Cybercrime: Everybody's a Target
Cybercrime has many names but what, actually, is it? Jim Lewis, former Foreign Service Officer, now Senior Vice President and Director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for St...
4 Jan 202448min
It Wasn't All Bad, Was It?
Pete and Laura close the year with reflections on the diplomatic successes in 2023 that helped create a more peaceful and sustainable world. Global events have offered up a lot to fear recently, but ...
28 Des 202310min
You Are Stuck and Trapped
Psychiatrists David Charney and Ken Dekleva are back to discuss in depth what makes a person into a traitor. Start with an intolerable sense of personal failure. Then think of parties in Santiago wit...
20 Des 202332min
Betrayal and Treason - Why?
Pete's old friend Manuel Rocha is in the news - but in jail as a spy for the Cubans! Imagine the shock. You trust someone, and wow. Psychiatrists David Charney and Ken Dekleva help us understand th...
14 Des 202330min
How Corruption Destroys Democracy
Ambassador Mark Schneider, former director of the Peace Corps and an expert on corruption in the Western Hemisphere unpacks the August election in Guatemala. Juan José Arévalo was elected on an anti-...
7 Des 202335min
A Win for Democracy in Poland!
The authoritarian government of Poland has just been voted out through free and fair elections. Dan Fried, former US Ambassador to Poland and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, has met with the...
30 Nov 202346min
Thanksgiving with Thievery Corporation: Unity, Love, Positivity
Jeffrey Franca, the drummer for DC's own world music icon Thievery Corporation - the band that generously allows us to use its music to open our show each week - shares with us the value of unity, lov...
23 Nov 202334min
Dissent and Its Consequences
What do you do if you have a severe crisis of conscience over a policy that you cannot support? Do you speak up? Or do you keep your head down and do your job? If you use State's established Dissent C...
15 Nov 202327min
