Foreign Policy Playlist
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 interested in the things we are—great stories, compelling interviews, and cogent analysis on international affairs—sort through the overwhelming variety of podcasts out there and find the best ones. And occasionally you’ll hear audio from our own newsroom. FP Playlist replaces our flagship podcast First Person.
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How Richard Holbrooke Represented America's Bes...
On the podcast: George Packer, in conversation with Stephen M. Walt, on America’s long-serving diplomat.
36 min
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How Assad’s Brutality Inspired Courage and Comp...
On the podcast: Members of the White Helmets describe what it’s like to charge to the scene when a bomb goes off.
18 min
128
How Algerians Ousted Bouteflika
On the podcast: Algeria’s Arab Spring has been peaceful so far, but its future remains uncertain.
26 min
129
Thirty Years After Tiananmen Square
On the podcast: A look back at the student protests that changed China’s trajectory.
35 min
130
The Butcher of Bosnia on Trial
On the podcast: A film on the war in Bosnia probes the psychology of genocide and justice.
29 min
131
How Israel’s Netanyahu Uses Fear and Loathing t...
On the podcast: The Israeli journalist Anshel Pfeffer looks back at Bibi’s first general election campaign in 1996.
26 min
132
How to Defeat Political and Religious Extremism
On the podcast: A former State Department official who led the outreach to the Muslim world after the attacks of 9/11.
27 min
133
Inside the Fall of the Islamic State
On the podcast: A reporter who embedded with U.S.-backed forces in Syria describes the battles there.
23 min
134
Meltdown at Chernobyl
On the podcast: A journalist reconstructs the world's worst nuclear disaster.
33 min
135
How Citizen Journalists Solved the Mystery of M...
On the podcast: The founder of the group Bellingcat on using open sources to investigate war crimes and other abuses.
28 min
136
Toward a More Feminist Foreign Policy
On the podcast: Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom on how to give women a voice in an arena dominated by men.
25 min
137
China's War on Uighurs
On the podcast: a Uighur journalist in exile tells her family's story
30 min
138
Inside the Battle to Decriminalize Homosexualit...
On the podcast: A human rights lawyer describes the 10-year fight for LGBT rights.
26 min
139
Paellas for the People
On the podcast: How chef José Andrés feeds the needy around the world.
28 min
140
How the Taliban Won
On the podcast: Former Pakistani ambassador Husain Haqqani on America's endgame in Afghanistan.
31 min
141
Preview: Seeking Peace
First Person listeners get a preview of the new podcast Seeking Peace, from Georgetown’s Institute for Women, Peace & Security.
28 min
142
Venezuela Unraveled
31 min
143
An American Captive in Iran
On the podcast: Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian recounts his grueling 18 months in an Iranian prison
32 min
144
Budapest Blues
On the podcast: What its like to be a journalist in Orban's Hungary
30 min
145
Climate Change Evangelist
On the podcast: A scientist who is also an evangelical Christian wants conservatives to believe in climate change.
29 min
146
The China Syndrome
On the podcast: A former CIA analyst on Beijing's interference in the affairs of other countries.
24 min
147
Why Economists Hate Tariffs
On the podcast: How the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 embroiled the U.S. in a trade war and prolonged the Great Depression.
27 min
148
Are Brazilians Ready for Bolsonaro?
On the podcast: The era of the strongman returns to Brazil.
28 min
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The Brexit Rubik's Cube
On the podcast: Inside the British campaign for a second vote on leaving Europe.
28 min
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Shot in Sri Lanka, Shelled in Syria
On the podcast: War correspondent Marie Colvin documented the horrors of war until one of them took her life.
32 min