Our Podcasts
Listen to the latest insights from Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Tune in to hear from leading experts and thinkers, identifying and addressing the most critical ethical issues of today and tomorrow.
NOV 23, 2008 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Can Effective Leaders be Ethical Leaders?
Are ethics primary questions that precede and surround practical leadership? Are these daily questions that inform each political decision?
NOV 21, 2008 • Podcast
Iran and the United States: David Speedie Interviews Gary Sick
The Bush administration has been toying with the idea of talking to Iran for the last two years. With the arrival of Obama, now the ...
NOV 18, 2008 • Podcast
The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity
For 30 years, the economic condition of most Americans has become ever more precarious. To change this requires a cogent ideology and politics of a managed, ...
NOV 17, 2008 • Podcast
Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
From the scapegoating of "witches" in Africa, to the pitfalls of speed-dating, to the cultures that foster corruption, Raymond Fisman explores the economics and psychology ...
NOV 14, 2008 • Podcast
David Speedie Interviews Ted Sorensen
"A president who doesn't go to war may show more courage than one who does," said JFK. In a wide-ranging conversation, Sorensen discusses JFK, Cuba, ...
NOV 14, 2008 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Obama: Hope and Change, but for Whom?
How will President Obama deal with the hopes and fears of people abroad? Will his priority be the interests of the U.S. or will ...
NOV 12, 2008 • Podcast
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
How did the modern Middle East come about? Who were the British and Americans who shaped this region, from the 1882 British invasion of Egypt to ...
NOV 11, 2008 • Podcast
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
America is facing a profound triple crisis: the economy, the government, and an involvement in endless wars. This threatens all of us, Republicans and Democrats ...
NOV 7, 2008 • Podcast
Business and Human Rights: Achievements and Prospects
UN Special Representative John Ruggie presents his conceptual framework for business and human rights, and his plan to develop practical recommendations for all relevant stakeholders.
NOV 7, 2008 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Disaster Relief and Ethics
We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?