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A curated playlist of the best new podcasts on international affairs. Powered by The Syllabus. (To see the articles, books, reports and videos that are also part of the Cosmopolitan, check out our site: the-syllabus.com)

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01:11:59

Living Minerals of Chile’s Atacama: Ecosystems vs....

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2025/10/04

Podcast: EcoJustice Radio (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Living Minerals of Chile’s Atacama: Ecosystems vs. MiningPub date: 2025-09-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, we welcome Javiera Barandiarán, a persistent advocate for environmental justice, as she shares insights from her research regarding the Puna de Atacama of Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina. We explore the delicate ecosystems of the Atacama Desert and

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00:32:52

Mali: Fuel tankers set ablaze

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2025/10/04

Podcast: Focus on Africa (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Mali: Fuel tankers set ablazePub date: 2025-09-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSeveral fuel tankers were destroyed in Mali after al Qaeda-linked insurgents, who had declared a blockade on fuel imports to the country, attacked a convoy of more than 100 vehicles. That's according to local reports. A fuel supply blockade initiated by the militant group, JNIM, has been in

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01:08:59

j. Siguru Wahutu, "In the Shadow of the Global North:...

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2025/09/19

Podcast: New Books Network (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: j. Siguru Wahutu, "In the Shadow of the Global North: Journalism in Postcolonial Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2025)Pub date: 2025-09-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn the Shadow of the Global North: Journalism in Postcolonial Africa (Cambridge UP, 2025) unpacks the historical, cultural, and institutional forces that organize and circulate journalistic narratives in Africa

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00:52:27

Profit, Politics, and the Future of Indonesia's...

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2025/09/04

Podcast: Ear to Asia (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Profit, Politics, and the Future of Indonesia's RainforestsPub date: 2025-08-26Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIndonesia’s 17,000-plus islands boast the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, home to endangered species and Indigenous communities, and a vital shield against climate change. Yet in 2024, the country lost 261,000 hectares of forest—its worst single-year

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00:29:00

Can the Bad Bunny effect save Puerto Rico?

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2025/08/26

Podcast: Front Burner (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Can the Bad Bunny effect save Puerto Rico?Pub date: 2025-08-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBad Bunny, one of the most-streamed artists on the planet, is in the middle of his 30-concert residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico titled No me Querio Ir de Aqui, or "I don't want to leave here". Much like his latest album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, it is both a celebration of Puerto

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00:36:29

LSE: The Ballpark | The Administrative State with...

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2025/08/18

Podcast: LSE: The Ballpark (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: LSE: The Ballpark | The Administrative State with Professor Kimberley S. JohnsonPub date: 2025-08-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationContributor(s): Chris Gilson, Kimberley S. Johnson | In July 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Kimberley S. Johnson, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and the John G. Winant Visiting Professor of

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01:18:56

Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on...

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2025/08/18

Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)Pub date: 2025-07-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMuch of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas through migration and trade. In

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00:26:15

India’s Big Cat Strategy: Balancing Conservation and...

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2025/08/02

Podcast: All Things Policy (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: India’s Big Cat Strategy: Balancing Conservation and Conflict Pt.1Pub date: 2025-07-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIndia’s big cat conservation story has captured imaginations from the globally acclaimed Project Tiger to the contentious reintroduction of cheetahs and the growing Asiatic lion population in Gujarat. But behind the headlines lie complex questions about

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00:55:22

Long Reads: The Legacy of Greece’s Oxi Referendum w/...

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2025/07/21

Podcast: Jacobin Radio (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Long Reads: The Legacy of Greece’s Oxi Referendum w/ Yanis VaroufakisPub date: 2025-07-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIt’s now ten years since the people of Greece voted in a referendum on the austerity program of the European Union. The referendum was called by the government of Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing Syriza party after months of negotiations with the EU. It

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00:40:09

How Trump Became a Neocon

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2025/07/09

Podcast: Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: How Trump Became a NeoconPub date: 2025-06-25Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMuch of Trump’s popular appeal was wrapped up in his anti-establishment and anti-war posture on the campaign trail. But in only a few months, Trump’s populist mask has slipped completely and revealed him to be just another neoconservative Republican.In this episode of

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00:19:26

The Unfolding Genocide in Sudan

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2025/07/09

Podcast: The Political Scene | The New Yorker (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: The Unfolding Genocide in SudanPub date: 2025-06-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe New Yorker recently published a report from Sudan, headlined “Escape from Khartoum.” The contributor Nicolas Niarchos journeyed for days through a conflict to reach a refugee camp in the Nuba Mountains, where members of the country’s minority Black ethnic groups

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00:47:38

Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood President

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2025/06/30

Podcast: American History Hit (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood PresidentPub date: 2025-06-05Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThink what you like about him, Ronald Reagan was a big hitter and his presidency changed America. This ex-Hollywood actor's eight years in office set the political agenda in ways we live with today.To discuss this most charismatic of Presidents, Don is joined by Jeremi Suri

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00:55:59

E213 - South Sudan’s Failed Peace Deal w/ Joshua Craze

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2025/06/22

Podcast: American Prestige (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: E213 - South Sudan’s Failed Peace Deal w/ Joshua CrazePub date: 2025-05-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSubscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content!Writer and researcher Joshua Craze returns to the program to talk about the situation in South Sudan. They cover the collapsed 2018 “peace deal,” the elite forces vying for power, the Nuer White Army,

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00:48:24

E289: Freedom Zone of Interest w/ Malek Rasamny

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2025/06/22

Podcast: The Antifada (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: E289: Freedom Zone of Interest w/ Malek RasamnyPub date: 2025-05-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMalek Rasamny walks us through the moving gears of Middle East geopolitics in the wake of Trump's visit to Riyadh, opening relations to the Syrian regime under Ahmed Al-Saraah (fka Mohammed al-Julani), nuclear talks with Iran, PKK disarmement, the current situation in Lebenon,

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00:31:27

Is the Israeli Military on the brink of Collapse? Dr....

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2025/05/19

Podcast: acTVism Podcast | englishEpisode: Is the Israeli Military on the brink of Collapse? Dr. Shir HeverPub date: 2025-05-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode of The Source, our senior editor Zain Raza interviews economist and author Dr. Shir Hever about Israel’s plans to take over the Gaza Strip and ethnically cleanse it. They also discuss the state of the Israeli military and government, as well as the internal and external

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00:32:32

What went wrong with Britain? w/ Daniela Tepe

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2025/05/19

Podcast: Debated PodcastEpisode: What went wrong with Britain? w/ Daniela TepePub date: 2025-05-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Dr Daniela Tepe, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool and editor of a forthcoming collection of essays called "What went wrong with Britain?: An audit of Tory failure" The discuss how the book

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00:46:26

Project 2025 is happening

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2025/05/08

Podcast: KERA's Think (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Project 2025 is happeningPub date: 2025-04-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIt was a 900-page policy paper that President Trump disavowed during the campaign, but now Project 2025 is changing life in America. David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the document that offers a blueprint for the second Trump administration, how it wants to

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00:20:14

Teaser - State Building, Development Ideology and...

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2025/05/08

Podcast: Death Panel (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Teaser - State Building, Development Ideology and Debt in the West Bank w/ Kareem RabiePub date: 2025-04-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSubscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126650833Beatrice speaks with Kareem Rabie about how capitalist visions for “the day after” ceasefire often rely on economic

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02:21:22

EP. 722: ONE IDEA TO RULE THEM ALL: THE REVERSE...

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2025/04/25

Podcast: THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: EP. 722: ONE IDEA TO RULE THEM ALL: THE REVERSE ENGINEERING OF AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ft. Michelle StilesPub date: 2025-04-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationGet Michelle's book here: https://a.co/d/9qreqPrOne Idea To Rule Them All: Reverse Engineering American Propaganda" delves into the fascinating world of cognitive shortcuts that our brains employ to form

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00:45:40

The Business of Big Law in the United States

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2025/04/13

Podcast: Ones and Tooze (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Business of Big Law in the United StatesPub date: 2025-03-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe legal services industry in the United States is a $300 billion business—bigger than any in the world. In recent weeks, President Trump has targeted parts of the industry to further his own narrow agenda. Adam and Cameron discuss the possible impact. Also on the show: For

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