Podcast Episodes

Friday Focus: Prigozhin - Trump

Season 2 Episode 88

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Be it Resolved, the British Empire did more harm than good

In 1933, at the height of the British Empire, a small island off the north east coast of Europe controlled 25% of the world’s population and land mass. India, Canada, Australia, the British West Indi…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Friday Focus: Taliban @ 2 – Asia Summit

Season 2 Episode 87

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Stephen Walt: Surprising developments in the war between Russia and Ukraine

Ukraine is in ruins. Casualties are piling up on both sides. And western sanctions don’t seem to be working. As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its 20th month, experts fear that a negotiate…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Friday Focus: Climate Anxiety – Niger Coup – LLMs

Season 2 Episode 86

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Be it Resolved, let’s engineer a better human being

We’ve come a long way since DNA was first discovered in the mid 19th century. Today’s scientists are using powerful engineering techniques to edit genes in human eggs and sperm, curing diseases and r…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Friday Focus: Deterrence on a Dog Day in Summer

Season 2 Episode 85

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Be it Resolved, pornography is exploitative, harmful, and too easy to access. It’s time to ban porn.

It’s a $97 billion global industry that has made its way into mobile phones, video games and laptops. Never before has porn been more accessible, and offered more variety, than the present day. And y…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Friday Focus: Israel in Crisis – Summer Reads

Season 2 Episode 84

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Yossi Klein Halevi: Israel on the brink of civil war?

Chaos is unfolding on the streets of Israel as protesters face off against riot police and water cannons. Millions of Israelis are expressing their anger and frustration at the right wing coalition g…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago