The Cult of Jim Jones - Murder-Suicide in Guyana
November 18 is the anniversary of the Jonestown massacre (40th, can you believe it?). Chuck English walks us through his experience as the first American diplomat to witness the aftermath. With bonu...
15 Nov 201835min
How Did Erdogan Do It? - Is it Happening Here?
Populism and religiosity: Erdogan begins as a reformer, then builds a corrupt government that leads Turkey into economic peril and total political control through a narrative that stokes fear of vict...
8 Nov 201842min
Turkey's Erdogan - Is It Happening Here?
Corruption, hostage-taking, and a populace divided over Erdogan's Muslim Brotherhood-style government. Ambassador Bob Pearson helps us understand Turkey's era of us-vs.-them politics in the newest ep...
2 Nov 201833min
Stove-piped to Death?
Why was the Nairobi attack not prevented? How was it planned, and why did al-Qaeda choose that embassy? Ambassador Prudence Bushnell helps us answer these questions and tells how she led in the afte...
25 Okt 201821min
Take Care of Your People: Bombing in Nairobi, 1998
"I could not take away people's pain or anger or injuries or post-traumatic stress, but I could accompany them." Ambassador Prudence Bushnell leads the US Embassy in Nairobi through the aftermath of...
18 Okt 201832min
Expeditionary Diplomacy is What, Exactly?
Mongolia, Turkmenistan and the Marshall Islands: What do they all have in common? Mike Senko opened the first American embassies in each one! And he lived to tell the tale.
14 Okt 201831min
Can We Make a Diplomat of Laura? Laura in the Hot Seat
Reporting from fictional Sulandia, a skill that can be developed. Dorothy Mayhew and Michael Gray, diplomats who teach at The Foreign Service Institute, lead the way. Plus bonus info on the life of a ...
4 Okt 201826min
Who Knew? Diplomatic Training, Revealed
Are Foreign Service Officers made or born that way? And what, exactly, is a "demarche"? A tour through basic training, Foreign Service style, with Dorothy Mayhew and Michael Gray.
27 Sep 201829min
