Remembering Princeton Lyman
Ambassador Princeton Lyman passed away on August 24th at the age of 83. In January 2017, he came on the podcast to discuss his remarkable life and career, which included serving as the US ambassador ...
24 Aug 201854min
A Final Showdown Looms in Syria. The UN Warns it Could be a "Bloodbath"
The Syrian war may be entering its final phase. Rebel fighters, from various factions, are now concentrated in Idlib, in northern Syria. Idlib is the place to which civilians and members of armed gro...
22 Aug 201828min
This is How Nuclear War Breaks Out With North Korea
On March 21, 2020 North Korea shoots down a South Korean civilian airliner, mistaking it for a US bomber. This sets off a series of events that leads to the launching 13 nuclear armed ballistic missil...
19 Aug 201850min
Dr. Vanessa Kerry Strengthens Health Systems Against Ebola and Other Threats
Dr. Vanessa Kerry is the Co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health. This is an international NGO that works in five sub-Saharan countries to bolster the education of medical professionals. We kick o...
15 Aug 201829min
Fifteen Years Ago this Week, the UN Headquarters in Iraq Was Bombed
On August 19th 2003 the United Nations headquarters in Iraq at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, was hit with a truck bomb. At least 22 people lost their lives in this attack, including the UN's top officia...
13 Aug 201821min
Journalist Robin Wright from 2014
In 2014, I spoke with New Yorker writer Robin Wright about her life and career as a foreign affairs journalist.
9 Aug 201844min
The 1998 US Embassy Bombings, Twenty Years On
On August 7th, 1998 my guest today John Lange was the acting United States Ambassador to Tanzania when a truck bomb exploded outside the embassy in Dar es Salaam. He did not know it at the time, but t...
30 Juli 201833min
977 Days as the Hostage of Somali Pirates
Michael Scott Moore spent 977 days as a hostage of Somali pirates. He is a journalist and in 2012 he set out for the Somali coast on a reporting trip when he was kidnapped. What followed was a two and...
29 Juli 201838min
