ICYMI - How Modern China Got That Way
Xi Jinping’s China tends to look at itself as a historical victim, an underdog fighting to roll back indignities of the past and prove its strength. Author and journalist Paul French has been chronicl...
3 Okt 201837min
Interviewing the Alleged Secret Master of the Qanon Conspiracy
Qanon is a conspiracy theory that supposes President Donald Trump is at war with an ancient pedophile cult. When Qanon believers began to show up at Trump rallies, the mainstream media took notice. In...
27 Sep 201848min
Erik Prince Wants a Private Air Force
The man behind defunct mercenary provider Blackwater sees private air power as the key to winning the war in Afghanistan. A new report links Erik Prince to efforts to buy or build private gunships - t...
18 Sep 201833min
Venezuela: A Riches to Rags Story
People in Venezuela are murdering each other at the highest rate in the world. Workers are fainting on the job because of hunger. Citizens have lost 20 pounds on average since the country’s economic c...
10 Sep 201826min
ICYMI - Why Nuclear War Looks Inevitable
Several recent developments have the potential to move the hands of the nuclear doom clock closer to midnight. In this episode from a while back, we talked with the Washington Post's Dan Zak about his...
8 Sep 201830min
From JFK to Qanon: Why Conspiracy Theories Won’t Go Away
Conspiracy theories are as old as the republic. Actually, they're a lot older than OUR republic. In every country, in every culture, people believe powerful forces are colluding in ways they know noth...
4 Sep 201830min
Insider Attack Leaves Wounded Marine, Lingering Questions
Sometimes called insider, or “green on blue” attacks, when U.S. forces are assaulted by their allies, it usually makes the news. That wasn’t the case in Syria when a member of the Syrian Defense Force...
27 Aug 201826min
Space Is Dangerous, but Is Space Force the Answer?
Humanity has never been farther from home than the moon (and that was nearly 50 years ago), but the United States may soon be getting its own Space Force. So, what are the dangers a Space Force is mea...
20 Aug 201831min
