In this episode, our hosts discuss the ethics of animal testing, from Elon Musk’s Neuralink to the cosmetics industry in China, asking how global laws can influence how we innovate, and an interview conducted by associate editor Jake Truncale with Halla Tómasdóttir, Iceland's newly elected president.

In this episode our hosts discuss Meta’s decision to end professional fact-checking on its platforms and South Africa’s electricity crisis and its impact on the country’s 2024 elections.

In this episode, we discuss Uruguay's democracy as a potential model for stability in Latin America and Russia's influence and soft power in the Sahel region of Africa.