What Trump’s mistakes in Iran teach all of us
Dr Fiona Hill is a former deputy assistant to President Trump and served as director for Russian Affairs on the US National Security Council from 2017-19. She joins Tom and Patrick to chew over the le...
22 Huhti 39min
Russia’s nuclear bomb threat in space
From Russia's nuclear threat to satellites, the prospect of a permanent lunar station, and the hopes of Artemis, Patrick and Tom could barely contain their space-geek excitement at speaking with Gener...
15 Huhti 28min
A rescue mission behind enemy lines, f-bomb tweets and 'a whole civilisation will die'
Having first demanded that Iran 'open the fucking strait', President Trump followed up with a post vowing 'an entire civilisation will die tonight' if it did not do so. But could any such order ever b...
8 Huhti 35min
Q&A: From Xi's PLA purges to Trump's Nato threats, your biggest questions answered
For their Easter special, Tom and Patrick turn the entire show over to you. They answer as many listener questions as possible that have landed in the General & Journalist inbox since Christmas. Among...
1 Huhti 34min
Fear and loathing in Moscow - Putin, Iran and a coup?
The Kremlin's treasury runneth-over with oil revenues, Moscow's military is being treated to a lesson in the latest US warfare in real time, and the world's eyes are averted from Ukraine. Trump's war ...
26 Maalis 29min
'As big as the Berlin Wall and 9/11', Peter Frankopan on the Iran war
World-renowned historian Peter Frankopan joins Tom and Patrick to dissect the escalating conflict in Iran through the lens of ancient history and shifting civilisations. The Silk Roads author argues t...
19 Maalis 37min
What is Trump's off-ramp for Iran?
We are in the second week of a war that was supposed to be over by now. Yet the world is facing soaring oil prices, rising inflation and a regime which doesn't seem ready to capitulate. While Preside...
12 Maalis 36min
How does America win a war with Iran?
President Trump has given numerous reasons for America's war on Iran. But if a clear objective cannot be defined, can that war be won?Admiral James 'Sandy' Winnefeld is a former vice-chairman of the U...
5 Maalis 41min
