The Taboo Against Chemical Weapons Is Eroding
Bashar Al Assad has gassed his own people. An assassin used VX to murder Kim Jong Un’s half-brother. Now, Russia has allegedly used an obscure Cold War era chemical weapon to assassinate an old spy on...
26 Jul 201842min
Your Handy-Dandy Guide to the Russian Mafia
From blue-tattooed psychopaths to “businessmen” with a twist, Russia’s vory developed a code all their own - if you can call it that. Mark Galeotti takes us through the history of Russia’s mafia and h...
16 Jul 201849min
Is the Land of the Free on the ‘Road to Unfreedom’?
This week we talk with the author of “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin,” Timothy Snyder, about the current threat coming out of the East. He argues, in “The Road to Unfreedom,” that there’...
9 Jul 201821min
Rumors of Peace While Embedded With Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is America’s longest war and the cynical view is that it’ll never end. Marty Skovlund Jr. doesn’t think that’s true. He just returned from Afghanistan where he embedded with American Speci...
3 Jul 201829min
China’s Stealing Our AI, but May Not Have to for Long
Artificial intelligence poses a number of different threats. It can make existing weapons more sophisticated and dangerous, it can help develop new weapons entirely and it can easily be used to create...
26 Jun 201826min
Nazis in Syria, and What the Media Gets Wrong About Conflict
Among the hundreds of groups fighting in Syria, one stands out. They’re the ones carrying the swastika flag. Independent journalist Jake Hanrahan joins the show to tell us about them and also why, mor...
22 Jun 201831min
The Occult Ideologies Powering Modern Politics
Things got weird in 2016. From meme magick to Alexander Dugin, from Kek to Chaos, occult ideas have become mainstream. Steve Bannon talked about occult fascist philosopher Julius Evola. U.S. President...
15 Jun 201850min
Getting the Navy Back to Ready Will Cost Tens of Billions
With just over 270 ships doing the work intended to be done by more than 350, the U.S. Navy is stretched thin enough for the seams to show. In order to keep enough ships at sea, training is getting sh...
13 Jun 201825min
