Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchParanoia and Purges Are Consuming the Pentagon
Eric and Eliot discuss appeasement and the striking similarities between Putin’s recent demands and Hitler’s insistence that the Czechs surrender the…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Dark Forces Conspiring Against Democracy (w/ Bill Galston)
Eric and Eliot welcome William Galston to Shield of the Republic to discuss his recent book, Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of …
5 months ago
How The Jews Fought Rome
Eliot and Eric welcome back friend of the show Barry Strauss, the Corliss Page Dean Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. T…
5 months, 1 week ago
Alliances With Dictators Never Last (w/ Tim Bouverie)
Eric welcomes historian Tim Bouverie, author of Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World, to Shield of…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
SPECIAL EPISODE: Trump Preaches Insanity to The General Officers
On a special edition of Shield of the Republic, Eric and Eliot break down Secretary of Defense Hegseth and President Donald Trump's speeches to the G…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Hack Is Coming From Inside the House
Eliot and Eric welcome Anne Neuberger, former Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber Affairs and currently the Payne Lecturer at Stanford's Freem…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Russia is Openly Attacking NATO
Eric and Eliot discuss the perilous moment for the American Republic in which we find ourselves after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. They discuss…
6 months ago
How Does Israel Adapt After Failure?
Eric and Eliot welcome Yaakov Katz, former Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post and co-author of While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Po…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Man Who Enlarged NATO
With Eliot traveling, Eric welcomes Stephan Kieninger, author of Securing Peace in Europe: Strobe Talbott, NATO and Russia After the Cold War. They d…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
How Do You Fight in a City?
Eliot and Eric welcome John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies with the Madison Policy Forum and Co-Director of the Urban Warfare Project and au…
6 months, 3 weeks ago