Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs.
Named by The Guardian as "a podcast to make you smarter," Global Dispatches is a podcast for people who crave a deeper understanding of international news.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 1080
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
What Political Science Can Teach Us About Trump's Cabinet Picks
Better Know Nikki Haley, the next US Ambassador to the UN
Episode 130: Tali Nates
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Tali Nates has a personal connection to Schindler's List. On it was the name of her father and uncle, whom Oskar Schindler saved from a…
What Does President Trump Mean for the Paris Climate Agreement?
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As Americans headed to the polls on election day, diplomats from around the world headed to Marrakech, Morocco for the first big glo…
Episode 129: Maina Kiai
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Maina Kiai has some profound insights into how governments abrogate the rights of people to freely assemble. He is a Kenyan human ri…
A Personal Note -- My Pledge to You -- Build Community -- Earn Rewards
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I'll get straight to the point. These are uncertain times. They are confusing times. We are entering the Trump er…
American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
Donald Trump will become president and commander-in-chief in January. I am pledging to you right now that I will dedicate myself and dedicate this podcast to helping you make sense of foreign policy …
How the UN is Fighting Hunger in Somalia
How the international community saves lives in conflict prone countries or insecure places is becoming increasingly relevant and important to global affairs. On the line to walk me through the nuts a…
Why Hot Sauce Can Explain the US Election
Here we are days from the US election, so I thought to myself let's have a US focused episode that explains US culture and American politics and why Trump is facing such an uphill battle by talking a…
Episode 128: Brian Katulis
Brian Katulis is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress where his work focuses on US National Security and Foreign Policy.
He's had a long career working and living in several middle ea…
The Battle for Mosul
Mosul is Iraq's second largest city, and in 2014 ISIS militants took the city as Iraqi army units fled. Now, a large scale military operation backed by the United States is underway to regain contro…
Is this the end of the International Criminal Court?
Late in the evening on October 20th news broke that South Africa is moving to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.
The ICC is the first permanent international court to prosecute war crime…
Episode 127: Sarah Chayes
Sarah Chayes was a reporter for NPR working in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. Then, in early 2002 she decided to give up her career in journalism to help rebuild the country. She joined t…
Meet Antonio Guterres, the Next UN Secretary General
Last week the UN General Assembly Officially elected Antonio Guterres as the next UN Secretary General. Guterres is a well known figure around the UN and in global politics more broadly. From 2005 to…
Beware the Global Superbug
Why the Colombia Peace Deal Failed and What's Next
Episode 125: Scott Shane
Scott Shane is a veteran reporter with the New York Times.His latest book is titled Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President and the Rise of the Drone. It tells the story of Anwar al-Awlaki and Presi…
The Heroes of Syria
Episode 124: Sarah Sewall, Live!
I was in New York for the UN General Assembly and so was Under Secretary of State for civilian security, democracy and human rights Sarah Sewall. We taped this episode in front of a live audience org…