Just World Podcasts
Just World Podcasts is an innovative podcast series on international affairs. In October 2025, we launched a new series titled "Gaza & the World." This series of public conversations hosted by Just World Ed president Helena Cobban explores the many intersections of the continuing Gaza crisis and the current deep shifts in the global balance.
JWP is run by the non-profit foundation Just World Educational.
Podcasting since 2010 • 122 episodes
Just World Podcasts
Latest Episodes
The Iran Crisis #7: Barbara Slavin on Iran's durability, Israeli-U.S. war goals, and more
In this March 5 convo with Helena Cobban, longtime Iran specialist Barbara Slavin noted the survival of Iran's central governance structures even after the early assassination by the Israeli and U.S. war machine of the Supreme Leader and...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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51:50
The Iran Crisis #6: Amb. Chas Freeman defines Iran's war objectives, prospects for West Asia, global, and U.S. politics
In this March 4 convo with Helena Cobban, the veteran U.S. diplomatist Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr. assessed Iran's objectives in the defensive war it is now waging in response to the massive Israeli-U.S. aggression of February 28, an...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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57:20
The Iran Crisis #5: Rami G. Khouri on the regional and global impact of the U.S.-Israeli war
In this March 3 convo with Helena Cobban, JWE's board member the veteran analyst and thinker Rami G. Khouri discussed the sizeable impact that Iran's response to the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression is already having on Arab Gulf states, t...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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48:16
The Iran Crisis, #4: Elijah Magnier assess the impact of the war's first 60 hours, across West Asia and the world
In this March 2 convo with Helena Cobban, strategic analyst Elijah Magnier assessed the impact that the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran has been having within the Gulf region, in the rest of West Asia, and worldwide. His main conclu...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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41:27
The Iran Crisis, #3: Ray McGovern on why Trump is unlikely to initiate war, on the Russian dimension, and more
In this convo conducted late on February 26, Helena's guest was Ray McGovern, a long-time peace activist, and before that a high-level Soviet-affairs analyst for the CIA. McGovern shared the reasons why, for some time now, he...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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48:22
