Can Exposing American Secrets Make You Safer?
For almost 40 years, Tom Blanton and the National Security Archive have used the Freedom of Information Act to dislodge and declassify U.S. government secrets, from Cold War backchannels to intelligen...
15 Okt 202438min
There’s a Conspiracy Theory for Just About Everything, So Should You Be Worried?
The moon landing was faked; 9/11 was an inside job — conspiracy theories like these seem to surround most major events now, even when the facts have been well established for years. These beliefs make...
8 Okt 202439min
Revisiting the First MAGA President
Ronald Reagan campaigned on a slogan to “Make America Great Again” and ushered in a new era of conservatism in America. That was more than forty years ago, and his Republican Party today looks very di...
1 Okt 202443min
How Modern Autocrats Keep Each Other in Power
Journalist and historian Anne Applebaum has been observing and writing about the rise of authoritarianism for years. And she’s sounding the alarm about a growing trend: how strongmen from Russia to Ve...
24 Sep 202431min
The General Who Told Trump What He Didn’t Want to Hear
H.R. McMaster, a decorated lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and an historian, served as the second national security advisor to President Donald Trump. He recently published a non-partisan yet blis...
17 Sep 202433min
On the Trail and Inside the Mind of Osama bin Laden (Rebroadcast)
It's impossible to understand the events of 9/11 without understanding Osama bin Laden. Who was he? What was he hoping to achieve with the attack? How did the U.S. track him down? And what can we lear...
10 Sep 202446min
The Right-Wing Plan for Trump-Friendly Spies
Donald Trump’s relationship with the U.S. intelligence community during his time in office was often tumultuous. Now, former top Trump administration officials have put together a plan to reshape inte...
3 Sep 202443min
How Does the Russian Propaganda Machine Work? (Rebroadcast)
When Ukrainian soldiers liberated the town of Bucha, Ukraine in March, 2022, news reports showed scenes of bodies lying in the streets. Human Rights Watch documented cases of summary executions. But o...
27 Aug 202451min
