- 90
- Episodes
- 32
- Transcribed
- 49
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 46
- YouTube views
About SoftPower/FulStories
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.
- Publisher
- Christopher Wurst
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Jun 2025
- Latest episode
- 23 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
32 of 90 episodes have a transcript.
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#62 - Carol Spahn
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#61 - John Donnelly
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#60 - Wesley Warshawer
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#62 - Carol Spahn
Published 23 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And every single country wanted us back. And I think that is an amazing statement of what the value proposition is really at a people-to-people level and the goodwill that is established over decades. What is your pitch to people back home in Kansas? Why it's important that we're sending people around the world to do these kinds of efforts? People-to-people diplomacy is so, so powerful. So when I think about that in today's context, where we are seeing greater isolationism, increased polarization, I think the contribution of programs like the Peace Corps, Fulbright, others where you spend a significant amount of time building those relationships overseas is so, so valuable, both in terms of international relations, but also in terms of that skill set that people bring back here to the U.S. to bridge those divides. […]
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- Carol Spahn
- John Donnelly
- Wesley Warshawer
- Hannah Peterson
- Derek Lowstuter
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- YouTube views
- 46
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 36 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100
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- Quality
- 16
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 65
- Engagement
- 32
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