government action to the cases of private citizens held by foreign governments, shares his vast knowlege of this increasin...
12 Jan 202351min
It Could Have Been a Lot Worse - 2022
Ambassador Tony Wayne is back with a survey of trends, remaining challenges and reasons for optimism as we move from 2022 into 2023. Trends include increased connectedness between domestic and intern...
5 Jan 202350min
Pete Goes Native – Second Part of Pete's Visit with the Indians – Encore
Pete botches up a boar hunt, drinks the mystery drink chicha, and receives upon his departure a marriage proposal, ambiguously addressed either to himself one of the other fine young gringos. Follows ...
29 Dec 202232min
Cowboys and Indian at the Embassy - Encore
From the archive, Pete tells the tale of his visit to the jungle to hang with the Huarini. Did he do the right thing? Pete actually wants to know! Tell us what you think on facebook, at amdipstorie...
28 Dec 202237min
Home (from the Revolution) for Christmas
Ambassador Peter Bodde shares a Christmas Eve tale of rescue and relief as the walls of Communism fell like snow in Eastern Europe, 1989.
22 Dec 202235min
Rational, Ruthless, Resilient - The 3 Rs of Dictatorship
The authritarian psychology, with Ken Dekleva, our (fascinating) Foreign Service psychiatrist. Dictators respect only strength, negotiating with maximalist demands, getting as much as they can by givi...
15 Dec 202247min
Shrink of the Foreign Service
Dr. Ken Dekleva, former foreign service psychiatrist, explains that for diplomats stressors are always high but especially so in places like China, where US diplomats are subject to Covid lockdowns th...
8 Dec 202247min
Protests, and China's Endless Complexity
Laura's great old pal Andy Mertha, SAIS professor and China expert, contextualizes recent Chinese protests against Covid policies in the immense time-space continuum of Chinese political and cultural ...
2 Dec 202249min
