Stay informed on global affairs with the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston Podcast. Featuring expert insights from world leaders, diplomats, and thought leaders, this podcast brings you the impactful discussions and engaging conversations from our live events—now available anytime, anywhere. Gain a deeper understanding of international issues, global economies, and cultural perspectives that shape our world. Tune in and stay globally connected.
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Signup to Generate a PitchStay informed on global affairs with the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston Podcast. Featuring expert insights from world leaders, diplomats, and thought leaders, this podcast brings you the impactful discussions and engaging conversations from our live events, now available anytime, anywhere. Gain a deeper understanding of international issues, global economies, and cultural perspectives that shape our world.
Recent episodes include "TGL 38 | Vučić’s Government Just Collapsed - CANVAS Executive Director Srdja Popovic" (29 October 2026, 31 minutes), "P Series 23 | The Hunt for Saddam Hussein | Former CIA John Nixon" (27 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "P Series 22 | Inside the Trump White House | NYT Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan" (27 October 2026, 67 minutes).
WAC Houston publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 28 minutes.
Booking probability for WAC Houston is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. WAC Houston requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. WAC Houston's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for WAC Houston are Defense & International Affairs. WAC Houston has an education audience.
WAC Houston is an education podcast.
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A student movement he once helped lead toppled Milosevic in 2000 — now a new, unaffiliated student movement has toppled his successor’s party, and Srdja Popovic says he saw it coming. In this episode of The Greater...
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He sat across from Saddam Hussein in a bare room in Iraq and had to answer one question first: was this actually him? John Nixon was the CIA officer who confirmed it, and the first to interrogate Saddam Hussein after...
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What does it actually look like when the most powerful office in the world operates without the guardrails that once defined it? From two of the reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over...
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A single state election result put a number on Germany's anxiety — 44 percent — but says former European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering, the real story is what comes next. In this episode of The Greater Loop...
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On the morning of September 11th, 2001, only minutes after the first plane hit the World Trade Center’s North Tower, former FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Christopher Combs was racing to the airport to fly to and...
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Ask an American diplomat what he'd tell the next president, and the answer isn't policy — it's relationships. In this episode of The Greater Loop, host Maryanne Maldonado sits down with Tom Selinger, Executive Director...
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Trade wars are rarely about trade alone — the real question, says Johns Hopkins SAIS trade expert Dr. Christopher Sands, is whether either side can afford to keep digging in. In this episode of The Greater Loop, host...
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Fear of a wider war is easy — the harder question, says defense strategist Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution, is how this one actually ends. In this episode of The Greater Loop, host Maryanne Maldonado sits...
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Fear of AI is everywhere — but according to Leon Coe, founder of Amplify Intelligence and president of the Houston AI Club, the only way that fear becomes reality is by doing nothing about it. In this episode of The...
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What makes a foreign policy decision great? And what turns one into a historic catastrophe? Jim Lindsay, Senior Vice President at the Council on Foreign Relations, surveyed hundreds of historians from the world's...
Two powerful earthquakes. More than 50,000 people unaccounted for. A death toll still climbing. And a government blocking aid deliveries to maintain control. Venezuela was already one of the most fragile states in the...
Iran's national team can't spend the night in the United States. A referee arrived with a valid visa and was turned back at the border. FIFA promised free movement for all teams. Trump didn't care. Welcome to the 2026...
Most people travel to see the world. WAC Houston members travel to understand it. In this episode, Maryanne Maldonado sits down with travel expert Ilyas Hokkaci to preview two of the most geopolitically charged trips...
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In only four eventful and momentous years, numerous major geopolitical events have shocked global oil markets and redefined how oil is, and may be, traded around the world in the years to come. Those events and the...
Every time a president walks into a room, hundreds of decisions have already been made — the route, the handshakes, the camera angles, and the escape plan. And sometimes, despite all the planning, things go sideways...
Most people travel to see the world. WAC Houston members travel to understand it. In this episode, Maryanne Maldonado sits down with Ilyas Hokkaci, WAC Houston's travel program lead, to talk about what intentional...
The war in Iran has dominated every headline. But in Gaza, there is no ceasefire. The suffering didn't pause; it just stopped being covered. In this episode, Maryanne Maldonado sits down with Dr. Alice Rothchild...
The peace talks in Islamabad lasted just 21 hours. Hours later, the U.S. Navy began a full blockade of Iranian ports. And yet, a former Iranian Ambassador says this wasn't a collapse. It was progress. So what's really...
The fall of Assad. The capture of Maduro. A ceasefire in Iran. On the surface, it looks like Russia is losing ground, but is it? Dr. Angela Stent, one of the world's leading experts on U.S.-Russia relations and author...
Check Wafik Beydoun IN PERSON at our upcoming event on April 29th 2026. https://wachouston.org/event/1080-global-oil-in-chaos-with-otc/ The Strait of Hormuz carries over 20% of the world's oil — and right now, it's at...
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Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, Brookings Institution
Mary and David Boies distinguished senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Fellow for the Middle East and co-director of the Middle East Energy Roundtable, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and National Constitution Center Semiquincentennial Scholar, Vanderbilt University
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