Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEMERGENCY EPISODE: The Israel-Iran War
In a special episode of Shield of the Republic, Eric and Eliot discuss the Israeli military operation against Iran. They discuss the intelligence on Iran that purportedly prompted the decision to tak…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
What to Expect From the NATO Summit
Eric and Eliot welcome LTG (ret.) Douglas Lute, former Director of Operations for the Joint Staff, Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan under both Presidents George W. Bush and B…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
America's Original Protest Movement (w/ Rick Atkinson)
Eliot and Eric offer up candidates for jackassery of the week before turning to a discussion of The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, (New York: Crown, …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
What to Make of The Middle East
Eric and Eliot discuss this week's jackassery (Joni Ernst's dismissive attitude towards Medicaid cuts, Trump's obsessive posting on Truth Social and his disconnection from reality) before moving into…
Published on 3 months ago
The Return of Jackassery and Eliot's Travel Report
Eliot returns from overseas travel and brings back the jackassery of the week segment with him. He and Eric discuss the President's reliance on totally fraudulent evidence while ambushing the Preside…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
How to Practice Productive Statecraft
With Eliot still on the road, Eric welcomes Dennis Ross, Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former Director of Policy Planning un…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Man in Kissinger's Shadow
With Eliot traveling abroad, Eric hosts Financial Times Washington commentator Edward Luce, author of Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet (New York, Avid Reader Press…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
America is Torching Its Credibility
Eliot and Eric welcome Larry Summers, former President of Harvard University and former Secretary of Treasury in the Clinton Administration. They discuss why his prescient advice about the dangers of…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
A New Era of Economic Warfare
Eliot and Eric welcome Edward Fishman, Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University's SIPA program and…
Published on 4 months ago
Is America Underestimating China?
Eric and Eliot welcome former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi, Assistant Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University's school of Foreign Service and author of The Lo…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago