How 9/11 Changed the British Military
It’s been a long time since the sun set on the British Empire and many institutions in British society have changed a great deal. In some ways, the British Army is the exception - a living linkage bet...
26 Helmi 202152min
How the Iran-Iraq War Shaped the Modern World
We live in a world shaped by the Iraq War. No, not that Iraq War. No, not that one either. We’re talking about the Iran-Iraq war. Just after Iran’s Islamic Revolution, it fought an eight year war with...
19 Helmi 202144min
Service Without a Smile: A History of the Draft
The United States’ military is an all volunteer force and has been since 1973. The people who fought both Gulf Wars and the war in Afghanistan asked to join up. They had as many reasons as there are t...
12 Helmi 202139min
Why Navalny Went Back to Russia
After surviving a poisoning attempt, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to his home country and was arrested. Now he’s been sentenced to serve a 3 and a ½ year prison sentence. After Na...
5 Helmi 202148min
TEASER: The Cold War Conspiracy That Shaped the Modern GOP
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4 Helmi 20218min
Spartans, Confederates, and the Cult of the Loser
State Houses across the country are filled with monuments to losers, traitors, and terrorists. General Robert E Lee and Benjamin Tillman are lauded alongside figures like George Washington. The reason...
29 Tammi 202140min
Turning QAnon QAnoff
Please blame Jason Fields for that headline.Human trafficking and modern slavery are at the top of the news in the United States in the form of the QAnon conspiracy theory. It links together Democrats...
22 Tammi 202132min
