WorldNow ™ with Jim Falk

This broadcast was aired live on October 7 for KSFR's "The Forum." When Forum programs have an international focus, I'll include them on this podcast. On this episode, recorded on the one year anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel, we hear from three Middle East specialists: Ambassador Deborah Jones, who during her distinguished career served throughout the Middle East, including as U.S. ambassad...

Max Boot spent a decade researching and writing what reviewers have described as the definitive biography on Reagan. Given that over 11,000 books have been written him, that's quite a compliment but it is one that is deserved. Our discussion goes from young "Dutch's" itinerant childhood, Hollywood, traveling orator for GE to the White House. Having interviewed over 100+friends and associates of th...

Steven Cook, the senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of "The End of Ambition: America's Past, Present and Future in the Middle East." Here, Cook tackles clearly and with rare insight why the U.S. must find the correct balance of engagement. He will be the first to say the U.S. has made several mistakes, especially since 1991, but we s...

Mickey Bergman, now the CEO of Global Reach, worked closely with the late Governor of New Mexico and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson, to rescue Americans (and others). Their successes earned them two nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. Mickey is the author of "In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad." In their conversatio...

Laura Liswood, secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders, highlights what Mexico's first woman head of state, will face when she takes office on October 1. Combatting crime, drug-financed cartels are high on the list as is whether her predecessor AMLO will give her room to govern. This episode was recorded on June 7 for Perspectives Matter, a McCuistion Program.

Ned Price, who has held senior foreign policy positions in both the Obama and Biden administrations, gives his take on the administration's response to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Price is currently the deputy to the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.