t Was Never About Oil: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Conspiracy Theories That Followed (Toby Harnden)
The former Royal Navy officer, war correspondent for the Telegraph and the Sunday Times, and author of the Orwell Prize-winning Dead Men Risen and First Casualty — joins to discuss his new book, his c...
12 Okt 51min
Why Americans Are Such Suckers for Conspiracy Theories (with Jesse Walker)
The author of The United States of Paranoia and the editor of Reason sees the enemies within, outside, above and below. The true believers and the manipulators. Every religion and political affiliatio...
4 Okt 46min
Tulsi Gabbard and The Guru: Inside Her Cult (with Rebecca Saltzburg) - Part Two
Former Science of Identity Foundation insider Rebecca Saltzburg, a source for the Washington Post's investigation into Tulsi Gabbard, goes deeper into how its guru Chris Butler shaped Gabbard's politi...
27 Sep 41min
Tulsi Gabbard and The Guru: Inside Her Cult (with Rebecca Saltzburg) - Part One
Rebecca Saltzburg spent years living with Tulsi Gabbard’s family, inside the Science of Identity Foundation, and in the inner circle of Chris Butler, the leader of its Hawaiian sect, of which Tulsi an...
20 Sep 35min
Operation Sparrow: Three Americans Who Wanted to Be Captured by the Nazis (with Jason Bell)
In March 1944, three American OSS officers parachuted into Hungary on a mission to be taken prisoner. A story that was classified for decades, the team — a Dartmouth graduate, a World War I fighter pi...
13 Sep 51min
When Did We Lose Faith in Our Institutions? (with Garrett Graff) - ENCORE
Our summer holiday is over. All new episodes coming soon.We didn't always assume the government was hiding aliens. The Manhattan Project was a crash course in how to run a secret program. Some secrets...
6 Sep 45min
What the Steele Dossier Got Right—and Why It Still Matters (with Christopher Steele) - ENCORE
In 2016, former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele produced a series of intelligence memos that were leaked and widely called “The Steel Dossier” containing allegations about Russia's int...
30 Aug 1h 2min
The Five Eyes: Can It Survive (with Richard Kerbaj)
Investigative journalist and BAFTA-winning filmmaker Richard Kerbaj discusses The Defector, his book on Oleg Lyalin — the KGB officer who walked into a North London police station in 1971 and exposed ...
17 Aug 49min
