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Ambassador of Bahrain to the United States of America Abdulla R Al Khalifa chats with Heidi Kuhn, founder of non-profit Roots of Peace. Mrs. Kuhn is a humanitarian and peace activist who has spent more than 25 years restoring agriculture in former conflict zones. She was recently named as the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate for her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods and resilience after devastating conflict. 

Shelli Brunswick is the chief operating officer of Space Foundation based in Colorado Springs. The Space Foundation is a nonprofit founded 40 years ago as a gateway to education, information, and collaboration for space exploration. The Ambassador had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Brunswick earlier this year while in Colorado. He was so impressed by her take on space exploration in the future, particularly on educational programs, that he had to have her on the podcast. 
Bahraini Space Camp alumni Naser Alqooti and Maryam Alawadi join as well to share their first-hand experience. 

Ms. Dona Murad is the owner and “Coffee Queen” of Librae Bakery in Manhattan’s East Village. Librae is a Third Culture Bakery influenced by flavors from the Middle East using fermentation techniques from Copenhagen. Librae Bakery is the first bakery in New York owned by a Bahraini woman. 

Ambassador Abdullah Al Khalifa sits down with Dan Shapiro, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated to that post by President Obama and was sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has deep experience in foreign policy, especially in the Middle East. He offers his expertise on the current state of affairs in the region.

Founder of Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) Darrell Hubbard, joins Ambassador Abdulla R. Al Khalifa for an expert discussion of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), the level of interest in issuing them, the technological innovations that it provides, and the effects it will have on today’s traditional banking system.

This podcast, hosted by the Ambassador of Bahrain to the U.S., features the voices and viewpoints of change-makers and thought-leaders discussing security, geopolitics, trade, science, arts, and culture in the region and beyond. Through his position, within Washington’s Diplomatic Corps, Ambassador Abdulla R. Al Khalifa provides a forum from which listeners are given a ringside seat to discussions providing a panoply of insights and perspectives.