Magick as strategy in World War Two
Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, was obsessed with the occult. He attempted to read minds and used astrological star charts to inform his battle plans. On the allied side, English magician Aleister...
24 Tammi 201732min
No, the Trump transition isn’t endangering U.S. nukes. Here’s what to really worry about
On Jan. 9, 2017, Gizmodo ran a story titled “Trump Just Dismissed the People in Charge of Maintaining Our Nuclear Arsenal.” The article published claims from unnamed members of the National Nuclear Se...
18 Tammi 201728min
Tracking America’s ‘shadow wars’
Right now, America is fighting a war in Afghanistan – the longest in its history – a war against the Islamic State in the Middle East, a war against Islamic radicals in Pakistan, several different ope...
10 Tammi 201736min
Churchill – the ‘glowworm’ who changed the fate of modern Europe
At the end of World War II, Winston Churchill lost his reelection bid for Prime Minister of England. The British Bulldog was down, but not out. He worried of a coming conflict with Stalin and the grow...
4 Tammi 201739min
ICYMI: The drone that almost killed bin Laden
Months before 9/11, U.S. Air Force captain Scott Swanson patrolled the skies over Afghanistan with a Predator drone. Swanson and his team were hunting Osama bin Laden. And they found him. But this was...
29 Joulu 201633min
ICYMI: In Russia, 'fake news' is the norm
America’s 2016 election was plagued by fake news. Online, it’s easy to fake authority, and millions of Americans fall for the stories. It may seem new to Americans, but Russians have lived with a stra...
12 Joulu 201629min
The next Great Game may be played for the North Pole
Russia's aircraft carrier may be creaky, but its submarines are among the best in the business and they ply the currents beneath the Arctic at will - though not unchallenged. So, who's challenging Rus...
5 Joulu 201626min
Going where Obama feared to tread in Syria – the Albright-Hadley plan
Guest host and Reuters Diplomatic Correspondent Arshad Mohammed sits down with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, to discuss a report tha...
29 Marras 201634min
