The Best of Press Conference USA 2021
On this year-end edition of Press Conference USA, VOA’s Rick Pantaleo brings you excerpts from conversations with some of our most distinguished guests, including former director of the CIA, and...
View ArticleFuture Trends 2022
On this annual edition of Press Conference USA, host Carol Castiel and co-host, Rick Pantaleo, speak with Amy Webb, CEO and Founder of “Future Today Institute” about the latest biological,...
View ArticleA Conversation with Thomas Carothers, Democracy Expert
How can the United States strike the delicate balance between its values of democracy and human rights and its national security interests with allies who are backsliding on the former? Host Carol...
View ArticleAmbassador Bill Taylor on Russia - Ukraine Tensions
Host Carol Castiel talks with Ambassador William (Bill) Taylor, V.P. at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), formerly Ambassador to Ukraine, about Moscow’s designs on Ukraine given the ominous Russian...
View ArticleNear-Earth Objects/Planetary Defense
NASA says there are some 28,000 comets and asteroids in our planet’s neighborhood, with more being discovered every day. Fortunately, the space agency also says the probability of a major collision is...
View ArticleMichael Waldman Talks About Voting Rights
Host Carol Castiel talks with voting rights expert, author and president of the Brennan Center for Justice, Michael Waldman, about the factors that led to the failure of federal voting rights...
View ArticleNear-Earth Objects/Planetary Defense Part #2
On this Science Edition, Rick Pantaleo talks about the work of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office with Dr. Thomas Statler and NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission with Drs. Nancy...
View ArticleCongresswoman Elaine Luria, D, VA
Carol Castiel sits down with Congresswoman Elaine Luria, a Democrat from Virginia. They talk about critical domestic and foreign issues such as preserving democracy, combatting Russian aggression...
View ArticleA Conversation with Ambassador Patrick Gaspard
In honor of Black History Month, Carol Castiel talks with H.E. Patrick Gaspard, former Ambassador to South Africa, now President and CEO of the Center for American Progress about range of domestic and...
View ArticleBlack History Month, Part II
In honor of Black History Month, host Carol Castiel and Issues in the News host, Kim Lewis, talk with Kay C. James, currently the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, previously president of the...
View ArticleA conversation with Anna Borshchevskaya about Russia's Aggression in Ukraine
Host Carol Castiel talks with Russian born, Anna Borshchevskaya, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about the latest developments surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,...
View ArticleScience Edition: The Growing Problem of Space Junk
Earth is surrounded by a scrapyard of old rockets, satellites, and other types of spacecraft. Space junk expert John Crassidis, SUNY Distinguished Professor with the Department of Mechanical and...
View ArticleCongresswoman Shontel Brown, D, Ohio
Host Carol Castiel talks with Congresswoman Shontel Brown, a Democrat from the state of Ohio, who serves on the House Agriculture and Oversight and Reform Committees. Brown, who won a contentious...
View ArticleA Conversation with Lauren Speranza about the NATO Summit
Host Carol Castiel talks with Lauren Speranza, Director of the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), about the new security reality in Europe...
View ArticleA Conversation with Julia Friedlander About Western Sanctions on Russia
Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine triggered a wave of severe sanctions against Russian banks, businesses, and oligarchs by the western alliance. These sanctions have been far reaching and...
View ArticleThe Complexity of the World's Top Humanitarian Crises
Guest host Kim Lewis and VOA international broadcaster Carol Van Dam discuss with secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, the complex nature of some of the world's worst...
View ArticleThe Rise and Risks of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution
Recent media reports have pointed out deepening environmental and health concerns caused by plastic and microplastic pollution. Robert Hale, a professor in the Department of Aquatic Health at the...
View ArticleA Conversation with Ambassador András Simonyi about Ukraine/Russia Conflict
Ambassador András Simonyi, former Hungarian ambassador to the United States and NATO, now senior fellow at the Atlantic council’s Global Energy Center, talks with host Carol Castiel about the...
View ArticleCongressman Mike Waltz, R, FL and Anne Applebaum
Host Carol Castiel talks with former US Special Forces officer Mike Waltz, now a Republican Congressman from the state of Florida who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Committee on...
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