Since its inception in 1945, the United Nations has committed to preventing world wars. However, recent and devastating conflicts, like the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere, have brought the UN's shortcomings on this front into high relief. Is the United Nations capable of preventing war and keeping the peace, or is the institution too antiquated to resol ... Show More
Mar 31
Are lost ancient civilizations real?
Archaeology textbooks tell a familiar story about human history: Stone tools, cave art, nomadic life, then civilization. But a growing number of voices think we're missing a chapter—signs of an earlier advanced culture, lost to time. This episode explores the question underneath ... Show More
2h 10m
Mar 24
Are we the most intelligent beings in the universe?
For millennia, we’ve wondered about the possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth. Recently, former U.S. president Barack Obama asserted that aliens are, in fact, real, and the Trump administration has pushed to declassify government files on UAPs and UFOs, leaving us with eve ... Show More
2h 24m
Sep 2024
The United Nations in a Divided World
<p>In the first episode of <em>Hold Your Fire</em>’s new season, Richard Atwood is joined by Richard Gowan, Crisis Group’s UN director, to speak about the UN General Assembly high-level week and the UN’s global role. They look at how the UN has responded to the Gaza war and confl ... Show More
45m 8s
Oct 2025
Ep 145. How has Trump changed the UN?
To join our Mega Orderers Club, and get ad free listening, early episode releases, bonus content and exclusive access to live events, visit https://disorder.supportingcast.fm?sc_promo=DISORDER10 When Trump stormed into UNGA last week, complained about escalators and tele prompter ... Show More
34m 16s
Aug 2025
Peacekeeping is Dying. Long Live Peacekeeping?
This week on The Horn, Alan Boswell sits down with Samira Gaid, founder and senior analyst at the Mogadishu-based think tank Balqiis Insights, and Fred Bauma, human rights advocate and executive secretary at the Ebuteli research institute in Kinshasa, to unpack the uncertain futu ... Show More
31 m
Nov 2024
Gaza: Is International Law a Waste of Time? With Francesca Albanese
Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslim Should we, people who remain married to justice, accept that international law, if it ever did work, is today defunct? In a broader sense, when we pursue its application are we in ... Show More
48 m
Oct 2024
Frankly Speaking | S11 E4 | Dr. Riyad Mansour, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN
<p>On this episode of Frankly Speaking we hear from Ambassador Riyad Mansour, the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations. As the conflict intensifies, we ask – is the world turning its back on Gaza, much like it has forgotten Ukraine?
Can international courts eve ... Show More
32m 2s
Nov 2022
Martin Kimani on Kenya’s “African agenda” in the Security Council
Kenya’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Martin Kimani, reflects on his nation’s role as a “clear voice for Africa” on the Security Council, and stresses the importance of calling out hypocrisy and colonial nostalgia on the global stage. Taking us behind the sce ... Show More
28m 32s