Podcast Episodes

Supreme Court tests Trump’s tariffs – with Chas Licciardello

Episode 88

On 2 April 2025, President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on most countries around the globe as part of “Liberation Day” but is the president allowed to impose tariffs like that? This is the questi…

Published on 4 hours ago

How US allies can influence US policy with Gen. David Berger (Ret’d)

Episode 87

As China’s rapid military modernisation reshapes the regional security landscape, deterrence has become the cornerstone of US and allied strategies in the Indo-Pacific. Former US Marine Corps Command…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

From Kirk to Grand Blanc: Is there a throughline in religious violence?

Episode 86

Recently, a gunman killed four people and wounded eight at a Latter Day Saints (or Mormon) church in Michigan. President Trump described this as “yet another targeted attack on Christians in the Unit…

Published on 1 month ago

Why Trump wants to make US shipbuilding great again

Episode 85

President Trump wants to make American shipbuilding great again. China has significant dominance in shipbuilding with 34% of all ships on water being made in China and 57% of ships under construction…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The prognosis for the Quad and other US alliances in the Indo-Pacific

Episode 84

This week Lisa Curtis joins the podcast. She is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Indo-Pacific Program for a New American Security and she served in the US Government for more than 20 years across …

Published on 2 months ago

The role of panda diplomacy in international relations

Episode 83

When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited China this year, his visit to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding got some of the most media attention.

How did pandas become Chin…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump 2.0: Energy and climate change

Episode 82

Legislation is hard to pass in the United States, but tends to have a longer-lasting impact than executive orders, which can be easily overturned. President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act put climat…

Published on 3 months ago

A legal look at Epstein

Episode 81

Six years after his death in prison, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to make headlines due to his longtime friendship with President Trump. While most news cycles in the Trump-era ha…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

America’s AI Action Plan unpacked

Episode 80

The White House has recently released America’s AI Action Plan: Winning the race and, in launching the plan, President Trump said, “America is the country that started the AI race. And as President o…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

What is (and isn’t) in the One Big Beautiful Bill?

Episode 79

Before he even took office for his second term, President Trump began pushing for what became known as the 'Big Beautiful Bill' (BBB). Rather than taking a piecemeal approach to legislation, he wante…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago