The Double Agent Who Busted a Russian Spy at Hooters
In the minds of many Russians, the Cold War never ended. When the Soviet Union collapsed, many spies never came in from the cold and the intricate game of espionage and counter-espionage has continued...
5 Mar 201830min
ICYMI: What's the Point of Nuclear Weapons?
This week we've got a blast from the past. Here's what we said back then:This week Thomas Nichols helps us understand America’s current nuclear strategy … or lack thereof.This August marked the 70th a...
27 Feb 201830min
Iran’s Red State Revolt
Iran is at war beyond its borders in Syria, Afghanistan, and other places, too. It’s a bit weird to hear it, but our guest, Amir Handjani, explains that one reason they’re fighting is a very similar p...
19 Feb 201826min
On the Frontlines of Turkey’s Invasion of Syria
NATO’s second largest army has invaded Syria. Turkey is conducting military operations in Afrin—a Kurdish city on Syria’s north western border. Russia and the U.S. wait on the edges as the world’s mos...
12 Feb 201837min
The Most Important Middle Eastern Country You’ve Never Heard Of
Yemen. Saudi Arabia. Iran. Syria. These are the countries that cross most of our minds when we think of the Middle East, but there’s an important actor in the region that we almost never hear about--O...
6 Feb 201826min
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...
29 Jan 201837min
DARPA Is the Disney of the Defense Department
Without America’s Defense Advanced Research Project Agency there would be no internet, no GPS, no M16, and no Agent Orange. The mysterious group of scientists and soldiers created much of today’s mili...
22 Jan 201841min
Prestige Weapons Systems are Busting the Pentagon’s Budget
The Pentagon always wants more money and it usually gets its way. Between sequestration and the War on Terror, America’s military often feels like it’s stretched thin. The Navy says it needs more sail...
16 Jan 201838min
