The Iran Strikes Beg the Question: What Is Airpower For?
You can’t win a war with airpower alone, despite what the U.S. Air Force will tell you. For more than 100 years, the masters of the air have promised that military and political objectives can be achi...
9 Jul 202554min
Libya, China, and the Outlaw Ocean
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe ocean is vast, beautiful, and lawless. Thousands of miles from any coast, power belongs to those who seize it.On this episode of...
25 Jun 202559min
Silicon Valley Wants ‘More Everything Forever’
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe futures of the past have curdled into the nightmares of the present. The richest and most powerful people the world has ever kno...
17 Jun 202555min
America’s Favorite Gunfighters and the Birth of the Old West
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comAmerica loves the Western. Stories about frontier towns, outlaws and lawmen, and—most of all—killing. How did the myth and legend of...
7 Jun 202558min
The Horror of AI Generals Making Command Decisions
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comPalantir, Anduril and a suite of other Tolkien-inspired tech nightmares want to integrate artificial intelligence into every aspect ...
28 Mai 202556min
America’s Pivot to the Pacific
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comThe Pentagon has been trying to pivot to the Pacific for years now. Under President Donald Trump 2.0, who is focused on China, it ju...
23 Mai 20251h 15min
India and Pakistan: Nuclear Neighbors on the Brink
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comRecorded 5/7/25India and Pakistan have been unhappy neighbors since 1947 and Britain’s decolonization of the subcontinent. They’ve f...
10 Mai 202559min
Donald Trump Wants to Divide Up the World With His ‘Friends’
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comGreat power competition has gotten old for President Donald Trump—never one for a fair fight. He’s looking for a little great power ...
2 Mai 202556min
