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Special Edition: What Infrastructure Spending Means for You
Episode 149
There's a desperate need in the US to improve our infrastructure, much of which was built when the population was half the size it is today. After de…
4 years, 9 months ago
Afghanistan, 2021: Three perspectives on the brutal close of a 20-year war
Episode 148
Two decades of war in Afghanistan came to a tragic close on August 31 as President Joe Biden announced from the White House that the last US troops h…
4 years, 9 months ago
Gene Editing Tech Risks and Rewards: Dr. Jennifer Doudna's Perspective
Episode 147
In a wide-ranging interview with Ian Bremmer, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jennifer Doudna discusses her groundbreaking work on the revolutionary ge…
4 years, 10 months ago
When Sports and Politics Mix: The IOC’s Dick Pound
Episode 146
A look at the long history of protest at the Games with Dick Pound, the longest serving member of the International Olympic Committee and a former Ol…
4 years, 10 months ago
Alcohol, Diplomacy & Society, From Edward Slingerland's Perspective
Episode 145
A deep dive down the bottle to examine the role alcohol has played in society, politics, and global summitry—from the earliest hunter-gatherer days t…
4 years, 10 months ago
How Human History Is Shaped by Disaster, According to Niall Ferguson
Episode 144
Stanford historian Niall Ferguson joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast to talk about the geopolitics of disaster. Throughout human history we…
4 years, 11 months ago
American Democracy is in Danger, Warns Ben Rhodes
Episode 142
Ben Rhodes, a former Deputy National Security Adviser to President Barack Obama, joins Ian Bremmer to talk about the state of American democracy in …
4 years, 11 months ago
Adam Grant Reimagines Work After COVID
Episode 141
Renowned organizational psychologist Adam Grant joins Ian Bremmer to talk about how the pandemic has upended what we think of as “work” and how we sh…
4 years, 11 months ago
US National Security Depends on Domestic Progress: Jane Harman Explains
Episode 140
Jane Harman, a nine-term member of Congress (D-CA) who served for decades on the major security committees in the House of Representatives, discusses…
4 years, 11 months ago
A Former US Diplomat Rates Biden’s First Presidential Trip Abroad
Episode 139
Former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder weighs in on US President Joe Biden’s first trip abroad, which included a very important first stop at the G…
5 years ago