War Was the Easy Part | Eduardo Garduno
Eduardo Garduno recounts his path from a turbulent childhood in Southern California to the 75th Ranger Regiment, with deployments to Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq and combat against ISIS. He also opens...
29 Elo 3h 37min
Inside Delta Force: Afghanistan, Syria & the War on ISIS | Brent Tucker (throwback ep)
Brent Tucker, a 20-year Army Special Operations veteran, takes us through his path from the National Guard and 20th Special Forces Group to Delta Force, including combat in Afghanistan and Syria, gett...
27 Elo 2h 31min
Defense Alliance: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan &... Iran?! | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
We break down the latest Iran developments, including the fight over Hormuz, new U.S. sanctions, China’s role, and whether Iran could really be pulled into a new Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan security bloc. W...
24 Elo 1h 17min
Inside a Ransom Exchange With Somali Pirates | David Leaning
Dave Leaning recounts his path from the Royal Marines and Afghanistan to the little-seen world of private maritime security and counter-piracy operations off East Africa. He takes us inside ransom del...
22 Elo 2h 25min
AI: Boom or Doom? | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
Anthony Vinci joins us to break down the rapidly evolving AI landscape, from China’s growing challenge and the risks of frontier models to surveillance, national security, and the race to control the ...
20 Elo 1h 15min
Is the U.S. Navy About to Break? | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
This episode breaks down the growing strain on the U.S. Navy, from conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and America’s shipbuilding problems to what that could mean in a potential Taiwan crisis. T...
17 Elo 1h 1min
The Coast Guard Unit That Hunted Drug Traffickers | Giuseppe Weller
Giuseppe Weller recounts the little-known story of the Coast Guard’s Drug Interdiction Assist Team, which worked alongside the DEA in South America conducting riverine missions, training local forces,...
15 Elo 1h 27min
How Bad Intelligence Helped Sell the Iraq War | Luis Rueda (throwback episode)
original air date - 01/19/24Former CIA officer Luis Rueda reflects on a career that took him from fleeing Castro’s Cuba to covert operations in Central America, Grenada, the drug war, Iraq, and eventu...
13 Elo 1h 56min
