S8 Ep511: Elizabeth Peak, columnist for The Hill and Fox News, criticizes Mayor Mamdani's inexperienced response to a deadly blizzard, arguing his ideological refusal to seek veteran advice endange...
S8 Ep511: Elizabeth Peak, columnist for The Hill and Fox News, discusses AI's disruptive potential on Wall Street, emphasizing the need for human oversight while exploring broader market anxieties ...
S8 Ep510: Preview for later today: Astronomer Kishalay De discusses a supernova from a 13-solar-mass star, challenging theories that only larger stars explode and revealing complexities in predicti...
S8 Ep510: Preview for later today: Gregory Copley discusses Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership crisis, where scandals and internal party opposition threaten to trigger new national elections ...
S8 Ep510: Preview for later today: Michael Toth attributes US economic superiority over Europe to "Eurosclerosis," arguing that excessive Brussels regulations stifle the market competition and grow...
S8 Ep510: Preview for later today: Bob Zimmerman details the latest SLS rocket delays, highlighting NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's discomfort with the program's slow pace and lingering technic...
S8 Ep509: Preview for later today: Jonathan Schanzer explains that the Iranian regime is vulnerable due to economic malaise and unrest, lacking conventional military power to withstand a significan...
S8 Ep508: Preview for later today: Liz Peek joins John Batchelor to discuss how AI developments are causing market sell-offs in software and logistics, prompting investors to seek alternatives to M...
S8 Ep507: SHOW WSCHEDULE 2-23-26
S8 Ep506: Edmund Fitton-Brown and Bill Roggio evaluate the limitations of air power against the Houthis and debate whether US strikes could effectively decapitate or reform Iran's deeply unpopula...
S8 Ep506: Edmund Fitton-Brown and Bill Roggio examine Iran's potential responses to US military pressure, contrasting diplomatic signals with threats of offensive missile deployment and regional pr...
S8 Ep506: Ahmad Sharawi and Bill Roggio debate the chaotic Syrian civil war, noting the complex web of actors including the SDF and Turkey, while criticizing the US withdrawal and strategy. 14.
S8 Ep506: Ahmad Sharawi and Bill Roggio discuss the closure of Al-Hol camp in Syria, warning that releasing ISIS-affiliated families risks resurgence due to deep radicalization and lack of oversigh...
S8 Ep506: David Daoud explains Israeli "policing" on the Lebanon border using quadcopters and stun grenades to deter Hezbollah and allow displaced northern residents to safely return. 12.
S8 Ep506: Morris Tan details the jailing of South Korea's ex-president, alleging election fraud by the current administration and a shift toward alignment with North Korea's regime. 11.
S8 Ep506: General Blaine Holt analyzes China's J-35, noting it uses stolen F-35 designs but suffers from engine unreliability and systemic corruption within Chinese military procurement systems. 10.
S8 Ep506: Jonathan Sayeh describes growing internal Iranian dissent, where students favor a pre-1979 Persian identity and the Crown Prince over the current "occupying" Islamic Republic of Iran. 9.
S8 Ep505: Bill Roggio and John Hardie analyze the conflict as it enters its fifth year, with negotiations stalled and Putin maintaining maximalist demands, while assessing Russian casualty rates ...
S8 Ep505: Bill Roggio and John Hardie reflect on four years of war in Ukraine, examining initial intelligence failures regarding Russian capabilities and the subsequent shift toward defensive, dron...
S8 Ep505: Malcolm Hoenlein and Thaddius McCotter assess the US withdrawal from Syria, leaving minority groups vulnerable while ISIS resurges, while also covering Azerbaijan's regional influence and...
S8 Ep505: Malcolm Hoenlein and Thaddius McCotter report on massive casualties following Iranian protests and the buildup of US forces, discussing potential regime change and regional mobilization o...
S8 Ep505: Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa explore Cuba's severe oil crisis and potential democratic transitions as Venezuelan support collapses and Lula da Silva seeks cooperation with th...
S8 Ep505: Following El Mencho's death, Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa discuss the impact on Brazil and Venezuela, highlighting the Trump administration's aggressive strategy to dismantle...
S8 Ep505: John Batchelor and Bill Roggio examine the US fleet near Iran, questioning the effectiveness of air power alone against ideologically committed regimes like the Houthis. 2.
S8 Ep505: Cartel leader El Mencho of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is killed in a military raid, triggering retaliatory violence across Mexico as Bill Roggio analyzes the limits of counterterro...
S8 Ep504: Preview for later today: David Daoud of the FDD joins us to report that the IDF is deploying silent quadcopters along the Israel-Lebanon border to drop stun grenades and issue warnings, t...
S8 Ep504: Preview for later today. Edmund Fitton Brown and Bill Roggio of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies report that while not fully defeated, Houthi forces were prevented from massing t...
S8 Ep504: Preview for later today. John Hardie and Bill Roggio of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies explain Vladimir Putin remains committed to making Ukraine a vassal state, rejecting land...
S8 Ep504: Preview for later today. Ahmad Sharawi and Bill Roggio analyze Syria facing two paths: becoming a stabilized regional power or descending into worse conflict than the civil war, as curren...
S8 Ep503: General Blaine Holt, United States Air Force retired, explains that despite stealing F-35 plans, China struggles with the J-35 due to systemic corruption, with patronage and lack of merit...
S8 Ep503: Alejandro Peña Esclusa of the Venezuelan opposition reports that following high-level US visits, Cuban assets began exiting Venezuela, with Delcy Rodriguez reportedly leading a directed g...
S8 Ep502: Michael Vlahos as Germanicus and Gaius lament the decline of Latin fluency that once united historical elites from seventeenth-century diplomats to America's Founders, warning that soci...
S8 Ep502: Michael Vlahos as Germanicus compares Emperor Nero's struggles with the Roman Senate to President Trump's friction with the American judiciary, characterizing Trump's theatrical style as ...
S8 Ep502: Michael Vlahos as Germanicus and Gaius use the legendary Spartan-Argos Battle of the Champions to frame the twenty-first-century standoff between America and Iran, arguing that American r...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot concludes with the Zimmerman Telegram sealing America's entry into WWI, followed by the eventual deaths of Roosevelt and Wilson and Jane Addams's later Nobel Peace Pri...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot recounts Wilson's narrow victory and his proposal of peace without victory, examining the president's segregationist views and Jane Addams's persistent efforts toward interna...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot covers Charles Evans Hughes winning the Republican nomination, forcing Roosevelt to abandon Progressives, while suffrage leaders pressure candidates to support a federal amen...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot explains how following the Sussex sinking, Wilson faces pressure to sever German ties, as international ambassadors clash and German leaders grow increasingly distrustful of ...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot discusses Roosevelt campaigning for military preparedness for Republican favor, while Wilson embarks on a speaking tour to convince the skeptical Midwest of necessary nationa...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot describes the sinking of the Lusitania forcing Wilson to navigate war demands, leading to William Jennings Bryan's resignation and the rise of Edith Galt's significant influe...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot recounts Jane Addams establishing the Women's Peace Party and traveling through 1915 Europe, attempting shuttle diplomacy while facing intense domestic criticism for her bold...
S8 Ep501: Neil Lanctot introduces Jane Addams, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson in 1912, examining their distinct intellectual backgrounds and competing visions for America's reformist future...
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin explores the politicized investigation into COVID-19's origins at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and characterizes the US-China confrontation as a long-term generational st...
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin details the 2020 trade deal signing just as Matthew Pottinger attempted to warn a distracted White House about the emerging COVID-19 threat in Wuhan. 7
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin explains how the CCP exploits academic integration through the Thousand Talents Plan and how Wall Street continues to resist decoupling despite national security risks. 6
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin examines whether the US-China rivalry is a new Cold War and how the CCP enforces its political agenda on American companies like the NBA through exported censorship. 5
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin discusses the 301 report on intellectual property theft, the shift toward an Indo-Pacific strategy, and the chaotic arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in 2018. 4
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin reveals the Bingo Club, a secret group tracking Chinese influence in American society, and discusses allegations regarding elite corruption and the CCP's United Front operation...
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin describes the conflict between Trump's Wall Street advisors seeking trade deals and hardliners pushing for a trade war during the early 2017 Mar-a-Lago summit with Xi Jinping. 2
S8 Ep500: Josh Rogin explains how Trump's 2016 victory upended the Obama administration's optimistic China policy, leading to immediate diplomatic confusion regarding Taiwan and China's territorial...
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