The World Unpacked

Jon Bateman

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Booking Overview

The World Unpacked is a weekly, high-signal show that brings policy insiders and academics into long-form conversations about major global power shifts and emerging risks. For PR professionals, it’s a strong platform for credible messengers who can explain international dynamics—especially around security, governance, and technology’s societal impact.

Metrics

Episodes: 280

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 83.4k subscribers

Instagram: 31.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Jon Bateman - Jon Bateman is the host of The World Unpacked. He moderates lively, wide-ranging conversations with insiders and intellectuals to unpack pressing global issues and the people shaping what comes nex...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Insiders, former officials/insiders, leading academics, and senior policy/industry experts with direct knowledge of the issue area (geopolitics, governance, internet/tech policy, privacy and security).
Required Achievements:  
Published books or major research on relevant topics, Senior roles in major research/academic or tech-policy organizations, Notable participation in high-visibility policy/industry efforts (e.g., platform policy, internet identity/privacy), Media/think-tank presence as an expert on global issues

Recent Guest Discussions

Alexandra Prokopenko - Putin’s Loss Of Focus, Erosion Of Russia’s Social Contract, Internal Elite Dynamics After The Ukraine War

Javier Corrales - U.s.–cuba Crisis Scenario Planning, Cuba’s Political/economic Resilience, Likelihood Of Negotiated Outcomes

Nick Pickles - Online Authenticity Crisis From Bots, Privacy Geopolitics, Identity Verification And Democratic Implications

Recent Topics

Geopolitics, Technology, Internet, Privacy, Security

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The World Unpacked
:

Iran Will Probably Still Get Nukes – Here’s How

June 26, 2026

The U.S. and Israel just fought a second war over Iran's nuclear program—and one of the world's leading nuclear experts says America lost. Iran's uranium stockpile sits fully intact in tunnels too deep to reach, and Tehran walked away with more leverage in nuclear talks. James Acton, a physicist and longtime analyst of Iran’s program, joins host Jon Bateman on The World Unpacked to give a detailed update on this crisis. Has the new supreme leader already decided to build a weapon? How quickly...

How a U.S.-China War Would Unfold

June 12, 2026

A U.S.-China war over Taiwan would be catastrophic for all sides and the world. Preventing such a war requires understanding how it might unfold—from start to finish—including worst-case scenarios.  How much warning would there be? Where might China strike first? Which countries join the fight? Can Taiwan defend its coasts? Would nuclear threats determine the outcome?  Charles Hooper is a retired U.S. general who served as one of the Pentagon’s top China strategists and spent years living in ...

The Real Middle East Crisis Hasn't Started Yet

June 05, 2026

The wars unleashed by October 7th have left the Middle East deeply fractured—Iran battered and defiant, Gaza destroyed, Israel militarized, the Gulf insecure and divided. And an even bigger disruption lies just ahead: the oil revenues that built the modern Arab world will halve by 2050, forcing countries to redesign themselves.  Marwan Muasher—a former foreign minister of Jordan and now a VP at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace—joins The World Unpacked to make sense of a region i...

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