Pod Save the World
Hosted by Ben Rhodes & Tommy Vietor · 9 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
<div> <p>Each week, “Pod Save America” cohost Tommy Vietor and Obama’s former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes break down the biggest developments in foreign policy, national security and global politics. They try to explain which stories matter and why, and what we can all do to understand and shape the world around us.</p> <p>Subscribe to Friends of the Pod! Your subscription makes Crooked’s work possible and gives you access to ad-free episodes of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World, plus exclusive content and a lively Discord community. Learn more and subscribe at <a href="https://crooked.com/friends-of-the-pod-subscription/">crooked.com/friends</a> or on Apple Podcasts.</p> </div>
Episodes 9
- Oct 7, 2026 · 1h 28mGershkovich recounts survival inside Russia’s prison systemThe episode connects a volatile international news cycle to one journalist’s account of detention, identity, and rebuilding life after imprisonment.
- Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 41mHaiti’s collapse exposes the limits of international interventionThe episode connects Haiti’s state failure to U.S. policy, while placing it alongside escalating geopolitical crises and weak safeguards for powerful institutions.
- Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 33mForeign policy becomes a cost-of-living fightThe episode connects Washington’s global choices to voters’ household finances, military accountability, democratic trust, and the risks of unregulated AI.
- Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 33mIran war costs rise as Trump allies face corruption scrutinyThe episode connects military escalation, foreign influence, and weak AI safeguards into a broader argument about accountability and democratic stability.
- Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 38mEurope’s far right tests democratic resilienceThe episode connects electoral gains, nationalist revisionism and weakened institutions to a broader crisis of accountability at home and abroad.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 1h 24mWar, corruption and tariffs expose a fraying global orderThe episode connects the Iran war, opaque defense investments and Canada’s trade rupture with the wider costs of permanent crisis politics.
- Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 42mTrump’s pressure campaigns collide with limits on powerThe episode connects trade disputes, sanctions, censorship, authoritarianism, and Gaza to a broader question of what political pressure can actually achieve.
- Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 23mOverextended carriers expose the costs of chaotic foreign policyThe episode links erratic diplomacy and weakened alliances to concrete risks for service members, military readiness, and global stability.
- Aug 12, 2026 · 1h 33mTrump’s war politics meet Myanmar’s fight for legitimacyThe episode connects executive impunity, widening conflicts, and collapsing humanitarian systems to the struggle over who can still enforce accountability.