Each week, Foreign Policy’s Amy Mackinnon, will recommend one podcast from around the world, interview the host, and play an excerpt. This curated show is designed to help listeners interested in the things we are—great stories, compelling interviews, and cogent analysis on international affairs—sort through the overwhelming variety of podcasts out there and find the best ones. And occasionally you’ll hear audio from our own newsroom. FP Playlist replaces our flagship podcast First Person.
This week we recommend Rough Translation, a podcast series from NPR that follows familiar conversations into unfamiliar territory. Our new host, FP’s Amy Mackinnon, spoke with Rough Translation host Gregory Warner about the episode “We Don’t Say That” which explores how race is talked about (or not talked about) in France. Learn more about your ad …
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
In this episode of Foreign Policy Playlist, we recommend Doha Debates' Course Correction with Nelufar Hedayat, Season 2 of the podcast was produced with the help of Foreign Policy and seeks to understand different sides of polarizing issues. In the first episode of the new season, Hedayat looks at the controversy over lockdowns and whether this cur…
In this week's podcast we feature FP Studio's newest podcast Syria's Lost Generation, a podcast about young Syrians who expected to live normal lives but instead are uprooted by war and traumatized by displacement. The series was produced in partnership with World Vision International and the Syrian American Medical Society This six-part podcast re…
This week, FP Playlist features Into Africa, a podcast from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
On this episode, Foreign Policy Playlist features a conversation with Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Big infrastructure projects require big financing deals. But getting to that point often involves ingenuity and innovation. In this episode we explore new methods for financing infrastructure projects in Africa. Co-host Carol Pineau looks at how the Azura Edo power plant in Nigeria overcame a slew of obstacles to get a deal signed. Later, Pineau ho…
This episode looks at the promise and potential of infrastructure projects to facilitate transportation and trade on the continent. In the first half, reporter Laura Rosbrow-Telem takes listeners to the Gambia for a ride over the Senegambia Bridge, an important new gateway for Senegal and the Gambia for facilitating trade and commerce in Africa. Th…
Africa is not only building new roads and airports but also getting wired up for a vast expansion of digital services. Innovations in ICT are helping fill in the gaps when it comes to things like banking and education and is the engine behind creative new businesses throughout Africa. This episode features stories from the tech campus Seme City in …
This episode of Africa Forward highlights how Africans are finding new ways to fund energy projects and how this is creating transformational change on the continent. The episode begins with a story from the reporter Laura Rosbrow-Telem looking at the financing and construction of the Benban Solar Park in Egypt. Later, co-host Carol Pineau leads a …
This week, host Jonathan Tepperman introduces To Catch a Hacker, a new podcast from the D.C.-based production house Goat Rodeo. Ian Enright, the show’s executive producer, shares how the show aims to turn the stories overheard in Washington’s bars into dynamic true-crime dramas. This episode focuses on a hack that nearly disrupted the inauguration …
F
Foreign Policy Playlist


1
How This Israeli Election Might be Different
56:48
56:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
56:48
On the latest episode of Foreign Policy Playlist, host Jonathan Tepperman recommends a podcast about the upcoming election in Israel and speaks to the show's hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Babel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
President Joe Biden picks for top foreign policy jobs reveal a lot about what we can expect his administration's approach to look like in the coming years. This week you'll hear from Foreign Policy's own State Department and Pentagon correspondents, Robbie Gramer and Jack Detsch. Both of them are deeply sourced in Washington, having covered the Tru…
In this episode of Foreign Policy Playlist, we feature Revolution 1, a new podcast that delves into the story of the Tunisian Uprising by talking to the people who lived through it. Ten years after the uprising, FP’s Jonathan Tepperman talks with Erin Brown and Cyrus Roedel, the pair behind the new podcast. They discuss their journey to Tunisia in …
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
F
Foreign Policy Playlist


1
What Abolishing the Electoral College System Would Mean for Voters
1:04:16
1:04:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:04:16
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: What the Hell is Going On? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Rachman Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
In Foreign Policy Playlist’s first episode of 2021, we highlight Why It Matters, a podcast from the Council on Foreign Relations that focuses on breaking down important issues through conversations with leading thinkers. One episode discusses the implications of solar geoengineering, a newly proposed solution to try to slow down climate warming. Ou…
Watch Download File
F
Foreign Policy Playlist


1
France Grapples with Free Speech and Islam
56:26
56:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
56:26
Jennifer Williams of Vox introduces Jonathan to her podcast Worldly. Jennifer sets up an episode from October in which she and her co-hosts discuss French President Emmanuel Macron's quest to further integrate Muslims into French society and what that means for freedom of expression. This comes in the wake over national outrage after an 18-year old…
F
Foreign Policy Playlist


1
The Role of Men in the Fight for Girls Education
30:54
30:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:54
We feature an episode from Season 2 of "Seeking Peace" where host Melanne Verveer speaks with education advocate Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala Yousafzai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
F
Foreign Policy Playlist


1
What You Learn From Talking to Your Enemies
54:42
54:42
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
54:42
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Revisionist History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Stories from the Backchannel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Things That Go Boom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Radio Diaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
F
Foreign Policy Playlist


1
A First-Person Account Of the War in Nagorno-Karabakh
35:49
35:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
35:49
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: The Take Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
F
Foreign Policy Playlist


1
What People Don't Talk About When They Talk About Israel
33:58
33:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:58
Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Israel Story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File
Watch Download File