Latest Diplomat Podcast Episodes
Data Saves Lives
American Diplomat - April 19, 2024 13:31 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsWhat does it mean when open-source data show that huge populations have moved? Natural disaster? An attack? Relocation of children, forced passportization? Non-classified satellite imagery, cell phone photos, video, GPS and other puiblicly available information is critical to modern diplomac...
Yuki Tatsumi on the US-Japan Summit; Iran's strike on Israel, Ecuador's Embassy Raid, and Turkish Municipal Elections
Diplomatic Immunity - April 18, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings10:40 - Interview with Yuki Tatsumi. This week, Kelly and Freddie talk through Iran's Strike on Israel, Ecudaro's raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, and the losses for President Erdogan's party in recent Turkish municipal elections. Kelly then talks with the Stimson Center's Yuki Tatsumi ab...
Military Strategy & The War in Ukraine with Lt Gen Ben Hodges
Diplomatic Immunity - April 11, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsKelly speaks with Lt. Gen (ret.) Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, about the effect of the Ukraine War on military tactics and strategy. Prior to retiring from the armed forces in 2018, Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges served as Commanding General of the U.S. Army...
Professional Peacemaker
American Diplomat - April 11, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMeghan Stewart, head of the Negotiations Support Unit in State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, knows the peace process – its structures, its history, the perspectives of combatants. Her team uses its specialized knowledge to help diplomats get peace agreements over the line, ...
Dr. Elena Baranova - Electrochemical engineer
From the Alps to the Rockies - April 11, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutesSPECIAL SERIES: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS FOR WOMEN IN STEM On the occasion of Women's history month, we asked ourselves: how can we break down barriers for women in STEM? For the second episode of the special series, we met with Dr. Elena Baranova, Electrochemical engineer and Professor at the U...
Will Biden Listen to His Base?
American Diplomat - April 04, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMany diplomats urge what the vast majority of voters, including American Jews, want – a restrained Israel and a place for Palestinians. Former Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz discusses the letter that he and 67 senior foreign policy professionals recently sent to the White House. Now in the ...
The Next Thousand Years
American Diplomat - March 28, 2024 10:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsOur climate: What we do during this decade will determine our climate for a millennium to come. Diplomats not only negotiate multilateral agreements that protect the earth but, even more so, work with nations to follow through on their commitments. But what is the surprising dynamic of domestic ...
Dr. Maria Oreshenko - Astrophysicist
From the Alps to the Rockies - March 28, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutesSPECIAL SERIES: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS FOR WOMEN IN STEM On the occasion of Women's history month, we asked ourselves: how can we break down barriers for women in STEM? For the first episode of the special series, we are joined by Dr. Maria Oreshenko, astrophysicist at the ETH Zurich. From ment...
Dr. Ken Opalo on Sudan's Civil War; Updates on Gaza and Haiti
Diplomatic Immunity - March 21, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings10:25 - Interview with Dr. Ken Opalo This week, Kelly and Freddie provide updates on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the evolving crisis in Haiti, and Kelly talks with Georgetown Professor Ken Opalo for a deep dive into Sudan's civil war. Dr. Opalo is an associate professor at the Ge...
Inked
American Diplomat - March 21, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsPete unpacks the antecedents of modern-day gangsterism, going back to his days as Assistant Secretary. What were the unintended consequences of sending Central American gangsters back “home” to a country they did not know, where their best chance of fitting in was with ex-guerillas? Boom. Not...
The Fire Was Even Hotter
American Diplomat - March 14, 2024 12:28 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsGeneral and Ambassador Doug Lute puts Sweden’s recent NATO membership in context: Has Putin accomplished his goals, or has it all backfired? What is the diplomatic solution to this war? And what should we expect at this year’s 75th NATO anniversary in the US?
The Russo-Chinese Alliance and Great Power Competition with Dr. Tom Lynch
Diplomatic Immunity - March 07, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSeason 6 Episode 6. This week, Kelly talks with retired army officer and National Defense University research fellow Dr. Tom Lynch about the impact of Ukraine's war on great power conflict and US-China competition. Dr. Thomas Lynch is an adjunct professor of Security Studies at Georgetown Un...
Never in My Parents’ Wildest Dreams
American Diplomat - March 07, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsFor Women’s History Month, young diplomat Mary Vargas joins us to share her story as the daughter of an immigrant family of farm workers in Fontana, CA, to life as an American diplomat. How did she achieve her lifelong dream, and why does she seek assignments working with refugees, the incarcer...
Bernadette Calonego - Correspondent & Writer
From the Alps to the Rockies - March 07, 2024 01:00 - 21 minutesJoin us on an adventurous journey with international correspondent and crime writer Bernadette Calonego. On duty as a correspondent, Bernadette has visited places that very few Canadians have seen, including a diamond mine or a trip to the Arctic on an icebreaker. Today, she devotes most of her ...
One Million!!!
American Diplomat - March 04, 2024 15:58 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsWe just cleared our millionth download! Or, you did! Pete and Laura reflect on early days and share their favorite episodes of the 350 that they have broadcast over the years – the tomfoolery of cybercriminals, the economic party at the border, the astonishing takeover of an African nation ...
Jacqueline Charles on the crisis in Haiti; EU's Net-Zero Industry Act, Russia's Space Nukes
Diplomatic Immunity - March 01, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings10:40 - Interview with Jacqueline Charles In our seventh episode of Headlines and History, we discuss the recent political crisis in Haiti with Miami Herald report Jacqueline Charles, and Kelly covers the EU's Net-Zero Industry Act and reports of Russia's new space-based nuclear capabilities. ...
Out To Get Us
American Diplomat - February 29, 2024 07:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsTribalism: Who is "other"? Ambassador Bob Beecroft recalls the atrocities in the Balkans of the late ‘90s, after which DNA tests revealed that the victims and the perpetrators of “ethnic cleansing” were no different from one another genetically. The question then becomes, who do we see as “other...
Crowing about President Crow
American Diplomat - February 22, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsA Million Downloads! Yes, you did it for us. Here to celebrate with us is ASU President Michael Crow. Think vision meets design meets global reach. The goal? Access and energize the full level of human potential.
"You're Calling Us Global Terrorists? Oooh, Scare Me."
American Diplomat - February 15, 2024 15:48 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsThe Houthis: Who actually are these people? And Yemen: What is this place? Is it really a country? Yemen is engaged in a two-fronted, 10-year civil war, and this began long before the war in Gaza. Does Iran control the Houthis? (Hint: far from it.) And why this business with the shipping lanes...
Beverly Ochieng on Senegal's Constitutional Crisis; El Salvador Election, Sweden's NATO accession, World Cup Diplomacy
Diplomatic Immunity - February 15, 2024 11:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings11:50 - Interview with Beverly Ocheing on Senegal In our sixth episode of Headlines and History, we discuss the recent crisis in Senegal and its implications for West Africa with Beverly Ochieng, and Kelly covers recent news out of El Salvador, Sweden & NATO, and the 2026 Soccer World Cup. B...
Christine Michienzi on The Ukraine War and the Defense-Industrial Base
Diplomatic Immunity - February 08, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSeason 6, Episode 5. Today, we’ll be covering the effects of the War in Ukraine on supply chains, the defense-industrial base, and the private sector. Kelly McFarland talks to Christine Micheinzi, a former senior executive at the U.S. Department of Defense, about how the global economy and defen...
A Rangel Fellow’s Journey to Service - BHM
American Diplomat - February 08, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsYoung foreign service officer Hermanoschy Bernard joins us in honor of Black History Month to share his story of flight from his native Haiti as a child to life in the US as a political asylee, where he turned obstacles into opportunities and achieved his dream of becoming a public servant, insp...
Don't Poke the Panda - Taiwan's Election
American Diplomat - February 01, 2024 18:13 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsAmbassador Richard Boucher joins us to contextualize Taiwan's recent election in its deliberately ambiguous relationship with mainland China. No big news is good news as Taiwan preserves its integrity by not declaring its overt independence, a lesson learned in Hong Kong. The wild card? Xi Ji...
Joanna Lewis on COP28, Taiwan Election Fallout, Ukraine-Congress Update, Somaliland Deal
Diplomatic Immunity - February 01, 2024 15:04 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn our fifth episode of Headlines and History, we discuss the outcome of the COP28 conference in Dubai with Joanna Lewis, the fallout from Taiwan's Presidential election, the new deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland, and give an update on the status of military aid to Ukraine currently stalled i...
No More Funny Business in Guatemala (For Now)
American Diplomat - January 25, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsFrank Mora, US Ambassador to the Organization of American States, helps us understand a diplomatic win: the (barely) peaceful transfer of power following Guatemala’s election of an outsider who is a threat to the corrupt establishment. Expectations are high, that the new president will both conf...
The Border, Part 2: This is North America’s Moment
American Diplomat - January 18, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsAmb. Tony Wayne is back to go into depth on the US-Mexico border’s two greatest challenges. How did drug trafficking become even more sinister than it was before? And can we improve the immigration crisis ahead of the upcoming US election? What is at stake and what will it take, diplomaticall...
Zone of Opportunity: Trust at the Border
American Diplomat - January 11, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsDid you know that $1.5M dollars in trade cross the US/Mexico border every single minute? Did you know that 5 million US jobs depend on the trade that takes place there? Ambassador Tony Wayne explains that the border is a living membrane and trust is the crux of managing conflicting interests a...
Cybercrime: Everybody’s a Target
American Diplomat - January 04, 2024 12:47 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsCybercrime has many names but what, actually, is it? Jim Lewis, former Foreign Service Officer, now Senior Vice President and Director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, gives us a candid description of cybercrime's mechanics: who ...
It Wasn't All Bad, Was It?
American Diplomat - December 28, 2023 13:20 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsPete and Laura close the year with reflections on the diplomatic successes in 2023 that helped create a more peaceful and sustainable world. Global events have offered up a lot to fear recently, but it wasn't all bad! Happy New Year from American Diplomat.
Holiday Bonus: UN World Basketball Day & Sports Diplomacy with Lindsay Krasnoff
Diplomatic Immunity - December 21, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSeason 6 Bonus Episode. Today, we’ll be talking about basketball and the power of sports diplomacy as we celebrate World Basketball Day – the first sport ever to receive the honor from the United Nations – which now takes place every year on December 21st. Today, Kelly talks with Lindsay K...