
Deep Dish on Global Affairs
Hosted by Leslie Vinjamuri · The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
4.7from 271 ratings
- 417
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 271
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About Deep Dish on Global Affairs
Deep Dish on Global Affairs helps you make sense of our rapidly changing world. Join host Leslie Vinjamuri, President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, as she speaks with thought leaders, journalists, and experts shaping foreign policy and global events. Together, they go beyond the headlines, explaining how events unfolded, why they matter, and what to watch for. Can global trade survive the shock of Trump's tariffs? What's behind the global race for AI dominance? New episodes every Thursday. Learn more at https://globalaffairs.org/deep-dish
- Publisher
- The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Sept 2016
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
28 of 417 episodes have a transcript.

8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What's at Stake in Israel's First Election Since October 7?

1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Could Brazil's Election Push It Closer to the US?

24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trump and Xi Face a New Question: What to Do About AI
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What's at Stake in Israel's First Election Since October 7?
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] On the elections, Israeli elections, they're always kind of crazy, and this time is going to be even crazier. And it's a parliamentary system. It's not one winner takes it all. You vote for the Knesset, and then a party needs to be able to form a coalition. A government. But surely, Shira, just before you continue, I think people feel that the policy, as you so articulately set out earlier, is Netanyahu's theory of the case, theory of peace, theory of security. People so heavily associate Israel's trajectory from Gaza to the war in Iran to Lebanon with Netanyahu that it seems like the stakes are extraordinarily high. […]
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