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The Rest of the World Podcast
The Rest of the World Podcast is the audio version of The Rest of the World Report. Every edition, in the voice of the editor. The same stories, the same sourcing, the same voice — for listeners who want the news in their ears instead of on their screens.
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Episodes
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 17, 2026 — Evening Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. I will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 17, 2026 — Morning Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. I will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 16, 2026 — Good News Sunday Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. Five stories worth your Sunday. FROM A HOSPITAL BED TO A WORLD…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 15, 2026 — Saturday Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. THE ARDAY CASE Jason Arday was found dead in a home in…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 14, 2026 — Evening Edition
A quarter of everyone wounded in Gaza since 2023 now lives with a permanently life-altering injury, and the territory has no pediatric rehabilitation care at…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 14, 2026 — Morning Edition
Trigger warning: this morning’s edition includes the topic or sexual assault in our second story. Israeli forces have been setting wildfires across southern…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 13, 2026 — Evening Edition
The CIA doubted the Israeli intelligence that triggered an elaborate Air Force One deception, and a NATO ally believes it was designed to manipulate US policy…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 13, 2026 — Morning Edition
Israel's own broadcaster says Hamas could get $400 million in debt relief under the US peace plan. The Board of Peace says that's false. And a sitting Israeli…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 12, 2026 — Evening Edition
Ukraine struck Russia's last major Black Sea stronghold despite reported US pressure to stand down. A 13-year-old died four days after being placed in the…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 12, 2026 — Morning Edition
Türkiye's parliament just took a real step toward ending a 40-year insurgency. The Trump administration is cutting federal funding for a category of care for…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 11, 2026 — Evening Edition
Pakistan signed a defense pact widely read as a shield against Iran, then sent its own interior minister to Tehran days later claiming a peace deal is close…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 11, 2026 — Morning Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. THE NUMBERS GAP President Trump rejected Iran’s demand for war…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 10, 2026 — Evening Edition
Trump's Joint Chiefs chairman is privately pushing for an Iran war off-ramp, while Israel has canceled military leave and told CENTCOM it's preparing to fight…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 10, 2026 — Morning Edition
Netanyahu formally rejected the Trump administration's 15-point Gaza plan. The plan's own envoy spent Sunday on Israeli TV trying to save it. Trump has told…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Good News Sunday August 9, 2026
Good News Sunday A mom tattooed a keyboard on her arm so her nonverbal son always has a way to reach her. A stranger rebuilt a stolen farm stand overnight…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 8, 2026 — Saturday Edition
Two young Black women were found dead in the same Mississippi city this summer, and neither case has an answer yet. Three Muslim-majority powers just signed a…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 7, 2026 — Evening Edition
Iran is citing America's own reported weapons shortage back at Washington, in public. Israel's own domestic intelligence chief is privately calling the Gaza…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 7, 2026 — Morning Edition
A Jackson councilman is now asking who murdered Tasia Fortune before investigators have said whether anyone did. Iran wants to write the US and Israel out of…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 6, 2026 — Evening Edition
A Black woman was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi this week, and almost nothing is known about who she was, part of a documented national pattern. A…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 6, 2026 — Morning Edition
A third Delaney Hall detainee has died, and the public only knows because a congressman happened to ask. Iran's confirmed a real US-Israeli plan to arm Kurdish…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 5, 2026 — Evening Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. I will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 5, 2026 — Morning Edition
Military GPS jamming was active when a medevac plane crashed into a New Mexico mountain, killing four, and it's not the first time controllers were ignored…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 4, 2026 — Evening Edition
Iran and the US are both claiming military readiness in the Strait of Hormuz standoff, but only one side's numbers can actually be checked. Brazil's ambassador…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 4, 2026 — Morning Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. SECOND DEATH AT DELANEY HALL Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo died…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 3, 2026 — Evening Edition
Trump gave Iran one last chance today, then spent the same day claiming its nuclear program was already gone. Todd Blanche killed his own Jan 6 slush fund two…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | August 3, 2026 — Morning Edition
Trump canceled a planned strike on Iran over the weekend, claiming allies say a deal is close. Gaza's death toll doesn't agree. And an American president told…
The Rest of the World PodcastRest of the World Report | Good News Sunday, August 2, 2026
A stranger raised $174K for a limping airport worker with nothing but a phone. A 14-year-old lassoed a man out of the Yellowstone. Five stories this week, and…
The Rest of the World PodcastRest of the World Report | August 1, 2026 — Saturday Edition
Apologies for not having this out with the print edition this morning, but logistics (ie, houseguests who had been watching our doggo while we were away) made…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Special Report | The Court
In 2002, the world built a court to prosecute the crimes no one else would: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity. Twenty-four years later, it has…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Special Report | The System
ICE called it a suicide attempt gone wrong. A county medical examiner, outside ICE's own chain of command, ruled it homicide by asphyxia. That's one name…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Special Report | Ruled Suicide
RULED SUICIDEI will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to support keeping it free for everyone else, there’s a paid option. That’s all it is.Part…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Special Report | The Reaction Gap
THE REACTION GAPPart One of ThreeThis is the first installment in a three-part ROTWR Special Report series examining a documented pattern: how American…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | The Children
Content warning: this piece documents the killing of children. Details are graphic. What follows is sourced to UN bodies, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | July 17, 2026 — Evening Edition
Israel struck a funeral today. Iran hit its own mediator's capital, again. And the man who killed Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero had a documented history his…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | July 17, 2026 — Morning Edition
Iran just told the UN Security Council the US is committing war crimes. Half the House just voted to cut Israel's aid. And the men who watched ICE kill someone…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | July 16, 2026 — Evening Edition
Iran just declared the Strait of Hormuz off-limits to America, period, and there's no real workaround if it stays closed. Your vice president told a foreign…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | July 16, 2026 — Morning Edition
The war reached Iran's capital for the first time overnight. A dead man is being smeared with drugs nobody says he knew were in his van. And Iran says it…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | July 15, 2026 — Evening Edition
The US hit Iran twice in one day, and Iran hit three American allies back. A Colombian president called an ICE killing murder, and a Texas prosecutor is…
The Rest of the World PodcastTHE REST OF THE WORLD REPORT | July 15, 2026 — Morning Edition
The ceasefire is gone and the US just hit Iran for a fourth straight night. ICE reversed its own enforcement rules after killing two men in one week, while the…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Tuesday, July 14, 2026 — Morning Edition
US strikes on Iran enter their third night. A father is killed by ICE in Maine. And a buried provision in the defense bill could permanently tie US military…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Monday, July 13, 2026 — Evening Edition
ICE killed another person this morning. A baby died at a checkpoint. The US is reinstating its naval blockade of Iran. A 26-year-old Colombian man authorized…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Monday, July 13, 2026 — Morning Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. I will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | July 12, 2026 — Good News Edition
A rescue dog with one blue eye and one brown just retired as a national hero. White rhinos are back in Mozambique. A church has been quietly cancelling medical…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Saturday, July 11, 2026 — Saturday Edition
RotWR Saturday Edition is live! There is a ceasefire in Gaza. There has been since October 10, 2025. Under it, 1,084 Palestinians have been killed and 3,491…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Friday, July 10, 2026 — Evening Edition
Trump fired the entire Election Assistance Commission by email, four months before the midterms. A Meta contractor put a deadly bacteria in Wyoming's water…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Friday, July 10, 2026 — Morning Edition
Today is the deadline. 300,000 Haitians are about to lose the legal status that let them live and work here — some for sixteen years. The US paused strikes on…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Thursday, July 9, 2026 — Evening Edition
The war that ended on June 17 has not ended. Iran reached out for a new deal. Trump doesn't know if they're worthy of one. And nine Palestinians were killed in…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Thursday, July 9, 2026 — Morning Edition
The US struck Iran for the third consecutive day. A Paraguayan senator called the world's best soccer player a "colonized Cameroonian" and then demanded an…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Wednesday, July 8, 2026 — Evening Edition
The US struck Iran for the second consecutive day. NATO concluded in Ankara. And two separate UN bodies called this week for the immediate release of a…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Wednesday, July 8, 2026 — Morning Edition
Trump says the Iran deal is over. Brent is at $78.57 and rising. At NATO, he demanded Greenland, wrote off Spain, and threatened to pull US troops from Europe…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Tuesday, July 7, 2026 — Evening Edition
The MOU is twenty days old. Tonight Iran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The US revoked Iran's right to sell oil and launched strikes. A US…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Tuesday, July 7, 2026 — Morning Edition
The NATO summit in Ankara opened with a diplomatic snub: Trump skipped Atatürk’s mausoleum, breaking a protocol observed by every visiting head of state—except…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Monday, July 6, 2026 — Evening Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. I will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Monday, July 6, 2026 — Morning Edition
This morning's Rest of the World Report is live! Zelensky to NATO: “The world must leave Ankara with strong decisions on air defense.” Trump’s National Guard…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Sunday, July 5, 2026 — Good News!
Today is Cape Verde's Independence Day. The party is still going. Cape Verde celebrates 51 years of independence today. Two days ago they pushed the world…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Saturday, July 4, 2026 — Saturday Edition
Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. I will never put the news behind a paywall. If you want to…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Friday, July 3, 2026 — Evening Edition
The Air Force opened an investigation into Major Watson. The first American pope spent the eve of America's 250th birthday calling for moderation. Iran buried…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Friday, July 3, 2026 — Morning Edition
Russia killed at least 27 people in Kyiv on Thursday. While the US was negotiating peace with Iran, Israel allegedly tried to kill the Iranian negotiators…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Thursday, July 2, 2026 — Evening Edition
An Air Force major was arrested for calling for Trump's impeachment. He was released the next day. The Air Force hasn't said a word. Iran's supreme leader is…
The Rest of the World PodcastThe Rest of the World Report | Thursday, July 2, 2026 — Morning Edition
Trump killed the trade deal he made. South Africa's anti-immigrant deadline passed — and the rest of Africa cheered against them at the World Cup. An…