BRAZIL OLYMPICS CONTRA ZIKA Can the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro survive the Zika virus? Guest host Rick Pantaleo asks Professor Amir Attaran, author of recently published article in which the doctor expresses his concerns for a global spread of Zika during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The program also features public health and infectious disease experts Dr. Judy Stone and Dr. Celine Gounder. Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas provides insight into political, social and economic concerns that also surround the games.

TURKEY POLITICAL CRISIS Soner Cagaptay, Director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Aaron Stein, Senior Fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at The Atlantic Council, discuss with host Carol Castiel the implications of the political crisis in Turkey given the growing authoritarianism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who recently ousted his loyal prime minister.

IRAQ / ISIL Nussaibah Younis, Resident Senior Fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at The Atlantic Council, and Graeme Bannerman, the founder of Bannerman Associates, an international consulting firm and a former scholar at the Middle East Institute, discuss with host Carol Castiel the challenges facing the Iraqi government in light of recent protests led by the powerful Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and to what extent this setback complicates the fight against the so-called Islamic State, which still holds considerable swathes of Iraqi territory.

Hussein Ibish, Senior Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and former Senior Fellow at the American Taskforce on Palestine, and Perry Cammack, Associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, join host Carol Castiel to discuss the fallout and the implications of US President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia and Europe.

UPDATE ON 2016 RACE John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center and Igor Volsky, Deputy Director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund discuss with host Carol Castiel the significance of the results of the New York State primaries for the Democrats and the Republicans as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump gain momentum at a crucial juncture in their respective campaigns. What can we expect during the coming months in the race to the White House?

PANAMA PAPERS Host Carol Castiel talks with guests Porter McConnell, Director of the Financial Transparency Coalition and Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists about the ramifications of the “Panama Papers,” a trove of leaked documents which contain details of thousands of opaque offshore companies, trusts and foundations connected to leaders from around the world who wish to avoid taxes, hide corruption, or avoid sanctions.

CRISIS IN BRAZIL Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute at the Wilson Center, and Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas, discuss with host Carol Castiel the significance and broad implications of the political and economic crisis engulfing Brazil as a corruption scandal threatens the rule of President Dilma Rousseff in the run-up to the Olympic Games.

EU AFTER BRUSSELS Benjamin Haddad, Research Fellow in European and Transatlantic Affairs at the Hudson Institute and Leo Michel, Senior Fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council, discuss the fallout from the Brussels terror attacks with host Carol Castiel and whether or not the tragedy will spark a unified push to improve intelligence sharing and security among member states.