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Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria is a weekly, half-hour international affairs series on the PBS network, distributed by American Public Television. It is hosted by author, journalist and international commentator, Fareed Zakaria. The series probes the global questions of the moment with conversations with international newsmakers, politicians, diplomats, and journalists, as he examines America's role in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. The show is a production of Azimuth Media and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Major funding is provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Additional support from the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York. The show first premiered in April 2005. PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... American Public Television (APT) is a distributor and source of programming for public television stations in the United States and networks worldwide. ... Fareed Zakaria Fareed Zakaria (born January 20, 1964) is a writer and journalist specializing in international relations. ... Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...