Is the US Selling Out Ukraine to Win an Election? + Houthi Analysis
In this episode of Headlines in History, hosts Kelly and Tristen discuss the latest developments in two major global conflicts. They begin w...
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20 of 111 episodesFDR, Fascism, and America's Path to World War II with Historian William Hitchcock
Today on Diplomatic Immunity, we're joined by historian William Hitchcock to talk about FDR's presidency, why he sees him as both a hero and...
Fighting AIDS | Lifeline: The Story of PEPFAR — Interview with Journalist John Donnelly
In 2003, President George W. Bush proposed spending $15 billion to fight AIDS in Africa — a program that would go on to save more than 26 mi...
Headlines in History | Iran's Forever War, US-Canada Trade Fight, and a Nothingburger China Summit
It's been a while! In the first "Headlines in History" since spring, Kelly and Tristan dig into the global stories that refuse to go away. I...
America Is Losing the Influence Game | Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau and the Bush Presidential Center
A former US diplomat breaks down why soft power matters more than ever — and why the United States is ceding ground to China and other adver...
Empire, Roosevelt, and Mark Twain with Stephen Kinzer
This week, Kelly is joined by historian and journalist Stephen Kinzer to discuss his book The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and...
Another breakdown in British Politics
Kelly McFarland and Tristen Naylor are back with a home team episode covering two major breaking stories: a seismic shakeup in British polit...
How the Confederacy almost Survived: King Cotton and Queen Victoria
What if the Civil War's most consequential diplomacy didn't happen in London or Washington — but in the back offices of Bahamian merchants,...
The World Cup Comes to Trump's America
The World Cup is finally here — and it's coming to North America. This week, Kelly and Tristen take a lighter-than-usual look at the 2026 FI...
The King's Visit, Trump's China Trip & US-Iran
King Charles visited the White House — and it went exactly as planned. But did it actually matter? In this episode of Diplomatic Immunity ,...
Historian Amy Greenberg on The Mexican-American War: America's Forgotten Conflict | Road to 250
In this episode of Diplomatic Immunity, our host Kelly McFarland sits down with Dr. Amy Greenberg, professor at Penn State and author of A W...
Historian Lindsay Chervinsky on the Monroe Doctrine & John Quincy Adams | America at 250
In this episode of Diplomatic Immunity, host Kelly McFarland sits down with presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of...
Iran Talks, Hungary's Election Surprise & the Shifting Global Order
In this episode, Kelly and Tristan break down two major stories shaping the world right now - Iran and Hungary. Topics covered: U.S.-Iran nu...
History Professor on James Madison and the War of 1812 | Diplomatic Immunity
In this episode of Diplomatic Immunity, host Kelly McFarland sits down with Dr. Tyson Reeder, assistant professor of history at Brigham Youn...
Road to 250: Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy
In this episode of the Road to 250 series, our host Kelly McFarland sits down with Professor Frank Cogliano of the University of Edinburgh t...
Georgetown Professor on the War in Iran
Two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, we break down what's happening, what went wrong, and where this is all heading. In this conversation: Th...
Three-time Pulitzer finalist Anand Gopal on his new book, Days of Love and Rage
What happens when ordinary people try to build a democracy from scratch in the middle of a civil war — and what happens when it falls apart?...
Munich Security Conference 2026: Rubio, Europe's Future & Iran Strike Coming?
In this episode, we break down the major takeaways from the Munich Security Conference, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a not...
America's Grand Strategy in the Age of Polarity with Robert Blackwill
In this episode, our host Kelly McFarland sits down with Ambassador Robert Blackwill, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who prev...
Inside Nuclear Negotiations with North Korea
This week, Kelly talks with former US Diplomat Joel Wit, author of the new book Fallout: The Inside Story of America's Failure to Disarm Nor...