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Firepower Is Not a Strategy
Season 1 Episode 333
Solo analysis from Jacob! Some reflection on being wrong about the Third Gulf War. Jacob outlines why he thought the war wouldn't happen - intercepto…
5 hours ago
An Imminent, Underreported War
Season 1 Episode 332
Jacob Shapiro sits down with journalist Jody Ray, who just returned from on-the-ground reporting in Ethiopia and Eritrea. This convo is a gateway int…
6 days, 9 hours ago
Escape from Tel Aviv
Season 1 Episode 331
Jacob sets down the grand strategy for a gripping personal story, catching up with his high school friend Avi Swerdlow, who landed in Israel the day …
1 week, 2 days ago
Who's Running Tehran?
Season 1 Episode 330
Iran expert Hamidreza Azizi joins Jacob Shapiro to break down the issues posed by Iran's blockage of the Strait of Hormuz. Azizi explains Iran's phas…
1 week, 5 days ago
Decapitation Strike
Season 1 Episode 329
Geopolitical analyst Kamran Bokhari joins Jacob to break down the US/Israeli joint strike on Iran.
Is this regime change, or coercion? Bokhari argues…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Healthy Climate Skepticism (?)
Season 1 Episode 328
North Dakota State Climatologist Daryl Ritcheson joins the show for his annual check-in about the climate (our fourth???) - He and Jacob revisit last…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Cold War That Wasn’t
Season 1 Episode 327
Louis-Vincent Gave joins The Jacob Shapiro Podcast to unpack a world that looks chaotic... but may be quietly reordering itself. From a surprising th…
1 month ago
Takaichi's New Japan
Season 1 Episode 326
Something extraordinary just happened in Japan... but of course no one is paying attention!
A ruling party written off as tired and scandal-plagued di…
1 month ago
War With Iran
Season 1 Episode 325
Hamidreza Azizi joins the pod for an emergency episode on the current state of Iran amidst escalating tensions with the United States. Azizi examine…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Land, Debt, and Decline
Season 1 Episode 324
Jacob sits down with agricultural economist Dr. David Kohl to unpack what a brutal downturn in farm profitability reveals about globalization, capita…
1 month, 3 weeks ago