Podcast Episodes

A Silver Lining to the Covid Disaster?

Ana Palacio, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Magnus Schöldtz, former Ambassador at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, talk about Europes challenges in this week's podcast.

Closed …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

War, What is it Good For?

What happens if Turkey’s aggressive president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan miscalculates how far he can push the Greeks?Is war possible? Will Greece’s European allies come to its rescue? What happens if Tur…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Sometimes History Rhymes

Egypt’s Nabil Fahmy and Turkey’s Cengiz Çandar discuss what Erdogan wants as he is playing a high stakes game that some think could even lead to war between Turkey and Greece or Egypt.

One hundred ye…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Are We Really All in This Together?

Cardinal Czerny argues that any approach to Covid-19 that does not include those most vulnerable among us is a non-solution. Who then seems to have overlooked these people?

Why do we seem unable to w…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

African Possibilities

How can Africa cope? Are solutions—or, at least, possibilities—to be found at the local, national or regional level? Listen to Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, and Carol…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

STOP SLAVERY NOW!

Why do nations, rich and poor, tolerate widespread slavery, human trafficking and even the buying and selling of young children in the 21st century?

Why do nations, rich and poor, tolerate widespread…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

The Covid Economy: Your Bust, My Boom

What happens when the global economy collapses, but global financial markets boom? That’s one of the issues explored in the conversation with German business leader Kurt Lauk and long-time top Americ…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Is America Finished?

Why has America stopped investing in itself? We speak with Christine Loh who is a Hong Kong-based academic, environmentalist, and former government official with deep ties to the United States

Why ha…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

America: Darkness Before the Crack of Dawn?

Castañeda talks about some of the ideas from his latest book, “America Through Foreign Eyes” and explains why he thinks the United States is heading in exactly the right direction.

Maybe this mess—a …

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Are “we” capable of fixing all that is breaking? Or is it too late?

Looking for silver linings may be an integral part of the human condition.  Even during the bleakest moments—like during a global pandemic, a global recession, leadership failures and profound social…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago