Why It Matters

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Each episode of Why It Matters breaks down an issue that is shaping our world’s future. Join host Gabrielle Sierra as she speaks with the leaders and thinkers who are facing these questions head on. Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations, Why It Matters brings some of the world’s most compelling stories home to you.

Why It Matters Live!: Food Diplomacy
May 21, 2025 – 39:24
Trade Agreements: Deal or No Deal
May 21, 2025 – 29:37
Tariff Turmoil, Part 2: Steel and Dog Gelato
Apr 30, 2025 – 32:48
Tariff Turmoil, Part 1: How Tariffs Are Affecting Farmers
Apr 16, 2025 – 29:18
The Washington Consensus Could Not Hold
Apr 2, 2025 – 30:27
We’ve Been Looking At Trade All Wrong
Mar 19, 2025 – 32:52
Why Trade Matters
Mar 19, 2025 – 02:02
Why Climate Matters: Nuclear Energy
Feb 20, 2025 – 37:48
New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect
Feb 14, 2025 – 29:39
Why Climate Matters: Water Scarcity
Feb 12, 2025 – 35:47
Why Climate Matters: The Arctic
Feb 5, 2025 – 27:50
Why Climate Matters: Pricing Climate
Jan 29, 2025 – 35:37
Why Climate Matters: Home Insurance
Jan 23, 2025 – 39:21
Why Climate Matters
Jan 23, 2025 – 00:52
The Dirty Energy Powering AI
Dec 3, 2024 – 35:56
Why the World Next Week Matters
Nov 14, 2024 – 37:12
The New Tech World Order
Nov 13, 2024 – 35:49
A World Under the Influence
Oct 21, 2024 – 38:36
Who’s Afraid of the National Debt?
Oct 2, 2024 – 30:11
Why Is the World Obsessed With the U.S. Election? Ask Germany
Sep 18, 2024 – 32:59
Can West Africa Curb Its Brain Drain?
Jun 20, 2024 – 39:19
Global Abortion Access After Roe
Jun 5, 2024 – 24:55
India, Modi, and Hindu Nationalism
May 23, 2024 – 33:44
Publishing in a Polarized World
May 10, 2024 – 29:51
Can Israel and Iran Step Back From the Brink? (Podcast Takeover)
Apr 24, 2024 – 41:59
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide
Apr 10, 2024 – 37:34
Local Leaders in the Global Economy
Apr 2, 2024 – 22:14
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind
Mar 27, 2024 – 33:52
2024: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
Mar 13, 2024 – 32:15
The Year of AI and Elections
Dec 20, 2023 – 35:38
Will India Take America’s Side Against China? (Podcast Takeover)
Dec 6, 2023 – 42:54
Understanding the U.S. Role in the Israel-Hamas War
Nov 22, 2023 – 29:50
A Turning Point for Global Trade
Nov 8, 2023 – 40:12
America’s Fentanyl Epidemic: The China Connection
Oct 25, 2023 – 32:06
The Case for Rebuilding Ukraine
Oct 11, 2023 – 35:55
Could Climate Change Break Home Insurance?
Sep 27, 2023 – 37:44
Who Runs the World?... Not Women
Sep 13, 2023 – 36:10
Taiwan, China, and the Threat of War
Jul 14, 2023 – 36:08
AI Meets World, Part Two
Jun 21, 2023 – 27:56
AI Meets World, Part One
Jun 8, 2023 – 33:43
Down and Dirty: The Global Fertilizer Dilemma
May 25, 2023 – 33:22
A New Nuclear Age
May 11, 2023 – 40:40
Army of Some: Recruiting Trouble for the All-Volunteer Force
Apr 26, 2023 – 26:09
Silencing the Messenger: Global Threats to Press Freedom
Apr 12, 2023 – 30:07
What’s Cracking in the Arctic
Mar 29, 2023 – 26:42
2023: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
Mar 15, 2023 – 35:11
Another Year of Living Dangerously
Dec 21, 2022 – 37:59
The Three Internets
Dec 7, 2022 – 38:38
A Troubled Cup for the Beautiful Game
Nov 23, 2022 – 37:01
Climate Adaptation: Rising Tides in Coastal Cities (Flashback Episode)
Nov 10, 2022 – 38:09