Again in honor both of Black History Month and Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s recent appointment as US ambassador to the United Nations...
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Mohammed Bouazizi, an underemployed fruit seller, sets himself on fire, launching what we later began calling the Arab Spring...
In honor of upcoming Black History Month, and in honor of the new administration, we repost our first episode with Linda Thomas-Greenfield...
Dan Kurtzer, Ambassador to both Egypt and Israel, parses this complex part of the world from his experience on the ground. Why was Anwar...
The worst of the worst: Victor Bout, Russian arms dealer, is not the only one. A a host of other nogoodnicks invest their nefarious...
What exactly is dirty money, and how is it laundered? How much of it flows through the world, and the United States in...
For some even better discussion with Gina, here’s our second of two with her: Religious police stop Gina and terrorists attack the...
Bet you haven’t heard this one! We recorded this story when we began the show a few years ago and no one knew about us yet...
Pete visits the Huarani Indians, botches up a boar hunt, drinks the mystery drink chicha, and receives upon his departure a marriage...
In this adventure tale in two parts, Pete visits the Huarani tribe in the Amazon jungle while serving as US Ambassador to Ecuador. Today...
Join us for some of Pete’s jokes (Laura laughed, we promise) and our annual show featuring stories of Thanksgiving overseas...
You’ve heard a zillion stories of adventures in Foreign Service. How did all of these regular people become such erudite heroes of...