Will There Be a Nuclear War?
When it comes to U.S.-Russia relations, everything old is new again. Russia and the West are separating. Fast. For those of us who were alive in the 1980s, it all feels bracingly familiar. That includ...
28 Huhti 202241min
"America Is an Idealist Power in a Reapolitik World"
Over the past month, we’ve discussed a lot of specifics regarding the War in Ukraine. We’ve gone over the role of tanks, talked about Putin’s motives, and discussed War Crimes. What we haven’t done, r...
15 Huhti 202239min
Bucha, Chechnya, and Russian War Crimes
Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine are being revealed as its military is pushed back. In the Kyiv suburbs, evidence of summary executions, torture and rape are being revealed.All countries are guilty of c...
9 Huhti 202249min
You're Wrong. Tanks Aren't Done Yet
The tank is an iconic weapon of modern war, but the truth is that it’s more than a century old. When we think of tanks we think of the battles of World War II. The Tiger and the Sherman squaring off, ...
1 Huhti 202230min
Russia and the West's Love/Hate History
Relations between Russia and the western world are complicated. In the grand scheme of things, America is but a recent addition to a long simmering rivalry that runs back a thousand years. Putin and U...
25 Maalis 202232min
Eastern Europe's Fascist Salad
According to Vladimir Putin, he’s on a quest to de-Nazify Ukraine. But what about the Nazis in his own backyard? Hell, what about the Nazis all over Central and Eastern Europe.Right now, the Azov Regi...
19 Maalis 202247min
UNLOCKED: Coping in the New Age of Nuclear Anxiety
Russia is at war with Ukraine and Vladimir Putin is making vague nuclear threats. Both Russian and U.S. officials are, mostly, trying to dial things down. A Russian defense official said they don’t ha...
17 Maalis 20221h 7min
What's Behind Putin's Nazi Bullshit
This episode was originally going to be called something like not everything is the Holocaust. We were going to talk about how the Nazi attempt to kill all of Europe’s Jews during World War II wasn’t ...
11 Maalis 202237min
