Santa Fe Council on International Relations

In this excellent interview, I sit with former acting CIA Director Michael Morell to talk about information flows, the challenges of directing the CIA, and so much more...

In this episode, we honor and then hear from our 2019 High School Student of the Year, Lauren Clinton, and then our 2019 College Student of the Year, Diego Romero. Introduced by Tacarra Lake, CIR's Program Officer for Education.

Listen to the brilliant Chris Hill on North Korea, Ukraine, and beyond as the keynote speaker at CIR's 2019 Annual Gala. Following his keynote, CIR's Intern Arielle Mattes interviews him, concluding with an audience Q&A.

In this episode, I speak with the brilliant Rachel Kleinfeld about her most recent book, A Savage Order. How do some countries manage to rise out of a past of great violence -- while others do not?

In this podcast, from the Journalism under Fire stage on December 5th, we present Arbana Xharra (Kosovan investigative journalist), Dr. Courtney Radsch (Advocacy Director for the Committee to Protect Journalists), and Jason Rezaian (correspondent for the Washington Post).

In this pod, we hear about "The Media and the Intelligence Community" through a conversation with Dana Priest (Washington Post) and Valerie Plame (former CIA covert officer). Their brilliant open conversation captures all kinds of fascinating intersections between these two worlds.

This pod features the opening plenary at Journalism under Fire from Dana Priest, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner from the Washington Post. She discusses, "From President Putin to the Santa Fe New Mexican: How Global Censorship Affects Your Life." Her talk is introduced by Valerie Plame.

In late August, I sat with Amb. Vicki Huddleston, Amb. Mark Asquino, and Amb. Pat Hawkins to understand current events at the State Department under newly appointed Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. Is there a plan for the apparent global retreat of the US? What;'s happening inside the department? How can we explain the administration's approach to multilateralism? What's the big picture in all of this? What have been the effects of “foreign policy by tweet”?

Last month I had the chance to sit down with the one-and-only Vicki Huddleston to talk about her just released book, Our Woman in Havana. In this podcast, she tells a few stories, including how a 6-year-old boy tipped the 2000 US election...

We have some real heavyweights on this podcast discussing where we are collectively heading in energy – as a globe, a country, a state, and a city. This podcast is the live recording of a panel discussion among Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, and PNM’s Chairman, President, and CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn. How can government and the private sector increasingly work together? What should we know about how other countries are approaching their own energy futures? How can we weigh the environmental considerations into any discussion about energy’s future? Tune in to find out!