We're refreshing one of our earlier (and best!) episodes from the early days, before anyone had heard of us. But now you have! And so we...
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We love music. We love it almost as much as we love listening to our friends tell stories about life overseas. So here's our end-of...
Larry Dinger regales us with tales of tires on fire, pollution, trekking, and one of the most bizarre episodes in monarchy in the world...
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Bill Burns says it best: "This is exactly the moment when you need to attract the best in our society to lives in public service, whether...
Burns shares stories from his engaging new book, The Back Channel.
Plus, a few good works. Vicki Huddleston gets around in the Sahara, and even gets the women a place inside the tent. So where did all these...
Vicki Huddleston, our ambassador in Mali (not to be confused with Bali), helps us understand the Sahel, the Sahara, and their vast range of...
Now that Ortega is back, how is the revolution going? Nicaraguans are being shot, hauled off and denied medical services, while the...
We have Independence Day, and for Nicaraguans Liberation Day is just as important. Celebrated July 19, this is the day the Sandinistas...
Activism in the Foreign Service
Jimmy Kolker is back to tell us how, as Ambassador to Uganda, he helped stem the spread of this deadly disease and save scores of human...