Physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall joins host Krys Boyd to talk about strategies for breaking through the conventional group think to turn bold ideas into reality.
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A Former U.S. Diplomat On Trump’s Foreign Policy
Former diplomat William J Burns joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the continued importance of “soft power” in the wake of President Trump’s call for 23 percent cut in the State Department funding.
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No Refuge: An Asylum Story Gone Wrong
Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the physical and financial risks of asylum seekers putting their family’s life in the hands of smugglers.
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What We Owe the Global Village
Kwame Anthony Appiah joins us to make the case that patriotism and cosmopolitanism are not mutually exclusive ideas. His essay “The Importance of Elsewhere” appears in the current issue of Foreign Affairs.
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Demography Is Destiny
Paul Morland, associate research fellow at the University of London, joins us to discuss how shifting populations have brought on political movements and led to the rise and fall of nations. His new book is called “The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World.”
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Where You Live Determines How You Live
Jan Shambaugh, director of the Hamilton Project and senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about why some counties are championing income equality – and about what struggling countries can do to catch up.
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Why We Don’t Acknowledge American Imperialism
Northwestern University associate history professor Daniel Immerwahr joins us to talk about the lasting influence the U.S. has had on its territories. His new book is called “How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.”
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Public Lands In Peril
Stephen Nash joins us to talk about the need to protect wildlife habitats from mining, drilling and other development.
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A Former U.S. Ambassador On The Iran Deal
Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, joins us to explain why he feels the U.S. must reengage with traditional allies as a precursor to reaching a new deal with Tehran.
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Wildlife, The Environment And The Casualties Of War
Evolutionary biologist Alex Dehgan dedicated his career to protecting Afghanistan’s unique environment and wildlife population from human destruction and joins us to talk about the effect war has on an area’s natural landscape.
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What The Ganges Means To India
University of California, Davis history professor Sudipta Sen joins us to talk about the religious significance the Ganges River holds for Hindus – and the lifeline it provides to millions living in India. His new book is called “Ganges: The Many Pasts of an Indian River.”
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Should We Negotiate With Terrorists
Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, joins us to discuss how hostage negotiations work which he writes about in his book “We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping Hostages and Ransom.”
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