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Why It Matters

Council on Foreign Relations

Each episode of Why It Matters breaks down an issue that is shaping our world‘s future. Join host Gabrielle Sierra as she speaks with the leaders and thinkers who are facing these questions head on. Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations, Why It Matters brings some of the world‘s most compelling stories home to you.

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100 episodes

  1. Cabin Crew, Prepare for Surgery 34:26
  2. Side Effects May Include Dependency on China 29:35
  3. How Demand for GLP-1s Overwhelmed the Global Drug System 26:04
  4. Honey, I Tracked the War 38:39
  5. One Woman's Path From a U.S. College Campus to the Ukrainian Battlefield 31:35
  6. Allies, Partners, or Frenemies? 37:32
  7. We Are in a New Era of Warfare 32:25
  8. The Risk Report for 2026 32:47
  9. Where Does U.S. Trade Go From Here? 37:41
  10. Mind the Trade Gap 32:33
  11. Why It Matters Live!: Food Diplomacy 39:24
  12. Trade Agreements: Deal or No Deal 29:37
  13. Tariff Turmoil, Part 2: Steel and Dog Gelato 32:48
  14. Tariff Turmoil, Part 1: How Tariffs Are Affecting Farmers 29:18
  15. The Washington Consensus Could Not Hold 30:27
  16. We’ve Been Looking At Trade All Wrong 32:52
  17. Why Trade Matters 2:02
  18. Why Climate Matters: Nuclear Energy 37:48
  19. New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect 29:39
  20. Why Climate Matters: Water Scarcity 35:47
  21. Why Climate Matters: The Arctic 27:50
  22. Why Climate Matters: Pricing Climate 35:37
  23. Why Climate Matters: Home Insurance 39:21
  24. Why Climate Matters 0:52
  25. The Dirty Energy Powering AI 35:56
  26. Why the World Next Week Matters 37:12
  27. The New Tech World Order 35:49
  28. A World Under the Influence 38:36
  29. Who’s Afraid of the National Debt? 30:11
  30. Why Is the World Obsessed With the U.S. Election? Ask Germany 32:59
  31. Can West Africa Curb Its Brain Drain? 39:19
  32. Global Abortion Access After Roe 24:55
  33. India, Modi, and Hindu Nationalism 33:44
  34. Publishing in a Polarized World 29:51
  35. Can Israel and Iran Step Back From the Brink? (Podcast Takeover) 41:59
  36. Remembering the Rwandan Genocide 37:34
  37. Local Leaders in the Global Economy 22:14
  38. UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind 33:52
  39. 2024: What’s the Worst That Could Happen? 32:15
  40. The Year of AI and Elections 35:38
  41. Will India Take America’s Side Against China? (Podcast Takeover) 42:54
  42. Understanding the U.S. Role in the Israel-Hamas War 29:50
  43. A Turning Point for Global Trade 40:12
  44. America’s Fentanyl Epidemic: The China Connection 32:06
  45. The Case for Rebuilding Ukraine 35:55
  46. Could Climate Change Break Home Insurance? 37:44
  47. Who Runs the World?... Not Women 36:10
  48. Taiwan, China, and the Threat of War 36:08
  49. AI Meets World, Part Two 27:56
  50. AI Meets World, Part One 33:43