U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum

Senior career diplomats at the U.S. State Department are effectively being forced into retirement. It’s a loss of talent that one former diplomat calls a “unilateral disarmament”. And we visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum outside Cairo, which was more than 30 years in the making. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

You can listen to U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum is an episode from State of Ukraine by NPR.

This episode is 9:26 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from State of Ukraine when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.