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In Their Own Voices

PODCASTS ARE A GREAT WAY TO EXPERIENCE ADST’S ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION

In Their Own Voices was our very first podcast series and is the official podcast series of ADST. Previously known as “Poor Richard’s Podcasts”, ADST has taken different moments in diplomatic history and brought them to life in podcast form.

Check out this week’s FEATURED EPISODE: Dealing with a Leftist Dipsomaniac: The United States and Ecuador’s Carlos Arosemena

Dealing with a Leftist Dipsomaniac

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In the winter of 1984 with heavy snowfall, it fell on General Services Officer Robert Weisberg to get the snow cleared daily at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Read about how a few bottles of vodka and cartons of cigarettes helped Weisberg get the job done: https://bit.ly/3mHa3eK

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Did you get a new Play Station 5 for Christmas? Obsession with video games has been around at least since the 1980s and has even affected high-ranking government officials who ought to know better. See one dubious example: https://bit.ly/3HtPbQ6

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Join us! Thursday, Jan. 13 at 11am EST, ADST will host the second in a series of virtual policy discussions examining “From Trump To Biden: Reimagining U.S.-China Relations.” Topic: "Globalization, Regionalism & Statecraft in 2022" Register here via Zoom: http://bit.ly/3jygnDN

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