Episodes 24
Avg. Duration 41m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Jun 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
Consistency
28%
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International affairs podcast with experts in the U.S. and abroad.

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Recent Episodes

The Fruits of Our Labor Statistics

Apr 20, 2026 47m

Zeke speaks with Dr. Erica Groshen, the former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about data integrity, independence within the government, and how statistics can help us understand…

The Future is Still Bright

Apr 13, 2026 13m

A brief word on the importance of hope and optimism about the future of human beings.Plan International (Focused on education for children after disasters)CAMFED (Provides educational opportunities,…

Addressing Western Perspective

Mar 24, 2026 56m

Zeke speaks with Substack writer Amir Pars about his experience leaving Iran, growing up in Sweden, how his perspective on the Middle East has changed, and the difficulty Western cultures have…

The Reality of Extreme Belief

Mar 13, 2026 1h 3m

Zeke speaks with Dr. Aaron Zelin about the Syrian Civil War, the new government of Syria, the philosophy of Al-Qaeda, the scale of the problem of Islamic extremism, and how it is often misunderstood…

International Power & Values

Mar 07, 2026 15m

Zeke explores the limitations of power in the International community, and how moral values can be put into conflict with one another. Get full access to Not Local at notlocal.substack.com/subscribe

America In The Eyes of The World

Feb 02, 2026 48m

Zeke speaks with Ambassador Roderick Moore about recent U.S. Foreign policy decisions regarding Venezuela, Greenland, and parallels between changes in the international community in the wake of the…

Electoral Fraud in Myanmar

Jan 29, 2026 29m

Zeke follows up with journalist Lorcan Lovett, author of OnMyanmar, about the recent sham elections in Myanmar, and U.S. contributions to legitimizing the military junta.Lorcan recently published an…

The Persistent Resilience of Ukraine

Aug 21, 2025 38m

Zeke speaks with Olena Kryzhanivska author of Ukraine's Arms Monitor about the current status of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Get full access to Not Local at notlocal.substack.com/subscribe

Trust & Oversight in Democracies and Autocracies

Jul 30, 2025 46m

Zeke speaks with Ambassador Daniel Smith, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research with the U.S. Department of State, part of both the Intelligence Community and American…

The Myanmar Conflict

Jul 09, 2025 1h 4m

Zeke's guest is Lorcan Lovett, a Welsh journalist covering Myanmar and the current crisis happening in one of the least reported on places in the world. Lorcan has his substack called OnMyanmar.Here…

Narrative & Revisionism

Jun 10, 2025 57m

Following multiple instances of targeted killings of Jews, Zeke speaks with author and content creator Z.E. Silver about the way the conflict in the Middle East has affected the Jewish community in…

The True Weight of Gold

Jun 03, 2025 49m

Zeke speaks with Sasha Lezhnev, a Senior Policy Advisor at The Sentry, about the Democratic Republic of Congo and the corruption involved in the extraction of the country's rare earth minerals. Get…

The Wealth Lottery

May 08, 2025 52m

Zeke speaks with Tom Malleson, author of "Against Inequality" about the scope of income inequality and practical ways societies can strive to address this problem. Get full access to Not Local at…

The War in Ukraine

Apr 02, 2025 39m

Zeke's guest is Olena Kryzhanivska the author of Ukraine's Arms Monitor, and a defense analyst focused on the Russo-Ukrainian war. They discussed the current situation on the ground, drone use, the…

The New Universe of U.S. Foreign Policy

Mar 20, 2025 25m

Ambassador Michael Polt speaks with Zeke about the changes and speed of change to long standing U.S. foreign policy. Get full access to Not Local at notlocal.substack.com/subscribe

Global Russian Roulette

Mar 17, 2025 36m

Zeke's guest is Lucas Ruiz, a Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at the Stimson Center. Zeke and Lucas discuss the history of nuclear weapons risk, the concept of mutually assured destruction, and the risk of…

The Quiet Humanitarian Crisis

Feb 09, 2025 39m

Zeke’s guest is Nichola Mandil, an award winning journalist who runs through the current events in South Sudan, an area of the world that seldom finds itself near the front pages of western media. …

Immigration, Asylum, and Migration

Jan 20, 2025 27m

Zeke's guest is Kevin Appleby, the Senior Director of International Migration Policy for the Center for Migration Studies of New York. This conversation explores migration trends in Europe, the…

The Surveillance State of China

Jan 09, 2025 27m

Zeke speaks with Maya Wang, the Associate China Director for Human Rights Watch. Maya discusses the difficulty covering a nation like China, the technology and strategy implemented in order to…

Understanding Iran & Proxies

Oct 10, 2024 42m

The guest today is Merissa Khurma. Merissa is the Director of the Wilson Center's Middle East Program. Zeke and Merissa talk about the the influence of Iran in the Middle East, the proxies of Iran,…

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