SP/FS BONUS: Happy 2026 (from the Class of '25)

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SoftPower/FulStories

Christopher Wurst

31 episodes

4 days ago

Epic weekly tales from every corner of the globe. Forget politics, academia, or the office, these are "soft, powerful stories" told by those who lived them. Is what happens in Kinshasa really important in Kansas? Should an Idahoan care about the problems of an Indonesian? (The answer is yes, but...) SP/FS gives the human story center stage. People can debate the virtues of global soft power, but no one--from Osaka to Omaha to Ouagadougou--can deny the magic of these encounters. Each episode begins and ends in the United States—with a foreign adventure in between.

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SP/FS BONUS: Happy 2026 (from the Class of '25)

SoftPower/FulStories

35 minutes 53 seconds

2 weeks ago

SP/FS BONUS: Happy 2026 (from the Class of '25)

Let's face it, 2025, things could have gone a whole lot better. But it was the birth year for SP/FS, and on this special bonus episode, virtually the entire SP/FS Class of '25 storytellers return with reflections on the year past and wishes for 2026. Join us for a special cup of kindness.

Guest voices: Steve Herman, Pamela White, Jack & Sarah Seybold, Fred de Sam Lazaro, Warren Acuncius, Julia Irwin, Steve Callahan, Roland Merullo, Betsy Small, Keith Mines, Florence Reed, Mark D. Walker, Jon Cebra, Michael Varga, Noelle Ojo, Lewis Lucke, Denise Deneaux, Ben East, Evelyn LaTorre, Skip Waskin, Aunt Deb (aka Cathy Zielske), and Carl Henn.

SoftPower/FulStories uses first-person stories to explore why U.S. engagement in the world matters. Through conversations with diplomats, aid workers, Peace Corps volunteers, authors and artists, influencers, businesspeople, and more, SP/FS highlights how soft power and foreign aid and assistance strengthen America's security, prosperity, and global standing.