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S1 Ep95: Starlink: Funding the Mars Vision through LEO Constellations. Eric Berger discusses Starlink, a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites designed to fund Musk&#39;s Mars vision. While the idea wasn&#39;t new, deploying thousands of satellites for global intern
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Starlink: Funding the Mars Vision through LEO Constellations. Eric Berger discusses Starlink, a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites designed to fund Musk&#39;s Mars vision. While the idea wasn&#39;t new, deploying thousands of satellites for global internet was previously viewed as impractical due to manufacturing and launch rate limitations. Starlink, now highly successful with about 7,000 ope...
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S1 Ep95: Achieving Reusability and Navigating Launch Failures. Eric Berger reports that in December 2015, SpaceX demonstrated reusability with the successful launch and vertical landing of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust at Landing Zone 1. The launch utilized densified p
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Achieving Reusability and Navigating Launch Failures. Eric Berger reports that in December 2015, SpaceX demonstrated reusability with the successful launch and vertical landing of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust at Landing Zone 1. The launch utilized densified propellant, requiring a tight launch window. The risky landing involved the Air Force approving a rocket with fuel returning over expensive rea...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807019-falcon-9-full-thrust-densification-and-barge-landings-eric-berger-describes-how-following-a-20"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Falcon 9 Full Thrust: Densification and Barge Landings. Eric Berger describes how, following a 2015 failure, SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 Full Thrust, version 3.0/4.0. Driven by the Mars vision, they adopted densification—chilling liquid oxygen to boost 
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Falcon 9 Full Thrust: Densification and Barge Landings. Eric Berger describes how, following a 2015 failure, SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 Full Thrust, version 3.0/4.0. Driven by the Mars vision, they adopted densification—chilling liquid oxygen to boost density and increase payload efficiency by 10 to 12 percent. Crucially, they focused on landing the booster vertically on a moving barge, skip...
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S1 Ep95: Dragon Spacecraft Development and Reusability Focus. Eric Berger explains that SpaceX needed NASA contracts to fund its Mars ambition. NASA provided critical funding in 2006 and 2009 for the Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space St
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Dragon Spacecraft Development and Reusability Focus. Eric Berger explains that SpaceX needed NASA contracts to fund its Mars ambition. NASA provided critical funding in 2006 and 2009 for the Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, replacing retiring vehicles like the Space Shuttle. Dragon was designed for recoverability and reuse, incorporating propulsion into the...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807015-developing-and-launching-the-first-falcon-9-eric-berger-recounts-the-difficult-summer-of-2009-pr"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Developing and Launching the First Falcon 9. Eric Berger recounts the difficult summer of 2009 preparing the first Falcon 9 booster, featuring nine Merlin engines housed in an octagonal web. Engineers endured intense 100-hour weeks handling complex wiring
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Developing and Launching the First Falcon 9. Eric Berger recounts the difficult summer of 2009 preparing the first Falcon 9 booster, featuring nine Merlin engines housed in an octagonal web. Engineers endured intense 100-hour weeks handling complex wiring and propulsion plumbing. The subsequent road trip from Texas to Florida was arduous, including crashing the rocket&#39;s interstage into a buildi...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807014-musk-s-audacious-mars-colonization-vision-eric-berger-discusses-elon-musk-s-remarkable-september"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Musk&#39;s Audacious Mars Colonization Vision. Eric Berger discusses Elon Musk&#39;s remarkable September 2016 speech in Guadalajara outlining the colonization of Mars. Musk proposed building a self-sustaining colony requiring landing a million tons of equipment 
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Musk&#39;s Audacious Mars Colonization Vision. Eric Berger discusses Elon Musk&#39;s remarkable September 2016 speech in Guadalajara outlining the colonization of Mars. Musk proposed building a self-sustaining colony requiring landing a million tons of equipment using a fully reusable massive rocket. This vision, described as audacious and like science fiction, revealed the company&#39;s true intent: estab...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807010-western-miscalculation-and-the-core-problem-of-russia-s-dominance-ideology-professor-eugene-fink"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Western Miscalculation and the Core Problem of Russia&#39;s Dominance Ideology. Professor Eugene Finkelargues that debates about Ukraine joining NATO or the EU are secondary, as the core problem remains Russia&#39;s deeply rooted ideological belief that it must c
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Western Miscalculation and the Core Problem of Russia&#39;s Dominance Ideology. Professor Eugene Finkelargues that debates about Ukraine joining NATO or the EU are secondary, as the core problem remains Russia&#39;s deeply rooted ideological belief that it must control Ukraine. Western powers, including the US and Southern and Central Europe, have repeatedly misread Russia as transactional and rational...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807009-the-historical-roots-of-russian-brutality-and-putin-s-ideological-driver-professor-eugene-finkel"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: The Historical Roots of Russian Brutality and Putin&#39;s Ideological Driver. Professor Eugene Finkel explains that the pervasive cruelty in Russian forces stems from a historical willingness to use extreme violence, where human life is cheap, evident from St
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The Historical Roots of Russian Brutality and Putin&#39;s Ideological Driver. Professor Eugene Finkel explains that the pervasive cruelty in Russian forces stems from a historical willingness to use extreme violence, where human life is cheap, evident from Stalin&#39;s cynical fears of losing Ukraine to modern conflicts. Russians are willing to make Ukraine a desert to secure control, employing methods...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807008-volodymyr-zelenskyy-a-native-russian-speaker-and-the-evolution-of-ukrainian-national-identity-p"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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95: Volodymyr Zelenskyy: A Native Russian Speaker and the Evolution of Ukrainian National Identity. Professor Eugene Finkel notes that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has an unusual background: Jewish, a native Russian speaker, and a successful media entreprene
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy: A Native Russian Speaker and the Evolution of Ukrainian National Identity. Professor Eugene Finkel notes that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has an unusual background: Jewish, a native Russian speaker, and a successful media entrepreneur and comedian. His election symbolizes Ukraine&#39;s evolving identity, moving from an ethnic definition to a national commitment to the state, ...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807007-putin-s-revisionist-history-and-the-2014-invasion-of-crimea-and-donbas-professor-eugene-finkel-a"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Putin&#39;s Revisionist History and the 2014 Invasion of Crimea and Donbas. Professor Eugene Finkel analyzes how, isolated during the pandemic, Vladimir Putin wrote a historical essay in 2021 based on myths, asserting that Ukraine has always been Russia and m
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Putin&#39;s Revisionist History and the 2014 Invasion of Crimea and Donbas. Professor Eugene Finkel analyzes how, isolated during the pandemic, Vladimir Putin wrote a historical essay in 2021 based on myths, asserting that Ukraine has always been Russia and must be fully subordinated. This vision clarified his expansionist goals. The 2014 Euromaidan uprising, which deposed the pro-Russian president...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807004-khrushchev-crimea-and-putin-s-perception-of-ukraine-as-soviet-florida-professor-eugene-finke"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Khrushchev, Crimea, and Putin&#39;s Perception of Ukraine as &quot;Soviet Florida&quot;. Professor Eugene Finkel discusses Khrushchev&#39;s 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine, undertaken for purely economic and practical reasons, though it remains a point of contention tod
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Khrushchev, Crimea, and Putin&#39;s Perception of Ukraine as &quot;Soviet Florida&quot;. Professor Eugene Finkel discusses Khrushchev&#39;s 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine, undertaken for purely economic and practical reasons, though it remains a point of contention today. During the Soviet &quot;golden period,&quot; Ukraine became vital, providing coal, industrial manufacturing, and ballistic missiles. Vladimir Putin&#39;...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807003-collapse-of-independent-states-and-the-purposeful-famine-of-the-holodomor-professor-eugene-finke"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Collapse of Independent States and the Purposeful Famine of the Holodomor. Professor Eugene Finkel examines the period following the 1917 collapse, when attempts to form independent Ukrainian states—the UNR and the ZUNR—failed, facing invasion by various 
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Collapse of Independent States and the Purposeful Famine of the Holodomor. Professor Eugene Finkel examines the period following the 1917 collapse, when attempts to form independent Ukrainian states—the UNR and the ZUNR—failed, facing invasion by various Russian forces united in the belief that Ukraine must belong to Russia. Subsequently, Stalin implemented collectivization, leading to the Holo...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807002-galatia-the-ukrainian-piedmont-and-the-threat-of-ukrainian-nationalism-professor-eugene-fink"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep95: Galatia, the &quot;Ukrainian Piedmont,&quot; and the Threat of Ukrainian Nationalism. Professor Eugene Finkel touches on the life of his Jewish grandfather, Lev, from Galatia, who joined the Red Army in 1940, illustrating how parts of Ukraine were not under Russian
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Galatia, the &quot;Ukrainian Piedmont,&quot; and the Threat of Ukrainian Nationalism. Professor Eugene Finkel touches on the life of his Jewish grandfather, Lev, from Galatia, who joined the Red Army in 1940, illustrating how parts of Ukraine were not under Russian control until World War II. Russia viewed the tolerant Austro-Hungarian region of Galatia as a dangerous &quot;Ukrainian Piedmont&quot; that could spre...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1763347143" data-format="short_date">Nov 17, 2025</span></span>
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8807001-the-origins-of-the-russian-imperial-project-khmelnytsky-and-new-russia-professor-eugene-finke"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/43198359/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/43198359/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/43198359/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/43198359/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/43198359/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #dac073; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/43198359/1400x1400/c" />
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S1 Ep95: The Origins of the Russian Imperial Project: Khmelnytsky and &quot;New Russia&quot;. Professor Eugene Finkel discusses the statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a 17th-century figure viewed differently by Ukrainians as a founding father and by Russians as a uniter with Mos
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The Origins of the Russian Imperial Project: Khmelnytsky and &quot;New Russia&quot;. Professor Eugene Finkel discusses the statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a 17th-century figure viewed differently by Ukrainians as a founding father and by Russians as a uniter with Moscow. Khmelnytsky, too weak to fight Poland, swore allegiance to the Tsar, which Moscow interpreted as complete integration. This established t...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8806861-ashes-warm-ups-cause-slew-of-career-threatening-injuries-betting-odds-narrow-jeremy-zakis-repor"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep94: Ashes Warm-ups Cause Slew of Career-Threatening Injuries; Betting Odds Narrow. Jeremy Zakis reports that Ashes warm-up matches are causing a slew of injuries to older players around 35, including Mark Wood of England and Sean Abbott of Australia, both suf
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Ashes Warm-ups Cause Slew of Career-Threatening Injuries; Betting Odds Narrow. Jeremy Zakis reports that Ashes warm-up matches are causing a slew of injuries to older players around 35, including Mark Wood of England and Sean Abbott of Australia, both suffering hamstring injuries. The competition in Perth at Subako Stadium will emphasize muscle and speed due to the dry pitch. Australia&#39;s odds t...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8806860-cold-antarctic-air-collides-with-tropical-front-bringing-flash-flooding-and-cyclone-warnings-to"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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<img srcset="https://audioboom.com/i/43197636/75x75/c 75w, https://audioboom.com/i/43197636/150x150/c 150w, https://audioboom.com/i/43197636/300x300/c 300w, https://audioboom.com/i/43197636/600x600/c 600w, https://audioboom.com/i/43197636/1400x1400/c 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 64px, 96px" style="background-color: #a6a68d; max-width: 96px; width: 15cqw;" class="js-img-bg ratio-square rounded-1" loading="lazy" src="https://audioboom.com/i/43197636/1400x1400/c" />
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S1 Ep94: Cold Antarctic Air Collides with Tropical Front, Bringing Flash Flooding and Cyclone Warnings to East Coast. Jeremy Zakis describes severe weather on the Australian East Coast due to a clash between bitter cold Antarctic air and a dense tropical air mass 
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Cold Antarctic Air Collides with Tropical Front, Bringing Flash Flooding and Cyclone Warnings to East Coast.Jeremy Zakis describes severe weather on the Australian East Coast due to a clash between bitter cold Antarctic air and a dense tropical air mass colliding over land. This has caused rapid thunderstorms, flash flooding, and storm damage from Victoria up to Queensland. The Bureau of Meteor...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8806859-dallas-the-dog-fosters-trust-with-magpie-family-enhancing-their-intelligence-jeremy-zakis-chron"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep94: Dallas the Dog Fosters Trust with Magpie Family, Enhancing Their Intelligence. Jeremy Zakis chronicles how Dallas the dog has adopted a magpie family, leading to a comfortable second generation residing nearby. Dallas&#39;s kind, placid demeanor fosters trust
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Dallas the Dog Fosters Trust with Magpie Family, Enhancing Their Intelligence. Jeremy Zakis chronicles how Dallas the dog has adopted a magpie family, leading to a comfortable second generation residing nearby. Dallas&#39;s kind, placid demeanor fosters trust, allowing the smart magpies to grow up around him and even play with his toys. A study suggests these positive social interactions enhance ma...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8806858-tragic-magpie-attack-blinds-girl-massive-eastern-brown-snake-invades-home-jeremy-zakis-reports"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep94: Tragic Magpie Attack Blinds Girl; Massive Eastern Brown Snake Invades Home. Jeremy Zakis reports that a massive five-foot-long great eastern brown snake was found rearing up outside a woman&#39;s bathroom in Veil View, Queensland, necessitating a snake catche
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Tragic Magpie Attack Blinds Girl; Massive Eastern Brown Snake Invades Home. Jeremy Zakis reports that a massive five-foot-long great eastern brown snake was found rearing up outside a woman&#39;s bathroom in Veil View, Queensland, necessitating a snake catcher. This highly venomous species requires prompt antivenom administration within the &quot;golden hour.&quot; Separately, a 12-year-old girl in Australin...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8806855-the-green-belt-and-rethinking-liberty-30-years-later-matthew-longo-reflects-that-thirty-years-af"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep93: The Green Belt and Rethinking Liberty 30 Years Later. Matthew Longo reflects that thirty years after the Iron Curtain fell, the border site is now an unremarkable &quot;green belt.&quot; Researcher Longo considers the meaning of freedom, contrasting Isaiah Berlin&#39;s
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The Green Belt and Rethinking Liberty 30 Years Later. Matthew Longo reflects that thirty years after the Iron Curtain fell, the border site is now an unremarkable &quot;green belt.&quot; Researcher Longo considers the meaning of freedom, contrasting Isaiah Berlin&#39;s negative liberty—freedom from state interference—with Hannah Arendt&#39;s concept of plurality and solidarity. He notes the disappointment felt b...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8806854-panic-pioneers-and-the-moral-choice-at-the-border-picnic-matthew-longo-recounts-that-by-august"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep93: Panic, Pioneers, and the Moral Choice at the Border Picnic. Matthew Longo recounts that by August 19, 1989, hundreds of thousands of East German refugees were camped near Sopron, terrified of Stasi informers. Nemeth&#39;s government used the chaotic Picnic as
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Panic, Pioneers, and the Moral Choice at the Border Picnic. Matthew Longo recounts that by August 19, 1989, hundreds of thousands of East German refugees were camped near Sopron, terrified of Stasi informers. Nemeth&#39;s government used the chaotic Picnic as a test for Soviet intervention. When a mass bolted across the border, mistaking champagne pops for gunfire, Hungarian guards made the tremend...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1763263780" data-format="short_date">Nov 16, 2025</span></span>
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8806853-young-activists-plan-the-audacious-pan-european-picnic-matthew-longo-describes-how-in-late-june"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep93: Young Activists Plan the Audacious Pan-European Picnic. Matthew Longo describes how in late June 1989, young activists Fedins and Maria in Debrecen conceived an audacious plan to throw a protest party—The Picnic—at the Iron Curtain near Sopron. They aimed
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Young Activists Plan the Audacious Pan-European Picnic. Matthew Longo describes how in late June 1989, young activists Fedins and Maria in Debrecen conceived an audacious plan to throw a protest party—The Picnic—at the Iron Curtain near Sopron. They aimed to challenge communism and celebrate freedom. Though the Curtain was a deadly &quot;death zone,&quot; not a simple fence, they secured a unique one-tim...
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S1 Ep93: Elite Politics and the First Crack in the Iron Curtain. Matthew Longo details the July 1989 Warsaw Pact meeting where reformer Nemeth faced off against old-guard Ceausescu. Nemeth had received Gorbachev&#39;s &quot;green light&quot; to dismantle the Iron Curtain&#39;s dead
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Elite Politics and the First Crack in the Iron Curtain. Matthew Longo details the July 1989 Warsaw Pact meeting where reformer Nemeth faced off against old-guard Ceausescu. Nemeth had received Gorbachev&#39;s &quot;green light&quot; to dismantle the Iron Curtain&#39;s deadly fencing in Hungary. Gorbachev secretly confirmed the presence of a nuclear arsenal, urging discretion, revealing how delicate his own polit...
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S1 Ep92: Craig Unger discusses Den of Spies, investigating the &quot;October Surprise&quot;—hostages released minutes after Reagan&#39;s inauguration. The timing suggests the Reagan campaign made a secret deal with Iran. No facts have been challenged since publication. He views
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Craig Unger discusses Den of Spies, investigating the &quot;October Surprise&quot;—hostages released minutes after Reagan&#39;s inauguration. The timing suggests the Reagan campaign made a secret deal with Iran. No facts have been challenged since publication. He views this as a Republican pattern of using adversarial nations to intervene in elections. Guest: Craig Unger.

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S1 Ep92: Craig Unger describes his 2014 visit to Iran&#39;s &quot;Den of Spies&quot; embassy museum, where he interviewed Moshen Rafi Duce, Iran&#39;s arms procurement head, who seemingly made an accidental admission about meeting &quot;the Republicans.&quot; Former Iranian president Abolhas
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Craig Unger describes his 2014 visit to Iran&#39;s &quot;Den of Spies&quot; embassy museum, where he interviewed Moshen Rafi Duce, Iran&#39;s arms procurement head, who seemingly made an accidental admission about meeting &quot;the Republicans.&quot; Former Iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr confirmed the October Surprise was a double coup d&#39;état, destabilizing both the US and moderate Iranian elements. The timing of t...
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S1 Ep92: Craig Unger confirms the Madrid meeting in July 1980, where Bill Casey met with Iranian cleric Mehdi Karoubi, establishing the parameters of the October Surprise by asking Karoubi to delay the hostage release until after the presidential election. The all
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Craig Unger confirms the Madrid meeting in July 1980, where Bill Casey met with Iranian cleric Mehdi Karoubi, establishing the parameters of the October Surprise by asking Karoubi to delay the hostage release until after the presidential election. The alleged Paris meeting in October involving George H.W. Bush is harder to prove, though investigative work punctured Bush&#39;s alibis. Iran was motiv...
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S1 Ep92: Craig Unger reveals that Bill Casey operated through the Safari Club, an off-the-books intelligence group. Casey utilized Iranian arms dealers, the Hashim brothers, who were secretly double agents working for him since the mid-1970s. Casey&#39;s best friend, 
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Craig Unger reveals that Bill Casey operated through the Safari Club, an off-the-books intelligence group. Casey utilized Iranian arms dealers, the Hashim brothers, who were secretly double agents working for him since the mid-1970s. Casey&#39;s best friend, John Shaheen, acted as the crucial cutout, meeting with arms dealers to shield Casey from media scrutiny. Further investigation confirmed that...
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S1 Ep92: Craig Unger describes his high-profile investigation at Newsweek, which surprisingly resulted in three articles denying the October Surprise occurred, a result Unger called a great disgrace in the history of American journalism. The subsequent Congression
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Craig Unger describes his high-profile investigation at Newsweek, which surprisingly resulted in three articles denying the October Surprise occurred, a result Unger called a great disgrace in the history of American journalism. The subsequent Congressional investigation, led by Lee Hamilton, was dismissed by Unger as a complete whitewash that accepted weak alibis for Bill Casey. Unger was warn...
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S1 Ep92: VCraig Unger explores rumors of an &quot;October Surprise&quot;—a Republican deal to delay the hostages&#39; release—which gained credence when former NSC official Gary Sick published an op-ed. Unger spoke to rogue Israeli operative Ari Ben Mashi, who alleged Bill Case
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Craig Unger explores rumors of an &quot;October Surprise&quot;—a Republican deal to delay the hostages&#39; release—which gained credence when former NSC official Gary Sick published an op-ed. Unger spoke to rogue Israeli operative Ari Ben Mashi, who alleged Bill Casey met with Iranians in Madrid in July 1980. Ben Mashi claimed Casey violated the Logan Act and an arms embargo by offering weapons in exchange ...
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S1 Ep92: Craig Unger examines Ronald Reagan&#39;s hiring of Bill Casey, an OSS veteran and dazzlingly brilliant spy, to manage his campaign. Casey quickly established a secret intelligence network, meeting with Israeli intelligence and arms dealers globally. Although 
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Craig Unger examines Ronald Reagan&#39;s hiring of Bill Casey, an OSS veteran and dazzlingly brilliant spy, to manage his campaign. Casey quickly established a secret intelligence network, meeting with Israeli intelligence and arms dealers globally. Although Casey was notoriously difficult to understand—mumbling, spitting, and requiring Reagan to just &quot;nod and smile&quot;—he recognized that the release ...
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S1 Ep92: Craig Unger investigates the &quot;October Surprise&quot; following the 1979 seizure of 52 American hostages in Tehran. Iran&#39;s revolution overthrew the Shah, installed by the US in 1953, creating an anti-American Islamic Republic. The failed Desert One rescue missi
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Craig Unger investigates the &quot;October Surprise&quot; following the 1979 seizure of 52 American hostages in Tehran. Iran&#39;s revolution overthrew the Shah, installed by the US in 1953, creating an anti-American Islamic Republic. The failed Desert One rescue mission on April 24, 1980, killed eight Americans and shocked the Carter administration, effectively ending his re-election prospects. Carter&#39;s wea...
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S1 Ep92: Paul Gregory argues that Lee Harvey Oswald&#39;s primary motive was a profound belief that he was special and destined for greatness, fostered by his mother. Gregory insists Oswald is often underestimated, highlighting his achievements as a master manipulator
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Paul Gregory argues that Lee Harvey Oswald&#39;s primary motive was a profound belief that he was special and destined for greatness, fostered by his mother. Gregory insists Oswald is often underestimated, highlighting his achievements as a master manipulator who deceived the Soviets and planned the General Walker assassination attempt. A secondary but major factor was Marina, who constantly scorne...
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S1 Ep92: Paul Gregory visited Dealey Plaza to assess the assassination, concluding the shot was fairly easy as the presidential limousine slowed down to turn. He emphasizes that the route was chosen only four days prior, undermining long-term conspiracy planning. 
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Paul Gregory visited Dealey Plaza to assess the assassination, concluding the shot was fairly easy as the presidential limousine slowed down to turn. He emphasizes that the route was chosen only four days prior, undermining long-term conspiracy planning. Paul and his father were later targeted by conspiracy theories linking them to radical Russian interests. The discussion focuses heavily on Ma...
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S1 Ep92: Paul Gregory chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald&#39;s burial at Rose Hill, which was quiet, with reporters carrying the coffin. Marina, in a daze, performed Russian rituals when viewing the body and was deeply impacted by watching the Kennedy funeral on television.
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Paul Gregory chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald&#39;s burial at Rose Hill, which was quiet, with reporters carrying the coffin. Marina, in a daze, performed Russian rituals when viewing the body and was deeply impacted by watching the Kennedy funeral on television. Margarite&#39;s difficulty was evident as she persistently asserted her dead son was innocent, claiming he was a hero and clashing openly with Se...
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S1 Ep92: Paul Gregory describes events on November 23rd when Margarite Oswald called Pete Gregory seeking shelter after she and Marina were essentially abducted by Life magazine. Pete notified Secret Service agent Mike Howard, who moved Marina, Margarite, and the 
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Paul Gregory describes events on November 23rd when Margarite Oswald called Pete Gregory seeking shelter after she and Marina were essentially abducted by Life magazine. Pete notified Secret Service agent Mike Howard, who moved Marina, Margarite, and the two babies to the Six Flags Inn for interrogation. Margarite immediately began campaigning, demanding her &quot;hero&quot; son be rehabilitated as an in...
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S1 Ep92: Paul Gregory reveals that in April 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, agitated and shaken, confessed to Marina that he attempted to assassinate General Edwin Walker in Dallas. Marina found a note giving her directions if he failed to return. Though she realized he 
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Paul Gregory reveals that in April 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, agitated and shaken, confessed to Marina that he attempted to assassinate General Edwin Walker in Dallas. Marina found a note giving her directions if he failed to return. Though she realized he was deeply disturbed, she kept the event secret until the Warren Commission. Shortly after, Oswald moved to New Orleans, seeking to build cred...
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S1 Ep92: Paul Gregory recounts how his father, Pete Gregory, first met Lee Harvey Oswald in June 1962 after being contacted by the Texas Employment Office. Oswald, recently returned from three years in Minsk, sought work utilizing his Russian language skills. Pete
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Paul Gregory recounts how his father, Pete Gregory, first met Lee Harvey Oswald in June 1962 after being contacted by the Texas Employment Office. Oswald, recently returned from three years in Minsk, sought work utilizing his Russian language skills. Pete, a fluent Russian speaker, tested Lee and, finding his Russian fluent but grammatically poor, wrote a letter supporting him. Later, Paul met ...
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S1 Ep92:      Paul Gregory discusses his book, The Oswalds, focusing on his father, Pete Gregory, a Russian-speaking oil engineer. On November 22, 1963, Pete was near the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth when President Kennedy departed. Later that afternoon, Paul, a stud
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Paul Gregory discusses his book, The Oswalds, focusing on his father, Pete Gregory, a Russian-speaking oil engineer. On November 22, 1963, Pete was near the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth when President Kennedy departed. Later that afternoon, Paul, a student in Oklahoma, learned the president had been shot and watched the news. When the bruised suspect was brought in on television, Paul immediately ...
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S1 Ep91:  SHOW 11-14-25 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR  THE SHOW BEGINS IN THE DOUBTS ABOUT THE ECONOMY.    FIRST HOUR  9-915 BLISS: WEST COAST URBAN ISSUES AND THE PACK FIRE Guest: Jeff Bliss Seattle elected socialist Kate Wilson, who wants public groce
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SHOW
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THE SHOW BEGINS IN THE DOUBTS ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

FIRST HOUR

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BLISS: WEST COAST URBAN ISSUES AND THE PACK FIRE Guest: Jeff Bliss Seattle elected socialist Kate Wilson, who wants public grocery stores. The Luxor Pyramid in Las Vegas has installed a massive slide for visitors. Both San Francisco and Santa Monica are seeing major busine...
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S1 Ep90: B. HIGH-TEMPERATURE RARE EARTHS AND PREDATORY PRICING Guest: David Archibald The most desirable rare earths, Dysprosium and Terbium, allow magnets to function at high temperatures. China is now sourcing 40% of its supply of these from Myanmar. Though Aust
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 B. HIGH-TEMPERATURE RARE EARTHS AND PREDATORY PRICING Guest: David Archibald The most desirable rare earths, Dysprosium and Terbium, allow magnets to function at high temperatures. China is now sourcing 40% of its supply of these from Myanmar. Though Australia produces these, structural oversupply is a risk. Subsidies, like the floor price given to MP Materials, may be necessary to prevent Chi...
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S1 Ep90: A. RARE EARTHS: CHINA&#39;S MONOPOLY AND AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY Guest: David Archibald China&#39;s predatory pricing previously achieved a rare earth monopoly, damaging competitors like Lynas, which almost went bankrupt. Australia, via companies like Lynas and Iluka, 
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A. RARE EARTHS: CHINA&#39;S MONOPOLY AND AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY Guest: David Archibald China&#39;s predatory pricing previously achieved a rare earth monopoly, damaging competitors like Lynas, which almost went bankrupt. Australia, via companies like Lynas and Iluka, is being eyed by the US as a non-Chinese source for rare earths critical for high-end electronics and defense. Processing is complex, requirin...
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S1 Ep90: SOKOLSKI: CHINA&#39;S CONVENTIONAL ICBM THREAT Guest: Henry Sokolski The US military is concerned China&#39;s PLA may field a conventionally armed ICBM able to strike the continental US. Such missiles could use maneuverable front ends to evade defenses and delive
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SOKOLSKI: CHINA&#39;S CONVENTIONAL ICBM THREAT Guest: Henry Sokolski The US military is concerned China&#39;s PLA may field a conventionally armed ICBM able to strike the continental US. Such missiles could use maneuverable front ends to evade defenses and deliver autonomous drones. This weapon might target civil infrastructure to intimidate the US and deter intervention during a Taiwan conflict. This ...
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S1 Ep90: US Greenlights ROK Enrichment, Raising Proliferation Fears Guest: Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center The US agreement to support the Republic of South Korea&#39;s civil uranium enrichment and spent fuel reproce
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US Greenlights ROK Enrichment, Raising Proliferation Fears
Guest: Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center
The US agreement to support the Republic of South Korea&#39;s civil uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing for peaceful uses is viewed by Sokolski as a movement toward proliferation. Sokolski notes that this decision greenlights the ROK—a trea...
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S1 Ep90: 4. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND MASADA Guest: Professor Barry Strauss The Flavians decided to completely destroy Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD, an act of extreme Roman imperialism that left the city in ruins. Afterwards, Judea was upgraded to a f
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4. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND MASADA Guest: Professor Barry Strauss The Flavians decided to completely destroy Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD, an act of extreme Roman imperialism that left the city in ruins. Afterwards, Judea was upgraded to a formal Roman province with a governor and the 10th Legion quartered in Jerusalem. Four years later, the siege of Masada ended with the alleged ...
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S1 Ep90: 3. SURVIVAL DURING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM Guest: Professor Barry Strauss Before the siege of Jerusalem was sealed, two foundational groups fled: Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakai, smuggled out to Yavneh to establish Rabbinic Judaism, and the followers of Jesus, who
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3. SURVIVAL DURING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM Guest: Professor Barry Strauss Before the siege of Jerusalem was sealed, two foundational groups fled: Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakai, smuggled out to Yavneh to establish Rabbinic Judaism, and the followers of Jesus, who went to Pella. Titus focused the Roman assault on the city&#39;s weakest point, the northern wall. The overconfident Romans were repeatedly frust...
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S1 Ep90: 2. TITUS&#39;S SIEGE OF JERUSALEM Guest: Professor Barry Strauss Nero&#39;s forced suicide in 68 AD and the subsequent chaos confirmed Josephus&#39;s prophecy, leading to Vespasian being proclaimed emperor in 69 AD. Vespasian left his son Titus to lay siege to Jerusa
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2. TITUS&#39;S SIEGE OF JERUSALEM Guest: Professor Barry Strauss Nero&#39;s forced suicide in 68 AD and the subsequent chaos confirmed Josephus&#39;s prophecy, leading to Vespasian being proclaimed emperor in 69 AD. Vespasian left his son Titus to lay siege to Jerusalem in 70 AD. Though Jerusalem was a strong fortress, the defenders were critically weakened by infighting among three rebel factions and thei...
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S1 Ep90: 1. JOSEPHUS AND THE SIEGE OF JODAPATA Guest: Professor Barry Strauss The Jewish revolt against Rome, starting in 66 AD, is primarily chronicled by Josephus, a leader of the revolt and later historian. Josephus commanded the defense of Jodapata against Gen
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1. JOSEPHUS AND THE SIEGE OF JODAPATA Guest: Professor Barry Strauss The Jewish revolt against Rome, starting in 66 AD, is primarily chronicled by Josephus, a leader of the revolt and later historian. Josephus commanded the defense of Jodapata against General Vespasian. After defeat, Josephus survived a mass suicide pact, surrendered, and convinced Vespasian not to kill him by predicting he wou...
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S1 Ep90: B. GOLDSTONE FAILURE AND SUPERNOVA DISCOVERY Guest: Bob Zimmerman NASA&#39;s Goldstone antenna, a critical link in the Deep Space Network, is out of service due to an embarrassing error where it was over-rotated, twisting the cables. This impacts communicatio
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B. GOLDSTONE FAILURE AND SUPERNOVA DISCOVERY Guest: Bob Zimmerman NASA&#39;s Goldstone antenna, a critical link in the Deep Space Network, is out of service due to an embarrassing error where it was over-rotated, twisting the cables. This impacts communications with interplanetary and Artemis missions. Separately, new astronomical data from a supernova explosion shows the initial eruption was not s...
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S1 Ep90: A. COMMERCIAL SPACE ACHIEVEMENTS AND POLICY SHIFTS Guest: Bob Zimmerman Blue Origin&#39;s New Glenn successfully launched and landed its first stage vertically, becoming only the second company to achieve orbital stage reuse, despite its slow operational pace
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A. COMMERCIAL SPACE ACHIEVEMENTS AND POLICY SHIFTS Guest: Bob Zimmerman Blue Origin&#39;s New Glenn successfully launched and landed its first stage vertically, becoming only the second company to achieve orbital stage reuse, despite its slow operational pace. VAST, a US commercial space station startup, signed a cooperation deal with Uzbekistan, possibly including flying an astronaut to its Haven ...
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FIORI: ITALIAN HERITAGE TRAINS AND POLITICAL DISPUTES Guest: Lorenzo Fiori Italy is launching heritage Christmas trains like the Espresso Monaco and Espresso Assisi, restoring old coaches and locomotives for tourists. Deputy PM Salvini is publicly criticizing aid to Ukraine, linking it to corruption, potentially as a strategy to regain consensus and boost his party&#39;s falling popularity. Nationw...
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