Latest Diplomat Podcast Episodes
Starlink in the Amazon? Uh-oh.
American Diplomat - June 27, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsYears ago, Pete visited the Amazon and made friends with some very remotely located people. His visit raised questions: Did he do the right thing? Now others, far more remote, have been visited by Elon Musk’s Starlink – by their own request! With an updated perspective, we repost this gem from...
AI - Demon Taking Over, or Tool for Diplomacy?
American Diplomat - June 20, 2024 13:50 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsWhat does expertise look like in diplomacy with recent rapid changes in technology? Will AI replace diplomats? What is AI good at, and where is it dangerous? Large language models are great for brainstorming but can they replace relationships and judgment? Tune into Dan Spokojny, former dipl...
Jacqueline Surer - Puppeteer
From the Alps to the Rockies - June 13, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutesToday, we step onto the theatre stage with Swiss puppeteer Jacqueline Surer. Jacqueline is a master in bringing objects to life and has been writing and producing puppeteering productions for over 20 years. After having spent some years of her childhood in Canada, she returns to Nova Scotia a...
Global Fragility Act
American Diplomat - June 13, 2024 06:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsFinally, a home at State for what we have learned about global conflicts. Will it make us smarter? Will we demand deeper buy in from Allies and friends? Or do we continue to treat each conflict as a “one-off”? Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark Iozzi joins us from State's Bureau of Conf...
Geopolitics Thrills!
American Diplomat - June 06, 2024 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsWe talk about cultural diplomacy, but what about diplomacy in culture? Laura (MFA, Film and Television, NYU) loves movies and TV, and best of all, Laura loves movies and TV about geopolitics. What do the last fifty years of diplomacy in media tell us about diplomacy in society? About society ...
From Harlem Hellfighters to the Jazz Ambassadors, A Leap of Faith
American Diplomat - May 30, 2024 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsState Department lawyer Mike Peay traces how, during a time of deep racial conflict, black American jazz artists went overseas to promote the American experiment, winning the hearts of millions with their music and personas, but would it improve race relations at home?
Will Mexico Dodge the Bullet?
American Diplomat - May 23, 2024 06:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratings“Hugs, not bullets”, that is AMLO’s mantra for the cartels. This, while homicides have risen to historic highs. Our man in Mexico, retired Ambassador Tony Wayne, is back to discuss the good fight. Will democracy or autocracy win in the June 2 elections?
Two State Solution - Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?
American Diplomat - May 16, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsLieutenant General (Ret.) Fred Rudesheim unpacks the complexities of Gaza. Much is said of the very real moral outrages committed by Israel and Hamas. But what now? In the near term, how viable is a two-state solution? First let's look at what is and how we got here. Hint: what exactly does Bide...
Russian Mercenaries' Regime Survival Kit
American Diplomat - May 09, 2024 06:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsOut with Wagner, in with the Africa Corps. What will happen as mercenaries continue to offer attractive alternatives to vulnerable democracies like Niger, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso and Mali? Ambassador Hank Cohen, whose new book "Africa, You Have a Friend in Washington", offers ...
Chris Tuttle on Ukraine & TikTok; Maldivian Elections, Niger, and Blinken Visits China
Diplomatic Immunity - May 02, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings13:10 - Interview with Chris Tuttle This week, Kelly and Freddie talk through Secretary of State Blinken's recent visit to China, U.S. troops leaving Niger, and an election in Maldives that saw the country move closer to China. Kelly then talks with Chris Tuttle, senior fellow at the Council o...
100 Years old and Still Kicking It: The US Foreign Service
American Diplomat - May 02, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsTom Yazdgerdi, President of the American Foreign Service Association reaches back to illustrate how far the Foreign Service has come in the last 100 years and charts how it will meet the complex challenges of the next decades.
Shakespearean Tragedy: Cuba
American Diplomat - April 25, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsAmbassador Vicki Huddleston, author of “Our Woman in Havana”, unpacks the dire circumstances in Cuba driving hundreds of thousands to flee the island and parses the impacts of South Florida exile politics on US diplomacy: the hammer is the only tool left in the box.
Data Saves Lives
American Diplomat - April 19, 2024 13:31 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 30 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 ★★★★★ - 30 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 30 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 30 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 30 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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 ★★★★★ - 234 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.