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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Where is Jamal Khashoggi?
The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi dissident-in-exile and Washington Post columnist.
21 min
152
The looming Brexit catastrophe
The state of Brexit: The United Kingdom’s ongoing negotiation over the terms of its departure from the European Union.
23 min
153
Trump’s plan to tank the Chinese economy
Trump’s massive new escalation in his trade war with China — new tariffs that mean half of all imports from China are now being taxed.
22 min
154
Did al-Qaeda win?
The debate over the legacy of the 9/11 attacks: Did al-Qaeda get what it wanted?
29 min
155
A looming disaster in Syria
The looming crisis in Idlib, the last big rebel stronghold in Syria, which will soon be the target of a vicious Assad regime offensive.
25 min
156
Deal or no deal
The way President Trump makes deals with foreign countries.
28 min
157
The Trump-Fox News-white nationalist feedback loop
Trump’s late-night tweet about the alleged persecution of white South African farmers.
22 min
158
Talking Turkey (and its economic crisis)
The economic crisis crippling Turkey — and how its feud with the Trump administration over a detained American pastor is making things even worse.
27 min
159
Saudi Arabia picked a fight with...Canada?
The utterly bizarre diplomatic fight between Saudi Arabia and Canada — and why it has everything to do with the ruthless ambition of Saudi’s young new crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.
23 min
160
A man, a plan, Iran
The economics behind Trump’s offer to sit down with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
25 min
161
It’s gettin hot in here, so get really concern...
The heat wave wreaking havoc across the Northern Hemisphere, spreading a wildfire in Greece so hot that cars are melting on city streets.
29 min
162
From Russia, with love (and hacking)
The evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election — and how much of it President Donald Trump had already been shown before his meeting in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
24 min
163
Has Trump actually been good for NATO?
President Trump’s big NATO summit this week and his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
23 min
164
Why Europe turned its back on migrants
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.
25 min
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The military’s biggest challenge? Trump.
Why the hell the Pentagon keeps getting caught off guard by big decisions coming from the White House.
29 min
166
Blame China?
President Donald Trump’s looming trade war with China, which could soon make it more expensive to buy everything from an iPhone to an air conditioner.
26 min
167
The Art of the Deal, by Kim Jong Un
How the US didn’t get very much, while North Korea got exactly what it wanted and more
34 min
168
Trump and Kim, sitting in a hotel, T-A-L-K-I-N-G
The possibilities — and perils — of President Trump’s upcoming nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
24 min
169
The nuclear standoff nobody's talking about
The nuclear standoff between India and Pakistan, one of the most dangerous but least known military conflicts in the world.
27 min
170
Trump’s breakup note to Kim Jong-un, explained
President Trump’s surprise cancellation of his planned summit with Kim Jong Un — a decision Trump announced literally as the Worldly crew was sitting down to record the podcast.
23 min
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The Arab world has abandoned Gaza
Israel's killings of dozens of Palestinian protesters in Gaza and why many Arab countries seem willing to give Israel a pass and instead focus on what they see as a growing threat from Iran.
24 min
172
America is out of the Iran deal. Now what?
President Trump's historic and dangerous decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, a move that angered America's closest allies and potentially set the stage for a new Mideast war.
27 min
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A war between Israel and Iran could really happen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s over-the-top media blitz designed to sway President Trump to nix the Iran nuclear deal and about how Israel’s shadow conflict with Iran is threatening to explode into a new Mideast war.
34 min
174
The ideology behind the Toronto terror attack, ...
Monday's bloody terror attack in Toronto, which was carried out by a member of a fringe anti-woman movement called "incel," short for "involuntary celibate."
32 min
175
The promise and peril of Trump’s North Korea me...
CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s secret meeting with Kim Jong Un, the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is serious about setting aside the belligerent rhetoric and having a historic face-to-face summit between Donald Trump and Kim.
26 min