Skip to main content

Cover of Deep Dish Podcast

Each week, hosts Brian Hanson and Elizabeth Shackelford talk with international thought leaders, journalists, and other experts to give global events broader context, explaining how they happened, why they matter, and what to pay attention to as the stories unfold. New episodes are released every Thursday.

 

Latest | Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Should the US Embrace or Reject Engagement with China?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Paul Heer joins Deep Dish to argue that engagement is necessary in shaping the US-China relationship.

US President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting
AP PHOTOS
US Foreign Policy

How to Change the World: Why Quick Fixes Fail and What to Do

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ever wondered why quick fixes often lead to dead ends? On Deep Dish, we dive into 'The Slow Lane' with social change expert Sascha Haselmayer.

Road arrows for to help direct decisions
AP PHOTOS
Global Cities

This Era of Hostage Diplomacy Requires New Answers

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Hostage taking is as old as time, but today the world faces new tactics and unprecedented challenges; what can be done?

Israeli supports show placards with the faces and names of people believed to be taken hostage and held in Gaza.
AP PHOTOS
Human Rights

How Partisan is US Foreign Policy?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

US politics, public opinion, and global implications.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, talk with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
AP PHOTOS
US Foreign Policy

Could an Asian NATO be in the Cards?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Balancing power or increasing risk? Deep Dish explores what a multilateral defense pact for Asia might mean.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive prior to the Quad fellowship
AP PHOTOS
Defense and Security

Is Poland's General Election a Turning Point for the Nation?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Deep Dish dissects the surprising election results and what they mean for Poland’s future within the EU.

Opposition leader Donald Tusk, center, flashes a victory sign as he speaks.
AP PHOTOS
Global Politics

Gaza: Epicenter of the Israel-Hamas War

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Explore the complex history of the Gaza Strip, the rise of Hamas, and the implications for the current conflict.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Wednesday.
AP PHOTOS
Defense and Security

Energy Insecurity: Where Climate Change Meets Geopolitics

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Why moving to renewable energy will not increase energy security and reduce geopolitical power struggles and what to do.

Members of Greenpeace put up a neon sign powered by solar energy
AP PHOTOS
Climate and the Environment

BRICS Expansion Explained: New Members, New Challenges

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

We breakdown the mystery behind the BRICS and its evolving role in shaping the global order.

From left, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit
AP PHOTOS
Global Politics

New Technologies Transforming City Life: Dream or Reality?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Innovation, utopian visions, ethics, and profits have shaped the effects technology has on urban life. What has worked, what has failed, and what does it mean for the future?

Mideast Emirates Dubai Smart City
AP PHOTOS
Tech and Science

Subscribe

The world is always changing. Subscribe now to stay informed and engaged in the world's most critical issues through our weekly Global Insight newsletter.
A phone with an email newsletter displayed

The trick is how we stay engaged and stay positive...the simplest solution is just to cut off our access to the media entirely, but that is obviously highly problematic for all of us who care about the world and want to be engaged citizens.

Headshot for Jonathan Tepperman Jonathan Tepperman, Former Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy In a December, 2022, episode of Deep Dish

Explore Related Commentary & Analysis