A Rhyme of History
The U.S. was questioning its ability to lead the world. The structures of the global economy seemed outdated. There were deep tensions between those who sought to put America first and those who recog...
30 Jun 202146min
Is the Secret Objective of US Foreign Policy to be Just Tough Enough Not to Have to Do Anything?
There are many rumblings of a new Cold War brewing between the US and China. But the governments in Washington and Beijing both seem to be most focused on domestic political issues and maintaining pow...
28 Jun 202140min
On the Cusp of Autocracy
The threats to democracy in the US are building. The response is to call for new laws that first will require changes in the rules of the Senate. If we can get those changes, we should. But what if we...
25 Jun 202150min
Cold War Capers
Yes, there’s a real James Bond, and Jeanne Meserve chatted him up on the curses and blessings of having such a legendary moniker. And historian Audra Wolfe talks with Jeff Stein about the role of Amer...
24 Jun 202132min
Deep State Exclusive: The Very First Podcast of 2025!
To celebrate the fourth anniversary of Deep State Radio (which is to say something like 750 podcasts and a growing audience throughout), we have convened our inner circle of experts, our regular Deep ...
21 Jun 202144min
Nearly Six Months After an Attempted Coup, We Have More Questions than Answers, More Evasion than Accountability
Listening to FBI Director Christopher Wray before the Congress this week and last, his answers were long and yet achieved a kind of studied vacuousness. There was no there there. No substantive. No se...
17 Jun 202149min
Perhaps It's Not Quite Time to Give Up on Our System of Justice
The lack of accountability for Donald Trump and his cronies for the January 6th insurrection, for the serial obstruction of justice identified by the Mueller investigation, for his alleged fraud at th...
17 Jun 202137min
‘Everybody knows somebody’
Terrorism expert Gina Ligon tells Jeanne Meserve that the Biden administration’s initiative on domestic extremism represents a ‘sea change’ in policy but doesn’t address the root causes of populist vi...
17 Jun 202140min
