This is the first episode of a podcast that isn't afraid to explore the truth about taboo subjects like refugees, human rights, gender equality, and democracy.

In Episode 1 of the Endlessly Now Podcast, we take a look at the state of the world. While we may have a feeling about the direction the world is going, what is the reality? The last couple of decades have been packed with dramatic changes. Has life across the globe become better or worse on average?

About the speaker: Zachar is an American who has been living and travelling abroad since 2015, mostly in the Middle East and post-Communist countries.

The Endlessly Now Podcast is a side project of the web-magazine "Baghdad to Mars," a magazine that focuses on war and peace from a different perspective, featuring authors from America to Syria. www.BaghdadToMars.com