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
When German Housewives Stood Up To Hitler
Berlin in 1943. Hitler has all but conquered Europe and millions of Jews have already died in the Holocaust. In the midst of this, a group of women gathered on Rose Street to demand action. They had l...
7 Jun 201830min
Confronting the Reality of War
Only 1 percent of all Americans serve in the military. Even fewer ever see combat. All of those who do are changed by the experience. This week Tony Russo shares some of the stories he’s gathered from...
29 Mai 201824min
Catching Up With Killer Robots
When the United States put a machine gun on top of what looked like a bomb-squad robot, it didn’t care much who it was aiming at. But on the whole, drones and other killer robots are pretty effective,...
22 Mai 201837min
Everything We Know About Fifth Generation Fighters
Why did the United States stop building the F-22, a fifth generation fighter the Air Force loves? Especially if the F-35 program is very much up in the air - pun intended - with each batch of fighters...
16 Mai 201836min
