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Foreign Policy ProvCast
Providence is a journal of Christianity and American foreign policy equipping the American mind to engage the real world.
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Ep. 102 | After Two Years of War, a Chance for Peace?
On the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, the Provcrew sits down to review Donald Trump's proposal for ending the war. Altho...
Ep. 101 | So Reinhold Niebuhr and John Wesley Walk into a Bar…
(…actually, Wesley was a teetotaler so not possible.)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Provcrew is at war. “Can you be a Wesleyan Protestant and...
Ep. 100 | Recovering 'Hebraic Mortar' to Patch Crumbling Foundations
The shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk is a wakeup call for Americans of every stripe. What is happening to our society? How can we fix it—and whe...
Ep. 99 | An America(s) First Foreign Policy?
In a weird twist of history, the United States has spent the bulk of its diplomatic energy everywhere but its own backyard: the Western Hemisphere. Pr...
Ep. 98 | Are We All Going to Die?
In an essay commemorating the end of World War II, Providence editor Dr. Paul Miller argues that increased global anarchy and democratic decline are p...
Ep. 97 | America, Destroyer of Worlds?
On August 6, 1945 at 8:15 AM, US forces dropped a new kind of bomb—one which harnessed the very power of the sun—on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Th...
Ep. 96 | The West and Weapons of Mass Destruction 80 Years after Hiroshima
Taking a break from guest interviews, the Provcrew (Tooley, Diddams, LiVecche, Nicholson) meets up to discuss a few big topics looming above the curre...
Ep. 95 | Why We Need the Apocalypse
The end times get a bad rap. Typically associated with Christian fundamentalists, the apocalypse has in fact been an object of human fascination for t...
Ep. 94 | What We Mean by 'Judeo-Christian'
On June 30th, Providence and Tikvah partnered to convene a panel titled "What We Mean by 'Judeo-Christian'" to discuss the role of the Hebrew Bible as...
Ep. 93 | The Israeli General Who Predicted Oct 7 – and What He's Predicting Now (Yossi Kuperwasser)
In July 2023, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser saw something catastrophic on the horizon: a Hamas invasion of Israel. A year later, in a conversati...
Episode 92 | Is America Betraying Middle East Christians?
Responding to two recent essays, the Provcast team interview Rich Ghazal, Executive Director of In Defense of Christians, to discuss the question of C...
Episode 91 | Is Israel's Fight for Survival also America's Fight?
Talking with Iranian scholar and policy expert Dr. Farhad Rezaei, the Provcast crew get caught up on the latest developments related to the Iran-Israe...
Episode 90 | Is There a “Trump Doctrine”? And What Just Happened in Ukraine?
In this two-part conversation, the Provcast crew unpacks Ukraine’s surprise drone attack on Russia and what it means for the war (and the future of wa...
Episode 89 | The Sources of Iran's Revolutionary Ideology
Providence Managing Editor James Diddams is joined by Jozef Kosc, Hamilton Center Fellow at the University of Florida, to discuss the varied ideologic...
Episode 88 | How Hindu Political Theology Halted, then Restarted Indian Nuclear Proliferation
Providence Editor James Diddams is joined by Bill Drexel, Fellow at Hudson Institute in US-India relations and geopolitical competition with China, to...
Episode 87 | Of American Popes and American Power in a Multipolar Age
Pondering recent events in the Vatican, the Provcast crew talks through the legacy of Pope Francis and the rise of "Pope Bob from Chicago" (the first...
Episode 86 | Providence Magazine's 10th Anniversary
As Providence Magazine approaches 10 years since its launch, editors Mark Tooley, Marc LiVecche, Robert Nicholson, and James Diddams discuss the found...
Episode 85 | Early America: Christian Republic—or Republic of Christians?
In his recent book "Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War" (Davenant, 2024), Miles Smith IV, Assistant Professor...
Ep 84 | Peter Berkowitz on Liberal Education, Progressive Ideology, and the Israel-Hamas War
Marc LiVecche joins Providence contributor Keith Pavlischek and the Hoover Institution's Peter Berkowitz on a wide-ranging exploration of Israel's war...
Episode 83 | Reflections One Year After Oct. 7, 2023
The world looks very different a year after the Iran-orchestrated Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023. With Israeli counterstrikes in Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon,...
Episode 82 | On Tim Walz, Military Ethos, and Service Before Self
In the midst of ongoing debate regarding the military service record of Democratic party vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, Providence's Marc LiVec...
Episode 81 | (In)vincible Ignorance andJust Getting it Wrong About Hamas (Keith Pavlischek)
Marc LiVecche hosts COL Keith Pavlischek, USMC (RET), long-time Providence contributor for a long-form discussion about the Israel-Hamas War. Points o...
Episode #80 | How America Combats Human Trafficking (Rebecca Munson)
Rebecca Munson—department chair for government and public policy at Liberty University’s Helms School of Government—talks with Mark Melton about how t...
Episode #79 | China as Democracy Falls in Hong Kong (Olivia Enos)
Olivia Enos of the Heritage Foundation speaks with Mark Melton about how the Chinese government has been snuffing out liberty in Hong Kong. She discus...
Episode #78 | The Russia-Ukraine War after the Battle of Kyiv (Paul Miller)
In this episode, Mark Melton speaks with Paul Miller about what may happen in Ukraine now that the Battle of Kyiv appears to be over and the war is mo...
Episode #77 | How to Help Ukraine Effectively without a NATO-Russia War (Lt. Col. Tyson K. Wetzel)
In this episode, Mark Melton speaks with Lieutenant Colonel Tyson K. Wetzel (US Air Force) about how the United States can help Ukraine fight Russia e...
Episode #76 | Just War Perspective on the Ukraine War (Marc LiVecche and Rebeccah Heinrichs)
In this wide-ranging and impassioned conversation about the war in Ukraine, Providence editors Marc LiVecche and Rebeccah Heinrichs, also of the Hudso...
Episode #75 | A Conversation with the "Daughters of Diaspora" (Mariam Wahba And Adela Cojab)
In this episode, Mariam Wahba and Adela Cojab talk about their new show "American-ish: Daughters of Diaspora", which covers the topics of faith, cultu...
Episode #74 | America’s New Law on Forced Labor in Xinjiang (Christine McDaniel and Weifeng Zhong)
Weifeng Zhong and Christine McDaniel of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University talk with Mark Melton about the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention...
Episode #73 | On The Looming Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (Rebeccah Heinrichs)
Rebeccah Heinrichs of the Hudson Institute speaks with Mark Melton about the Russian threat to Ukraine. She gives an update of the latest situation in...
Episode #72 | "It's a Wonderful Life" 75 Years Later (Dark Ops)
In this special Dark Ops episode of the podcast, Mark Melton and Marc LiVecche discuss the 1946 movie It’s a Wonderful Life and the short story that i...
Episode #71 | Brazil In The World Under Jair Bolsonaro (Igor Sabino)
In this episode Mark Melton speaks with Igor Sabino about the political situation in Brazil and that country’s role in global affairs. They focus on t...
Episode #70 | Tigray vs. Ethiopia Civil War (Joshua Meservey)
Just a few years ago, Ethiopia was a darling of foreign policy observers, with some comparing it to Taiwan and South Korea in decades past. Meanwhile,...
Episode #69 | The Future of Afghanistan and Vulnerable Afghans (Paul D. Miller)
Paul D. Miller speaks with Mark Melton about the current situation in Afghanistan as well as what might happen in the country next. In particular, the...
Episode #68 | America’s Enemies and Allies in the Middle East (Joel Rosenberg)
In this episode, Joel Rosenberg talks about his latest book, "Enemies and Allies: An Unforgettable Journey inside the Fast-Moving & Immensely Turbulen...
Episode #67 | Religious Freedom In Turkey (Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir And Aykan Erdemir)
In this episode, Mark Melton speaks with Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir and Aykan Erdemir about religious freedom issues in Turkey. In particular, they cover w...
Episode #66 | The Fall of Afghanistan and Joe Biden’s Withdrawal (Rebeccah Heinrichs)
In this episode, Rebeccah Heinrichs of the Hudson Institute talks with Mark Melton about the fall of Afghanistan. She describes what went wrong in Afg...
Episode #65 | The Patriotism of C.S. Lewis (Eric Patterson)
For the July 4th weekend, Eric Patterson and Mark Melton discuss what C.S. Lewis teaches Christians about patriotism and “love of home,” particularly...
Episode #64 | America "After Nationalism" (Samuel Goldman)
Samuel Goldman (PhD, Harvard) talks about his latest book, After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division, with Mark Melton, who recently rev...
Episode #63 | Just War For Ordered Liberty? (Paul D. Miller)
Mark Melton speaks with Paul D. Miller about his recent book "Just War and Ordered Liberty" (Cambridge University Press, January 2021, available here:...