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The Chatter Podcast: Water, Security, and Conflict with Peter Gleick

Water, essential to the emergence and endurance of life on Earth, has both spurred technological advances and driven many types of conflict. For the first…

The Chatter Podcast: Genealogy and Intelligence Analysis with Lisa Maddox

Shane and David have hosted many former intelligence officers, mostly of the American variety, during more than 80 episodes so far on Chatter. But, until this…

The Chatter Podcast: Popular Presidential Communication with Anne Pluta

From the birth of the republic, American presidents have communicated with the public in one form or another. The frequency and exact nature of such…

The Chatter Podcast: Politicians and White House Plumbers with Olivia Nuzzi

Olivia Nuzzi gets Washington in a way many journalists don’t. As the Washington correspondent for New York magazine, she has written perceptive, piercing, and enduring…

The Chatter Podcast: Private Equity and National Security with Brendan Ballou

Private equity firms rank among the largest employers in the United States and invest many billions of dollars in a wide variety of industries. Yet…

Space Diplomacy and Satellite Data with Mariel Borowitz

As satellites around the planet proliferate, the tug they feel from international tensions seems to rival the gravitational pull exerted by the Earth itself. On…

The Chatter Podcast: Space Diplomacy and Satellite Data with Mariel Borowitz

As satellites around the planet proliferate, the tug they feel from international tensions seems to rival the gravitational pull exerted by the Earth itself. On…

The Chatter Podcast: Blackouts in Film and TV with Denis Newiak

Widespread power outages have happened before, but authorities usually diagnose the cause and restore electricity within days, if not within hours. And with few exceptions,…

The Chatter Podcast: Reporting from the Front Lines with Nancy Youssef

Nancy Youssef has reported on war and conflict around the world and from Washington. As a young journalist, she went to Iraq and sensed early…

The Chatter Podcast: Environmentalism in Russia after the Invasion of Ukraine with Laura Henry

Since the days of the USSR, the Russian people have expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of the country’s environment. The post-Soviet years witnessed an explosion…