Capping our Best of 2015 series this week, we look back on the year’s best episodes from our podcast World Policy On Air. Host David Alpern spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense William Beecher on the Iran nuclear deal, Amy McDermott on food waste, and Simon Speakman Cordall on the appeal of radical Islam in Tunisia.
Episode 5: “Choosing Jihad”
Host David Alpern speaks with Tunis-based journalist Simon Speakman Cordall on the appeal of radical Islam in the shadow of the Arab Spring and what Tunisian officials are doing to curtail the spread of extremist rhetoric. Plus, Paul Brandus of West Wing Reports gives us the White House’s take on Netanyahu’s visit to Congress.
Episode 17: The Iran Deal
Host David Alpern speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense William Beecher about the controversial role that Congress will play in finalizing the deal and what a military conflict between the U.S. and Iran would look like if a deal is not reached.
Episode 38: “Waste Not”
In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations found that 32 percent of food produced across the globe was ultimately lost or wasted. Food loss focuses on the processes of producing, storing, and processing, whereas food waste refers to food that is fit for human consumption, but gets thrown out or neglected on a consumer level. In developed countries, the majority of food wasted is at a market or consumer level. In developing countries, more food is lost due to inefficient systems of production, storage, and transportation. On this episode, Amy G. McDermott expands on her contribution to World Policy Journal‘s latest issue and sheds light on the dark side of the global food chain.
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