Foreign Exchanges: the Podcast

Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter and podcast that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Derek Davison interviews scholars, journalists, and other experts to make sense of international affairs and US foreign policy.

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Update frequency: every 3 days
Average duration: 31 minutes
Episodes: 298
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

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PODCAST 3-04-2019: Making Sense of Hanoi with John Carl Baker

We're a day earlier than usual with this week's first episode, but I like to get interviews out quickly because of the possibility they'll be overtaken by events.

As promised, I'm joined by John Carl …

01:00:09 | Mon 04 Mar 2019

PODCAST 1-24-2019: Guaido vs. Maduro with Jared Abbott

In something of an emergency episode brought on by the sudden onset of a political crisis in Venezuela, I'm joined by political scientist and DSA member Jared Abbott. Jared specializes in Latin Ameri…

01:19:42 | Fri 25 Jan 2019

PODCAST 12-20-2018: Moroccan Islam, with Ann Marie Wainscott

For our final regular podcast of 2018, I'm joined by political scientist Ann Marie Wainscott of Miami University of Ohio. Ann is currently researching the religious sector in Iraq, but I wanted to ta…

00:54:39 | Thu 20 Dec 2018

PODCAST 12-11-2018: President Jupiter with Branko Marcetic

We're joined for the second time by Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) to talk about French President Emmanuel Macron's tribulations, France's "yellow vest" protests, why austerity leads b…

01:03:51 | Tue 11 Dec 2018

PODCAST 11-08-2018: Orthodox Christianity, explained (?), with Hannah Gais

Freelance writer and Harvard Divinity School grad student Hannah Gais is back, so that makes two repeat guests on the podcast! She's going to try to explain to me how the Orthodox Church works, an ef…

00:57:45 | Fri 09 Nov 2018

PODCAST 10-18-2018: War Online with Emerson Brooking

Today I'm joined in person by Emerson T. Brooking, co-author of a new book called LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media. We talk about the ways social media is being used to make life worse, wh…

01:23:34 | Thu 18 Oct 2018

PODCAST 9-10-2018: Lula's Brazil with Michael Brooks

If you're a Michael Brooks fan, which you should be, then hopefully you've heard me on his show a few times now. Today I'm very grateful for the chance to turn the tables on him as we talk about Braz…

01:17:28 | Mon 10 Sep 2018

PODCAST 9-04-2018: Understanding Mali with Alex Thurston

Alex Thurston (@sahelblog on Twitter) joins me again to try to make some sense of the dizzying array of extremist groups in Mali and to talk about the aftermath of the Malian presidential election la…

00:55:22 | Tue 04 Sep 2018

PODCAST 8-23-2018: The War on Weapon States, with Michael Youhana

I'm joined by Michael Youhana to discuss his recent piece for the Fellow Travelers Blog, "Ending the War on Weapon States." We talk about what constitutes a Weapon State, how the War on Weapon States…

00:56:38 | Thu 23 Aug 2018

PODCAST 8-14-2018: Left Foreign Policy with Kelsey Atherton

Unlocked for the public again because we've got another interview. Today I'm joined by defense technology reporter Kelsey Atherton, who you should be following on Twitter. We're talking about buildin…

00:58:22 | Tue 14 Aug 2018

PODCAST 8-07-2018: Boko Haram and Nigeria with Alex Thurston

I'm joined by Alex Thurston from Miami University of Ohio to talk about Boko Haram in particular and Nigeria in general. Alex is an expert on the Sahel region who writes at several places, but you sh…

00:58:32 | Tue 07 Aug 2018

PODCAST 7-24-2018: Trump in Europe with Branko Marcetic

Here's that interview I promised you all last week. I'm speaking with writer Branko Marcetic, who has been covering Donald Trump's trip to the NATO summit and his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsi…

01:06:18 | Tue 24 Jul 2018

PODCAST 6-05-2018: Democratic Party Foreign Policy, with Ryan Cooper

I'm throwing this one open to the general public because I think it's a good discussion and because...I've got a guest! Yes, you get to listen to somebody else talk for a change! I'm very excited to …

01:04:04 | Tue 05 Jun 2018

Derek on the District Sentinel 5-01-2018

As promised, I did a 20 minute spot with the District Sentinel guys earlier today to discuss Netanyahu's presentation yesterday. You can go check it out on their Patreon and also check out the other …

Tue 01 May 2018

PODCAST 4-23-2018: Armenians in the Middle East with @dankmtl

Today I'm pleased to be joined by Dan, aka Twitter user @dankmtl, for a crash course on the history of Armenian communities in the Middle East. Obviously we spend a fair amount of time on the Armenia…

01:03:16 | Mon 23 Apr 2018

PODCAST 3-05-2018: John Feffer on Donald Trump and Majoritarianism

Today's episode is another interview and it is again going to be available to the public. I'm grateful to have been joined by John Feffer of the Institute for Policy Studies to talk about his recent …

00:56:06 | Tue 06 Mar 2018

PODCAST 2-27-2018: Hannah Gais on Russiagate and Vladimir Putin

We're lucky to be joined by freelance writer, full-time grad student, and Russian active measure Hannah Gais to talk about the 2016 election, Russiagate, Vladimir Putin, the state of US-Russia relati…

01:04:33 | Wed 28 Feb 2018

PODCAST 2-01-2018: Jim Lobe on Neoconservatism

I'm proud to bring you our first interview! Veteran reporter Jim Lobe joins me to talk about neoconservatism, a subject on which he has been reporting and lecturing and giving interviews for many yea…

01:18:28 | Fri 02 Feb 2018

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