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  • Iran Hostage Crisis II

    Iran Hostage Crisis II

    Limbert’s poise, broadcast in Iran and around the world, leveraged Khamenei’s own culture into a polite message discrediting those holding the Americans captive Read more

  • Profile: John Limbert

    Profile: John Limbert

    Even after 5 months as a hostage John Limbert retained his identity as a diplomat, engaging Iran’s future Supreme Leader in language and custom Khamenei couldn’t ignore Read more

  • Telling America’s Story to the World

    Telling America’s Story to the World

    An author and former diplomat reflects on his hometown, his earliest career failure, and how Peace Corps helped him overcome it to tell America’s story abroad Read more

  • Podcast Highlighting American Soft Power

    Podcast Highlighting American Soft Power

    Conversations with diplomats, development workers, PCVs, authors, and entrepreneurs, highlight how American soft power strengthens our global standing. Read more

  • Opinion Journalism

    Opinion Journalism

    A brief pivot from Peace Corps profiles to pressing matters of climate change and opinion journalism. Read more

  • Iran Hostage Crisis I

    Iran Hostage Crisis I

    Peace Corps Nepal in the 1960s could feel slow. Adapting to the boredom turned out to be good preparation for enduring 444 days of tedium as a hostage in Iran Read more