“May you live in interesting times,” is usually described as a Chinese curse, although its origin is actually English or Irish. While that may or...
Interesting Times: Colombia Edition / Paula Moreno
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Podcasts
Rinsing and Repeating Our Way to Climate Disaster? Is There a Better Way?/ Linwood Pendleton
Thirty years ago, the United Nations challenged the political leaders of the world to do something about global warming. The politicians responded...
Conserving Nature and Humanity—For the Good of Both / Charu Mishra
Dr. Charu Mishra shares how saving the snow leopard has united rival nations in the Himalayas—showing that protecting nature also protects people....
Nothing Says “War” Like “Forever” / Chris Dalby & Clionadh Raleigh
What do you get when you merge a failed War on Drugs with an archaic War on Terror? We may be about to find out as President Donald Trump unleashes...
Iran v. Israel: Who Won, Who Lost, What Next?
In this two-part series, host Alan Stoga brings together three voices with deep knowledge and dramatically...
A River Runs Through It / Jaap van der Waarde
The Congo River Basin includes six countries and covers approximately 3.7 million square kilometers, making it the world's second-largest rainforest...
Can Profit Help Save the Rainforest? / Tânia Trindade
Global meetings on climate change almost always turn on two factors: political will and money. Even when the will is present, the money is not—and...
Mutually Assured Madness? / Chandran Nair
We live at a moment when everything we thought we could rely on to understand our world seems to be becoming unglued. Whether it's “uncharted...
Voodoo Economics: Tariffing Our Way to Prosperity or Doom? / Marco Annunziata
President Trump has launched an unprecedented trade war, a radical overhaul of regulation, and a significant reshaping of U.S. fiscal policy. His...