Public Interest Podcast

This is the one hundred and sixty-fifth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Carlos Pareja, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States, former Director-General of both the Directorate of Africa, the Middle East, and Gulf Countries and the Directorate of America, the former Peruvian Ambassador to Chile, Switzerland, and Spain, and a former Peruvian diplomat to the same embassy in which he currently serves as Ambassador, who speaks about his family's history in Peruvian diplomacy, how Peruvian diplomatic interests vary by nation, and how Peru is being affected by crises brought about by global climate change.

Listeners seeking to contribute to relief efforts to assist the 800,000 Peruvians who have become homeless in early 2017 owing to mudslides can contribute at www.EmbassyofPeru.org.

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Hynek Kmonicek, Czech Ambassador to the U.S. in his fourth Czech diplomatic post abroad, former Director of the Foreign Affairs Department in the Office of the President, former Ambassador to the United Nations, two-time former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a former professional musician (guitar and lute), speaks about the Czechoslovakian transition to post-Communist independence during the Velvet Revolution and how that liberation shaped every element of his persona. Ambassador Kmonicek reveals how he became aware of his Jewish heritage in his late-20s in the Dutch Embassy to the Czech Republic, how he mediated an end tot he Sri Lankan Civil War, and how, throughout his life, he has sought to cajole harmony into existence, both in the concert hall and in the realms of diplomacy.

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Dirk Wouters, Belgian Ambassador to the U.S. since 2016, former Permanent Representative to the European Union, former Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, former Chief of Staff to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a former Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, speaks about the importance of multiculturalism in response to the growing rise of populism. Ambassador Wouters contends that, contrary to populist notions of exclusive, dichotomous identities, today's globalized world permits and incentivizes and a collective embrace of each of our many national, ethnic, and supranational identities.

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This is the thirty-fifth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Maryland State Delegate Keith Haynes who represents District 44A in Baltimore City as a Democrat and speaks about the daily struggles that his constituents wage to survive institutionalized racism, mass incarceration, the civil unrest in Baltimore, and the war on drugs.

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This is the one hundred and forty-seventh episode of Public Interest Podcast with Jessica Graham, Strategic Policy Advisor for INTERPOL's Environmental Security Program to combat wildlife trafficking globally, former Senior Advisor for the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, who speaks about her efforts to curb the border-less crimes of illegal exotic animal trafficking by poachers and organized crime syndicates.

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This is the one hundred and sixty-seventh episode of Public Interest Podcast with Nancy Kopp, Treasurer for the State of Maryland, Chair of the Commission on State Debt, Chair of the Capital Debt Affordability Committee, one of three members of the Board of Public Works, former Delegate representing Bethesda, MD (1975-2002), and former member of the Democratic Party National Committee and a Delegate to the National Convention. Treasurer Kopp speaks about her 42 years of public service as a rewarding, intellectually invigorating, and unexpected life path for her, elaborating about the nuances of her office in which she 1) invests cash flow, 2) manages banking relationships, 3) oversees insurance, and 4) borrows funds for the State of Maryland.

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Douglas Noll, a self-proclaimed litigator turned peace-maker, elaborates on the importance and almost magical powers that his own process of active listening on deescalating conflict. He explains how his process is currently being widely utilized by the California criminal justice system to reduce recidivism and prison violence in state penitentiaries.

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Shanandoah Chefalo, author of "Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir," calls attention to a failing American foster care system.

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Ana Sol-Gutierrez, Maryland State Delegate [D-18], speaks about her work advancing the causes of Latin American immigrants in Maryland.

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Will Smith, Maryland State Senator [D-20], speaks about his political coming of age and his service as an attorney in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

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