Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan We Fix the Planet the Same Way We Broke It? Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert on Extreme Climate Solutions
Episode 129
In a wide-ranging interview with Ian Bremmer, Pulitzer Prize-winning climate journalist Elizabeth Kolbert assesses the current state of the climate c…
4 years, 11 months ago
Vaccine Nationalism Risks Prolonging Pandemic, According to Chief Scientist, WHO
Episode 128
r. Soumya Swaminathan calls for a massive increase in the global vaccine supply in order to prevent the rise of more dangerous and vaccine-evading su…
4 years, 11 months ago
Italy In Europe's Spotlight: Insights From Former PM Enrico Letta
Episode 127
Whoever said, “when in Rome, do as the Romans do” clearly could not envision what would become of Italian politics. Since 1989 the country has had 18…
5 years ago
Why the Pandemic Has Been Worse for Women: Insights from UN Women's Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Episode 126
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director for UN Women, joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast to discuss the toll COVID-19 has taken on the g…
5 years ago
Is the US Misjudging the Middle East’s Power Shifts? Vali Nasr's View
Episode 125
“Pivot to Asia.” It was the catchphrase floating around Washington DC’s foreign policy circles in 2009 when President Obama first took office. And ye…
5 years ago
Authoritarianism’s Enduring Appeal: Anne Applebaum Discusses
Episode 124
From the Philippines to Hungary to Venezuela, countries across the world have embraced authoritarian rule, in many cases with significant popular sup…
5 years ago
Dr. Fauci's Pandemic Prognosis
Episode 123
The country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, joins Ian Bremmer to talk vaccines, school re-openings, and when—and how—the pandemic…
5 years, 1 month ago
Can AMLO Live Up to Mexico’s Critical Moment? Jorge Ramos Discusses
Episode 122
Mexico finds itself at a critical moment in history: its populist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (also known as AMLO), appears unable to get …
5 years, 1 month ago
The Race To Vaccinate: Dr. Atul Gawande Provides Perspective
Episode 121
Can the United States vaccinate enough of its population to prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths before new and more contagious COVID-19 variants …
5 years, 1 month ago
The Worst Time To Enter Congress: Rep. Nancy Mace
Episode 120
Continuing our two-part podcast with very different lawmakers from Congress, Ian Bremmer speaks with freshman Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC). She sh…
5 years, 1 month ago