Inside Geneva

Inside Geneva is a podcast about global politics, humanitarian issues, and international aid, hosted by journalist Imogen Foulkes. It is produced by SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual international public service media company from Switzerland.

Podcasting since 2019 • 183 episodes

Inside Geneva

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Inside Geneva’s Summer Profiles: Philippe Stoll

Philippe Stoll, the Red Cross’s ‘techplomat’, is Inside Geneva’s Summer Profile this week.“I studied economics and I think I could have been a banker or something like that. A good Swiss indeed! But my mother was a volunteer at the Red C...

August 04, 2026 • 27:11

Inside Geneva’s Summer Profiles: Trish Newport

Trish Newport of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Switzerland is Inside Geneva’s first summer profile this year.“My grandma was a humanitarian she had worked in Malawi and I remember when I was about 10 years old she said to me, ‘When you ...

July 21, 2026 • 26:31

Can a woman lead the UN?

On Inside Geneva this week, we look at the race to be the next UN Secretary-General. Is it time for a change?Susana Malcorra, candidate for UN Secretary-General 2016: 'I am deeply convinced this is a moment that requires a diffe...

July 07, 2026 • 34:38

Books to make you think

This week, Inside Geneva presents the newest instalment of our “Books to make you think” series.We talk to an author who had a ringside seat as the US development agency USAID was being destroyed.“The people who so recklessly tore...

June 23, 2026 • 29:40

What’s the point of foreign aid?

On our Inside Geneva podcast this week, we host a debate on a key question: what’s the point of foreign aid?“What’s the point of mobilising taxpayers’ money and sending it to faraway countries to assist vulnerable people? And how do you ...

June 09, 2026 • 59:27

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