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MAR 10, 2015 Podcast

The United States, Russia, and Ukraine: Report from Moscow

Dmitri Trenin, director of Carnegie Endowment's Moscow Center, served in the Soviet and Russian military for two decades and understands both the Russian and U....

The aftermath of a Boko Haram bombing in Jos, Nigeria, in May, 2014. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89374726@N02/14237725034"> Diariocritico de Venezuela</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

MAR 9, 2015 Podcast

Nigeria and the Horror of Boko Haram

"Like other radical insurgencies, Boko Haram is fueled by poor governance, political marginalization, and its region's deepening impoverishment," says former Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell. "...

Bill Gates administers polio drops to a child in Chad. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation/6198962657/" target="_blank">Gates Foundation</a>

MAR 5, 2015 Podcast

Dual Legacy: The Effect of Business Thinking on the Social Sector

This month on "Impact," we're taking a close look at a huge issue--legacy. In this case, we're examining how it relates to contemporary philanthropy and ...

MAR 4, 2015 Podcast

Tourism, Farmers, & Technology in Africa: Eddie Mandhry from NYU Africa House

"What's been amazing is that across Africa there is a movement where people are adopting technologies and leapfrogging some of the developmental stages that you'd ...

MAR 2, 2015 Podcast

Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics

Medical tourism is big business, involving millions of patients who travel abroad to get health care. Some travel to avoid queues and save money. Others ...

FEB 20, 2015 Podcast

Secularism and Liberalism in the Middle East: Conversation with Ahed Al Hendi (Syria) and Faisal Al-Mutar (Iraq)

How can the international community help human rights activists on the front lines? David Keyes and two dissidents discuss practical steps individuals can take.

FEB 18, 2015 Podcast

Ebola and Other Viral Outbreaks: Providing Health Care to the Global Poor in Times of Crisis

Why were initial responses to the Ebola outbreak so disastrously inadequate? How can dysfunctional health systems--at all levels--be improved, so that this doesn't happen again? ...

FEB 9, 2015 Podcast

A Conversation with Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and Champion of Liberal Arts Education

In this wide-ranging and entertaining conversation, Leon Botstein discusses Bard's innovative programs to serve the underserved, which include Bard high schools, prison education programs, and ...

FEB 5, 2015 Podcast

Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe

"Europe has always been a place of conflict and malice and anger and hatred, between classes and between nations. The question now is, can it ...

Left to right: Barnett Rubin and Zahir Tanin. CREDIT: Johnson

JAN 26, 2015 Podcast

The Afghan Challenge

With a new president in charge, can Afghanistan find a way out of decades of conflict and oppression? What will be the effect of the ...