Weekly Wonk Podcast

Samantha Power - U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss how the U.S. government, civil society, and the United Nations can innovate to pursue a peaceful and secure global future.

We all know that increasingly, Hispanic Americans are at the forefront of national conversations about politics, and not just in the context of the electoral landscape or immigration debates.

What can the history of investigative journalism – or global muckraking, as Columbia professor Anya Schiffrin calls it – teach us about the future of human rights?

How do we win a war that can’t be seen? Anne-Marie Slaughter goes behind the cyber curtain to find out by speaking with ASU Future of War Fellow Shane Harris about his new book, @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex.

The tech industry now admits it has a woman problem. On this week’s episode, fresh ideas for how to address that issue across the tech sector – and other male-dominated industries, too.

Soccer means more than goals, the sport has changed racial politics throughout the world and FIFA's confused politics. Discussion by Slate Editor David Plotz and Joshua H. Nadel, author of Fútbol!: Why Soccer Matters in Latin America.

We begin with a discussion of Sen. John McCain's assertion at the conference that Russia was using its energy as a geopolitical weapon. Later, put your feet up and listen to the case for injecting more idleness and leisure into our hectic lives.

Andrew McAfee distills the hidden impacts our fast-paced technological innovation, explaining why we're simultaneously in the best of times, and the worst of times.

For the next few weeks, we're bringing you edited versions of the best conversations from our annual 10 Big Ideas Conference. 1st, a conversation on Income Inequality and later, a discussion about big data & the future of warfare.

For the first time in years, American diplomats seem optimistic about the future of Iran-U.S. relations. Could our progress there help us deal with North Korea?

In this week’s podcast, former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University Mitch Daniels speaks about the changing role of education. Later, a discussion on the recent assassination attempts on journalists in Pakistan.

Susan Crawford and Dan Tangherlini discuss how we can convince tech talent to choose public service instead of Silicon Valley. Later, Anand Gopal discusses what it was like for Afghans to live through the American invasion.

No one wants their kids to end up barren & exploited like the Giving Tree. But most parents do want to instill generosity in their progeny. Adam Grant explains how to nudge kids towards more caring behavior – and ultimately, more career success.

It may seem like the only way to the corner office is by working 18-hour days and sleeping with your smart phone. It's not – but it's definitely the path to misery, says Arianna Huffington. Later, we discuss climate economics.

First, we learn some of the biggest terrestrial issues that could effect aerial Internet aspirations. Later, we hear why skipping vacation is bad for us and and our economy.