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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The latest Israel Gaza flare-up
The latest round of fighting between Israel and militants based in the Gaza Strip.
20 min
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Understanding the New Zealand attack
The dark far-right echo chamber that seemingly motivated the New Zealand mosque shooter.
22 min
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Introducing Switched on Pop
Vox takes culture seriously. Our coverage seeks to understand how our cultural touchstones work -- and what they reveal about who we are.
13 min
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Algeria’s election, UK’s rejection
The big-deal political developments in Algeria — where longtime ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika has decided not to run for a fifth presidential term.
23 min
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D'oh Canada
The major political scandal rocking Canada in which top officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, may have pressured the attorney general to rule in favor of a powerful Canadian company facing criminal charges.
21 min
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Four countries, two nuclear crises
The week’s big nuclear news — the US-North Korea summit in Vietnam and the recent round of hostilities between India and Pakistan.
22 min
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Four songs that help explain the world
All four of our popular Elsewhere music segments in one special episode!
19 min
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Brexit’s biggest hurdle: Ireland
The biggest hurdle to the Brexit process: the border between the Republic of Ireland and British-controlled Northern Ireland.
23 min
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How America’s longest war might finally end
19 min
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Trump’s intelligence failure
A new intelligence report that directly contradicts President Trump’s views on key policy issues from ISIS to climate change.
19 min
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Venezuela has two presidents
The political crisis in Venezuela — a country in economic free fall where two men are each claiming to be the sole legitimate president.
22 min
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Bollocks to Brexit
The UK parliament’s very big, very bizarre week of voting.
21 min
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One of the world’s worst dictators is facing an...
The burgeoning protest movement against Sudan’s longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir.
22 min
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Trump's surprise troop withdrawal
What President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to withdraw US troops from Syria means for that country, ISIS, and Iran.
21 min
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One refugee’s story in Hungary
Europe’s political meltdown over migration, which Zack got a firsthand look at during a trip to Hungary last week funded by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
16 min
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Hindsight is 2018
Looking back at three of the most dramatic foreign policy decisions President Trump made in 2018 — and whether, in retrospect, they turned out to be as dramatic as we’d initially thought.
27 min
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It was China, in the Marriott database, with th...
The massive hack of Marriott, in which the information of as many as 500 million people was stolen.
16 min
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2 French 2 Furious
The protests currently raging in France.
22 min
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A trio of unlikely senators work to stop the Ye...
The Senate’s historic War Powers vote on Wednesday, the first step toward reining in US participation in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.
24 min
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The case for (and against) open borders
Provocative ideas with the potential to radically improve the world – ideas like opening up our borders.
23 min
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China’s “concentration camps” for Muslims
A terrible and under-discussed humanitarian crisis: China’s repression of its Uighur Muslim minority.
25 min
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Jeff Sessions is out. Is Robert Mueller next?
The implications of President Donald Trump firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, both for the Russia investigation and for the rule of law
21 min
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Why fringe groups are winning around the world
What a presidential election in Brazil and a stunning political announcement in Germany have in common: the collapse of centrist leadership worldwide.
26 min
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Duck and cover
One of the world’s biggest threats: nuclear war.
27 min
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A murder and an outbreak
The latest in the Jamal Khashoggi saga and then interviews Vox health writer Julia Belluz on the worrying Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
20 min