S8 Ep860: PREVIEW for Later Today: Piero Tozzi explains how Taiwan has successfully decoupled its economy from mainland China. He notes a dramatic shift where Taiwanese foreign direct investment i...
S8 Ep859: PREVIEW for Later Today: Samuel Ben-ur reports that Hamas continues to control humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Gaza. He emphasizes their priority remains rebuilding military infras...
S8 Ep859: PREVIEW for Later Today: Alejandro Peña Esclusa discusses the corruption of Venezuela's Maduro regime. He highlights how various government "mafias" and the Rodriguez siblings fear legiti...
S8 Ep859: PREVIEW for Later Today: Edmund Fitton-Brown argues that Iran utilizes the Strait of Hormuz for international blackmail. He asserts that Iran does not truly control the waterway and advoc...
S8 Ep859: PREVIEW for Later Today: Alan Tonelson observes that Japan's new leadership is prioritizing economic growth and productivity over inflation. Despite high resource costs driven by global c...
S8 Ep858: Gaius and Germanicus debate in their favorite wine bar by the Thames, in Londinium, Spring 92 AD. This segment critiques the "Redeemer Nation" myth, which portrays America as a divinely...
S8 Ep858: Gaius and Germanicus debate in their favorite wine bar by the Thames, in Londinium, Spring 92 AD. Drawing a parallel to the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, the hosts explore the ethics of mode...
S8 Ep858: Gaius and Germanicus debate in their favorite wine bar by the Thames, in Londinium, Spring 92 AD. This discussion examines the metamorphosis of the American Republic into an Empire by ana...
S8 Ep857: Alcock and Brown's 1919 triumph predated Charles Lindbergh's famous crossing by eight years; Lindbergh himself credited them for showing the way. Following their landing, the pair ...
S8 Ep857: Newfoundland was a treacherous launch site, characterized by ice-packed coastlines, boggy ground, and constant rain. Teams had to ship their aircraft in pieces and assemble them in makesh...
S8 Ep857: The 1919 competition attracted diverse aviators, including the Australian Harry Hawker, a fearless and sometimes "spiky" test pilot. Inspired by watching Harry Houdini fly in 1910, Hawker...
S8 Ep857: Lord Northcliffe, born Alfred Harmsworth, was a self-made newspaper mogul who recognized aviation's strategic importance early on. In 1913, his newspaper, the Daily Mail, offered a £10,00...
S8 Ep856: Following Clinton's victory, Pamela was appointed Ambassador to France, a role she took with immense seriousness despite her lack of formal education. She became a highly respected di...
S8 Ep856: In the 1980s, Pamela identified the potential in a defeated Bill Clinton, mentoring him on public presentation and helping him believe in his political future. She used her Georgetown hom...
S8 Ep856: A meeting in 1971 reunited Pamela with her wartime lover, Averell Harriman, leading to their marriage and her access to a vast fortune. She transformed Harriman's Georgetown home into a "...
S8 Ep856: In the late 1950s, Pamela strategically seduced producer Leland Hayward, eventually becoming his wife to secure a new life in America. She moved to the United States in 1959, where she wa...
S8 Ep856: Following the war, Pamela entered a transactional yet passionate relationship with Gianni Agnelli, the heir to the Fiat empire. Since Fiat had supplied the Axis powers, Agnelli required s...
S8 Ep856: In 1941, Pamela met Averell Harriman, the American overseeing Lend-Lease, and immediately recognized his importance to British survival. Tasked with enlisting him to the British cause, sh...
S8 Ep856: Following a hasty wedding, Pamela quickly discovered Randolph's abusive nature, heavy drinking, and philandering. Despite the failing marriage, she became a favorite of Winston and Clemen...
S8 Ep856: Sonia Purnell describes the 1939 marriage proposal between Randolph Churchill and Pamela Digby, who met for the first time at a London dinner. Pamela, a 19-year-old aristocrat from an iso...
S8 Ep855: The continued failure to detect WIMPs has led to a "Dark Crisis" and more speculative theories. Some scientists suggest dark matter could be primordial black holes formed during the Bi...
S8 Ep855: The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the oldest light in the universe, provides a blueprint that confirms the necessity of dark matter and dark energy. To find the physical particle, re...
S8 Ep855: In the 1990s, scientists investigated MACHOs (Massive Compact Halo Objects), like dim stars or black holes, as dark matter candidates. However, extensive searches failed to find enough of...
S8 Ep855: A "heretical" alternative to dark matter is MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics), proposed by Mordehai Milgrom. Milgrom suggests that dark matter may not exist; instead, our current laws of...
S8 Ep855: Following Jim Peebles' work on Cold Dark Matter, scientists began searching for the WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle). These particles are thought to interact through gravity but...
S8 Ep855: The Big Bang theory is essential for understanding dark matter because the early universe was incredibly smooth, yet it evolved into the "clumpy" universe of galaxies we see today. Only a...
S8 Ep855: During the 1960s, theorists like Jeremiah Ostriker used early computers to determine that spiral galaxies would be unstable and "fly apart" without a massive spherical halo of unseen matt...
S8 Ep855: The 100-year search for dark matter began in 1922 with Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn, who was the first to use the term "dark matter" in a scientific paper. Kapteyn realized that the g...
S8 Ep854: The success of WWII production highlights a fundamental tension between centralized government command and private sector innovation. During World War I, Woodrow Wilson's attempt to na...
S8 Ep854: The development of the B-29 Superfortress began in 1939 following a clandestine meeting between General Hap Arnold and Charles Lindbergh, who warned of Germany's growing bomber fleets. Th...
S8 Ep854: In May 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced the daunting challenge of preparing a technologically lagging America for modern mechanized warfare following Hitler's invasion of Franc...
S8 Ep853: Jeremy Zakis describes a sinister "battalion" of over one hundred cockatoos that have occupied the pine trees around his home in a formation reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. T...
S8 Ep853: An investigation into a T20 match between Canada and New Zealand has uncovered potential match-fixing tied to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. This "mafia-style" group is suspected of coercing ...
S8 Ep853: Two koalas were recently rescued from a 1.5-meter deep construction hole in Brisbane, where they had likely crawled to seek warmth from the recent cold. Wildlife Rescue Queensland and loc...
S8 Ep853: Jeremy Zakis reports on an unusually early and severe cold snap hitting the eastern seaboard of Australia, which he identifies as the arrival of El Niño. The "arctic blast" arrived over a...
S8 Ep852: In the aftermath, Octavian artfully transformed the Republic into an Empire, taking the title "Augustus" in 27 BC. He learned from Julius Caesar's mistakes, choosing to rule through au...
S8 Ep852: Following the defeat, the narrative takes on a "film noir" quality as the lovers return to Alexandria. Antony fell into deep melancholy, while Cleopatra focused on the survival of her dyn...
S8 Ep852: On September 2, 31 BC, the Battle of Actium unfolded as a desperate breakout attempt by Antony and Cleopatra to save their treasury. They waited for the afternoon winds to turn so they co...
S8 Ep852: Strauss highlights that while tactics are for amateurs, logistics are for professionals, citing Marcus Agrippa as the mastermind behind Octavian's strategy. Instead of invading Italy, Ant...
S8 Ep852: The conflict reached a turning point in 33 BC when Antony committed what Strauss calls an "unforced error" by divorcing Octavia. This provided Octavian with a "propaganda bonanza," allowi...
S8 Ep852: Strauss examines the role of Octavia, Octavian's sister, who married Antony in 40 BC to seal a peace treaty. While she is often portrayed as a devoted housewife, Strauss suggests she may ...
S8 Ep852: Barry Strauss introduces Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt and member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which turned Egypt into a Mediterranean "gold mine." She was a "tough player" who survived dead...
S8 Ep852: Guest Author Barry Strauss discusses the power struggle between Mark Antony and the young Octavian following Julius Caesar's assassination. Strauss relies on the Greek historians Plutarch...
S8 Ep851: Craig Unger highlights the "suspiciously perfect" timing of the hostage release, which occurred exactly three minutes after Ronald Reagan completed his inaugural address on January 20,...
S8 Ep851: Craig Unger recounts his 2014 trip to Iran, where he visited the former American embassy, now a museum called the "Den of Spies," showcasing shredded documents laboriously pasted back tog...
S8 Ep851: Craig Unger analyzes the specific allegations regarding meetings in Madrid and Paris that formed the core of the October Surprise deal. While alibis were created for both Bill Casey and G...
S8 Ep851: Craig Unger explains the infrastructure of the alleged treason, focusing on the Safari Club, a group of high-level intelligence officials who conducted "off-the-books" operations after th...
S8 Ep851: Craig Unger details his time at Newsweek, where he was hired to lead an investigation into the October Surprise, only to see the magazine eventually publish multiple stories discrediting ...
S8 Ep851: Craig Unger recounts the investigative origins of the October Surprise story, which gained mainstream credibility after a 1991 New York Times op-ed by former National Security Council mem...
S8 Ep851: Craig Unger explores the transformation of the 1980 Reagan campaign following the hiring of Bill Casey as campaign manager. Casey, a legendary WWII spy from the OSS, is described as a bri...
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