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Each week, Foreign Policy’s Amy Mackinnon, will recommend one podcast from around the world, interview the host, and play an excerpt. This curated show is designed to help listeners interested in the things we are—great stories, compelling interviews, and cogent analysis on international affairs—sort through the overwhelming variety of podcasts out there and find the best ones. And occasionally you’ll hear audio from our own newsroom. FP Playlist replaces our flagship podcast First Person.
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Each week, Foreign Policy’s Amy Mackinnon, will recommend one podcast from around the world, interview the host, and play an excerpt. This curated show is designed to help listeners interested in the things we are—great stories, compelling interviews, and cogent analysis on international affairs—sort through the overwhelming variety of podcasts out there and find the best ones. And occasionally you’ll hear audio from our own newsroom. FP Playlist replaces our flagship podcast First Person.
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    How Far will Putin Go?

    How Far will Putin Go?

    Foreign Policy recommends: FP Live 
    This week on FP Playlist, we continue our coverage of the on-going crisis in Ukraine — and what policy experts and thinkers are saying about it — by featuring this FP Live event.
    On this episode, Foreign Policy editor in chief Ravi Agrawal sat down with the former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder. After almost three weeks of fighting, the two discussed the current response from the West, avoiding nuclear consequences, and just how far Putin is willing to go.

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    Melinda Gates and the Post-COVID World

    Melinda Gates and the Post-COVID World

    Foreign Policy recommends: The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women Season 2
    To ring in International Women’s Day, FP Playlist features the second season of FP’s own show — The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women. In this episode, listen as Melinda Gates and Nobel Prize-winning economist Ester Duflo speak with host Reena Ninan about what women’s economic empowerment looks like in a post-COVID world — and how to achieve it. 
    HERO host Reena Nina sat down with FP Playlist guest host and Deputy Editor Jenn Williams to discuss the latest season — and her own entrepreneurial efforts in the pandemic. 


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    Life in America After Escaping Genocide

    Life in America After Escaping Genocide

    Foreign Policy recommends: The Experiment 
    This week on FP Playlist, we feature an episode from The Atlantic’s show The Experiment, a series that explores America in all its complexities and contradictions. The episode details one Uyghur teen who comes of age in America, after leaving China. 
    The Experiment host, Julia Longoria, sat down with FP Playlist to discuss how the show began and how to create episodes halfway across the world.

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    FP Live on What's Next for Ukraine

    FP Live on What's Next for Ukraine

    Foreign Policy recommends: FP Live on the Crisis in Ukraine 
    This week on FP Playlist, we continue our extra coverage on the on-going crisis in Ukraine — and what policy experts and thinkers are saying about it — by featuring our FP Live panels.
    In this FP Live, Foreign Policy editor in chief Ravi Agrawal sat down with panelists CEO of New America Anne Marie Slaughter, former intelligence official Angela Stent, and President of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband. After Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, the panelists discussed next steps in the conflict — and the consequences for the international community.

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    A Himalayan Task

    A Himalayan Task

    Foreign Policy recommends: Outside/In 
    This week on FP Playlist, we feature an episode from New Hampshire Public Radio’s show Outside/In, a series that explores how humans and the environment come together and interact. The episode details the decades-long effort to create the Great Himalayan National Park. 
    Outside/In’s interim host, Justine Paradise, sat down with FP Playlist to discuss how the show began and how to create episodes halfway across the world. 



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    • 28 min
    Kyiv and Potential Conflict: A Conversation with a Former Intelligence Officer

    Kyiv and Potential Conflict: A Conversation with a Former Intelligence Officer

    Foreign Policy recommends: FP Live from Kyiv
    This week on FP Playlist, we feature an FP Live event with Foreign Policy editor in chief Ravi Agrawal, national security reporter Amy Mackinnon and former Russia-Eurasia intelligence officer Andrea Kendall-Taylor. The episode discusses whether the West has staved off war and what it would take to keep the peace.
    Save 15% on FP subscriptions. Visit https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe/ and enter code PLAYLIST at checkout to claim this offer.


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Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
498 Ratings

498 Ratings

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Great show, annoying host

The stories and topics on this show are great and I really look forward to each new episode.

The host of the show however is quite irritating. Very annoying voice.

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A Viral War Crime…Played Up In A Garishly, Shamefully Melodramatic Way

How dare you.

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Intelligent discussion that’s fact-based

The Foreign Policy podcast is one of the very few that presents intelligent discussion of some of the most intractable problems facing humans today.
I don’t understand the one-star reviews: if you’re looking for pablum this is the wrong place, just move on!
Every episode is thought-provoking.
The first episode of the “Arab Spring” series (ca late January 2021) reminds us of Tunisia and the beginnings.
Gripping.

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