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.

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.

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 taking of Ukrainian children, and several other topics.

Ambassador Michael Polt speaks with Zeke about the changes and speed of change to long standing U.S. foreign policy.

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 nuclear war today.

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.

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 asylum process, and the ideological principles that make the subject so difficult to find solutions for.

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 conduct surveillance of the Chinese population, and the state of the Uyghur internment in Xinjiang.

Brief commentary on the war in the Middle East.

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, women's human rights, and the relationship between Iran and Israel and Palestine.