Oct 31, 2025
This week, Kelly talks with Carolina Jiménez Sandoval about the state of play between the United States and Venezuela amid increasing tensions, military strikes, and continued economic upheavel in the country.
Carolina Jiménez Sandoval is the President of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). She holds over...
Oct 23, 2025
Interview with Mona Yacoubian on Gaza: 28:20
This week, Kelly and Tristen unpack NATO’s defense ministers meeting in Brussels and the Trump–Zelenskyy visit to the White House—what it means for Ukraine aid, European drone-defense plans, and the Tomahawk debate. They then turn to political turbulence in Cameroon and...
Oct 17, 2025
This week, Kelly talks with Stanford University professor and author Dan Edelstein about his new book, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin, (Princeton University Press, 2025). The book looks at how political thinkers from Plato to John Adams saw revolutions as a grave threat to society...
Oct 9, 2025
Interview with Ambassador Kent Logsdon on Moldova: 33:25
This week, Kelly and Tristen break down President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s 20-point Gaza peace plan and what it signals for U.S.-Israel relations, as well as the ongoing ceasefire negotiations. They then look at the Gen-Z-led protests spreading...
Oct 3, 2025
This week, Kelly talks with Reuters reporter and author Ernest Scheyder about critical minerals and his new book: "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives."
Ernest Scheyder is a senior correspondent with Reuters covering critical minerals and the global energy transition. "The War Below:...