Our Podcasts

Listen, learn, and reflect on the most critical issues at the intersection of ethics and international affairs. Subscribe for access to the latest interviews, events, and audio articles from Carnegie Council’s global community.

JUN 13, 2019 Podcast

Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet, with David Kaye

The original idea of the Internet was for it to be a "free speech nirvana," but in 2019, the reality is quite different. Authoritarians spread disinformation ...

JUN 11, 2019 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: U.S.-Russian Relations, Ukraine, & the G-20, with Nikolas Gvosdev

Following up on his talk with RAND analyst Ali Wyne on great-power competition, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev gives an update on U.S.-Russian relations, ...

Secretary of State Pompeo & President Trump at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, July 2018. CREDIT: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_Pompeo_Participates_in_Press_Conference_With_President_Trump_at_NATO_(42456753975).jpg>U.S. Department of State (CC)</a>

JUN 10, 2019 Podcast

The American Public and U.S. Global Engagement: Mid-2019 Snapshot, with Ali Wyne

Looking ahead to the 2020 election and the role that foreign policy will play on the campaign trail, Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev talks with RAND's Ali ...

JUN 6, 2019 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: A Firsthand Account of Electrification in Myanmar, with Christina Madden

Christina Madden, now a director at Criterion Institute, discusses her work on Myanmar's massive electrification project in 2013-2014. With less than one-third of the population ...

Meeting of leaders at the Belt and Road International Forum, May 2017, Beijing. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roundtable_meeting_of_leaders_at_Belt_and_Road_international_forum.jpg"> Russian Presidential Press & Information Office (CC)</a>

JUN 5, 2019 Podcast

China, Surveillance, and "Belt & Road" with Joshua Eisenman

Just back from China, Sinologist (and fluent Mandarin speaker) Joshua Eisenman discusses the pervasive camera surveillance and facial recognition systems there; the omnipresent power of "...

L to R: Henry Farrell, Stephen Del Rosso, Michael Desch. CREDIT: Billy Pickett.

JUN 5, 2019 Podcast

A Debate: Political Science is Lapsing into Irrelevance, with Michael Desch & Henry Farrell

What is the current state of the academic-policy gap and why should we care? What progress has been made in bridging this gap? What more ...

President Erdoğan & President Trump at the White House, May 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/148748355@N05/33875862824"> Shealah Craighead/Public Domain</a>

JUN 3, 2019 Podcast

How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship, with Ece Temelkuran

In her new book, award-winning Turkish novelist and political commentator Ece Temelkuran lays out the seven steps from democracy to dictatorship. "Some of these steps ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_nest_of_fireworks_-_panoramio.jpg">wuqiang_beijing (CC)</a>

MAY 31, 2019 Podcast

China, the Olympics, & Influence, with Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian

Washington DC-based journalist Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian speaks with Senior Fellow Devin Stewart about a new article she authored in "The Atlantic" with Senior Fellow Zach Dorfman ...

MAY 30, 2019 Podcast

Global Ethics Weekly: Iran Tensions & Secretary Shanahan, with Asha Castleberry

National security expert and U.S. Army veteran Asha Castleberry breaks down the rising tensions with Iran and John Bolton's influence at the White House. ...

MAY 29, 2019 Podcast

China's Political Influence on Democracies, with Sarah Cook & Isaac Stone Fish

China is radically expanding its strategy to wield influence in the domestic politics of other countries. This information campaign is designed partly to bolster China's ...