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Everyday Ambassadors

In talks with experts and geopolitical thinkers worldwide, we discuss how small moves can create big change. Everyday Ambassador, which is in the top 1% of Apple Podcast downloads, centers strategies global leaders use to negotiate impasses and bridge divides. The podcast is produced by FP Studios with support from the Humboldt Foundation. Streaming is available on Apple, Spotify, or any platform you use.

In season one, I interviewed:

• Nobel Peace Prize laureate Beatrice Fihn on her playful approach to foster relationships and build trust for an international nuclear weapons treaty.

• Former National Security Council China Director Ryan Hass on how gift-giving is integral to the U.S.-China relationship; Peter Selfridge, a former White House chief protocol officer, who shares how being intentional can improve relationships.

• Law professor and iDeemos co-founder Felipe Rey on crafting citizen assemblies for greater civic participation in policy making; Juliana Moreno on how leaving space for others leads to better problem-solving.

• Former judge at the Tokyo Women’s Tribunal, Christine Chinkin, on how the tribunal serves as a fictional continuation of a previous war crimes tribunal for victims’ justice; Foreign Policy’s Mayesha Alam on using the crisis simulation Peace Games to push for innovative solutions.

• Corporate guru Christian Madsbjerg on approaching consulting with an amateur’s mindset; Natalia Antonova, an investigative journalist, on how the “hive mind” can improve online dating.

In season two, I was joined by:

• Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, who dedicated her career to talking across political divides. Her strategy is simple: she listens.

• Former U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, Richard Haass, who shares his experience ending decades of conflict in Northern Ireland by taking a risk for peace; Executive director of Oregon Right to Life, and longterm friend, Lois Anderson, on getting along with people who have different political perspectives.

• Spanish-language content creator and community activist Carlos Espina on mistrust and disinformation on social media; Northwestern University Professor V.S. Subrahmanian who leads a lab using AI to improve security against foreign actors.

• Poland’s current Justice Minister and human rights lawyer Adam Bodnar on how civil society actors reclaimed their country’s democracy and rebuilt the rule of law; John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, founded by Eric Holder and former President Barack Obama to stop gerrymandering and restore faith in U.S. elections.

• Mitamura Shizuko, an activist member of Nobel Peace Prize winner Nixon Hidankyo’s Japanese organization founded by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks, and Yamaguchi Yukino on nuclear disarmament and their hopes for the future; Santa Fe Catholic Archbishop John Wester on his decades long work advocating for nuclear disarmament.