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Can We Trust the Experts? (with Tom Nichols) (ENCORE)
Season 3 Episode 13
Journalist Tom Nichols (The Atlantic) explains how discrediting expertise is used as a weapon in order to control (mis)information. (ENCORE from Season 3)
Published on 9 hours ago
Everyone Controls the Weather But Nobody Does Anything About It (ENCORE)
Season 3 Episode 5
Jerry and John -- and Adam! -- think about the current hurricanes and the dangerous conspiracy theories that weaponize them. As always, they view the larger context of false weather beliefs.
Published on 1 week ago
Trae Crowder, The Liberal Redneck (ENCORE)
Season 4 Episode 9
Comedian Trae Crowder is from a tiny town in Tennessee, so he has a unique point of view on conservative, liberals, MAGA and especially J.D. Vance… what’s the deal with that guy?? Well, Trae knows a …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Russian Interference in the 2016 Election (with Susan Miller)
Season 6 Episode 1
Former CIA Head of Counterintelligence (and co-worker with John & Jerry) Susan Miller has recently been targeted by Tulsi Gabbard for her work on a classified report on Russia’s attempts to influence…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Astroturf, Trolls and Misinformation (with Darren Linvill) - Part Two
Season 5 Episode 15
Russia, China, MAGA — how social media is weaponized to promote misinformation and conspiracy theories, leading to nefarious calls-to-action.
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Astroturf, Trolls and Misinformation (with Darren Linvill)- Part One
Season 5 Episode 14
The expert on how social media spreads disinformation — both unintentionally and by design — explains the power of “communities” and what the Russians are trying to accomplish.
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Texas Democratic Senate Candidate Terry Virts - Part One
Season 5 Episode 13
Former astronaut and fighter pilot and current Senatorial candidate from Texas Terry Virts makes a very prescient prediction of the effects of Trump’s cuts to science (this was recorded two weeks ago…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
America Is Attacking America (with Terry Virts) - Part One
Season 5 Episode 12
He was a fighter pilot, then an astronaut, and now a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas. Terry Virts saw Russia attack Ukraine while sitting alongside cosmonauts in the International Sp…
Published on 2 months ago
From Spy to Spy Novelist (with David McCloskey)
Season 5 Episode 11
More of our conversation with CIA analyst turned best-selling spy novelist David McCloskey. He and his old CIA associates, John & Jerry, look at CIA fact vs. fiction and how McCloskey brings their ex…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Analysts vs. Operations in The Middle East (with David McCloskey)
Season 5 Episode 10
CIA analyst turned best-selling spy novelist David McCloskey visits with old friends John & Jerry where they look at the CIA and their experiences in The Middle East before, during and after The Arab…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago