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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.
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On Travel Storytelling and Killing your Darlings
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This week, Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: The Atlas Obscura Podcast. Host Amy Mackinnon speaks with Atlas Obscura founder and host of The Atlas Obscura Podcast Dylan Thuras on travel storytelling and why certain stories go untold. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app or listen on this page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
Foreign Policy recommends: Day X This week, Foreign Policy Playlist plays a special episode of a new series — Day X by the New York Times. Host Amy Mackinnon speaks with Times Berlin Bureau Chief Katrin Bennhold on the infiltration of far-right extremism in Germany’s security services. Together, they take a deep dive into reporting on the subject a…
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How Quality Child Care is Changing Lives for Women and Children in Kenya
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This week we highlight FP's newest limited series: Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women or HER♀ for short. As FP Analytics highlights in its new report, “Elevating Gender Equality in COVID-19 Economic Recovery, there’s a dire global child care shortage, which the pandemic only worsened. But increasing COVID-19 recovery plan investments in care work…
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A Rhythmic Connection: Cuban Influences in Angola
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Foreign Policy recommends: Hip Deep This week, Foreign Policy Playlist features Hip Deep, a podcast from Afropop Worldwide. This episode examines the influences — both political and musical — to come out of Cuba’s intervention in Angola. Filling in for Amy Mackinnon, FP Africa Brief writer Lynsey Chutel hosts Ned Sublette, one of the producers of t…
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Ready, Set, Melt: The Race for Power in the Arctic
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In this episode of FP Playlist, we feature an episode of Deep Dish, a weekly show produced by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. This episode focuses on the increasingly competitive nature between superpowers — and others — in the Arctic region. Host Brian Hanson interviews two scholars at the intersection of Arctic policy and the superpowers t…
This week Foreign Policy Playlist features Ufahamu Africa, a podcast about life and politics on the African Continent. Hosts Kim Yi Dionne and Rachel Beatty Riedl introduce the podcast and one of their latest episodes which looks into the violence and unrest in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Kim speaks with Goitom Gebreleul a researcher in internat…
In this episode of FP Playlist, host Amy Mackinnon speaks with Pascale Harter, host of From Our Own Correspondent, a BBC staple and one of Amy’s favorite podcasts. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app or listen on this page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
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Course Correction: Hijab Bans and French Secularism
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As a bonus this week, we share with you another episode from Season 2 of Course Correction.. Subscribe to Course Correction here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
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How John Kerry Plans to Tackle Climate Change
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This week we feature Global Reboot, a new podcast from Foreign Policy in partnership with Doha Forum. Global Reboot explores how to rebuild a world upended by disruptive international events. FP’s editor in chief Ravi Agrawal engages with world leaders and policy experts to identify solutions to our greatest challenges. Host Amy Mackinnon speaks wi…
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What Happened After El Chapo Was Arrested?
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In our last Foreign Policy Playlist episode in May, we feature Vice News’ Chapo: Kingpin on Trial. It’s a miniseries that explores the impact of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán by sharing the stories of people who were caught up in the drug war between the United States and Mexico. Episode seven of Chapo follows the violence that fo…
This week we recommend Overheard at National Geographic, a podcast featuring the crazy adventures of explorers and scientists around the globe. In the episode, National Geographic photographer recounts his time living on the Arctic sea ice with Inupiaq whale hunters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Working with LGBT Migrants in South Africa
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This week on Foreign Policy Playlist we feature Power of the Streets, a podcast from the Human Rights Watch that talks to human rights activists working on the continent of Africa. FP’s Amy Mackinnon talks to Power of the Streets’ host Audrey Wabwire about an episode they did where they spoke to Thomars Shamuyarira a migrants rights worker in Zimba…
In our first Foreign Policy Playlist of May, we feature The China in Africa Podcast, a show that focuses on China's engagement in the African continent. In the episode “How China Lends : A Landmark Report on Chinese Loan Contracts,” hosts Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden discuss the topic that is dominating Washington right now: how China is using…
This week on Foreign Policy Playlist we’re featuring Inside China, a podcast from the South China Morning Post that looks at a range of topics, including the country's rapidly developing space industry, its tech, and the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent episode of the show spotlights the ongoing fight by Chinese women to freeze their eggs—and, also, why…
In this episode of Foreign Policy Playlist we suggest Vice News’ Source Material, a documentary podcast that uses footage taken by people as they lived through major historical moments. We spotlight the episode “Vlogging the Syrian War” which is based on video footage captured by Abdullah Jabbar, or AJ, as he documents his and his family’s life in …
A few weeks ago, Foreign Policy launched a podcast about the war in Syria and specifically about young people who have become displaced over the past decade. We featured one of the episodes on Playlist—it’s called Syria’s Lost Generation. We wanted to give you a chance to hear all six episodes, so we’re inserting the rest of them here in our feed a…
A few weeks ago, Foreign Policy launched a podcast about the war in Syria and specifically about young people who have become displaced over the past decade. We featured one of the episodes on Playlist—it’s called Syria’s Lost Generation. We wanted to give you a chance to hear all six episodes, so we’re inserting the rest of them here in our feed a…
A few weeks ago, Foreign Policy launched a podcast about the war in Syria and specifically about young people who have become displaced over the past decade. We featured one of the episodes on Playlist—it’s called Syria’s Lost Generation. We wanted to give you a chance to hear all six episodes, so we’re inserting the rest of them here in our feed a…
A few weeks ago, Foreign Policy launched a podcast about the war in Syria and specifically about young people who have become displaced over the past decade. We featured one of the episodes on Playlist—it’s called Syria’s Lost Generation. We wanted to give you a chance to hear all six episodes, so we’re inserting the rest of them here in our feed a…
A few weeks ago, Foreign Policy launched a podcast about the war in Syria and specifically about young people who have become displaced over the past decade. We featured one of the episodes on Playlist—it’s called Syria’s Lost Generation. We wanted to give you a chance to hear all six episodes, so we’re inserting the rest of them here in our feed a…
This week, Foreign Policy Playlist features Al Jazeera’s Hindsight, a podcast that takes you into the minds of some of history’s most famous and infamous characters. One of Hindsight’s recent episodes is told from the perspective of Saddam Hussein as he navigates his way up the ladder in Iraq’s government. Al Jazeera’s executive producer Joanne Mel…
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 …
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
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 …
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 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…
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 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 …
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How This Israeli Election Might be Different
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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
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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 …
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What Abolishing the Electoral College System Would Mean for Voters
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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…
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France Grapples with Free Speech and Islam
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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…
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The Role of Men in the Fight for Girls Education
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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
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What You Learn From Talking to Your Enemies
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A First-Person Account Of the War in Nagorno-Karabakh
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What People Don't Talk About When They Talk About Israel
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Harvard historian Jill Lepore on the long and tortured history of the U.S. immigration debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy
There are plenty of people sitting around waiting for some magical new or improved technology to come along and fix the mess we’ve made for ourselves with the climate emergency. That’s probably not going to happen—and, anyway, we have the tools we need to ditch fossil fuels now. In the first part of the episode, reporter Molly Schwartz looks into s…
As the world looks to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, there’s hope in the growing renewable energy market. In this episode of Heat of the Moment, Daniel Schrag, the director of Harvard University’s Center for the Environment, speaks to host John Sutter about the benefits of renewable energy and the policy challenges involved in moving to greener…
