Foreign Policy Playlist

December 14, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women

December 9, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: FP Live

November 30, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: FP Live

November 21, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: FP Live

November 9, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: FP Live.

November 3, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: FP Live

October 26, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: Africa Forward

October 19, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: The Long Game.

October 12, 2022: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: FP Live

October 5, 2022: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: FP Live

September 28, 2022: FP Playlist recommends: The Negotiators

September 21, 2022: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: FP Live.

September 14, 2022: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: FP Live

August 17, 2022: FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal sits down with FP columnist Lynne O’Donnell and writer of FP’s weekly South Asia Brief Michael Kugelman.

August 10, 2022: Foreign Policy recommends PassBlue’s podcast UN-Scripted.

August 3, 2022: Foreign Policy recommends: Lawfare's Rational Security.

July 29, 2022: A conversation with Fiona Hill.

July 20, 2022: Foreign Policy recommends: The Take

June 8, 2022: Foreign Policy’s new six-part narrative series on global fishing.

May 28, 2022: The panelists looked at Putin’s efforts toward dominance in gas and oil and how OPEC continues to undercut the United States as gas and oil prices soar.

May 27, 2022: This week on FP Playlist, we feature a new series from Lawfare and Goat Rodeo about the Afghans who helped the United States’ war effort in Afghanistan. 

May 11, 2022: This week on FP Playlist, we feature an episode from “The Europeans.”

April 27, 2022: In this episode, host David Greene sits down with Svetlana to hear what happened as she and her family tried to flee Kyiv.

April 8, 2022: In this episode, we explore the history of Ukraine’s national identity and how it formed over the course of centuries.

April 8, 2022: In this episode, explore the world of cobalt mining—and the issues that create a resource curse in the Congo.

March 25, 2022: Host Nelufar Hedayat discusses the latest season of Course Correction—and how the series has changed.

March 25, 2022: FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal sat down with Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer to cover the West’s response to the war in Ukraine and China’s role in the conflict.

March 21, 2022: FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal sits down with former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

March 21, 2022: Listen as Melinda Gates and Esther Duflo speak with host Reena Ninan about what women’s economic empowerment looks like in a post-COVID world.

March 3, 2022: This week’s episode features one Uyghur teen who comes of age in the United States after leaving China.

March 3, 2022: After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, three panelists discuss next steps in the conflict and consequences for the international community.

February 25, 2022: FP features a show about the decadeslong effort to create the Great Himalayan National Park.

February 18, 2022: Amy Mackinnon—live from Kyiv—discusses the Ukraine crisis with former senior intelligence officer Andrea Kendall-Taylor.

February 9, 2022: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Conflict of Interest

February 2, 2022: Foreign Policy Playlist features FP Live’s conversation on what NATO and Europe can do to deter Russia from invading Ukraine.

January 28, 2022: Listen to the story of the Lindy Hop dance, as it moved out of Harlem and into Sweden, and see how Black dancers are reclaiming the style. 

January 19, 2022: This week on the show: Two Russia experts on Moscow’s Ukraine gambit.

January 12, 2022: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: The Lazarus Heist

January 5, 2022: Listen in on conversations between climate leaders and the mentors who inspire their work.

December 15, 2021: WorldAffairs co-host Ray Suarez discusses how people come to understand world news and what issues will define this generation.

December 9, 2021: Each week, “The Trip” follows someone as they drink “with exceptional people around the world.” This episode features an adventure of hallucinatory discoveries in the Amazon with the show’s host, Nathan Thornburgh.

December 2, 2021: This debut episode kicks off the shocking story of con artist Leonard Francis—the man at the center of U.S. Navy corruption.

November 24, 2021: Each week, host Ibtihaj Muhammad tells harrowing stories of courage and conviction, both on and off the court. 

November 18, 2021: This episode explores how some nations are interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries by spreading misinformation—and how we as citizens can combat its spread.

November 11, 2021: With the 20-year anniversary of 9/11, this featured episode discusses the CIA’s torture programs in the wake of 9/11.

November 3, 2021: FP Pentagon reporter Jack Detsch sits down with Ret. General Stanley McChrystal, who commanded troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and talks about his new book on calculating risk both on and off the battlefield. 

October 27, 2021: CNN climate analyst John Sutter dives deep into stories of those in grassroots movements battling the climate crisis.

October 21, 2021: Tug of War host and Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward sat down with FP Playlist to discuss her reporting in Afghanistan, the rise of autocracies and more in this special episode of Playlist. 

October 20, 2021: From the halls of international conflict to gang violence, this new FP series takes listeners into the world of negotiations, both successful and not. 

October 13, 2021: Host Lizzie Peabody spoke about the beauty of elephants, cohabitation, and the unlikely stories that come from working at one of the largest museum networks on the planet.

October 6, 2021: In this season, open-source reporters from around the world search for clues as to who’s responsible for a video showing the murders of women and children that flooded the internet.

September 30, 2021: This show looks at the story of Tehran-based Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian’s 544-day imprisonment in Iran—and the efforts of those back in the United States to bring him home. 

September 23, 2021: FP Studios launched Ones and Tooze—a new economics podcast centered on two data points that explain aspects of the global economy.

September 15, 2021: This episode explores the first Palestinian winery near Bethlehem and pays attention to the discussion of indigenous Palestinian grape varieties.

September 8, 2021: This episode explores the 20-year war in Afghanistan from London’s perspective.

September 8, 2021: This episode explores how alleviating poverty might be as simple as giving people money.

August 25, 2021: On this episode, Chief Content Officer Tony Maciulis sat down with FP Playlist to discuss Ian Bremmer’s talk with Niall Ferguson on how human history is shaped by disaster. 

August 19, 2021: Foreign Policy Editor in Chief Ravi Agrawal sits down with correspondent Lynne O'Donnell and Ashley Jackson discuss the situation on the ground in Kabul and the future of Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

August 11, 2021: FP Playlist features the Haaretz Weekly podcast in an episode about the NSO Group and its surveillance software Pegasus.

August 4, 2021: This week, we hear a podcast that tells stories from women in the U.S. intelligence community, their challenges, and how Girl Scout cookies can sometimes be a tool on the job.

July 28, 2021: USCIRF Spotlight host Dwight Bashir spoke about the groundbreaking move by the Chinese government to sanction two USCIRF commissioners over deeming the treatment of Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region as a genocide. 

July 21, 2021: On this episode of FP Playlist, we feature an episode from The Atlas Obscura Podcast, a daily show that seeks to capture the stories of unique and wondrous places around the world—in 15 minutes or less.

July 14, 2021: Host Amy Mackinnon speaks with Times Berlin bureau chief Katrin Bennhold on the infiltration of far-right extremism in Germany’s security services.

July 7, 2021: This week we highlight FP’s newest limited series: Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, or HER♀ for short.

June 30, 2021: Through music, this episode of Hip Deep examines the influences—both political and musical—to come out of Cuba’s intervention in Angola.

June 23, 2021: Host Amy Mackinnon introduces Brian Hanson as he interviews two scholars on the intersection of Arctic policy and the superpowers that wish to rule the day in Deep Dish Podcast.

June 16, 2021: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends Ufahamu Africa.

June 10, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: The BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent.

June 2, 2021: This week we feature FP’s “Global Reboot.”

May 26, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: Vice News’ “Chapo.”

May 19, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: National Geographic's Overheard.

May 12, 2021: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Power of the Street.

May 5, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: The China in Africa Podcast.

April 28, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: SCMP's Inside China.

April 21, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: Vice News’ Source Material.

April 15, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: Al Jazeera’s Hindsight.

April 7, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: NPR's Rough Translation.

March 24, 2021: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends Doha Debates' Course Corrections.

March 17, 2021: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends Syria's Lost Generation.

March 10, 2021: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Into Africa.

February 24, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: To Catch a Hacker.

February 17, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: Haaretz’s Election Overdose podcast.

February 10, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ “Babel.”

February 3, 2021: What President Biden’s picks for top foreign-policy jobs reveal about his approach to the world.

January 27, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: Revolution 1.

January 20, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: American Enterprise Institute's What The Hell Is Going On.

January 13, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: Rachman Review from the Financial Times.

January 6, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: The Council on Foreign Relations’ Why It Matters.

January 5, 2021: Foreign Policy recommends: Vox's Worldly

December 9, 2020: Foreign Policy recommends: Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security's Seeking Peace podcast.

December 2, 2020: Foreign Policy recommends: Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History.

November 25, 2020: Foreign Policy recommends: Stories from the Backchannel

November 18, 2020: Foreign Policy recommends: "Things That Go Boom."

November 11, 2020: Foreign Policy Playlist recommends: Radio Diaries.

November 4, 2020: Foreign Policy recommends: Al Jazeera's The Take.

October 28, 2020: Foreign Policy recommends: Israel Story.