Ranked #1
Maybe collusion, probably obstruction [Special Crossover Edition]
Maybe collusion, probably obstruction [Special Crossover Edition]
Ezra Klein joins Zack, Jenn, and Alex in a crossover episode with The Weeds on Robert Mueller’s just-released report. Th... Read more
18 Apr 2019
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39mins
Ranked #2
A very Worldly guide to 2019 — and 2020
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 ... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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46mins
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Ranked #3
American democracy, hacked
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Zack, Jenn, and Alex put the upcoming American elections in global context. They explain why long polling lines and gerr... Read more
22 Oct 2020
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47mins
Ranked #4
One of the worst crises of Syria’s civil war
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Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about perhaps the single worst humanitarian crisis in Syria’s civil war — the ongoing situatio... Read more
27 Feb 2020
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A man, a plan, Iran
A man, a plan, Iran
On this week’s episode, Zack, Jenn, and Alex look at the economics behind Trump’s offer to sit down with Iranian Preside... Read more
2 Aug 2018
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25mins
Ranked #6
The president of the world's most powerful democracy doesn't seem to actually like democracy
The president of the world's most powerful democracy doesn't seem to actually like democracy
Yochi, Zack, and special guest Loren DeJonge Schulman discuss President Trump's trip to Asia, where his warm feelings fo... Read more
16 Nov 2017
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54mins
Ranked #7
America, humiliated
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Zack, Jenn, and Jen Kirby discuss the assault on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump insurrection that has shaken America to i... Read more
7 Jan 2021
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Ranked #8
Take the oil
Take the oil
Zack, Jenn, and Alex talk about Trump’s new Syria policy — sending US troops to protect oil fields and potentially selli... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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Ranked #9
Boris's Great British Brexit-Off
Boris's Great British Brexit-Off
Zack and Jenn are joined by Vox foreign writer Jen Kirby to talk about UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to “pr... Read more
29 Aug 2019
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19mins
Ranked #10
Burma was a democratic success story. Now it’s the site of ethnic cleansing.
Burma was a democratic success story. Now it’s the site of ethnic cleansing.
Yochi, Jenn, and Zack look at the growing human rights catastrophe in Myanmar, where Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San S... Read more
14 Sep 2017
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56mins
Ranked #11
From Russia, with love (and hacking)
From Russia, with love (and hacking)
Zack, Jenn, and Alex examine the evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election — and how much of it President Donald... Read more
19 Jul 2018
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24mins
Ranked #12
The military’s biggest challenge? Trump.
The military’s biggest challenge? Trump.
Jenn sits down with returning guest Alex Ward and special guest Loren DeJonge Schulman, a defense expert at the Center f... Read more
28 Jun 2018
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29mins
Ranked #13
Why Trump doubled down on America’s forever war
Why Trump doubled down on America’s forever war
Yochi, Jenn, and Zack look at Trump’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan despite spending years calling for a U... Read more
24 Aug 2017
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55mins
Ranked #14
Bloodshed in Sudan
Bloodshed in Sudan
Jenn and Alex explain how months-long protests to oust a brutal dictator in Sudan, once so hopeful, have fallen victim t... Read more
6 Jun 2019
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17mins
Ranked #15
The New York attack reveals ISIS’s plan for survival
The New York attack reveals ISIS’s plan for survival
Jenn is back, and she joins Yochi and Zack to talk about what the terror attack in New York says about the true ISIS thr... Read more
2 Nov 2017
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52mins
Ranked #16
Jamestown: Utopian for Whom?
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 ... Read more
12 Jun 2019
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11mins
Ranked #17
Polish Holocaust denial and the weaponization of history
Polish Holocaust denial and the weaponization of history
Yochi, Jenn, and Zack talk about a controversial new law in Poland that makes it illegal to accuse the "Polish nation" o... Read more
8 Feb 2018
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33mins
Ranked #18
Why America can’t quit Guantanamo Bay
Why America can’t quit Guantanamo Bay
Zack, Jenn, and returning guest Alex Ward discuss the controversial prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and President Trump’... Read more
1 Feb 2018
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30mins
Ranked #19
Angela Merkel won Germany’s election. So did the far-right.
Angela Merkel won Germany’s election. So did the far-right.
Yochi, Jenn, and Zack look at Sunday’s landmark elections in Germany, which were simultaneously reassuring and deeply al... Read more
28 Sep 2017
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48mins
Ranked #20
America is out of the Iran deal. Now what?
America is out of the Iran deal. Now what?
On a special episode of Worldly, Yochi, Jenn, and Zack talk about President Trump's historic and dangerous decision to p... Read more
10 May 2018
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27mins
