In our final podcast of the year, Interview Editors Lucy Schmitz and Lauren Whitaker chatted with Suzanne Kianpour, BBC foreign affairs journalist and visiting GU Politics fellow. They discussed the media’s role in public service, U.S. politics compared to politics abroad, and stories from her reporting career.

Bonus features:

For more on the topics discussed, Suzanne’s book recommendations include:

Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff and David Corn

House of Trump, House of Putin by Craig Unger

House of Bush, House of Saud by Craig Unger

Theme music by Russell Lawrence @cspanfam