The Drinks & Diplomacy Podcast is the result of a two year effort to pull together fun, engaging, informative, and important conversations about how the world works. By listening to these episodes you will come away with a better understanding of key issues, players, challenges, and opportunities to engage and understand your role in global conversations.
Your hosts, Tim Horgan of the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire and Andrea Vanessa Castillo of WorldOregon, lead you through ten discussions, each taking a key look at the importance of issues from how the United Nations works, to how international exchanges affect local communities. They approach these conversations from different perspectives, Tim having spent his entire career in global work and Andrea from a more local perspective, giving a strong balance of diverse insights and questions.
You may wonder about the title of this podcast, with Drinks coming before the Diplomacy. Each episode kicks off with a conversation about a different drink (some alcoholic, others not) that the hosts and guests look to tie to the topic at hand. This allows for a relaxed approach to what can sometimes be a dry topic and makes for an easier entry point for everyone to engage in this podcast.
These conversation are designed to provide everyone with the opportunity to better understand these key issues, whether you have studied international affairs or are just someone interested in learning more about the world. Hopefully, you will not only enjoy these episodes, but will also be inspired to get more involved in local conversations about global issues.