The podcast episodes cover a range of topics with global implications, including the use of AI technology in elections ('How deepfakes in India are changing the world's largest election'), the historical lessons from the Ming dynasty's collapse in China as they relate to contemporary climate change ('The Price of Collapse: The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China'), and the international debates surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict #1592 Israel and Palestine are less complicated than you think).

Additionally, the episodes discuss the global impacts of biofuel production ('Is it time to end biofuels?') and Europe's energy crisis in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine ('A preview of season 3: Europe's energy crisis'), highlighting how local and regional issues can have consequences that reverberate worldwide.