On Shifting Ground

A podcast by World Affairs

269 Episodes

  1. Molière Out, Mercenaries In: Powers and Politics in Françafrique

    Published: 9/14/2023
  2. Blood and Butter: Why Russia’s Economy is Falling Faster Than Prigozhin’s Plane

    Published: 9/11/2023
  3. Putin’s Prigozhin Trap, with Anne Applebaum

    Published: 9/2/2023
  4. China’s Dream of Global Dominance

    Published: 8/28/2023
  5. QAnon’s German Blitz

    Published: 8/24/2023
  6. Trump-ing Tradition: American Democracy at the Crossroads

    Published: 8/21/2023
  7. Asia’s EV Surge: Coming To An Outlet Near You

    Published: 8/17/2023
  8. Why Detroit’s Auto Workers Are Pumping the Breaks on EVs

    Published: 8/14/2023
  9. Scott Galloway: Dislike by Design, How Big Tech Drives ‘American Enragement’

    Published: 8/10/2023
  10. Blue-Check Blues and Trauma X-Posure: Coping with Viral Violence

    Published: 8/7/2023
  11. General Petraeus’ Guide to Diplomacy… and Deterrence with China

    Published: 8/3/2023
  12. Is The Middle East Swiping Left on America?

    Published: 7/31/2023
  13. Tricks of the Trade: Kiwi Exports and Malaysia’s Balancing Act

    Published: 7/27/2023
  14. Ambassador Katherine Tai: Buy Local, Trade Global? (Even With China…)

    Published: 7/24/2023
  15. Fact-Checking a Crisis: Scientists vs. Science Deniers

    Published: 7/20/2023
  16. How to Talk To Your Child About the End of the World

    Published: 7/17/2023
  17. Falling (Communist) Blocs and the Rise of Tetris

    Published: 7/13/2023
  18. A Twitter Coup? Pics or Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Mutiny Didn’t Happen

    Published: 7/10/2023
  19. Yemen’s Long Road to Peace: What a Saudi-Iran Deal Means

    Published: 7/6/2023
  20. Money Talks, Kingdom Walks: Global Finance and Saudi Politics

    Published: 7/3/2023

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Geopolitical turmoil. A warming planet. Authoritarians on the rise. We live in a chaotic world that’s rapidly shifting around us. “On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez” explores international fault lines and how they impact us all. Each week, NPR veteran Ray Suarez hosts conversations with journalists, leaders and policy experts to help us read between the headlines – and give us hope for human resilience. A co-production of World Affairs and KQED.