Enter Beijing
One consequence of the United States' massive military failures in the Greater Middle East is its waning influence in a region where U.S. leaders once dreamt democracy would spread outward from Kabul ...
28 Mar 202334min
Bonus Ep! The Iraq War w/ Melvyn Leffler
This is the third in a multi-part series of episodes examining the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which began on March 20, 2003. The video version of this episode will air on C-SPAN 2'...
25 Mar 20231h 19min
The Iraq War w/ Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
This is the second in a multi-part series of episodes marking the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which began on March 20, 2003. Iraqi voices are largely absent from U.S. retrospectives...
23 Mar 202349min
The Iraq War w/ Andrew Bacevich
This is the first in a multi-part series of episodes marking the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which began on March 20, 2003. Have Americans truly learned the lessons of the failed wa...
20 Mar 202352min
WWWFB(uckley)D?
Conservative icon William F. Buckley died fifteen years ago as the George W. Bush presidency was in its last year. The movement to which Buckley had dedicated his prodigious energies and remarkable mi...
16 Mar 202338min
Turkey's Man-Made Disaster
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria killed at least 50,000 people. In four Turkish provinces, hundreds of buildings collapsed in seconds, trapping their occupants while government rescue teams failed to a...
14 Mar 202331min
Three Years of Covid
It's been three years since the unchecked spread of a novel coronavirus upended our daily lives. In March 2020, offices began closing, sporting events were canceled, and frightening numbers of people ...
9 Mar 202341min
Evangelicals and the Road to Trump
As the race for the 2024 Republican nomination intensifies, it's unclear whether an important GOP constituency will continue steadfastly supporting Donald Trump, because his influence appears to be wa...
7 Mar 202343min
