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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The 1st Draft</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-1st-draft--5837579</link><description><![CDATA[The 1st Draft is a new podcast from the Foreign Policy Research Institute in which Robert D. Kaplan and Dominic Green examine ideas emanating from world affairs. New episodes released monthly. <br /><br />To be the first to know about new episodes, please <a href="https://fpri.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=939db365f03b923a073fac2c3&amp;id=e8d0f13be2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">subscribe to our mailing list</a> and follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FPRI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@FPRI. </a>]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/5837579/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>History</category><copyright>Copyright Foreign Policy Research Instit</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/838dfadc9036c6fdc958349caf9c790f.jpg</url><title>The 1st Draft</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-1st-draft--5837579</link></image><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:01:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Foreign Policy Research Instit</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Foreign Policy Research Instit</itunes:name><itunes:email>social@fpri.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/838dfadc9036c6fdc958349caf9c790f.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>The 1st Draft is a new podcast from the Foreign Policy Research Institute in which Robert D. Kaplan and Dominic Green examine ideas emanating from world affairs. New episodes released monthly. 

To be the first to know about new episodes, please...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The 1st Draft is a new podcast from the Foreign Policy Research Institute in which Robert D. Kaplan and Dominic Green examine ideas emanating from world affairs. New episodes released monthly. <br /><br />To be the first to know about new episodes, please <a href="https://fpri.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=939db365f03b923a073fac2c3&amp;id=e8d0f13be2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">subscribe to our mailing list</a> and follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FPRI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@FPRI. </a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>The British Royal Family, Western Elections, and the Death of an Editor</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-british-royal-family-western-elections-and-the-death-of-an-editor--59078815</link><description><![CDATA[In this month’s episode of The 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss the royal photo scandal,  the upcoming US election and the importance of a great editor at <i>The Atlantic.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59078815</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/59078815/march_firstdraft.mp3" length="39578940" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Foreign Policy Research Instit</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this month’s episode of The 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss the royal photo scandal,  the upcoming US election and the importance of a great editor at The Atlantic.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this month’s episode of The 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss the royal photo scandal,  the upcoming US election and the importance of a great editor at <i>The Atlantic.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1649</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image 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