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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 interest...

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Why the Energy Crisis Isn’t Worse—Yet

The ongoing war in Iran has been called the biggest energy crisis in history. How is it changing the plans of countries and companies? Which...

43:48Jul 30, 2026

The Iran Expert Trump Fired

Iran and the United States are locked in a familiar pattern. Conflict has resumed, both sides seem caught in an escalation trap, and oil pri...

45:19Jul 21, 2026

Can Ukraine Win in Russia?

Ukraine has a new strategy in its full-scale war with Russia: using drones to attack deep into Russian territory and bring the war home to t...

39:46Jul 10, 2026

Is Trump Really Planning to Invade Cuba?

After the United States ousted Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in January and then took out Iran’s senior leadership in the following months, U.S...

40:13Jul 1, 2026

The Geopolitics of SpaceX and Elon Musk

SpaceX’s initial public offering broke records as the largest ever and one that (briefly) made Elon Musk the first trillionaire. But just ho...

44:11Jun 26, 2026

Deciphering the U.S.-Iran Deal

The United States and Iran have struck a memorandum of understanding to end the war that began in February. Will the deal last? And what doe...

39:48Jun 24, 2026

The Geopolitics of the World Cup

This week, the largest-ever World Cup will commence. Across the three host countries—Canada, Mexico, and the United States—48 teams will pla...

38:31Jun 10, 2026

How to End the Iran War

What would it take to end the Iran war? What exit strategies are still available to the United States? Robert Malley, a former lead negotiat...

42:08Jun 5, 2026

How to Survive a Chaotic World

If the rules-based order is broken, what comes next? And who will lead it? Mark Leonard argues in his new book, Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics...

41:13May 27, 2026

Trump, Xi, and a New Balance of Power

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to great fanfare but left with little to sh...

48:20May 19, 2026

The surprisingly normal streets of Tehran

While the conflict in Iran has dominated headlines in the last two months, accounts of ordinary life in the Islamic Republic are scarce. Acc...

31:46May 8, 2026

Where the Iran War Goes From Here

The extension of a fragile cease-fire in the Middle East has left the region with no clear path forward. The Strait of Hormuz is still block...

51:00May 2, 2026

Is America Becoming a Rogue State?

The Iran war has become the most serious foreign-policy challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump in his second term. But does it reveal a l...

43:53Apr 15, 2026

An Iran Hawk’s Take on the Cease-Fire

The Trump administration’s plans in the Middle East are often criticized by those who say he shouldn’t have attacked Iran. But the White Hou...

33:43Apr 9, 2026