MAY 19, 2009 • Podcast
The Geopolitics of Emotion: How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
What are the driving emotions behind our cultural differences? How do these varying emotions influence the political, social, and cultural conflicts that roil our world?
MAY 20, 2009 • Podcast
The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
Despite all the bloodshed in its recent history, the Middle East is still a place of warmth, humanity, and generous eccentricity. Within the turmoil there ...
MAY 26, 2009 • Podcast
The Afghan Challenge
Rebuilding Afghanistan will be a long process, says Stewart, and so our presence there needs to be much lighter. It's inconceivable that for the next 30...
JUN 1, 2009 • Podcast
The American Future: A History
In a dazzling display of learning and verbal virtuosity, Simon Schama takes us from Arlington Cemetery to the contrasts between the Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian worldview; ...
JUL 10, 2009 • Podcast
Russia and U.S.-Russia Relations: David Speedie Interviews Ambassador Thomas Pickering
Ambassador Thomas Pickering discusses Russia's role in the unfolding events in Iran and other potential areas of cooperation between Russia and the United States, including ...
SEP 22, 2009 • Podcast
Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy
"Internet culture values speed over accuracy, edge over fairness and balance, and above all, entertainment value above importance and significance. We can be overfed but ...
SEP 30, 2009 • Podcast
Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System
The spread of the financial crisis from a few developed countries to the entire global economy provides tangible evidence that the international trade and financial ...
OCT 6, 2009 • Podcast
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Iran, Iraq, Israel, and North Korea--all are rational players, acting in their own self-interest as they perceive it, and with game theory we can predict ...