The $240 Million Ad Campaign That Helped Get Kristi Noem Fired
President Donald Trump fired Kristi Noem from her role as head of the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday. One of the reasons for Noem’s removal involved her oversight of a $240 million DHS ad...
7 Mars 23min
The Sixth Bureau Episode 5: One Way In, One Way Out
In Episode 5 of The Sixth Bureau, a series from The Big Take, a spy from China’s Ministry of State Security travels to an overseas meeting with a valuable source. He has no idea he is walking into a t...
7 Mars 33min
War in Iran Is Exposing Oil Risks Across Asia
The war in the Middle East is rattling global oil markets, raising the risk of supply disruptions and price shocks for energy‑hungry Asian economies. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha ...
5 Mars 17min
The White House’s Shifting Explanations for the Iran War
As the war with Iran widens in the Middle East, legislators on both sides of the aisle have expressed frustration with a lack of advance notice of the strikes and the inconsistencies in the administra...
3 Mars 16min
After Months of Succession Planning, Who’s Leading Iran?
The US and Israel’s attacks on Iran have entered their third day — and President Donald Trump said Monday that the US military operation could continue for weeks, or more. On today’s Big Take podcast,...
2 Mars 14min
The Escalating Conflict With Iran
Targets in Iran, Israel and in the Middle East are under attack in an unprecedented escalation in the conflict between the US and Iran. The combat operations come after weeks of negotiations between t...
1 Mars 15min
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Says the Market Is Due For a Reckoning
After steering one of Wall Street’s iconic investment banks through the financial crisis, former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein is investing his own money and, with the publication of a new memoir,...
1 Mars 36min
