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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What Are Billionaires Doing to the Space Industry?
Privately-funded space ventures are altering the industry … and, maybe, the final frontier itself.
28 min
202
Meet the Unsung Codebreakers of the Second Worl...
Liza Mundy discusses how she uncovered the lives of the women codebreakers who helped turn the tide of World War II.
37 min
203
Rational Security: The "When You’re President T...
Mike Flynn is cooperating with Bob Mueller’s Russia investigation, and President Trump raises questions about whether he sought to obstruct justice.
51 min
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Rational Security on The E.R.: The "Power of De...
Mike Flynn may be cooperating with Mueller’s investigation, but President Trump thinks the investigation may be nearing its end.
48 min
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What’s Next for the Middle East?
44 min
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Spies, Lies and the Murder of a President
What do the JFK releases really tell us?
32 min
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Among the Memes and YouTube Videos, What Do the...
The CIA recently released hundreds of thousands of files seized from Osama bin Laden’s compound. What can we learn from them?
33 min
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Rational Security on The E.R.: The "DMs on the ...
Does democracy go down in the DMs? The folks at Lawfare discuss.
48 min
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Trump’s Big Asian Adventure
President Trump is making his way through Asia on the longest trip to the region since the age of ping-pong diplomacy. But how much will he actually accomplish?
33 min
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The E.R. Presents: Lawfare and FP’s Bar Review ...
Has the role of the White House counsel drastically changed in the time of Trump?
71 min
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Can Anyone Stop the Tragedy in Myanmar — Before...
The U.S. pulled military assistance to Myanmar in the wake of abuses toward the Rohingya people, but does anyone have enough leverage to end the ethnic cleansing?
30 min
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Rational Security on The E.R.: The "Million Dol...
Sure, Manafort got indicted. But the real question is how did he spend so much on rugs?
49 min
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From Moscow to Havana: Secret Weapons and Diplo...
The “sonic attacks” in Cuba aren’t the first suspected instance of invisible attacks on U.S. diplomats.
32 min
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Can Libya Be Put Back Together?
Six years after the fall of Qaddafi, Libya still teeters on the edge of chaos. Here’s why that matters.
43 min
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Rational Security on The E.R.: The “How Many El...
Trump’s GOP critics decide: should they stay or should they go?
47 min
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Tackling the FBI’s ‘Black Identity Extremists’ ...
The government’s designations continue to confound and upset critics.
28 min
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Rational Security on The E.R.: The “Decertified...
Trump deems Iran in violation of the “worst deal ever.”
56 min
218
So You Want to Be a Leaker?
No method is foolproof, but some are better than others.
30 min
219
Does Kaspersky Have Something to Hide?
35 min
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Book Talk: Spy Schools
Exploring the dark relationship between intelligence services and academia.
39 min
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Europe Slams Its Gates (Part Two)
Are the moral consequences of Europe’s increasingly hardline policy on African immigration outweighed by the political imperatives?
31 min
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Rational Security on The E.R.: The “Moron” Edition
Is Trump’s undermining of Tillerson another step in his “madman” theory of diplomacy?
49 min
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Europe Slams Its Gates-The Making of FP's Speci...
European aid intended to combat African migration may just be making the problem worse.
46 min
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Is U.S. Immigration Policy Worse Than It’s Ever...
Suketu Mehta and Becca Heller talk President Trump, the real economy of immigration, and getting trolled by Ann Coulter.
36 min
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Rational Security on The E.R.: The "Lady, You C...
Saudi women will get the right to drive … in 2018. Maybe.
45 min