FP Live

Every January, FP Live dedicates one episode to looking ahead at the next calendar year. Join Ravi Agrawal in conversation with Peter Baker for the second of a two-part series looking back and ahead as a new year begins.

Every December, FP Live dedicates one episode to looking back at the year that was. A common link among most of the year’s dramatic news events was one leader: U.S. President Donald Trump. So we asked Peter Baker, the New York Times’ chief White House correspondent, to join Ravi Agrawal.

It’s becoming clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is keen to break China’s monopoly on critical minerals. What would it take for the United States to catch up with China? Why are these minerals so important? Gracelin Baskaran will join FP Live to explain their increasing salience in geopolitics.

As world leaders gather for COP30, one environmentalist has an unlikely message of hope. Bill McKibben joined FP Live to argue that advances in solar and wind energy could help decarbonize economies in time to stave off the worst predictions of climate scientists.

What does “America First” mean for Latin America? Leading scholar Oliver Stuenkel joined FP Live to discuss the White House’s strategy for the region—and how countries there plan to navigate it.

It’s time for one of our regular Ask-Me-Anything episodes. Questions from subscribers and podcast listeners are encouraged, and regular host Ravi Agrawal will answer them.

The headlines can often look bleak for women’s rights around the world, but there are important advances to highlight. Lyric Thompson, the founder and CEO of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, shared her research.

On Trump's first trip to Asia in his second term, he had a crucial face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Elizabeth Economy, a former senior China advisor in the U.S. Commerce Department, discussed on FP Live.

There is little doubt that the U.S. economy is benefitting from an AI-related boom. But a growing number of economists worry that it could be a bubble. Economist Jared Bernstein joined FP Live to explain his worries.

Can history explain the inconsistencies in Donald Trump’s foreign policy? Historian Greg Grandin joined FP Live to discuss Trump’s imperialist tendencies and how they change Washington’s relations with its partners and neighbors.

Amid the fragile cease-fire and the joyful return of prisoners and hostages, one question looms large: What’s next for the Palestinians? Diana Buttu, a lawyer and former peace negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization, joined FP Live to discuss. 

Poll after poll shows that America’s youngest voters are embracing conservatism and the Republican Party. Emily Jashinsky, a conservative journalist, joined FP’s Ravi Agrawal for an in-depth discussion of youth issues, the resonance of Charlie Kirk, and the shutdown.