Spartans, Confederates, and the Cult of the Loser
State Houses across the country are filled with monuments to losers, traitors, and terrorists. General Robert E Lee and Benjamin Tillman are lauded alongside figures like George Washington. The reason...
29 Jan 202140min
Turning QAnon QAnoff
Please blame Jason Fields for that headline.Human trafficking and modern slavery are at the top of the news in the United States in the form of the QAnon conspiracy theory. It links together Democrats...
22 Jan 202132min
Free Speech Vs. the Big Lie
It finally happened. Twitter finally suspended Trump’s account. After the capitol riots on January 6, tech companies such as Google, Apple, and Twitter took the unprecedented step of invoking their fi...
13 Jan 202151min
Democracy on the Run in Belarus
Sometimes referred to as Europe’s last dictator, Aleksandr Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union.Lukashenko, formerly in charge of a collective farm, has ke...
9 Jan 202137min
UNLOCKED: How 3D Printed Guns Will Rewrite Our Laws
Ghost guns. Untraceable weapons manufactured in the home. They’ve been with us forever, but they’ve taken on a new menace in the age of 3D printers and digital distribution. Here to walk us through th...
24 Dec 202053min
ICYMI: The Highs and Lows of U.S. Special Operations Forces
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16 Dec 20201h 14min
The Life and Death of Iran's Shadow Commander
If you’ve ever heard the phrase one-man wrecking crew, they might well have been talking about Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s Shadow Commander.Soleimani’s first fight was against Iraq in the war that starte...
10 Dec 202048min
The Lingering Aftertaste of Fascism
What’s a fascist anyway?It’s a word we heard a lot over the past few years. If you’re on one side of the political debate you probably used this word earnestly. If you’re on the other side, you probab...
3 Dec 202055min
