# Trending Globally: Politics and Policy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507.md RSS feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/trending-globally/ Official site: https://trending-globally.captivate.fm Author: The Watson School Episodes: 213 ## Resource An award-winning show exploring today's biggest global challenges with the world's leading experts, from the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507.md ## Episodes - [Why this Ebola outbreak might be the deadliest one yet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/why-this-ebola-outbreak-might-be-the-deadliest-one-yet) — 2026-07-02T15:33:00+00:00 - [Social media, the attention economy and the health of American democracy with Chris Hayes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/social-media-the-attention-economy-and-the-health-of-american-democracy-with-chris-hayes) — 2026-06-11T14:00:00+00:00 - [The war in Iran’s ripple effect on the global energy economy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/the-war-in-iran-s-ripple-effect-on-the-global-energy-economy) — 2026-05-28T19:30:00+00:00 - [Border politics at our doorstep with Ieva Jusionyte](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/border-politics-at-our-doorstep-with-ieva-jusionyte) — 2026-05-14T15:01:00+00:00 - [The extraction industry powering the green transition (from the Rhodes Center Podcast)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/the-extraction-industry-powering-the-green-transition-from-the-rhodes-center-podcast) — 2026-04-30T14:00:00+00:00 - [From pandemics to misinformation: rethinking security today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/from-pandemics-to-misinformation-rethinking-security-today) — 2026-04-16T14:11:00+00:00 - [Biden’s industrial policy: what worked, what didn’t, and why it still matters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/biden-s-industrial-policy-what-worked-what-didn-t-and-why-it-still-matters) — 2026-04-02T15:33:00+00:00 - [A brief history of US interventionism in Iran and beyond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/a-brief-history-of-us-interventionism-in-iran-and-beyond) — 2026-03-19T14:49:00+00:00 - [How US economic policy is interacting with the global economy today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/how-us-economic-policy-is-interacting-with-the-global-economy-today) — 2026-03-05T14:44:00+00:00 - [How federal courts shape US public policy — and how that’s changed under President Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/how-federal-courts-shape-us-public-policy-and-how-that-s-changed-under-president-trump) — 2026-02-12T14:58:00+00:00 - [Are human brains wired for war?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/are-human-brains-wired-for-war) — 2026-01-29T16:45:00+00:00 - [Shutdown politics, gerrymandering, and the role of Congress as Trump enters his lame-duck phase](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/shutdown-politics-gerrymandering-and-the-role-of-congress-as-trump-enters-his-lame-duck-phase) — 2025-12-11T18:34:00+00:00 - [Challenging the U.S. foreign policy consensus on Taiwan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/challenging-the-u-s-foreign-policy-consensus-on-taiwan) — 2025-11-20T21:26:00+00:00 - [The future of the green transition and the climate movement](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/the-future-of-the-green-transition-and-the-climate-movement) — 2025-11-06T15:35:00+00:00 - [Inequality and democracy in India, the US, and beyond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/inequality-and-democracy-in-india-the-us-and-beyond) — 2025-10-22T18:48:00+00:00 - [Small Barriers, Big Impact: Rethinking International Development](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/small-barriers-big-impact-rethinking-international-development) — 2025-10-01T17:27:00+00:00 - [‘Illicit global economics 101’ with Peter Andreas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/illicit-global-economics-101-with-peter-andreas) — 2025-09-17T18:02:00+00:00 - [Diplomacy, security, and the “Art of Coercion”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/diplomacy-security-and-the-art-of-coercion) — 2025-08-27T18:20:00+00:00 - [The role of universities in a democratic society (originally broadcast on the Rhodes Center Podcast, in collaboration with “Brown 2026”)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/the-role-of-universities-in-a-democratic-society-originally-broadcast-on-the-rhodes-center-podcast-in-collaboration-with-brown-2026) — 2025-08-06T19:05:00+00:00 - [What does the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/what-does-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-mean-for-america) — 2025-07-23T15:42:00+00:00 - [USAID is gone. What's the future of international aid?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/usaid-is-gone-what-s-the-future-of-international-aid) — 2025-07-09T15:52:00+00:00 - [Inflation’s winners and losers, with Mark Blyth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/inflation-s-winners-and-losers-with-mark-blyth) — 2025-06-25T16:26:00+00:00 - [How American firearms fuel violence in Mexico (rebroadcast)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/how-american-firearms-fuel-violence-in-mexico-rebroadcast) — 2025-06-11T14:00:00+00:00 - [Press freedom and democracy in Africa and around the world](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/press-freedom-and-democracy-in-africa-and-around-the-world) — 2025-05-21T13:21:00+00:00 - [Trump’s (second) “first 100 days”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trending-globally-politics-and-policy-745507/trump-s-second-first-100-days) — 2025-04-30T15:37:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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