The Gathering Storms
Former top FBI domestic extremist specialist Tom O’Connor tells co-host Jeanne Meserve in a startling interview that he’s worried about another Timothy McVeigh plotting something big. And Jeff Stein t...
2 Jun 202152min
Where's Your Sense of Urgency? It Won't Be 2024 When Our Democracy is Undone, it'll be 2021.
Many are rightly focused on the importance of 2024's presidential elections and the midterms in 2022. But if we do not stop GOP efforts at voter suppression this year...which means ending the filibust...
27 Mai 202147min
Spies in the Soup
Jean Meserve talks with former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Juliette Kayyem about the mess in DHS’ intelligence shop, and Jeff Stein interviews Barry Meier about his new book, “Spooked: The T...
26 Mai 202158min
Special Episode: The CFR's Richard Haass on the State of the World
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, is one of the world's leading thinkers on international affairs. His most recent book, "The World: A Brief Introduction" is a one volume c...
25 Mai 202135min
America's Message to the Middle East: We're Broken and Our Focus Needs to be on Taking Care of Business at Home
We've come to the end of another violent cycle between Israelis and Palestinians. Generally, the Biden Administration has gotten good grades for a policy that balanced active, behind the scenes effort...
24 Mai 202150min
How Do You Say "We Are Being Attacked by Radicals Who Want to Destroy Democracy" in a Way that Will Make People Care?
This week, the vast majority of Republicans on Capitol Hill sought to block a bipartisan commission that would investigate the attack that took place on January 6th and the factors leading up to it. S...
20 Mai 202151min
When of the Two Most Likely Solutions One is Impossible and the other is Even Less Likely, What Then?
The past two weeks have revealed that the Israel-Palestine conflict remains far from a solution. Indeed, of the two most likely solutions discussed--a two-state "solution" or a one-state "solution"--b...
20 Mai 202143min
Panetta’s Regret
Former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was praised in a multitude of articles and broadcasts marking the 10th anniversary of the elimination of Osama Bin Laden earlier this month. B...
19 Mai 202157min
