Foreign Exchanges: the Podcast

Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.foreignexchanges.news/s/foreign-exchanges?utm_medium=podcast">www.foreignexchanges.news</a>

World roundup: November 18 2025

Stories from Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

11-19
17:46

World roundup: November 11 2025

Stories from Yemen, Sudan, Colombia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

11-12
16:55

World roundup: November 8-9 2025

Stories from Iran, China, Nigeria, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

11-10
20:58

Trump, Nigeria, and “Christian Genocide”

Donald Trump is threatening to invade Nigeria on dubious claims of a genocide against the country's Christian community. Here's why the Christian Right has woven this narrative. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

11-06
16:58

World roundup: November 4 2025

Stories from North Korea, Nigeria, the Netherlands, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

11-05
24:15

World roundup: November 1-2 2025

Stories from Iran, Nigeria, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

11-03
19:01

World roundup: October 27-28 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-29
19:12

World roundup: October 25-26 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Malaysia, Sudan, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-27
17:13

World roundup: October 18-19 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Ukraine, Colombia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-20
17:59

World roundup: October 13-14 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, China, Madagascar, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-15
18:54

Sex and the Church

Review of Lower Than The Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity, by Diarmaid MacCulloch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-14
13:09

World roundup: October 11-12 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Afghanistan, Madagascar, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-13
16:25

World roundup: October 6-7 2025

Stories from Somalia, France, Venezuela, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-08
21:58

World roundup: October 4-5 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Japan, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-06
16:06

World roundup: September 30 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, China, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

10-01
18:23

World roundup: September 27-28 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Somalia, Venezuela, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

09-29
25:00

World roundup: September 16 2025

Stories from Israel-Palestine, Sudan, Colombia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

09-17
18:40

Thin Ice: The History of US Involvement in Greenland

Donald Trump's quest to acquire Greenland has a precedent in US Cold War history. We should consider it a cautionary tale. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

09-16
10:00

World roundup: September 13-14 2025

Stories from Nepal, Libya, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

09-15
17:40

World roundup: September 9 2025

Stories from Qatar, Nepal, Venezuela, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

09-10
22:47

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