The IR thinker
by Martin Zubko
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Audience Interest
Estimated Reach: 145K to 443K
Listeners across platforms
Podcast Focus
Categories: science · social
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Publishing Consistency
Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
100+ episodes since 2023
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Most discussed topics
international relations
11
political science
3
strategic culture
3
federalism
2
geopolitics
2
governance
2
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Medium Confidence
Total monthly reach
145K to 443K
Estimated from 8 chart positions in 8 markets.
By chart position
- 🇧🇷BR · Social Sciences#6100K to 300K
- 🇰🇷KR · Social Sciences#1331K to 10K
- 🇹🇭TH · Social Sciences#3310K to 30K
- 🇨🇿CZ · Social Sciences#3910K to 30K
- 🇳🇴NO · Social Sciences#4210K to 30K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
43K to 133K🎙 Daily cadence·115 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
145K to 443K🇧🇷68%🇹🇭7%🇨🇿7%+5 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
43K to 133K
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On the show
From 22 epsHost
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Martin Zubko
22 eps
Recent guests
MD
Myriam Dunn Cavelty
2 eps
VL
Vladimir Liparteliani
1 ep
DK
Dr Kelvin Kemm
1 ep
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Jack Holland
1 ep
PS
Philip Snow
1 ep
MN
Mark N. Katz
1 ep
MS
Marc Sanjaume-Calvet
1 ep
DM
David McCourt
1 ep
RS
Reuben Steff
1 ep
CE
Charlotte Epstein
1 ep
MS
Marc Saxer
1 ep
SP
Sergei Prozorov
1 ep
WY
Wai Yan Phyo Naing
1 ep
DV
Davide Vampa
1 ep
ML
Mariely Lopez-Santana
1 ep
PP
Piotr Pietrzak
1 ep
CD
Carl Death
1 ep
NJ
Nicole Jenne
1 ep
DP
Dmitry P. Gorenburg
1 ep
HR
Haroldo Ramanzini Júnior
1 ep
Recent episodes
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional: Brazilian IR Journal — Haroldo Ramanzini Júnior
Jul 21, 2026
47m 15s
America's Role in Post-Soviet Russia: The Untold Story — Daniel Satinsky
Jul 7, 2026
1h 21m 25s
Racism Without the Word — Somdeep Sen
Jul 1, 2026
1h 01m 11s
When AI Fights, the War Never Ends — Myriam Dunn Cavelty
Jun 23, 2026
1h 03m 23s
African Affairs Journal: History, Trends, and the Peer Review Process — Jonathan Fisher
Jun 16, 2026
45m 03s
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Episodes
22
monthly
Avg length
1h 00m 26s
40m 52s – 1h 21m 25s
Range
Nov 2023 – Apr 2026
Topics
110
international relations, political science +108
Guests
23
Myriam Dunn Cavelty +22 · last 22 eps
22 of 22
| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/26 | Brazilian foreign policyLatin American international relations+3 | Haroldo Ramanzini Júnior | Revista Brasileira de Política InternacionalBrazilian Institute of International Relations+1 | BrazilLatin America | Revista Brasileira de Política InternacionalHaroldo Ramanzini Júnior+5 | — | 47m 15s | ||
| 7/7/26 | Post-Soviet historyUS-Russia relations+3 | Daniel Satinsky | Esalen InstituteUS Russia Chamber of Commerce of New England+2 | United StatesSoviet Union | Boris YeltsinSoviet history+6 | — | 1h 21m 25s | ||
| 7/1/26 | race and racisminternational relations+5 | Somdeep Sen | Roskilde UniversityRace (Chapter 9)+4 | — | terrorismracialisation+5 | — | 1h 01m 11s | ||
| 6/23/26 | artificial intelligencecybersecurity+4 | Myriam Dunn Cavelty | ETH ZurichCentre for Security Studies+4 | — | AIcybersecurity+5 | — | 1h 03m 23s | ||
| 6/16/26 | African Studiespeer review process+5 | Jonathan Fisher | African AffairsOxford University Press+2 | sub-Saharan Africaeastern Africa | African Affairspeer review+6 | — | 45m 03s | ||
| 6/9/26 | territorial politicsregionalism+4 | Davide VampaMariely Lopez-Santana | Regional & Federal StudiesUniversity of Edinburgh+2 | — | Regional & Federal Studiesterritorial politics+5 | — | 1h 08m 00s | ||
| 6/1/26 | geopoliticsPoland+4 | Piotr Pietrzak | In Statu Nascendi Think TankOn the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention: A New Compartmentalization of IR Theories+6 | — | Polandgeopolitical transformations+4 | — | 1h 06m 39s | ||
| 5/25/26 | African agencyclimate governance+4 | Carl Death | University of ManchesterThe Green Economy in South Africa: Global Discourses and Local Politics+6 | — | climate governanceAfrican agency+5 | — | 1h 11m 58s | ||
| 5/19/26 | international security studiesarmed conflict+5 | Myriam Dunn CaveltyNicole Jenne | Contemporary Security PolicyETH Zürich+2 | — | security policycyber security+5 | — | 1h 06m 06s | ||
| 5/12/26 | post-communismpolitics+3 | Dmitry P. Gorenburg | Problems of Post-CommunismCNA+3 | Russia | post-communismpolitical science+3 | — | 1h 03m 57s | ||
| 5/5/26 | Myanmar geopoliticsinternational relations+4 | Wai Yan Phyo Naing | Institute of Modern History, Academia SinicaInsights from Taiwan’s Democratisation: Implications for Upcoming Reform Processes in Myanmar+2 | MyanmarTaiwan+2 | Myanmargeopolitics+7 | — | 1h 04m 40s | ||
| 4/28/26 | biopoliticspolitical theory+4 | Sergei Prozorov | University of JyväskyläBiopolitics of Stalinism+1 | — | biopoliticspolitical theory+6 | — | 1h 07m 47s | ||
| 4/21/26 | Russian soft powerinternational relations+4 | Vladimir Liparteliani | School of Modern Languages and CulturesDurham University+4 | — | Russian soft powerinfluence+6 | — | 1h 00m 50s | ||
| 4/14/26 | nuclear energySouth Africa+3 | Dr Kelvin Kemm | Stratek GlobalSouth African Nuclear Energy Corporation | South Africa | nuclear energySouth Africa+5 | — | 1h 08m 46s | ||
| 4/7/26 | political scienceinternational relations+3 | Jack Holland | British Journal of Politics and International RelationsSAGE Publications+1 | United KingdomUnited States+1 | British Journal of Politics and International RelationsJack Holland+5 | — | 42m 48s | ||
| 3/30/26 | China-Russia relationsgeopolitical cooperation+3 | Philip Snow | The star raft: China’s encounter with AfricaThe Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese occupation+1 | ChinaRussia+5 | ChinaRussia+5 | — | 49m 53s | ||
| 3/24/26 | international relationsmultipolarity+4 | Mark N. Katz | George Mason UniversitySchar School of Policy and Government | Middle EastGlobal South | multipolar worldinternational order+5 | — | 58m 23s | ||
| 3/17/26 | Cataloniaself-government+5 | Marc Sanjaume-Calvet | Pompeu Fabra UniversitySelf-Government Studies Institute+5 | CataloniaSpain+1 | Cataloniaself-government+7 | — | 50m 54s | ||
| 3/10/26 | New Constructivismsocial science+4 | David McCourt | University of California, DavisConstructivism’s Contemporary Crisis and the Challenge of Reflexivity+4 | — | New Constructivismsocial science+6 | — | 1h 10m 24s | ||
| 3/3/26 | geopoliticsNew Zealand+4 | Reuben Steff | Mendel UniversityNew Zealand’s Geopolitics and the US-China Competition+4 | New ZealandUnited States+1 | New Zealandgeopolitics+5 | — | 1h 06m 08s | ||
| 2/18/26 | postcolonial perspectivesinternational relations norms+3 | Charlotte Epstein | Tokyo College, University of TokyoThe power of words in international relations: Birth of an anti-whaling discourse+5 | — | postcolonialismnorms+4 | — | 53m 10s | ||
| 12/17/25 | Transformative Realismsystemic crisis+3 | Marc Saxer | Friedrich-Ebert-ShtiftungTransformative Realism: How to overcome the system crisis+1 | — | Transformative Realismsystemic crisis+5 | — | 40m 52s |
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Chart history for The IR thinker
Peaked at #6 in Brazil, top 10 in 1 of 9 tracked markets, currently #6 in Brazil.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| TH | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| CZ | — | #39 | #39 | — |
| Norway | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| Finland | — | #49 | #49 | — |
| Brazil | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| CO | — | #82 | #82 | — |
| PH | — | #114 | #114 | — |
| South Korea | — | #133 | #133 | — |
Chart Positions
9 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
9 placements across 8 markets.