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Surviving on Dragonflies: A North Korean Defector's Story with Yeonmi Park
Episode 42
"Seeing dead bodies on the street was a part of everyday life." Growing up in North Korea, Yeonmi Park says she survived the great famine of the 1990…
6 years, 9 months ago
Big Brother is Watching You (And You. And You. And You, Too.) with Amy Webb
Episode 41
We're digging into the politics of data, artificial intelligence, automation, and how all three could make American tech companies look a lot like th…
6 years, 9 months ago
What Makes a Superpower? with Ash Carter
Episode 40
The United States is the world's undisputed superpower. But how much longer can that last? Enter: China. Ian Bremmer talks to the man who once comman…
6 years, 9 months ago
An Alien Probe? No, Serious Question with Avi Loeb
Episode 39
Buckle up, we're going interstellar. A visitor from another star and earth-like planets. Joining Ian Bremmer to sort all of this out is a very specia…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Politics of Trust with Glenn Greenwald
Episode 38
This week we get into the politics of trust. Where it's been lost. Where it's been gained. And why the answers to those questions point to the reshap…
6 years, 10 months ago
Climate Change: A Growth Industry? with David Wallace-Wells
Episode 37
Bike to work. Go vegan. Stop washing your hair. It’s not going to move the needle on climate change. There is, however, some reason for hope. Ian get…
6 years, 10 months ago
The World's Largest Democracy Scans Voters' Eyes with Raghuram Rajan
Episode 36
The world's biggest democracy heads to the polls. It's also expanding the world's largest biometric ID system to track 1.3 billion people. A man who …
6 years, 10 months ago
Life After the Mueller Report with Preet Bharara
Episode 35
By now you know what's in the Mueller report and the spin-masters have told you what to think. But the most important takeaway isn't only about Trump…
6 years, 10 months ago
Iraq After ISIS with Ben Taub
Episode 34
After the ISIS caliphate fell in Iraq, a question hung over much of the country. What comes next? On today's show Ian talks to Ben Taub, a New Yorker…
6 years, 11 months ago
Greece's Dark Decade with Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Episode 33
In bailing out Greece did the European Union destroy the village in order to save it? Today on the show, Ian dives deep into the Greek debt crisis to…
6 years, 11 months ago