First hour: Todd Moss on bureaucracy and the situation in Afghanistan
Second hour: The best podcasts (so far) of 2021Was the messy evacuation from Afghanistan inevitable? Or could we have pulled all of our Afghan allies out in time? Todd Moss was deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. He's a Pittsford graduate who has worked in foreign affairs for most of his career. We discuss how bureaucracy cost our allies, and what lessons the foreign policy establishment can learn going forward. Our guest:
- Todd Moss, former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
Then in our second hour, what are your favorite podcasts this year? We talk about the most interesting and popular podcasts of 2021. Our guests share their picks, and we invite you to weigh in with your favorites as well. Our guests:
- Veronica Volk, producer and editor for news, arts, and life at WXXI News
- Beth Larter, school librarian in Gates Chili