S8 Ep894: PREVIEW for Later Today: Jack Burnham discusses Taiwan's $25 billion arms package, highlighting the $14 billion portion currently stalled in the U.S. He explains the tension regarding thi...
S8 Ep894: PREVIEW for Later Today: Kevin Frazier examines how AI tools like Mythos and GPT 5.5 reveal critical vulnerabilities in national infrastructure. He highlights U.S. Navy cyber weaknesses a...
S8 Ep894: PREVIEW for Later Today: Bill Roggio explores the evolution of drone warfare, noting the transition from large aircraft-sized systems to inexpensive, 3D-printed drones. He warns that thes...
S8 Ep893: PREVIEW for Later Today: Andrea Stricker examines the NPT review, noting a shift from disarmament to managing proliferation. She discusses the unwinding of restraint, potential European n...
S8 Ep893: PREVIEW for Later Today: Elizabeth Peek argues that President Xi's Taiwan threats are a smokescreen for China's failing economy, trailing AI, and geopolitical isolation. She highlights th...
S8 Ep892: SCHEDULE JBS 5-18-26. 1962 ALGERIA
S8 Ep891: STREAMING MAKING JBS, FEATURING ROGGIO, HAQQANI, BEN-UR, 5-18-26.
S8 Ep890: Sophie McDowall explores the complex difficulty of balancing free speech rights with moderating radicalist audio content. She identifies Islamic art bands with ties to Hamas that use musi...
S8 Ep890: Sophie McDowall explains how terrorist groups use music on platforms like SoundCloud to radicalize new listeners. She details how artists bypass content moderation using coded language an...
S8 Ep890: Joe Truzman details how Iran and its proxy, Kata'ib Hezbollah, outsource low-tech attacks against Jewish targets in Europe. He also discusses Israel's ongoing pursuit of justice for Octob...
S8 Ep890: John Hardie examines the escalation of drone strikes between Ukraine and Russia, including attacks on Moscow's infrastructure. He notes the pressure on Russian air defenses and the stalem...
S8 Ep890: Edmund Fitton-Brown critiques a New York Times report on Israeli violence as poorly sourced and timed to distract from Hamas's sexual violence. He warns about shifts in American media cov...
S8 Ep890: Edmund Fitton-Brown discusses the Strait of Hormuz closure and the potential for military escalation if negotiations fail. He critiques European passivity and notes China's interest in re...
S8 Ep890: Alejandro Peña Esclusa attributes Bolivia's turmoil to Cuban influence and Evo Morales's ties to drug trafficking. Ernesto Araújo views Bolivia as a critical "bellwether" for the crimin...
S8 Ep890: Alejandro Peña Esclusa and Ernesto Araújo discuss Raul Castro's potential indictment and regional shifts toward the right. They highlight the extradition of Alex Saab as a significant blo...
S8 Ep890: Alan Tonelson argues the Beijing summit achieved little, noting no shifts in Taiwan policy or tariffs. Tonelson and Gordon Chang emphasize China's economic distress, manufacturing overcap...
S8 Ep890: Gordon Chang and Charles Burton describe the Trump-Xi summit as political theater where China projected strength despite economic weaknesses. Concerns exist that support for Taiwan may be...
S8 Ep890: Malcolm Hoenlein reports that Iran launched a digital insurance platform to bypass maritime sanctions and generate revenue in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Hezbollah refuses to disarm ...
S8 Ep890: Malcolm Hoenlein criticizes The New York Times for publishing an opinion piece echoing propaganda against Israel alongside a report on Hamas atrocities. Critics suggest this timing was in...
S8 Ep890: Bill Roggio and Bridget Toomey report that Iraq's new government remains incomplete with nine ministries vacant due to sectarian disputes. Washington refuses to cooperate if these posts a...
S8 Ep890: Bill Roggio and Samuel Ben-Ur report that Israeli strikes killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the last original planner of the October 7 massacre remaining in Gaza. His elimination signals a pre...
S8 Ep890: Husain Haqqani and Bill Roggio observe that Washington is currently distracted by domestic politics and upcoming midterms, pushing the Iran war to secondary headlines. Global leadership h...
S8 Ep890: Pakistan deployed 8,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to reassure its ally. Husain Haqqani and Bill Roggio note that while mediating the Iran war, Islamabad leverages this milit...
S8 Ep889: PREVIEW for Later Today: Analyzing Xi Jinping's Petty Power Plays During Trump's Visit. Guest: Gordon Chang. Gordon Chang highlights Xi Jinping's "petty" behavior during a Forbidden City ...
S8 Ep889: PREVIEW for Later Today: The Role of Music in Jihadist Radicalization and Recruitment. Guest: Sophie McDowell. Sophie McDowell explains how jihadists utilize music to foster a sense of pr...
S8 Ep888: PREVIEW for Later Today: Evo Morales: A Cuban-Linked Threat to Bolivian Stability. Guest: Alejandro Peña Esclusa. Alejandro Peña Esclusa discusses Evo Morales's efforts to regain power in...
S8 Ep888: PREVIEW for Later Today: Ukrainian Strikes Undermine Russian Public Support for Endless War. Guest: John Hardie. John Hardie analyzes how long-range Ukrainian drone strikes on critical in...
S8 Ep888: PREVIEW for Later Today: Overestimating China's Global Influence and Economic Integration. Guest: Alan Tonelson. Alan Tonelson argues that China's global influence is vastly overestimated...
S8 Ep888: PREVIEW for Later Today: Iraq's New Oil Ministry Faces Critical Export and Budget Challenges. Guest: Bridget Toomey. Bridget Toomey examines Iraq's urgent need to diversify oil export rou...
S8 Ep887: In their final discourse by the Thames, Gaius and Germanicus explore the inescapable cultural legacy of Rome, noting its presence in modern architecture, law, and even the worship serv...
S8 Ep887: As the wine flows in the Spring of 92 AD, Gaius and Germanicus shift their focus to the power of ceremony and the "paper tiger" status of modern empires. They analyze the symbolic "disres...
S8 Ep887: In a sun-drenched Londinium wine bar overlooking the calm Thames, Gaius and Germanicus engage in a spirited debate before an audience of retired centurions from the Eighth Legion. The dis...
S8 Ep886: Stalin strategically delayed Operation Bagration until two weeks after D-Day, ensuring that the Western Allies would exhaust German forces first. Using American steel, fuel, and Studeba...
S8 Ep886: The Soviet Union used Lend-Lease to "plunder" American technology, including entire Ford factories and suitcases of blueprints guarded by NKVD agents. Harry Hopkins personally intervened ...
S8 Ep886: Following the 1943 discovery of the Katyn Forest massacre, where the Soviets executed thousands of Polish officers, FDR and Churchill knowingly supported the Soviet lie blaming the Nazis ...
S8 Ep886: At the 1943 Casablanca Conference, FDR announced the policy of "unconditional surrender" largely as a diplomatic gift to appease Stalin's constant "needling" for a second front. Despite F...
S8 Ep886: Winston Churchill viewed the Soviet Union as a necessary bulwark against Hitler, leading him to treat Stalin as a "brother-in-arms" despite Soviet crimes. To keep the Russian army fightin...
S8 Ep886: FDR faced significant domestic opposition from powerful congressional voices like Harry Truman and Hiram Johnson, who viewed both Hitler and Stalin as "monsters" or "beasts." Internal pol...
S8 Ep886: Professor Sean McMeekin explains that Joseph Stalin's core strategy was to allow capitalist "monster nations" like France, Germany, and England to exhaust each other before he intervened ...
S8 Ep885: Admiral James Stavridis highlights the heroism of Doris "Dory" Miller and Commander Ernest Evans. Despite the segregated Navy of 1941, Miller displayed immense courage at Pearl Harbor by ...
S8 Ep885: Admiral James Stavridis focuses on the leadership trait of emotional detachment. Stavridis criticizes Admiral Bill Halsey for allowing competitive rivalry to cloud his judgment at Leyte G...
S8 Ep885: Admiral James Stavridis examines resource evaluation using David Farragut's victory at Mobile Bay as a model of combined arms and technological adaptation. Farragut successfully managed t...
S8 Ep885: Guest Author Admiral James Stavridis discusses the necessity of gathering intelligence through the contrasting examples of George Dewey and Bill Halsey. At Manila Bay, Dewey successfully ...
S8 Ep884: The mission's climax involved the sample capsule's return to Earth in the Utah desert. Dante Lauretta describes the harrowing moments when the drogue parachute failed to deploy as sche...
S8 Ep884: When the spacecraft arrived at Bennu in late 2018, the team was shocked to find a rugged, boulder-strewn surface instead of the expected sandy "beach." Bennu revealed itself as a "trickst...
S8 Ep884: Dante Lauretta details the complex scientific objectives that formed the OSIRIS-REx mission name: Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, and Regolith Explore...
S8 Ep884: Professor Dante Lauretta discusses the origins of his journey to explore the dawn of the solar system. The mission began in 2004 when his mentor, Mike Drake, invited him to meet with Lock...
S8 Ep883: CThe ICC suspended funding for Cricket Canada following allegations of corruption, match-fixing, and "Bishnoi mafia" influence. A specific match against New Zealand is currently under inv...
S8 Ep883: John Batchelor and Jeremy Zakis discuss an impending "Super El Niño" causing extreme global weather patterns. Australia prepares for catastrophic bushfire risks due to unprecedented dry c...
S8 Ep882: Matthew Shindell explores the history of robotic exploration, starting with political shifts during the Nixon administration that pivoted NASA away from post-Apollo human Mars missions....
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