Satire and Terror: A Conversation with the Editor-in-Chief of Charlie Hebdo
Ryan spent a week in France earlier this year and was fortunate to meet with Gérard Biard, the editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo, the ever-irreverent French satirical magazine that made international h...
19 Dec 201743min
The Adventures of Intel in Trumpland
Weeks before Donald Trump took office, Ryan convened a group of professionals from in and around the intelligence community to talk about the incoming president's approach to intel ("He's Just Not Tha...
22 Nov 201754min
Storming Rome with Mike Duncan
History podcasting mastermind Mike Duncan joined Ryan for a few drinks in Washington for our latest episode. Rome is what brought them together — more specifically his New York Times best-selling book...
8 Nov 201752min
The Hard Human Realities that Follow the War
The bottom line of this episode is this: If you can identify with the experience of coming home from war or you want to better understand that experience, you should see the new film "Thank You For Yo...
31 Okt 201720min
Must the War Go On? Let's Talk About Iraq and the Kurds
The Kurds of Northern Iraq held an independence referendum, Iraqi federal forces seized Kirkuk, and the world wondered if we were on the precipice of another round of what could be described as one lo...
23 Okt 201756min
Nothing New Under the Sun? Ethics and Service in the Age of Trump
Since Donald Trump began to close in on the Republican nomination for the race for the White House, people have been debating the ethical implications of a Trump administration. And those discussions ...
11 Okt 201742min
Outlawing War: Did it Work Better Than We Thought?
Ryan Evans had the pleasure to sit down with Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro, authors of the new book The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World. Remember that treaty you...
2 Okt 201721min
Trump and Counter-Terrorism, Sixteen Years After 9/11
It's been 16 years since the 9/11 attacks. We thought a good way to commemorate the anniversary would be to take stock of the terrorist threats facing the United States today and to evaluate how the T...
10 Sep 201725min
