Worldly
We live in a confusing time, bombarded every day with news from around the world that can be hard to follow, or fully understand. Let Worldly be your guide. Every Thursday, senior writer Zack Beauchamp, senior foreign editor Jennifer Williams, and staff defense writer Alex Ward give you the history and context you need to make sense of the moment and navigate the world around you. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Trump and the Taliban make a deal
The historic US-Taliban peace agreement that was just signed as a first step toward ending the war in Afghanistan.
39 min
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One of the worst crises of Syria’s civil war
Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about perhaps the single worst humanitarian crisis in Syria’s civil war — the ongoing situation in Idlib, where 3 million people are trapped in a province under assault by Bashar al-Assad and his allies.
40 min
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The debate didn’t cover foreign policy. So we did.
Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down the 2020 Democratic field’s positions on foreign policy — which were weirdly under-discussed in the most recent debate.
42 min
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Could coronavirus collapse Chinese communism?
Zack and Alex talk about the politics of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
38 min
80
Mini. Nuclear. Weapons.
Zack, Jenn, and Alex discuss the Trump administration’s decision to put a mini nuclear weapon on a US submarine for the first time.
41 min
81
The dark logic of Trump’s Israel-Palestine “pea...
Zack, Jenn, and Alex are joined by the Middle East Institute’s Khaled Elgindy to discuss the Trump administration’s new Israel-Palestine peace plan.
41 min
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Hacking Jeff Bezos
Zack and Alex are joined by Weeds cohost Matt Yglesias to talk about the Saudi crown prince’s seemingly brazen hack of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
40 min
83
The entire Russian government just resigned
Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about the recent resignation of Russia’s entire government — yes, you read that right.
39 min
84
Did Trump get Iran right? (ft. Sen. Tom Udall)
Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down the US killing of Qassem Suleimani — why it happened, what the Iranian response means, and what the long term consequences might be.
47 min
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A very Worldly guide to 2019 — and 2020
Zack, Jenn, and Alex do a 2019 year in review — each one of them making a choice for biggest US foreign policy story of 2019, while the whole team debates just how important each of these events were.
42 min
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India's assault on Muslim rights — and democracy
Zack and Alex are joined by Vox reporter Sigal Samuel to talk about two recent measures in India that, when combined, amount to a plan for stripping citizenship from hundreds of thousands of Muslims.
37 min
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That awkward NATO moment
Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about the viral video of world leaders making fun of Trump at the NATO summit — explaining how Trump’s antics threatened the meeting and, somewhat more surprisingly, why they didn’t derail it.
35 min
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Today, Explained: Let's talk about that party i...
Spain's far-right party just won more than 50 seats in its parliament, reminding some of the country's fascist past. Yes, the party is called "VOX".
22 min
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2020 candidate Michael Bennet explains why Face...
It’s a very special Worldly today, as Zack hosts Sen. Michael Bennet — the first Democratic presidential candidate to appear on Worldly.
34 min
90
Coup in Bolivia?
Jenn, Alex, and special guests Ivan Rebolledo and Zeeshan Aleem talk about whether there was a coup in Bolivia or not.
34 min
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Introducing Reset
Apple removed an app that had been used by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong. Turns out that has broad implications for democracy globally.
21 min
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Arab Spring 2.0?
Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about the massive protests in Iraq.
38 min
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Take the oil
Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about Trump’s new Syria policy — sending US troops to protect oil fields and potentially selling the oil to the highest bidder.
37 min
94
Brexit, forever?
Due to some parliamentary shenanigans, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s drive to crash out of the EU by October 31 looks like it’s going to fail.
18 min
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The four words that will decide impeachment
Ezra Klein and Gene Healy discuss the meaning of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"
51 min
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Sen. Chris Murphy on why America's Syria failur...
Worldly continues its series on progressive foreign policy with one of its leading proponents, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT).
25 min
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Rep. Ro Khanna’s vision for a new, “progressive...
What it would look like and how it would be applied in tough conflicts from Yemen to Iran to China.
25 min
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How Italy, Australia, and Britain got dragged i...
Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down the latest news in the Trump-Ukraine scandal
28 min
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The whistleblower complaint: a close read
What the complaint alleges about Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president and the attempt to cover up that call.
17 min
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War for Oil
The worrying fallout of an attack on Saudi oil facilities this weekend.
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