The Future of In the Room
Having published over 80 episodes covering everything from the Pentagon's bizarre history of stifling — and stoking — UFO panic to the massive surveillance system on our smartphones to how Afghanistan...
4 Mars 20251min
Is A New Nuclear Arms Race Inevitable?
Very quietly, and with little public discussion, the U.S. military has undertaken a $1.5 trillion project to modernize America’s nuclear triad – the planes, submarines and missiles that deliver nuclea...
28 Jan 202546min
How the CIA got into the Venture Capital Game
With the rise of technology in the late 1990s, a new national security threat quickly emerged. And the U.S. government had to find a way to protect itself — and its secrets — from foreign adversaries ...
21 Jan 202523min
What Can You Expect From President Trump’s Foreign Policy?
Financial Times columnist Ed Luce says President Donald Trump might love trade wars, but he’d rather not engage in military ones. While he acknowledges there’s a lot that’s unpredictable, Luce is caut...
14 Jan 202529min
Trump Wants a Loyal FBI and Justice Department. Here’s How He Plans to Get it.
In his first term, Donald Trump did more to politicize top U.S. law enforcement institutions than any U.S. President, according to journalist David Rohde. Through interviews with numerous people insid...
7 Jan 202531min
Was Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy Actually a Success?
The 39th president is remembered today with great affection. That hasn’t changed the popular perception of him as a failure while in office, weak and overwhelmed by events, and forever defined by the ...
31 Dec 202452min
Being a Spy Can Be Pretty Stressful. The CIA is Trying to Help. (Rebroadcast)
The job comes with all sorts of risks and responsibilities plus exposure to a lot of violence and trauma — whether that’s out in a war zone or in the office, where analysts may work on cases involving...
24 Dec 202444min
How Do You End An Endless War?
In the annals of violent conflict, the decades of the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland seemed especially intractable. As the long-running strife flares violently again between Israelis and Palestinians,...
17 Dec 202441min
