What UFO Conspiracies Have to Do with Jan. 6th
The Pentagon UFO office just released its investigation of UFO sightings going back to the 1940s. We talk with maybe the most serious historian to study UFOs, Garrett Graff, to learn what UFO question...
9 Huhti 202438min
Counterterrorism Chief Says Hamas Attack and Gaza War Have Reshaped Terror Threat
When Christine Abizaid — the director of the National Counterterrorism Center — first began working for the United States government in 2002, the biggest terror threat facing the U.S. was from Al-Qaed...
2 Huhti 202441min
Can the U.S. Just Pull Out of the Middle East?
The answer is probably not. And that has to do with oil, the internet, and one of America’s most persistent foes, Iran.Go to audible.com/news where you'll find Peter Bergen's recommendations for other...
26 Maalis 202440min
How Does the US Government Get Detained Americans Home?
Almost immediately after Hamas attacked Israel, the US began a well-coordinated, high-level, high-wire effort to free the Americans taken hostage. It wasn’t always like this. Until a few years ago, th...
19 Maalis 202448min
A Friendly Warning for America
With November’s election approaching, it feels like the United States is at a crossroads — not just at home, but abroad too. Will the country continue to lead the global order, as it’s done so success...
12 Maalis 202438min
You Should Worry About A.I., But Not For The Reason You Think
New tools like Chat GPT have sparked futuristic fears about intelligent machines wiping people out. But there’s a more immediate A.I. threat coming, in a year when half the world’s population is heade...
5 Maalis 202444min
Did Oppenheimer’s Atomic Bomb Make the World Safer?
The wild success of Oppenheimer, with 13 Oscar nominations and nearly $1 billion in ticket sales, has revived a debate about the most destructive weapon ever created — and renewed concerns about how c...
27 Helmi 202441min
China is Stalking its Dissidents — Even on U.S. Soil
The United States is home to countless dissidents from around the world who have fled repression in places like Iran, India, Russia and, increasingly, China. But US soil — even U.S. citizenship — isn’...
20 Helmi 202442min
