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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Why the US can’t win in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan — and why the US can’t seem to win it.
19 min
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The case for foreign policy restraint
Matt Yglesias talks to Cato's Emma Ashford about all kinds of foreign policy
55 min
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Boris's Great British Brexit-Off
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to “prorogue” Parliament
16 min
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The Amazon is on fire
20 min
105
INF'd
The recently deceased Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty
18 min
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India’s power grab in Kashmir
India’s decision to revoke Article 370 of its constitution
17 min
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Are the US and Turkey heading for a divorce?
The most recent fight is over Turkey’s purchase of a Russian missile system
22 min
108
Boris and Brexit
The UK’s new prime minister: Boris Johnson.
19 min
109
Meet the Space Force
Trump's more-tedious-than-it-sounds plan for military domination of the final frontier.
42 min
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A very special relationship episode
The saga of Kim Darroch, the recently-resigned UK Ambassador to the US.
21 min
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Under pressure (Live!)
The notion of “maximum pressure” — a phrase coined to describe Trump’s North Korea policy that has turned out to describe the closest thing we have to a Trump doctrine.
29 min
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The Democratic (foreign policy) debate
The big foreign policy issue dividing the candidates: whether the liberal international order the United States set up after World War II is working, and what reforms are necessary if it isn’t.
20 min
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How close are we to war with Iran?
Iranian attacks on oil tankers, Iran announcing that it was thinking about breaking the terms of the nuclear deal, and the US sending more troops to the region.
18 min
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The fight to save Hong Kong
The huge protests in Hong Kong that erupted over a controversial amendment to the city’s extradition law — and why the fight is really about protecting the city’s freedoms from Beijing’s attempts to repress them.
15 min
115
Jamestown: Utopian for Whom?
Nice Try! is a new podcast from Curbed and the Vox Media Podcast Network that explores stories of people who have tried to design a better world, and what happens when those designs don't go according to plan.
11 min
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Bloodshed in Sudan
How months-long protests to oust a brutal dictator in Sudan, once so hopeful, have fallen victim to a bloody repression campaign.
13 min
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European Dis-union
Jenn, Alex, and special guest Jen Kirby (who goes by Kirby in our shows) explain the shocking results of the European parliamentary elections.
15 min
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Collusion in Austria
How a six-hour video of a far-right party leader drinking in Ibiza brought down Austria’s government.
19 min
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The art of trade war
Trump’s trade war with China, which appears to be back on after negotiations failed to produce a deal.
19 min
120
Slouching towards an Iran war
19 min
121
Venezuela’s phantom coup
The strange non-coup in Venezuela this week
18 min
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Trump is stoking a civil war in Libya
The recent violence in Libya — where a militia led by strongman Khalifa Haftar is threatening to topple the internationally recognized government.
14 min
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Maybe collusion, probably obstruction [Special ...
Ezra Klein joins Zack, Jenn, and Alex in a crossover episode with The Weeds on Robert Mueller’s just-released report.
35 min
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The end of the two-state solution?
15 min
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Brunei just made gay sex punishable by death
The wealthy authoritarian nation of Brunei’s horrific new criminal code, in which men who have sex with men can be executed by stoning.
19 min