Podcast Episodes

Back to Iraq

Episode 293

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Filmmaker Michael Pack joins host Cliff May to tell the extraordinary story of The Last 600 Meters, his gripping documentary on the battles of Fallujah and Najaf…

Published on 9 hours ago

No Country for Old Mullahs

Episode 292

Guest host and Senior Director of FDD’s Iran Program Behnam Ben Taleblu sits down with historian Ali Ansari to explore why the Islamic Republic is rewriting Iran’s past to justify its present, how Ir…

Published on 1 week ago

Trump’s Orient Express

Episode 291

President Trump just returned from a whirlwind week in Asia closing trade and investment deals and strengthening security alliances. Host Cliff May sits down with FDD’s Craig Singleton to discuss wha…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Mariam Wahba on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Media Empire

Episode 290

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For two years, Israel has been fighting a war on multiple fronts. And although it has delivered blows to Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas on the ground, it’s losing anoth…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Three Voices From the Front Lines in Ukraine

Episode 289

Host Cliff May is joined by retired Ukrainian Admiral Ihor Voronchenko, the former inspector general of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and former commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine; along w…

Published on 4 weeks ago

On the Battlegrounds in Gaza and Ukraine with H.R. McMaster

Episode 288

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LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster and Brad Bowman join host Cliff May to explain why diplomacy only works when backed by force. From Gaza to Ukraine, they trace how strength — no…

Published on 1 month ago

A Second American Century Requires Energy Dominance

Episode 287

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From China’s stranglehold on critical minerals to the coming AI power crunch, an energy arms race is underway. 

Rich Goldberg, on loan from FDD to the White House, h…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Courtship of Ahmad al-Sharaa

Episode 286

Born into a well-educated and well-off Syrian family, Ahmad al-Sharaa – also known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani – joined Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's organization, al-Qaeda in Iraq, after th…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Avoiding Strategic Insolvency at the Pentagon

Episode 285

America’s military faces extraordinary threats — and when resources lag, missions can fail. Guest host Bradley Bowman is joined by Krista Auchenbach of CSIS to discuss her forthcoming report, alongsi…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Ongoing War Against the West

Episode 284

On the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Cliff May sits down with Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown — former British ambassador to Yemen and UN terrorism monitor, now FDD senior fellow — to …

Published on 2 months ago