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 NiƱo" 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....
S8 Ep882: Matthew Shindell examines the Scientific Revolution, noting how pioneers like Galileo and Newton gradually replaced ancient models with modern physics and natural history. By the 18th cen...
S8 Ep882: Matthew Shindell discusses the Islamic Renaissance, noting that scholars in Baghdad and Damascus conducted rigorous scientific observations while Western Europe possessed only fragmented ...
S8 Ep882: Matthew Shindell explores how ancient civilizations interpreted Mars to understand their connection to the cosmos. He explains that archaeologists studying the Mayan Dresden Codex identif...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby argues that the U.S. must prioritize Asia as the primary theater, as China stands a plausible chance of regional hegemony unlike Russia. While maintaining NATO, the U.S. sh...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby explains that the binding strategy addresses the psychological aspect of war by preparing for the resolve and morale required for a larger conflict. It aims to force Chin...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby explains that if a denial defense succeeds, the burden of escalation falls on China, which may attempt horizontal (geographic) or vertical (intensity) escalation. Colby not...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby explains that a denial defense focuses on preventing China from successfully executing a fait accompli by denying their ability to seize and hold key territory. The primary...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby warns that China's primary military tool is the fait accompli, which involves using brute force to conquer and hold key territory before the U.S. can effectively react. Thi...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby argues that Beijing has abandoned its "hide and bide" approach for a more assertive, aggressive posture. China's most effective strategy to achieve regional dominance is a ...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby explains that the U.S. strategy aims to preserve American security, freedom, and prosperity by building a coalition to check Chinese regional predominance. This coalition i...
S8 Ep881: Elbridge Colby, co-founder and principal of the Marathon Initiative and author of The Strategy of Denial, defines a limited war as a conflict where participants have strong incentives to ...
S8 Ep880: The attack on Pearl Harbor instantly unifies the American public and merges separate global conflicts into World War II. Lindbergh immediately offers his services as a loyal citizen, bu...
S8 Ep880: FDR declares an "unlimited national emergency" in May 1941, placing the country on a wartime footing and targeting dissenters. He begins labeling Lindbergh and America First supporters as...
S8 Ep880: Testifying before Congress, Lindbergh challenges the administration's claim that technological advances make the United States more vulnerable to attack. He argues that air power actually...
S8 Ep880: In 1941, the Lend-Lease Act (HR 1776) effectively aligns America's industrial future with Britain's survival. Roosevelt frames this as a hard-headed business deal, while covertly facilita...
S8 Ep880: During the Battle of Britain, FDR maneuvers for an unprecedented third term by using "Rooseveltian misdirection" to sideline his political rivals. Lindbergh warns that a third term could ...
S8 Ep880: FDR seeks to modify the Neutrality Acts to provide aid to the Allies, sparking a fierce debate with Lindbergh and non-interventionist senators. These critics deeply distrust Roosevelt, be...
S8 Ep880: Following the invasion of Poland, Lindbergh uses his celebrity status to broadcast radio speeches advocating for strict neutrality. Influenced by his father's persecution during World War...
S8 Ep880: In April 1939, Charles Lindbergh returns to America as a global celebrity following his historic 1927 flight and the tragic "trial of the century." As tensions rise in Europe, Franklin Ro...
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S8 Ep877: The proposed Golden Dome missile shield could cost $1.2 trillion, sparking debate over whether the U.S. should prioritize space-based interceptors or address the immediate, low-cost threa...
S8 Ep877: MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY Despite Javier Milei's free-market reforms, his decision not to dollarize leaves the peso unstable, creating investor skepticism about whether his policies will sur...
S8 Ep877: VERONIQUE DERUGY Successful private sector figures joining the Trump administration struggle with the rigid rules of government, finding it far more difficult to cut spending or fire empl...
S8 Ep877: CONRAD BLACK Prime Minister Mark Carney shifts toward increasing defense spending to 5%, acquiring sophisticated submarines to protect Arctic interests, and navigating "overwhelming conti...
S8 Ep877: Prime Minister Philip Davis secures a landslide victory in the Bahamas, while Argentina sees a significant drop in monthly inflation under Javier Milei, leading major investment houses to...
S8 Ep877: EVAN ELLIS Bolivian miners clash with police demanding President Paz's resignation, while Peru faces a high-stakes runoff between Keiko Fujimori and a leftist candidate, and Colombia grap...
S8 Ep877: EVAN ELLIS The Rodriguez regime leverages lifted sanctions to stabilize power while slow-walking democratic transitions, frustrating an opposition that remains sidelined as new oil money ...
S8 Ep877: EVN ELLIS: Facing a total oil collapse, Cuba considers a U.S. aid offer for internet access while the state maintains Chinese listening stations and a tenuous military relationship with a...
S8 Ep877: BOB ZIMMERMAN: Probes Europa Clipper and Juice provide a 360-degree view of an interstellar comet, while the Curiosity rover accidentally uncovers unique "brain terrain" and fluted rock f...
S8 Ep877: BOB ZIMMMERMAN: The upcoming Starship launch tests revolutionary Raptor 3 engines and heat shield tiles, as SpaceX explores new launch sites in Louisiana and negotiates with Google to pla...
S8 Ep877: LORENZO FIORE: Rome celebrates its 2,779th birthday as the Ministry of Culture plans museum expansions to handle over-tourism, while the Italian Navy deploys a new, multi-purpose combat s...
S8 Ep877: Lancaster County exhibits a "K-shaped" economy where wealthy boomers continue spending despite high gasoline prices, while lower-income families struggle with inflation and a general slow...
S8 Ep877: President Trump's visit to Beijing reveals a global landscape in "shambles," with China facing internal military and economic troubles while the U.S. struggles to project a consistent and...
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