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Each week, hosts Brian Hanson and Elizabeth Shackelford talk with international thought leaders, journalists, and other experts to give global events broader context, explaining how they happened, why they matter, and what to pay attention to as the stories unfold. New episodes are released every Thursday.

 

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BRICS Expansion Explained: New Members, New Challenges

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We breakdown the mystery behind the BRICS and its evolving role in shaping the global order.

From left, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit
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Global Politics

New Technologies Transforming City Life: Dream or Reality?

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Innovation, utopian visions, ethics, and profits have shaped the effects technology has on urban life. What has worked, what has failed, and what does it mean for the future?

Mideast Emirates Dubai Smart City
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Tech and Science

Balancing Religious Diversity and National Identity in France

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Does France’s laïcité promote or impede religious freedom?

Newly named French Education Minister Gabriel Attal
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Human Rights

From Likes to Violence: How Big Tech is Helping Fuel Extremism

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Could Big Tech's failure to moderate social media be fueling violence and extremism in Kenya and beyond?

An iPhone displays the apps for Facebook
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Tech and Science

From China to Mexico: Tracing the Deadly Fentanyl Trail

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Deep Dish confronts America’s deadly fentanyl crisis and the struggle to stop the flood of fentanyl from entering the country.

A bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl which was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration
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Global Health

Sahel in Crisis: Niger's Coup and the Failure of Western Intervention

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Explore the Sahel's alarming pattern of coups as we unravel the threads behind Niger's recent crisis.

With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, supporters of mutinous soldiers demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, July 27 2023.
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Defense and Security

Lessons in Security and Diplomacy 25 Years After the US Embassy Bombings

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We explore how the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya forever changed the way the US government protects its representatives abroad.

A view of the United States Embassy, left, and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on Aug. 8, 1998 the day after terrorist bombs in Kenya.
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US Foreign Policy

The Oppenheimer Effect: Reigniting Nuclear Awareness

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Discover the power of cinema as we unpack the 'Oppenheimer' movie's ability to resurface long-forgotten fears and inspire dialogue around nuclear consciousness.

Matt Damon, from left, Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'Oppenheimer'.
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Population Paradox: Are Declining Birth Rates Good or Bad for the World?

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Aging populations, economic prospects, and sustainability goals - we tackle it all in this episode on population decline.

People walk along a pedestrian crossing in Japan.
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Global Politics

Will Politics in Taiwan Increase the Risk of Conflict with China?

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Deep Dish explores the challenges and choices Taiwan faces in preserving peace and navigating its delicate relationship with China and the US.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center left, hands over a flag to the party's presidential candidate William Lai during the party congress of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party
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