A Brief Apology and a Discussion of Sanctions
Once upon a time, an enemy would pull up to your gates with his army and surround your city so that nothing could get in or out. In a short time, you’d be eating the horses, maybe the rats and, if thi...
25 Feb 202241min
Russia and China Aren’t BFFs
It’s been a concern lurking in the minds of America’s leaders for a long time: what if Russia and China could successfully work together against the United States?A combined Russo-China empire is the ...
18 Feb 202228min
The Weird Way Americans Talk About Ukraine As War Looms
Ukraine. Things are changing rapidly, but at this moment the Kremlin has the country surrounded. It’s conducting military drills in the Black Sea, marshaling troops in neighboring Belarus, and recalli...
14 Feb 202238min
It's Later Than You think. The Doomsday Clock at 75
The Doomsday Clock is always ticking down. Between climate change, technological advances, new diseases, and the ever present threat of nuclear war … it often feels like we’re close to the end of civi...
4 Feb 202229min
Putin, Ukraine, and Russia's Daddy Issues
Everyone has an opinion about Ukraine, but something I’ve noticed in Western media is that no one really seems to be asking Russians what they think of the situation. The reasons for that are extremel...
28 Jan 202247min
Why People Online Defend the Uighur Genocide
Genocide and disinformation. That’s the topic of today’s heady program. I hope none of you have had the pleasure of debating the Uighur genocide with friends or with, god forbid, with anonymous people...
21 Jan 202237min
Inside Africa's ISIS Franchises
The Islamic State has fallen out of the headlines, but it’s still a major force around the world. Affiliates flourish across the Middle East and, especially, in Africa. The spread of the group there h...
14 Jan 202235min
A War for the Former Soviet Union
The former Soviet Union is looking a bit restive nowadays - putting it mildly. Russia has more than one hundred thousand troops on Ukraine’s borders - and has invaded Ukraine before - and has been fig...
8 Jan 202229min
