The World

Bianca Hillier, reporter on sex testing and sports gender rules. Joel Kanopo, co-founder of an investigative center on Botswana and De Beers. Victoria Hoy, political scientist on Hong Kong security law and digital privacy. Shirin Jafari, investigative reporter on the deadly strike at a sports complex in southern Iran. They discuss the strike’s reporting, forced phone access under new laws, sex testing in elite sport, and Botswana’s bid for De Beers.

Orla Berry, Europe correspondent reporting on the IOC decision, explains the new ban and its controversial SRY test. George Soroka, academic on politics and propaganda, explores rising violent rhetoric and its global echoes. Jeff Ramsey, Atlantic Council analyst on Latin America, examines Maduro’s U.S. court appearance and the wider Venezuelan fallout. Short, topical conversations on sport rules, war language, and geopolitics.

Mai Presley, cultural connector exploring K-pop and Black music influence. Stephanie Fried, reporter on life along the Israel-Lebanon border. Orla Barry, Europe correspondent tracking a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. Yaroslav Trofimov, foreign affairs analyst on how the Middle East war reshapes Ukraine’s defenses and geopolitics. They discuss shifting air-defense priorities, drone warfare, regional alliances, and cultural crosscurrents.

Jerry Haddon, feature reporter who profiles Spain's last human cannonball. Anna Narinskaya, Russian journalist in exile exploring Cheburashka's cultural politics. Twyla Moon, scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center on record heat and Earth’s energy imbalance. Yasho Vardin, MSF chief of mission in South Sudan on displacement and collapsing services. They discuss circus tradition, politicized film revivals, climate findings, and humanitarian crises.

Jerry Haddon, Barcelona-based reporter who covers migration and linguistic discrimination, discusses accent-based bias and how glottophobia shapes migrants' daily lives. Natalio Cozoy, Buenos Aires journalist specializing in Argentina's 1976 coup, explores contested memory, prosecutions and public debates about how the past should be remembered.

Fariba Nawa, Afghan-American reporter in Turkey, shares a personal Nowruz tradition. David Ortega, Michigan State food economics professor, explains how Strait of Hormuz disruptions threaten fertilizer, natural gas–dependent production, shipping routes and global planting. Short, vivid conversations about who will feel the squeeze and what breaks down next.

Paul Salopek, National Geographic explorer and long-distance walker, reflects on observing Ramadan and Eid during his Out of Eden Walk. Tibisay Seah, reporter on Venezuela, explores a rebound in Caracas housing amid political change. Aaron David Miller, former U.S. State Department Middle East analyst, examines U.S.-Israel strategic aims in the Iran war. Orla Berry, Europe correspondent, reports on EU leaders urging de-escalation and diplomatic strains.

Nabi Boulos, LA Times Beirut-based reporter covering escalating Israeli strikes and civilian displacement in Lebanon. Orla Berry, Europe correspondent in Vienna on the city’s subsidized housing model. Jorge Cuellar, Latin America scholar analyzing El Salvador’s new life-sentence constitutional change. Joshua Coe, reporter from Aalborg on reusing crematorium waste heat to warm homes. They discuss conflict, displacement, housing policy, rights, and inventive heat recycling.

Jane Magnusson, daughter of Margareta Magnusson who popularized “death cleaning,” shares memories of her mother’s tidy living approach. Ilna Schütz, Johannesburg reporter, covers subsidized housing handovers and informal-shack life. Ed Augustin, Havana-based journalist, reports on Cuba’s deepening blackouts and risks to hospitals. Ilhan Muhammad Abdi, chef and author, talks Ramadan meals and traditions. Jeremy Siegel, transportation correspondent, explains how the Iran war is disrupting global travel.

Praveen Sahai, a former UN peacekeeper who disarmed combatants in Mozambique. Guy Delaunay, a reporter on Serbia’s energy squeeze and US sanctions. Michael Geruso, an economist on global fertility trends and population forecasts. Margaret MacMillan, a historian of 20th-century diplomacy and the laws of war. They discuss the origins and erosion of war rules, shifting military doctrines, energy dependence, and changing population dynamics.