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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...
Bill Burns, one of our favorite guests, is shortlisted for Secretary of State in the Biden administration. Go, Bill! We’re reposting...
We’re on hiatus until January – so we want to hear from you as we look ahead to future programming. Send us your...
April 7, 1994, Rwanda. Not a good day to be mistaken for the acting Prime Minister. Linda Thomas-Greenfield shares the tale of her escape...
“I respect your culture, but I do not believe it is your culture to allow women to die,” says Ambassador Linda Thomas...
Hugo Rodriguez, from the banana business in Latin America to the US Foreign Service. Machetes, scorpions, poisonous snakes, starting work...
There’s a gray area in judging the actions of ambassadors, whether political appointee or career. What’s the difference...
What’s the difference between a political appointee ambassador and a career ambassador? Increasingly, these ambassadorships are...