Best Derek Davison Podcasts (2025)

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What American Global Empire? with Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison 53:48

12d ago53:48

53:48

What can be done to change United States foreign policy? Zachary and Emma speak to US foreign policy experts and co-hosts of the American Prestige podcast, journalist Daniel Bessner and historian Derek Davison. Daniel is the author of Democracy in Exile and Derek runs the Foreign Exchanges newsletter. They discuss the American public’s engagement w…

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World roundup: April 26-27 2025 22:34

10h ago22:34

22:34

Stories from Syria, North Korea, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison

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Bonus - The Trump 2.0 First Hundred Days Panel w/ Van Jackson, Elizabeth Shackelford, and Ishaan Tharoor 14:00

1d ago14:00

14:00

Subscribe now for the full episode and much more content! Danny and Derek are joined by Van Jackson, author of the ⁠Un-Diplomatic⁠ newsletter and podcast, Elizabeth Shackelford, Senior Policy Director at Dartmouth’s Dickey Center and foreign affairs columnist with The Chicago Tribune, and Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs columnist and anchor of Toda…

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News - Kashmir Attack, US Airstrikes in Yemen, Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks Falter 56:24

3d ago56:24

56:24

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content. Derek makes his grand return to the AP newsroom! This week: Pope Francis dies (0:30); India sees the worst attack on civilians in Kashmir in years, prompting fallout on India-Pakistan relations (6:35); the US carries out its deadliest airstrike on Yemen to date (14:39); Qatar and Egypt …

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The Progress Report: We've Got Aliens! 16:32

3d ago16:32

16:32

In this week's episode of The Progress Report, Zachary and Emma discuss positive news stories, including New Mexico’s free childcare program that has lifted 120,000 people out of poverty, an FBI initiative addressing unresolved crimes in Indian Country across the US, and the signs of life on a distant planet that NASA just detected. Learn more abou…

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Navigating and Negotiating the Middle East with Dr. Jon Alterman 57:51

5d ago57:51

57:51

What does the future of the Middle East look like? Zachary and Emma speak with Dr. Jon Alterman, senior vice president and director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he holds the Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy. They discuss the complexities of achieving peace between Israel …

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World roundup: April 22 2025 21:02

5d ago21:02

21:02

Stories from Israel-Palestine, China, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison

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E208 - Israel Ramps Up its Campaigns in Gaza and the West Bank w/ Mohammad Alsaafin 1:04:29

6d ago1:04:29

1:04:29

Subscribe today for an ad-free experience and much more content! Derek once again speaks with Mohammad Alsaafin, journalist at AJ+, this time to talk about where things stand in Gaza and the West Bank. They discuss the collapse of the January ceasefire, the blockade on Gaza aid, the push for outright ethnic cleansing in Gaza, what country would be …

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World roundup: April 19-20 2025 24:53

7d ago24:53

24:53

Stories from Iran, Sudan, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison

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Bonus - The 2025 Canadian Election Preview w/ Luke Savage (Preview) 10:52

8d ago10:52

10:52

Subscribe now for the full episode! Danny and Derek welcome to the program Luke Savage, writer at Jacobin and host of the Michael and Us podcast, to talk about next week’s election in Canada. They delve into why Justin Trudeau resigned, Liberal Party candidate Mark Carney, how Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party are handling Trump, the US t…

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News - Sudan Rival Government, US Pushing Ukraine-Russia Deal, US-Saudi Nuclear Tech Talks 1:11:14

10d ago1:11:14

1:11:14

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content! One last news roundup without Derek, but Danny and Alex Jordan of the Quincy Institute are on the case! This week: the RSF announces plans to form a parallel government in Sudan (1:33); US-Iran nuclear negotiations continue in Oman (7:21); the US and Saudi Arabia discuss giving the King…

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The Progress Report: Brazil Could Go Right! 18:50

10d ago18:50

18:50

In this episode of the Progress Report, Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas dig into some seriously overlooked good news. Brazil and South Korea have both pushed back against anti-democratic power grabs—and won. From Bolsonaro facing trial to South Korea's president getting the boot after a wild six-hour martial law stunt, democracy is holding it…

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E207 - The Sino-Soviet Split, Pt. 1 w/ Jeremy Friedman 1:01:08

13d ago1:01:08

1:01:08

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and much more content. Please listen to our Sino-Soviet primer episode for some background! Danny and Derek welcome back Jeremy Friedman, assistant professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy at Harvard, to talk about the Sino-Soviet Split. They lay out the state of play in the mid-1950s,…

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Unlocked: The Sino-Soviet Split Primer w/ Jeremy Friedman 44:32

14d ago44:32

44:32

In anticipation for our two-part conversation on the Sino-Soviet split, we're reposting the episode we did laying the groundwork. Danny and Derek welcome Jeremy Friedman, Marvin Bower associate professor at Harvard Business School, for a discussion about the Sino-Soviet split. They talk about the early days of the revolutionary states’ relationship…

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Bonus - South Africa: Land Policies, Musk, and a Crumbling Coalition w/ Ben Fogel 10:01

15d ago10:01

10:01

Subscribe now for the full episode! Danny and Derek welcome back to the program Ben Fogel, head of publishing at the Alameda Institute and contributing editor at Jacobin, to chat about South Africa. They get into the struggling coalition government, the stories of “white genocide” stemming from eminent domain policies, Musk and how South Africa hel…

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Special - The Mahmoud Khalil Ruling w/ Branko Marcetic (Preview) 5:02

16d ago5:02

5:02

Subscribe now for the full episode and access to all breaking news specials. Danny sits down with Jacobin’s Branko Marcetic to talk about yesterday's ruling that Columbia organizer Mahmoud Khalil may be deported for his political views. They discuss precedents, the use of Cold War anti-communist laws as a means to arrest and deport people, whether …

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News - Tariff Chaos, US-Iran Talks, Trump Considers Drones Against Cartels 1:05:56

17d ago1:05:56

1:05:56

We reluctantly approved Derek’s vacation time, but the news marches on, so Danny welcomes back to the show Alex Jordan of the Quincy Institute to help bring you headlines from around the world. They first take some time to catch up about where things stand with Trump 2.0 and critique what they see as premature analyses of this administration before…

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The Progress Report: All Aboard the 3D Express! 16:16

17d ago16:16

16:16

In this week’s Progress Report, Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas highlight some truly global good news—stories that are too often buried under the avalanche of daily doomscrolling. Emma brings data from the World Health Organization showing that maternal mortality has dropped by over 40% since 2000, with real success stories in sub-Saharan Afr…

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The Antitrust Advocate with Matt Stoller 50:57

19d ago50:57

50:57

What would the U.S. look like after a corporate breakup? Zachary and Emma speak with author of the BIG newsletter, host of the Organized Money podcast, and director of research at the American Economics Liberties Project, Matt Stoller. They discuss the major political issues from concentrated economic power, the bipartisan movement against monopoli…

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E206 - Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics w/ Katrina vanden Heuvel 56:52

20d ago56:52

56:52

Danny and Derek welcome to the show Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation, for a wide-ranging discussion on this moment in politics. They delve into the radicalization that led to Trump, the Democrats’ devotion to the Third Way, the need for a coherent leftwing media structure, Ukraine, NATO, the “Pivot to Asia”, the…

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World roundup: April 5-6 2025 20:13

21d ago20:13

20:13

Stories from Iran, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison

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Bonus - Trump, Xi Jinping, and Tariffs w/ Andy Liu (Preview) 9:59

22d ago9:59

9:59

Danny and Derek welcome to the show Andy Liu, professor of history at Villanova, for a discussion on Trump, Xi, their respective histories, and the current trade situation between the US and China. They explore Trump’s relationship with Japan in the 80s and how that helped shape his idea of trade and tariffs, the US security apparatus emboldening T…

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Special - The Trump Tariffs Escalate w/ Vivek Chibber (Preview) 5:51

24d ago5:51

5:51

Danny and Derek welcome to the show Vivek Chibber, editor of Catalyst and host of the Confronting Capitalism podcast, to talk about the widespread tariffs Trump announced this week, what it would mean to try and bring back manufacturing to the US, the leftist critique of this approach, neoliberalism and neomercantilism, and what we might expect to …

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News - US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, Myanmar Earthquake, Trump Tariffs 42:17

24d ago42:17

42:17

This week on the news roundup: the US and Iran are making moves risking escalation to a conflict (0:43); Israel rejects another Gaza ceasefire as it plans to carve up the Strip (7:28); the IDF resumes bombing Beirut (11:41); Myanmar suffers a devastating earthquake (13:44); the South Korea supreme court will rule on Yoon’s impeachment today (17:16)…

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The Progress Report: The World Bank Goes Nuclear 13:55

24d ago13:55

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In this week's episode of The Progress Report, Emma highlights positive news stories, including potential changes in the World Bank's nuclear energy policy, innovative cancer treatments, decreasing breast cancer mortality rates, and bipartisan efforts to combat ticket price gouging. What Could Go Right? is produced by The Progress Network and The P…

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Are We the Real Fossil Fools? with Emily Atkin 53:58

26d ago53:58

53:58

Why doesn't the media name and shame the real villains of the climate change story? How can tobacco industry-like litigation impact fossil fuel companies? What are the obstacles of transitioning to a clean energy future? Zachary and Emma speak with journalist, author, and founder of the Heated Substack, Emily Atkin. They discuss the Trump administr…

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World roundup: April 1 2025 19:23

26d ago19:23

19:23

Stories from Myanmar, South Sudan, El Salvador, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison

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E205 - Mobility in America’s Past, Present, and Future w/ Yoni Appelbaum 1:08:26

27d ago1:08:26

1:08:26

Yoni Appelbaum, a deputy executive editor at The Atlantic, joins the program to talk about his book Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. They discuss mobility in the US and how that might sacrifice community for opportunity, the “frontier” as a way of taking land and easing class antagonism, the bir…

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World roundup: March 29-30 2025 21:00

28d ago21:00

21:00

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Myanmar, El Salvador, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribeBy Derek Davison

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Bonus - The Constitutional Order Leading to Trump w/ Aziz Rana (Preview) 9:27

29d ago9:27

9:27

Aziz Rana, J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government at Boston College, is back on the program to talk about the 20th and 21st century constitutional order leading to the current crisis under Trump. They delve into the attack on racial liberalism, the balance between the disavowed and embraced aspects of McCarthyism, the the…

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News - Turkey Protests, Sudan Military Gains, Israel Takes More of Gaza 41:35

1M ago41:35

41:35

This week in the world: the IDF seizes more territory in Gaza (1:01) and the Israeli government forms a “voluntary emigration bureau” (5:19), while protests against Hamas break out in the Strip (7:53); there’s unrest in Turkey over the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor (10:27); a court in South Korea overturns the impeachment of PM Han Duck-soo (13:31); i…

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The Progress Report: Ebola Scare and Obamacare 20:27

1M ago20:27

20:27

In this episode of The Progress Report, Zachary and Emma discuss recent bipartisan agreements on U.S. gun laws including the Supreme Court’s upholding of Biden-era rule on ghost guns, the impact of Obamacare on healthcare access, and Uganda’s record-breaking rapid response to an Ebola outbreak. What Could Go Right? is produced by The Progress Netwo…

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