Special Episode: Trumpocalypse Now
This week in important Steven Tyler news, the Aerosmith front man demanded that Donald Trump stop playing his band's song "Livin' on the Edge" at their rallies. And he makes a good point. Trump is p...
23 Aug 201859min
It Was a Big Week for Authoritarianism in America
As reports have come in of Russia escalating its attacks on American democracy, our President has hopped into action escalating his war against the people who are protecting us from the Russians. Tru...
21 Aug 201849min
If We Could Spend All the Money in the World on Defense Would We?
With great fanfare Donald Trump did the presidential equivalent of stuffing a pair of athletic socks down his pants and announced the new defense spending bill. It was, as might be expected, yuge. O...
16 Aug 201845min
The Highly Classified Reasons Too Many Things are Highly Classified
Nothing is more core to the life of the Deep State than marking documents classified. After all, if just anyone could read them, who'd want to? On the other hand, if documents are classified, they c...
14 Aug 201849min
Which Books You Should Own & Never Read, Which You Should Read & Which to Skip Altogether
Summer Reading Edition: On this special episode of a podcast so special it doesn't need special episodes but can't help doing them anyway, we delve into the world of books. Georgetown's Rosa Brooks, ...
9 Aug 201853min
Ed Luce Defends Cricket...and Trump Admits Treason: What a Summer!
Did you know that Ed Luce was once on a cricket team that Imran Khan occasionally would coach during breaks in his high profile high society dating life? That Rosa Brooks briefly played on a cricket ...
7 Aug 201852min
Attack of the Killer Zucchinis
In which we start with cricket get to Imram Khan, discuss how hunky he was as a young cricketer and how his populism and the nukes he now controls may make him somewhat less attractive. Then on to th...
2 Aug 201843min
What Would Scipio Africanus Think?
In the latest Deep State Radio our friends Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University, Kori Schake of IISS and Evelyn Farkas of the Atlantic Council offer secrets into how they remain so well-informed. It ...
31 Jul 201849min
