Podcast Episodes

America’s Pivot to the Pacific

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The Pentagon has been trying to pivot to the Pacific for years now. Under President Donald Trump 2.0, who is focused on China, it j…

Published on 3 months ago

India and Pakistan: Nuclear Neighbors on the Brink

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Recorded 5/7/25

India and Pakistan have been unhappy neighbors since 1947 and Britain’s decolonization of the subcontinent. They’ve …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump Wants to Divide Up the World With His ‘Friends’

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Great power competition has gotten old for President Donald Trump—never one for a fair fight. He’s looking for a little great power…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why An Empire Eats

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Conquest is back baby! Eastern Europe, Taiwan, Greenland, Canada? It’s all on the table—and maybe up for grabs. Here to help us sor…

Published on 4 months ago

Erdogan’s Path to Pure Authoritarianism

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Turkey’s president has grabbed a bit more power for himself with the recent arrest of the mayor of Istanbul. The mayor was thought …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Immigration Policy As Defense Policy

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Special for our international listeners, did you know you can now buy a pathway to U.S. citizenship for the low, low price of $5 mi…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Life Inside Wagner Before and After Prigozhin

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For mercenaries, death is a business. It’s all about finding the right market. Wagner and other Russian mercenary groups have found…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Cult of Rationalism in Silicon Valley

A lot of the people designing America’s technology and close to the center of American power believe some deeply weird shit. We already talked to journalist Gil Duran about the Nerd Reich, the rise o…

Published on 5 months ago

How Israel Is Using Microsoft AI to Pick Targets in Gaza

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The Israeli military is using AI products from Microsoft to conduct its war in Gaza. Off the shelf AI products powered by the tech …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Welcome to the Nerd Reich

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We’re living in a bizarre age of technofascism. The richest man who has ever lived, a man who dreams of colonizing Mars with his ch…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago