Why It Matters
By Council on Foreign Relations
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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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Honey, I Tracked the War
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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One Woman's Path From a U.S. College Campus to the Ukrainian Battlefield
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Allies, Partners, or Frenemies?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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We Are in a New Era of Warfare
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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The Risk Report for 2026
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Where Does U.S. Trade Go From Here?
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Mind the Trade Gap
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Why It Matters Live!: Food Diplomacy
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May 21, 2025 |
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Trade Agreements: Deal or No Deal
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May 21, 2025 |
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Tariff Turmoil, Part 2: Steel and Dog Gelato
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Tariff Turmoil, Part 1: How Tariffs Are Affecting Farmers
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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The Washington Consensus Could Not Hold
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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We’ve Been Looking At Trade All Wrong
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Why Trade Matters
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Why Climate Matters: Nuclear Energy
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Why Climate Matters: Water Scarcity
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Why Climate Matters: The Arctic
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Why Climate Matters: Pricing Climate
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Why Climate Matters: Home Insurance
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Why Climate Matters
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The Dirty Energy Powering AI
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Why the World Next Week Matters
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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The New Tech World Order
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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A World Under the Influence
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Who’s Afraid of the National Debt?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Why Is the World Obsessed With the U.S. Election? Ask Germany
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Can West Africa Curb Its Brain Drain?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Global Abortion Access After Roe
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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India, Modi, and Hindu Nationalism
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May 23, 2024 |
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Publishing in a Polarized World
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May 10, 2024 |
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Can Israel and Iran Step Back From the Brink? (Podcast Takeover)
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Remembering the Rwandan Genocide
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Local Leaders in the Global Economy
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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2024: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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The Year of AI and Elections
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Will India Take America’s Side Against China? (Podcast Takeover)
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Understanding the U.S. Role in the Israel-Hamas War
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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A Turning Point for Global Trade
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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America’s Fentanyl Epidemic: The China Connection
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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The Case for Rebuilding Ukraine
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Could Climate Change Break Home Insurance?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Who Runs the World?... Not Women
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Taiwan, China, and the Threat of War
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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AI Meets World, Part Two
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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AI Meets World, Part One
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Down and Dirty: The Global Fertilizer Dilemma
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May 25, 2023 |
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A New Nuclear Age
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May 11, 2023 |
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Army of Some: Recruiting Trouble for the All-Volunteer Force
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Silencing the Messenger: Global Threats to Press Freedom
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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What’s Cracking in the Arctic
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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2023: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Another Year of Living Dangerously
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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The Three Internets
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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A Troubled Cup for the Beautiful Game
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Climate Adaptation: Rising Tides in Coastal Cities (Flashback Episode)
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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The Cost of the U.S. Arms Trade
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Update on Ukraine, With Richard Haass: How Will It End?
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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The Saudi Exception
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Trouble Brewing for Coffee
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Hip-Hop Diplomacy
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May 27, 2022 |
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The Power of the Pope
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May 24, 2022 |
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Update on Ukraine, With Richard Haass
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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What in the World Is a Global Minimum Tax?
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Quantum Leap
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Climate Adaptation: Rising Tides in Coastal Cities
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Perspective on Ukraine, With Richard Haass
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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CFR Resources for the Ukraine Crisis
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Batteries Not Included
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Season Five Trailer
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Teaser: Nine Questions for the World
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Hyperventilating Over Hypersonics
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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The Climate for Nuclear Energy
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Mexico
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Podcast Takeover: Nuclear Security, From The President’s Inbox
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Spying 101
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Perspective on Afghanistan, With Richard N. Haass
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Hey, Remember the Olympics? (Flashback Episode)
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Japan's Population Problem
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Water Scarcity
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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When the Microchips Are Down
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Season Four Trailer
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Gone Fishing
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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A Global Shot in the Arm With Dr. Fauci
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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The Dollar Privilege
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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"The Most Persistent and Lethal Threat"
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Russia
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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China's Starring Role in Hollywood
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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The Big Red Button (Flashback Episode)
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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The Future is African
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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A Climate Bomb in the Amazon
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Let's Talk About Toilets
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Make America Vote Again
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Season Three Trailer
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Dimming the Sky (Flashback Episode)
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Treasures Looted in War
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Why We Need International Students
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Pricing Our Climate
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Jul 29, 2020 |