
Yale Leads
Yale Leads is a podcast series produced by the Yale Broadcast Studio, featuring collections from Yale University. It covers leadership topics and insights from the Yale International Leadership Center. The podcast aims to share knowledge from Yale's academic and research community. Listeners can expect discussions and interviews relevant to leadership and personal development.
Episodes

Sylvia Thompson
Sylvia Thompson, Norwegian mediator and a 2026 Yale Peace Fellow, joins the podcast.

Anna Basman
Anna Basman, peace negotiator from the Philippines and a 2026 Yale Peace Fellow, joins the podcast.

María Ramírez
María Ramírez, Colombian peace advisor and a 2026 Yale Peace Fellow, joins the podcast.

Jamil Mahuad
Jamil Mahuad, former President of Ecuador, joins for a fascinating conversation on leadership, instinct, and imagination. He opens up about the choice to go into politics, and his experiences negotiating a peace accord and navigating an economic “perfect storm.”

Mathias Wikström
Mathias Wikström, Swedish sustainability business leader and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Akim Daouda
Akim Daouda, founder and CEO of Mwaana Inc, former CEO of Gabon’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, and 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Mariam El Marakeshy
Mariam El Marakeshy, storyteller, filmmaker, educator, cultural specialist — and 2025 Yale World Fellow — joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Rhea See
Rhea See, co-founder and CEO of She Loves Tech and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Vivian López
Vivian López, Paraguay’s first “digital judge” and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter
Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter, an Ecuadorian impact investor and 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Trinh Nguyen
Trinh Nguyen, Vietnam country director of TRAFFIC International and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Mikhail Zygar
Mikhail Zygar, a Russian journalist, historian and 2025 Yale Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Tamar Chugoshvili
Tamar Chugoshvili, democracy advocate, former Georgian parliamentarian and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

Mohammed Rezwan
Mohammed Rezwan, founder of Bangladesh’s pioneering floating school movement and a 2025 Yale World Fellow, joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast.

George Papandreou on Renewing Democracy
George Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece (2009-2011), joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast to discuss leading his country through an economic crisis, building bridges in the Eastern Mediterranean, and reimagining democracy for the 21st century.

George Logothetis: “Know thyself —the two most important words ever written.”
Businessman and philanthropist George Logothetis joins the ILC’s Yale Leads podcast for an open and wide-ranging conversation — on trusting one’s gut, living with gratitude, cultivating original thought, and the importance of historical perspective.

Episode 4: Kholood Khair
In this episode, host Rob Malley and guest Kholood Khair examine Sudan’s war, the international failures to stop it, and the urgent need to elevate civilian voices in the push for justice, democracy, and lasting peace.
Kholood Khair is the founder and director of Confluence Advisory, a ‘think and do tank’ founded in Khartoum, that works on three priority policy areas: peace and securit

Episode 3: Finding Hope after Gaza, with Jaser AbuMousa
In this episode, host Robert Malley and guest Jaser AbuMousa talk about defining moments of Jaser’s life and work in Gaza, how he honors the memory of his wife and sons, and how he finds hope in continuing to work towards peace in the Middle East.
Jaser AbuMousa is a Palestinian political analyst and development specialist from Khan Younis, Gaza. He most recently served as a Program Manager for th

Episode 2: Africa’s Leadership Crisis, with Mengistu Assefa Dadi
In this episode, host Yuval Ben-David and guest Mengistu Assefa Dadi explore the roots of conflict in the Horn of Africa, the decline of regional leadership, and the critical role of grassroots peacebuilding and local resilience in driving long-term stability.
Mengistu Assefa Dadi is an Ethiopian political and conflict analyst known for designing peace dialogue projects, managing initiatives that

Episode 1: Building Bridges Between Jewish and Muslim Communities, with Rabbi Elhanan Miller
In this episode, host Rob Malley and guest Elhanan Miller discuss the power of religious and cultural dialogue in building bridges between Jewish and Muslim communities, and how Elhanan’s Arabic-language media project aims to foster empathy across deep political divides.
Rabbi Elhanan Miller is the founding director of People of the Book, an educational non-profit that explains Jewish faith and cu

Iuliia Mendel on Ukraine
Iuliia Mendel, former Press Secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, discusses her personal and professional journey; takes us inside the stressful job of crafting a message for a new Ukrainian administration while handling crisis communications; untangles the disinformation threat and how to tackle it; and stresses what the stakes are in Ukraine – and the role of young Ukrainians in

General Petraeus on Great Power Competition
General Petraeus discusses Israel/Palestine and the war in Gaza; Iran and escalation in the Middle East; democracy and elections in 2024; Russia and Ukraine; and China and Taiwan.
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