Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFmr Ambassador Joseph Manso on Why Soft Power is Important and his Global Power Rankings
Episode 31
This week TFR welcomes former Ambassador Joseph Manso to the show to help us figure out what the hell is going on out there. We discuss his career in…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Longest 100 Days, Ghaznavi(!) Missiles in Pakistan, Canadians Rebuke Trump, and Vance Ruins Easter for the Italians
Episode 30
So much to cover this week! The Trump administration crosses the 100 day mark, so Seena and Travis take stock of their self-proclaimed "achievements"…
1 year, 1 month ago
Signal Gate 2.0: Hard Boiled, A Ukraine Peace for Russia, and What Did Vance do to the Pope?
Episode 29
The hits just keep coming with SignalGate 2.0. This week Seena and Travis cringe-watch Pete Hegseth’s children cringe-watching their father’s Easter …
1 year, 1 month ago
Abrego Garcia's (no) Due Process, Trump's Nuke Deal & Another Vance Fumble
Episode 28
Happy Spring Break! What better time to stage a showdown with the Supreme Court and trip us further down the Constitutional Crisis path? This week, w…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tariff Chaos, Bomb Threats, & the Loneliest Man Alive
Episode 27
This week Seena and Travis try their darnedest to recount the week’s events as the Trump tariffs continue to wreak havoc. Is the rationale for an esc…
1 year, 2 months ago
Filibusters, Disarray, & Group Texting Losers with Marcus Parks
Episode 26
This week, the man, the myth, the legend Marcus Parks joins Seena and Travis to roast the Dems for their haphazard response to Trump's “flood the zon…
1 year, 2 months ago
Incompetent Fascism: SignalGate, the Rise of Deportations, and JD Vance’s Fall from Favor
Episode 25
Travis Irvine is back to help us plumb the depths of stupidity that is the SignalGate fiasco. Matt Kelly, editor of Radical Compliance, also joins to…
1 year, 2 months ago
Schumer, Slush Funds, and Ceasefires
Episode 24
Travis Irvine is back with us this week to talk continuing resolutions, slush funds, and Chuck Schumer. Sure Schumer’s rationale might have been corr…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Auto-Coup: How Competitive Authoritarianism is Reshaping America
Episode 23
In this episode of The Foreign Report, host Seena Ghaznavi is joined by constitutional law professor Corey Brettschneider to discuss the alarming cas…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ukraine’s Nukes, Trump’s Trade War, and Mehrsa Baradaran on Neoliberalism
Episode 22
We deep dive into Ukraine’s nuclear past—how it once held the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal and whether its 1994 decision to disarm was a his…
1 year, 3 months ago