Episodes

  • Migration Flows and US Policy Tools | Katie Tobin

    Migration Flows and US Policy Tools | Katie Tobin
    May 18 2026
    In this episode, we speak with Katie Tobin, who worked in the NSC in the Biden Administration and the UNHCR before that on a range of migration, refugee and cross-border security issues. We discuss how conflict impacts migration flows to the US and the different tools the US has to address migration resulting from conflict, natural disasters, and violence.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Sabrina Beaver, Rushikesh Jadhav, and Marina Keller Soto de Melo
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver
    Production: Sabrina Beaver

    Music from #Uppbeat :
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    42 mins
  • Bringing Culture into Development and Security Work in Africa | Chidi Blyden

    Bringing Culture into Development and Security Work in Africa | Chidi Blyden
    Apr 22 2026
    In this episode, we speak with Chidi Blyden, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs and former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation on security and development in Africa. We discuss the importance of understanding culture in development and security work on the continent and how natural resources can complicate both conflict and development.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Sabrina Beaver and Sarah MacHarg
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver
    Production: Sabrina Beaver

    Music from #Uppbeat :
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    45 mins
  • Event Recap: Iran and the Logic of Military Intervention: Jake Braun, Paul Poast, and Ryan Kellogg

    Event Recap: Iran and the Logic of Military Intervention: Jake Braun, Paul Poast, and Ryan Kellogg
    Apr 6 2026
    In this episode, we share a recent panel at the Harris School of Public Policy on the U.S. intervention in Iran with former White house official and current Cyber Policy Initiative Executive Director, Jake Braun, and University of Chicago professors Ryan Kellogg and Paul Poast. This discussion touches on U.S. policy goals in Iran and the impact energy markets.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Rebecca Wolfe
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver
    Production: Sabrina Beaver

    Music from #Uppbeat :
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    39 mins
  • The New Nuclear Age | Kennette Benedict

    The New Nuclear Age | Kennette Benedict
    Mar 26 2026
    In this episode, we speak with Kennette Benedict, a senior advisor to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy on nuclear policy and threats after the expiration of the New START Treaty in February. We explore what how changes in global politics could incentivize countries to proliferate and discuss other existential threats that inform the Bulletin's Doomsday Clock.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Sabrina Beaver and Hugo Vilela Sarmento
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver and Marina Keller soto de Melo
    Production: Sabrina Beaver

    Music from #Uppbeat :
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    35 mins
  • Thinking about Foreign Policy and Alliances | Emma Ashford

    Thinking about Foreign Policy and Alliances | Emma Ashford
    Mar 2 2026
    In this episode, we speak with activist and journalist Emma Ashford from the Stimson Center on international security and US foreign policy. We explore what a realist internationalist view of foreign policy might look like, and how Trump's foreign policy may be perceived by allies and adversaries.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Sabrina Beaver and Wyatt Hartwig
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver
    Production: Sabrina Beaver

    Music from #Uppbeat :
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    39 mins
  • Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland | Emma DeSouza

    Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland | Emma DeSouza
    Feb 10 2026
    In this episode, we speak with activist and journalist Emma DeSouza on peacebuilding in Northern Ireland 28 years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. We explore what work remains to be done in implementing the agreement, and how to make the process an inclusive one that brings in the voices of the youth and women.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Sabrina Beaver and Erik Tiersten-Nyman
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver
    Production: Sabrina Beaver

    Music from #Uppbeat :
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    51 mins
  • Event Recap: What's Next for Venezuela? | Chris Blattman, Ryan Kellogg, and Paul Poast

    Event Recap: What's Next for Venezuela? | Chris Blattman, Ryan Kellogg, and Paul Poast
    Jan 27 2026
    In this episode, we share a recent panel at the Harris School of Public Policy on the what comes next for Venezuela with University of Chicago professors Chris Blattman, Ryan Kellogg, and Paul Poast. This discussion touches on plans for the transition in Venezuela, the impact energy markets, and what this means for U.S. policy more broadly.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Rebecca Wolfe
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver
    Production: Sabrina Beaver

    Music from #Uppbeat :
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    42 mins
  • Brief: Protests in Iran | Pegah Banihashemi

    Brief: Protests in Iran | Pegah Banihashemi
    Jan 20 2026
    In this brief, we speak with Pegah Banihashemi about recent protests in Iran. We discuss how this wave of protests differs from those of prior years and what conditions detainees likely face.

    Podcast Production Credits:
    Interviewing: Sabrina Beaver
    Editing: Sabrina Beaver
    Production: Sabrina Beaver


    Music from #Uppbeat:
    https://uppbeat.io/t/tim-schaufert/it-doesnt-have-to-end
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    14 mins