Guinea Worm Eradication is NearGuinea Worm is a waterborne disease that affects only the poorest of the poor people on the planet. But after millennia of...
Why Healthcare Systems in the Developing World Need a Shot in the ArmThe ebola crisis has demonstrated that countries with very weak health care systems are extremely vulnerable to an otherwise preventable...
What We Know About What We Don’t Know About DevelopmentHow good are the data that drives international development policies? It turns out, not that great. This week’s episode comes...
Episode 54: Stephen WaltStephen Walt is one of America’s best known international relations theorists. He’s probably most famous for his “Balance of Threat”...
An Astonishing Turn of Events in Sri LankaSri Lankans stunned the world–and probably themselves–when they voted to oust a long time quasi-autocrat from power. In January, a...
Episode 53: Leila ZerrouguiLeila Zerrougui is the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. She helps free child soldiers and protect...
Episode 52: Jan EgelandJan Egeland fights disasters–natural and manmade. Currently the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council and formerly the top humanitarian emergency...
Measles Around the WorldThe measles outbreak in the United States is an aberration. Since 2000, measles cases have declined substantially around the world thanks to...
Episode 51: Ambassador Susan JacobsAmbassador Susan Jacobs is the Special Advisor for Children’s Issues at the State Department. In this episode, she describes her...
