# Leigh Turner diplomacy and writing

A podcast by Leigh Turner. Speaker, writer and ex-ambassador Leigh Turner explores diplomacy, books and writing.

Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/rss

## Latest episodes

- [79. How to travel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/ea98823951eb) (2026-10-30, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/128387348/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-30%2F6c3ef3ef-0f45-4906-7fe4-6a2732c8be81.mp3
- [78. How to ace interviews](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/73e0a359c388) (2026-10-01, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/126589254/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-30%2Fd1b3e0a5-461d-097e-8d9b-f9dc120b9b15.mp3
- [77. Don't let jobs destroy you](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/c98a35241a7a) (2026-09-16, 10 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/125091759/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-2%2F4dc14e8b-bda8-8d62-87d1-a719b3dc0b48.mp3
- [76. How to learn languages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/6cdf28d9f28a) (2026-08-29, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/124866909/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-28%2F95209a77-8768-2647-923c-a6f8700c7d29.mp3
- [75. Anyone can be a diplomat - true or false?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/ffba94740a8b) (2026-08-15, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/124228854/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-14%2Ffcbf9ea9-69c6-4687-56cc-464d6ad3b76d.mp3
- [74. Costa Rica: Turtles, beaches, jungles and gold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/728afff50cf0) (2026-06-27, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/118470208/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-14%2Fb3b3102a-c9b1-051c-b74b-b7f46efd60bd.mp3
- [73. Colombia: tragic and hopeful](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/25b07a5dd741) (2026-04-25, 24 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/118270893/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-10%2F9e5bc3b3-410f-716b-47ce-6e6b6ed867ec.mp3
- [72. Ecuador: The Galapagos, Cotopaxi and more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/e9ccdf86c125) (2026-03-28, 32 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/116056438/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-26%2Fcff60f8b-767d-d016-3418-359b3de8487e.mp3
- [71. Peru: Machu Picchu and The Sacred Valley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/d21977050468) (2026-02-28, 38 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/116052421/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-25%2Fa8938d77-6362-0ca0-efad-f690d0cc5d9c.mp3
- [70. Chile: Glaciers, Volcanoes and Deserts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/e7b67900f417) (2026-02-01, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/113856852/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-12%2F07b675eb-78fa-f59d-40cf-3dcf711c8b7e.mp3
- [69. "Luxury Spa": an Austrian Hotel Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/fb67d0274e54) (2026-01-10, 19 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/113788281/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-10%2F7f94adfe-8db3-567a-ac30-f6d5dd5d11e6.mp3
- [68. Salonica, City of Ghosts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/414abb80e762) (2025-09-13, 10 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/106944902/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-16%2Fea81ed0c-5192-2187-24e7-0028de2b6a19.mp3
- [67. Lessons in Diplomacy: Germans and stereotypes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/b3590a6e9280) (2025-08-16, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/106939872/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-16%2F8ab35c03-7558-15e9-6a5f-7122ee32f274.mp3
- [66. Lessons in Diplomacy: The Dangers of Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/45d7a72614df) (2025-07-30, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/106198576/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-6-30%2Fcce07ed2-2429-6eac-4587-33ff11a76d7c.mp3
- [65. Lessons in Diplomacy: Why did the US bomb Iran?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/b9a9a1915039) (2025-06-27, 8 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/104720401/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-5-27%2F550ccd46-86bb-75e8-83ab-3035968380d5.mp3
- [64. "Blood Summit": Chapters 2 and 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/4c5c50f44901) (2025-03-15, 17 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/98819051/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-1-21%2F81111207-4085-82dc-3a0f-cf6be81b40fa.mp3
- [63. "Blood Summit" - Prologue and Chapter 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/93e9dc757393) (2025-02-22, 17 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/98818821/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-1-21%2F62ac130d-676b-9071-28b9-5bc81c88c17e.mp3
- [62. Lessons in Diplomacy: How to understand Putin's war on Ukraine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/b9d11f27fffe) (2025-01-25, 18 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/96830852/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-0-9%2Fe0e0344e-6f48-2050-e935-944252761112.mp3
- [61. Lessons in Diplomacy: How (not) to introduce democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/0144d78d6853) (2025-01-11, 16 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/96830329/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-0-9%2Fb5802bea-d144-939f-4b50-62f3a4e447f2.mp3
- [60. Lessons in Diplomacy: How to Fail at Geopolitical Change: Brexit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/be9e49ac645c) (2024-12-13, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/95135185/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-29%2F2df66121-5f70-f45c-aeac-93bfa4cc4ddb.mp3
- [59. Lessons in Diplomacy: How to Tackle Terrorism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/c12eea65c513) (2024-11-29, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/95134595/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-29%2Fe1d223ca-02d0-1be7-3b59-b75513c683a5.mp3
- [58. Lessons in Diplomacy: How to Survive a Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/17d856708673) (2024-11-17, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/94546786/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-17%2F43c11a57-6c0f-8b55-e19a-f28166e4b5ec.mp3
- [57. Lessons in Diplomacy: "Diplomats are all hopeless"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/a34a827d7942) (2024-11-02, 7 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/93839601/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-1%2Fcc34071e-e1b1-30b0-7c65-d6d66abf7cf3.mp3
- [56. A complete short story: "The Two Rooms"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/4915b296338c) (2024-09-16, 42 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/91777264/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-8-16%2Fecf82df8-35e8-91d2-9877-b88251752cd4.mp3
- [55. Lessons in Diplomacy: How to be invited to the King's Birthday Party](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/76186adaa130) (2024-08-30, 6 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/91092634/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-7-30%2Ff5baca46-c5e1-616d-8966-3ead0f046a41.mp3
- [54. Lessons in Diplomacy: How to become an ambassador](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/d27dd4779e70) (2024-08-13, 14 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/90384326/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-7-13%2Fc72a078e-d3c9-e184-39ac-5baae631a1aa.mp3
- [53. The Tunnel Under the World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/6cffe937cb8b) (2024-06-30, 6 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/88053386/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-5-15%2F5d9c5a59-bc3a-468c-21dd-c6f6e3403d47.mp3
- [52. Lessons in Diplomacy: When leaders think they're invincible](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/77c38a49c9c1) (2024-06-15, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/88052510/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-5-15%2F2bab2695-4eb1-dbe1-ca22-f4a66b8bc20c.mp3
- [51. Lessons in Diplomacy: The Perfect Pimm's](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/c0a06d0c7048) (2024-05-31, 7 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/87452839/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-4-31%2F4fcd7d2f-922d-d560-f462-e5693a82e20d.mp3
- [50. The Three-Body Problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/be935dd61443) (2024-04-11, 30 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/85285241/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-3-11%2F2bb2a3d7-07ab-5ae1-4f31-5746455b5a5b.mp3
- [49. Lessons in Diplomacy: The Welsh Secret Service](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/ae40d620f919) (2024-03-01, 10 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/83398564/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-1-29%2F0d992343-c266-8553-265e-7d4b039b3d56.mp3
- [48. Does Duolingo work? How to learn languages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/b848c275ea48) (2024-02-10, 17 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/82503984/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-1-10%2F093431da-f2f0-8da7-2e26-b787430555a6.mp3
- [47. Cocktails for Women](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/18153b34cc8d) (2024-01-19, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/81269786/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-0-14%2F56d910cf-6a2e-6e2f-a214-2257a40c0cc3.mp3
- [46. Ukraine Fatigue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/9b9de28fc3a5) (2024-01-05, 14 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/80848616/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-0-5%2F572aaead-ea9f-d19a-6b0b-9c5c042bb961.mp3
- [45. How to Write 10 Books](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/777bd1835a66) (2024-01-05, 8 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/78247309/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-10-6%2F42d44536-5803-b4ed-9a9a-7b02776aed2f.mp3
- [44. Fighting terrorism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/00e65fb2c2ea) (2024-01-05, 17 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/77388392/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-9-18%2F6c4dad40-c9b3-676d-91d7-6fa9f63cacd7.mp3
- [43. What an author does](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/75e48cffd4ee) (2023-10-06, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/76865588/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-9-6%2F0fd05ba4-7168-e2a9-c4fa-bd9ff780f40a.mp3
- [42. Retirement - what went wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/50f55b4fd62b) (2023-09-22, 16 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/76236139/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-8-22%2F930c48f9-8ae1-8263-4cd5-e0a807863b4a.mp3
- [41. How I wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Diplomacy"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/d5b5542f7335) (2023-03-24, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/67187006/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-2-23%2F7f372c18-c461-338a-732a-f91612a65d43.mp3
- [40. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Diplomacy - Wie Diplomatie die Welt erklärt"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/8a0d68986eb8) (2023-03-24, 18 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/67185124/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-2-23%2Ff7a77b0a-5296-91f8-fff3-6682965ba873.mp3
- [39. "Britches" - the beginning of the very first "Hotel Story".](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/9838f0d9ab09) (2023-01-02, 19 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/62964237/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-0-2%2Fccc4e448-83eb-2f2e-304f-54d792da2e9a.mp3
- [38. Russia-Ukraine ceasefire: why not?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/93b231bed5f1) (2022-08-24, 20 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/56579423/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-7-24%2Ff430293a-e6d6-37a6-0429-dbaed39178c5.mp3
- [37. John Savage in therapy: an interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/ceb33270ca0a) (2022-08-13, 15 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/55294907/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-6-25%2Fd4621d01-d941-cc00-63dd-0a7e29944ac9.mp3
- [36. Writing Resources](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/ee6f1ef8d262) (2022-07-30, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/55294655/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-6-25%2F542d7d2f-3ceb-2284-84fd-6d0fa8ce3a27.mp3
- [35. Russia-Ukraine War explainer July 2022](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/021863c11aef) (2022-07-15, 17 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/54843587/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-6-14%2Fc95a1ce9-922b-3a30-2b54-fe2249ece8d8.mp3
- [34. Dr Wortle's School - a study in taboos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/aad495f184a7) (2022-05-10, 19 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/51272768/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-3-29%2F06152c29-8e09-be22-4b3d-7b33fd29d2f7.mp3
- [33. Does the "Palladium" exist? An interview with an archaeology professor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/58b5a0a766e7) (2022-05-08, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/51671599/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-4-7%2Fa5e822c1-f24a-1ad6-65cb-6df0a65cc30e.mp3
- [32. Russia/Ukraine: When deception is official policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/73430694e05f) (2022-04-29, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/51270506/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-3-29%2Fff17544c-49a8-6883-211a-6aaa9fb0ff04.mp3
- [31. Goldfinger - is this vile book worth reading?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/1eed0a69c68f) (2022-04-22, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/50891454/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-3-21%2F79ae2853-5502-fc1a-443b-79afb69938d4.mp3
- [30. How you can help Ukraine - long term - by drinking vodka](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1554984364/7923fbf86dee) (2022-03-27, 8 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/4ab489a4/podcast/play/49322104/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-2-20%2F800e94b9-f253-d3cf-dc82-bf76a7e5dfcb.mp3

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