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April 25, 2023

China
Critical Minerals and China, With Morgan Bazilian

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute and a professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why critical minerals have emerged as a m…

Podcast Miners move bags of cobalt inside the CDM (Congo DongFang Mining) Kasulo mine.

March 27, 2024

Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind

On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the national security concerns around UFOs and the real search for extraterrestrial life.

Podcast Sign for UFO "self parking" against a blue sky.

April 20, 2023

South Korea
Biden Hosts South Korea’s President, Earth Day, UN Addresses Haiti, and More

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for a state visit, marking the seventy-year U.S.-South Korean alliance; people worldwide celebrate Earth Day with pledges to take e…

Podcast Waving American and South Korean Flags

March 23, 2023

Democracy
Brazil’s Lula visits China, Earth Hour, Second Summit for Democracy, and More

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China to discuss Brazil-China economic ties; millions of people around the world switch off their lig…

Podcast U.S. President Biden convenes virtual Summit for Democracy, in Washington

April 16, 2020

World Health Organization (WHO)
Trump Halts WHO Funding, Earth Day’s Fiftieth Anniversary, and More

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announces a funding freeze and review of the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic, Earth Day is celebrated across the globe, and Cuba marks the forti…

Podcast A protestor holds a sign in support of science during the March For Science in Seattle, Washington.