Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast
A weekly podcast that goes beyond the headlines on the critical global news stories shaping US foreign policy.
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.
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.

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