Podcast

Is the end of democracy as we know it near? Yascha Mounk sets out to answer in his new book, “The People vs. Democracy.” 

This week’s guest, Mickey Bergman, has been to the table with North Korea before and knows what to expect from the upcoming talks.

Beginning with film producer Harvey Weinstein, wave after wave of stories have taken on men in every industry: from newsrooms to Hollywood to Silicon Valley. Now, it's the State Department's turn.

While BuzzFeed works to verify some of its controversial claims, lawsuits abound.

FP’s former editor in chief makes her first appearance on The E.R.

More than a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, we’ve seen what appears to be a fundamental shift in U.S. policy toward Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

FP published a draft government report calling for the screening of Sunni Muslims. How do such reports come to be?

Ronen Bergman discusses his new book, Rise and Kill First.

In part two of our Olympics series, print editor Sarah Wildman and FP reporter Emily Tamkin chat with Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen ahead of the games in Pyeongchang.

In part one of our two-part Olympics series, print editor Sarah Wildman calls up two historians to ask what we can learn from past games ahead of the kick off in South Korea on February 9.

The vice president wants aid to go Christians and other minorities targeted by the Islamic State. But others fear it could increase sectarian strife.

How would the outcome of the Vietnam War differ if we had listened to Edward Lansdale? The world may never know.  

Robert Mueller got hold of emails from the presidential transition and the Pentagon has been researching sightings of UFOs. Yes, seriously.

Privately funded space ventures are altering the industry … and, maybe, the final frontier itself.

From possibly obstructing justice to keeping his finances under wraps, President Trump is giving new meaning to “when you’re a star, they let you do it.”

Mike Flynn may be cooperating with Mueller’s investigation, but the president thinks there’s nothing to worry about.

Career diplomats talk Syria, Iran from a local perspective.

What do the JFK releases really tell us?

The CIA recently released hundreds of thousands of files seized from Osama bin Laden’s compound. What can we learn from them?

Does democracy go down in the DMs? The folks at Lawfare discuss.