Foreign Exchanges: the Podcast

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Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.

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World roundup: April 23 2024

April 24, 2024 02:49 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, China, Ethiopia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: April 20-21 2024

April 22, 2024 02:37 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Myanmar, Ukraine This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: April 16 2024

April 17, 2024 01:24 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Stories from Sudan, Russia, Ecuador, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: April 13-14 2024

April 15, 2024 02:59 - 14 minutes - 9.79 MB

To I assume no great surprise, this one is mostly about Iran and Israel. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: April 9 2024

April 10, 2024 01:46 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Togo, Bulgaria, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: April 6-7 2024

April 08, 2024 02:52 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Japan, Ecuador, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: April 2 2024

April 03, 2024 02:32 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Senegal, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

The Over-Powered Presidency

March 21, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

Macky Sall's attempt to manipulate Senegal's presidential election shows the allure of a powerful presidential office. Is there a way to de-center the presidency? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: March 19 2024

March 20, 2024 03:06 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Myanmar, Haiti, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Empires of the Steppes, with Kenneth Harl

March 18, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

Hello Foreign Exchanges listeners, and welcome back to another of our irregular podcast series! I’m privileged to be joined this time out by by Kenneth Harl, Professor Emeritus of History at Tulane University, to talk about his book, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization. It is a sweeping study of nomads across Eurasia and throughout history (and pre-history), from the earliest evidence of the Yamnaya culture on the Pontic–Caspian steppe to the Xiong...

World roundup: March 16-17 2024

March 18, 2024 02:42 - 13 minutes - 9.31 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Niger, Colombia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: March 12 2024

March 13, 2024 02:59 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

Stories from Nepal, Sudan, Haiti This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: March 9-10 2024

March 11, 2024 03:09 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Sudan, Portugal, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: March 5 2024

March 06, 2024 03:21 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Mali, Haiti, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: March 2-3 2024

March 04, 2024 03:18 - 13 minutes - 9.21 MB

Stories from Pakistan, South Sudan, Haiti, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: February 27-28 2024

February 29, 2024 03:23 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

China Takes a Backseat

February 27, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

James Lin outlines some of the implications of last month's election in Taiwan. For more coverage of international affairs, please visit www.foreignexchanges.news and subscribe today! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: February 24-25 2024

February 26, 2024 03:48 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Ukraine, Brazil, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: February 20 2024

February 21, 2024 03:43 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Pakistan, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: February 13 2024

February 14, 2024 03:18 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MB

Stories from Pakistan, Senegal, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: February 6 2024

February 07, 2024 03:50 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

Stories from Thailand, Senegal, Colombia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: February 3-4 2024

February 05, 2024 03:05 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

Stories from Iran, Senegal, El Salvador, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: January 27-28 2024

January 29, 2024 03:17 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: January 23 2024

January 24, 2024 03:16 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Somalia, Sweden, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: January 20-21 2024

January 22, 2024 03:11 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Stories from Yemen, Taiwan, Somalia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: January 15-16 2024

January 17, 2024 03:29 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

Stories from Yemen, North Korea, Guatemala, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: January 13-14 2024

January 15, 2024 04:12 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Ukraine, Guatemala, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: January 9 2024

January 10, 2024 03:25 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

Stories from Lebanon, China, Ecuador, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: January 6-7 2024

January 08, 2024 04:14 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Myanmar, Ethiopia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: December 19 2023

December 20, 2023 02:53 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Stories from Yemen, Myanmar, Serbia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

A Future of Walls or Liberation

December 19, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

The Israeli government has developed many technologies and tactics to manage its control of the Palestinian people. It's found an enthusiastic market for them among governments in Latin America. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: December 16-17 2023

December 18, 2023 02:59 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, North Korea, Chile, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: December 12 2023

December 13, 2023 03:12 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Stories from Myanmar, Uganda, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: December 9-10 2023

December 11, 2023 03:51 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Stories from Sudan, Ukraine, Guyana, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: December 5 2023

December 06, 2023 03:58 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Guinea-Bissau, El Salvador, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

World roundup: December 2-3 2023

December 04, 2023 04:28 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

This is the web version of Foreign Exchanges, but did you know you can get it delivered right to your inbox? Sign up today: THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY December 2, 1805: At the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon wins what was arguably his greatest victory against a larger joint Russian-Austrian army. The Allies suffered 36,000 dead/wounded/captured compared with only 9000 for the French. The French victory was so complete that not only did it end the War of the Third Coalition, it allowed Napoleon...

World roundup: November 28 2023

November 29, 2023 03:17 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MB

This is the web version of Foreign Exchanges, but did you know you can get it delivered right to your inbox? Sign up today: TODAY IN HISTORY November 28, 1814: The Times of London is published via a new steam-powered printing press, making it the first major newspaper so produced. The use of the faster steam press took newspapers from a niche business to a mass market one, in the process boosting efforts to increase literacy. November 28, 1943: Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and J...

World roundup: November 14 2023

November 15, 2023 03:34 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

This is the web version of Foreign Exchanges, but did you know you can get it delivered right to your inbox? Sign up today: Friends, for family reasons and also because of my own mental exhaustion I will be taking a longer than usual break from the newsletter for this year’s Thanksgiving holiday. The newsletter will be going quiet following Thursday’s roundup and will return to our regular schedule on Tuesday, November 28. As I’ve written before here I can always tell when it’s time for me ...

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