Podcast Episodes

Breaking: Trump Invades Venezuela

Tommy and Ben respond to the breaking news that the Trump administration launched strikes on Venezuela and arrested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a special forces raid. They talk about Presi…

Published on 3 days, 5 hours ago

ISIS Terror in Australia

Episode 500

Tommy and Ben discuss the horrific Bondi Beach terror attack, the rise of antisemitism in Australia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bad-faith attempt to connect Australia’s recognition o…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump Forfeits AI Race to China

Episode 499

Tommy and Ben explain how President Trump forfeited our advantage in the artificial intelligence race by allowing Nvidia to sell advanced AI chips to China, break down the new White House National Se…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Is Pete Hegseth a War Criminal?

Episode 498

Tommy and Ben discuss a blockbuster Washington Post report alleging that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth personally ordered a “double tap” airstrike that was a textbook example of a war crime, the late…

Published on 1 month ago

Unpacking Trump’s Ukraine “Peace Deal”

Episode 497

Tommy and Ben unpack Trump’s rapidly changing “peace deal” to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. They explain how the plan has changed since the first draft leaked last week, the confusion over …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Trump & Saudi Arabia: A Tale of Corruption

Episode 496

Tommy and Ben discuss Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington, his request for F-35 fighter jets and a NATO-like security guarantee, the real estate deals the Trump family might …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

From Al Qaeda to the White House

Episode 495

Tommy and Ben discuss Syrian transitional President Ahmed Al-Shaara’s historic and improbable visit to the White House, Trump’s sanctions waiver and special favors for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

What Should Progressive Foreign Policy Look Like? (Crooked Con)

Live from Crooked Con, Tommy and Ben look back at the last year since Trump was re-elected and unpack the worst and most surprising moments of Trump 2.0 foreign policy, including the president’s bogu…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump Flirts With Nuclear Annihilation

Episode 494

Ben and Tommy discuss President Trump’s threat to invade Nigeria to stop a (nonexistent) genocide against Christians and the international community’s total failure to stop an actual genocide happeni…

Published on 2 months ago

Trump Dances Across Asia

Episode 493

Tommy and Ben discuss President Trump’s visit to Asia: the weird dancing, his meetings with the new prime minister of Japan and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and his annoying victory laps when Trump …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago