All episodes
Why Should We Care What It's Like to Be Imprisoned in China? | with Cheng Lei
Why Should We Care if AI Agents are On the Loose Across the Indo-Pacific? | with Heidi Mah
Why Should We Care What Southeast Asia Wants from the Quad? | with Arzan Tarapore
Why Should We Care if China is Already Quarantining Taiwan? | with Kwangyin Liu
Why Should We Care if the “Asian Century” is a Myth? | with Bilahari Kausikan
Why Should We Care if the Illicit Iran-China Oil Trade Goes Through Malaysia? | with Charlie Brown
Why Should We Care About the Defense Secretary Who Won’t Back Down from China? | with Secretary Gilberto Teodoro
Why Should We Care if China Controls the World’s Rare Earths Supply? | with Melissa Sanderson
Why Should We Care if the Pacific Islands Are Playing Both Sides? | with David Capie
Why Should We Care About a Couple of Average Guys Targeted by Beijing’s Propaganda Machine? | with Jay Tarriela and Ray Powell
Why Should We Care if China Dominates Maritime East Asia? | with Brent Sadler
Why Should We Care if China Just Fired a Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile into the South Pacific? | with Kathryn Paik
Why Should We Care About if the Ocean Floor is Now a Battleground? | with Trent Fulcher
Why Should We Care if the Gray Zone War is Heating Up Again in East Asia?
Why Should We Care if China Won’t Restrain its Flood of Exports? | with Wendy Cutler
Why Should We Care if China is Salami-Slicing Its Way Out of the First Island Chain? | with Brad Lendon
Why Should We Care About Rising Dissent in China? | with Kevin Slaten
Why Should We Care if a U.S.-India Alliance is Achievable? | with Kurt Campbell
Why Should We Care About Why Journalists are Leaving China? | with Yoko Kubota
Why Should We Care How Indo-Pacific Allies Manage a Volatile and Distracted America? | with Marise Payne
Why Should We Care if Vietnam is Swinging Toward China? | with Dr. Nguyễn Khắc Giang
Why Should We Care if a U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral can Deter China? | with Lisa Curtis and Ryan Claffey
Why Should We Care if Energy Dependence Undermines Southeast Asia’s Quest for Agency? | with Gita Wirjawan
Why Should We Care if North Korea's "Little Rocket Man" is Firing Off Missiles Again? | with Ankit Panda
Why Should We Care About the U.S.-Philippine Alliance? with AMB MaryKay Carlson
Why Should We Care About How to Prevent a War over Taiwan? | with Dr. Eyck Freymann
Why Should We Care About the Trump–Xi Summit? | with Michael Sobolik
Why Should We Care if Beijing’s Propaganda is Attacking Journalists who Report Critically on China? | with Regine Cabato
Why Should We Care About Nepal? | Gen Z Revolution, India-China Rivalry & the Iran War’s Impact on South Asia | with BGA's Sujeev Shakya
Why Should We Care About the World’s Blocked Oil Artery? | with Sal Mercogliano
Why Should We Care About Kim Jong Un’s Dangerous Liaisons with Putin and Xi? | with Oriana Skylar Mastro
Why Should We Care if China is Poisoning the Water Around a Philippine Outpost in the South China Sea? | with Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad
Why Should We Care if China is Building its Biggest Island Yet in the South China Sea? | with Greg Poling
Why Should We Care About America’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission in Iran? | with Ioannis Koskinas and Joe Felter
Why Should We Care About Australia’s Big Economic Bet on Southeast Asia? | with Nicholas Moore
Why Should We Care About China’s Campaign to Steal Our Secrets? | with David Shedd
Why Should We Care if Southeast Asia is the World’s Fourth Largest Economy? | with retired Ambassador Brian McFeeters
Why Should We Care About the Iran War Energy Shock? | with Paul Everingham
Why Should We Care About the State of Thailand’s Democracy? | with Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Why Should We Care About the Future of the Indian Ocean’s Most Strategic Island? | with Cleo Paskal
Why Should We Care if Chinese Naval Flotillas Are Now Patrolling the Pacific Islands? | With Ambassador Laura Stone
Why Should We Care if the U.S. Supreme Court Just Struck Down Trump’s Tariffs? | with Bill Reinsch and Nydia Ngiow
Why Should We Care About Myanmar's (Sham) Elections? | with Ambassador Scot Marciel
Why Should We Care About Australia’s Fight Against China’s Political Warfare? | with Clive Hamilton
Why Should We Care About Japan’s Snap-Election Landslide? | with Jake Schlesinger
Why Should We Care How China Treats Its Own People? | with Yaqiu Wang
Why Should We Care if America Can Still Lead in the Indo-Pacific? with Robert Blackwill
Why Should We Care About the Chinese Embassy’s Brazen War of Words with Philippine Officials? | with Jay Tarriela
Why Should We Care if India is Embracing Free Trade? with Anuj Gupta
Why Should We Care if Taiwan is a Political Tinderbox? | with J. Michael Cole
Why Should We Care About the India Trump Made? | with James Crabtree
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Why Should We Care if America Just Deposed Venezuela’s Dictator? | with Col. (Ret) Michael Burgoyne and Dr. Robert Burrell
Why Should We Care About Taiwan’s Critical Energy Vulnerability? | with Craig Singleton
Why Should We Care About What Happened in the Indo-Pacific in 2025? | Special Year-End Episode
Why Should We Care About the Health of the US-Australia Alliance? | with Justin Bassi
Why Should We Care About America’s Unconventional New National Security Strategy? | with Mick Ryan and Zack Cooper
Why Should We Care if Chinese Chemicals are Fueling a Meth Tsunami in the Indo-Pacific? with Rebecca Tan
Why Should We Care How China’s Maritime Aggression Impacts America’s Prosperity and Security? | with U.S. Senator Todd Young
Why Should We Care About China's Political Warfare Against Taiwan? | with Peter Mattis
Why Should We Care if China is Threatening Japan over Taiwan? | with Bonnie Glaser & Amb. Shingo Yamagami
Why Should We Care if Indonesia's "Jakarta Model" for Critical Minerals is Bad for Indonesians? | with Dr. Alvin Camba
Why Should We Care if a Tribunal Just Sentenced Bangladesh’s Former Prime Minister to Death? | with Dr. Lailufar Yasmin
Why Should We Care if China is Waging a War for Our Minds? | with Andrew Jensen
Why Should We Care About China’s Law of the Sea? | with Isaac Kardon
Why Should We Care if China Doesn’t Really Want to Rule the World? | with David C. Kang
Why Should We Care About How Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Will Govern? | with Hanako Montgomery
Why Should We Care About the West Philippine Sea Film that China is Trying to Block? | with Baby Ruth Villarama
Why Should We Care if China Wants to Lead the Global South? | with Eric Olander
Why Should We Care What it’s Really Like Living in (and Escaping From) North Korea? | with Timothy Cho
Why Should We Care if America Pulls Back While China Pushes Out? | with Shannon Brandao
Why Should We Care About Disruption, Division and Competition in the Indo-Pacific? | with James Minnich
Why Should We Care if China’s Military is Innovating Faster than America’s? | with Steve Blank
Why Should We Care if AUKUS is at a Crossroads? | with Charlie Edel and Abe Denmark
Our 100th Episode! Lessons, Laughter, and Why We Care More than Ever About the Indo-Pacific
Why Should We Care if the U.S.-India Relationship Melts Down? | with Josh Rogin
Why Should We Care if National Security Depends on Foreign Rocks Controlled by China? | with Matthew Zolnowski
CHINA-PHILIPPINES AGAIN: Why Should We Care About Beijing’s Renewed Saber-Rattling at Second Thomas Shoal?
Why Should We Care About the Inside Story Behind AUKUS? | with Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos
Why Should We Care About Indonesia’s High-Stakes Balancing Act? | with Aristyo Darmawan
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Why Should We Care About the Shocking Chinese Ship Collision at Scarborough Shoal?
Why Should We Care About Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's Unrequited Love Affair with Xi Jinping? | with Marites Vitug and Camille Elemia
SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL GUEST: Why Should We Care About The Pacific Island Country Standing Up To China?
Why Should We Care About Taiwan’s Recall Election Stunner? | with Kharis Templeman
Why Should the Indo-Pacific Care About War in the Middle East? | with Zack Cooper
Why Should We Care if Australia’s Prime Minister Spends a Week in China? | with Andrew Phelan
Why Should We Care About the Defense of the Philippines? | with Philippine Defense Secretary Teodoro
Why Should We Care About the Cambodia-Thailand Border Conflict? | with Ambassador Pou Sothirak
Why Should We Care if China is the Superpower of Seafood? | with Ian Urbina
Why Should We Care if South Korea Finally Has a New President? | with Gordon Flake
Why Should We Care About Techno-Nationalism in the Indo-Pacific? | with Alex Capri
Why Should We Care About America's "Offensively Meager" Defense Budget? | with U.S. Congressman Don Bacon
Why Should We Care About a US-Japan-Australia-Philippines Defense Pact? | with Dr. Ely Ratner
Chinese Aggression Fuels Indo-Pacific Gray Zone Wars: Bonus Crossover Episode
Why Should We Care if Now Everyone Thinks COVID-19 Escaped from a Lab (and China Covered it Up)? | with Jim Geraghty
Why Should We Care About China's Gray Zone Influence Campaign in the Pacific Islands? | with Cleo Paskal
Illuminating Chinese Military Activity in the Indo-Pacific Region: Bonus Crossover Episode
Why Should We Care About China’s Human Rights Abuses? | with Luke de Pulford
Why Should We Care Whether America Has Enough Airlift? | with General Mike Minihan
Why Should We Care About the India-Pakistan Border Conflict? | with Nitin A. Gokhale
Why Should We Care About Australia’s Remarkable Election Results? | with Mick McNeill and Michael Rowland