Podcast Episodes

Will Trump rig the midterms?

“If we lose the midterms, we’re going to jail.” That’s Steve Bannon’s warning to Republicans: a call to act urgently, to “seize the institutions,” an…

8 hours ago

Israel steps up assault on Lebanon

One of the most brutal fronts in the escalating war in the Middle East right now is in Lebanon. Israel’s ground troops have crossed the border into t…

1 day, 8 hours ago

Pete Hegseth: the Iran war’s chief promoter

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is one of the figures central to the ongoing war in Iran. Critics say that the former Fox News host is both danger…

2 days, 8 hours ago

Who are Iran's Revolutionary Guards?

U.S. intelligence reports this week show that, despite U.S and Israeli strikes, very little has changed about the Iranian regime’s grip since the sta…

5 days, 8 hours ago

Politics! 4th floor-crosser, NDP's future

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crossed the floor this week, becoming the first New Democrat to defect to Prime Minister Carney’s Liberals.

With three byelecti…

6 days, 8 hours ago

'We do not want your bombs': A view from Tehran

Amidst communications blackouts and rising casualties, Jayme Poisson reaches a resident in Tehran to discuss the war, Trump, the Iranian regime, and …

1 week ago

Iran war sparks energy crisis

The world could face one of the most severe shocks to energy markets since the 1970s as we enter week two of the war in the Middle East.

The strait of…

1 week, 1 day ago

Iran’s allies and foes, explained

Images coming out of Tehran over the weekend were apocalyptic, with oil refinery fires burning and massive clouds of black smoke turning day into nig…

1 week, 2 days ago

Iran and AI on the battlefield

For decades we have been hearing about the possibility of AI-driven warfare, and now it’s here.

Anthropic's AI platform Claude has been reportedly cen…

1 week, 5 days ago

Iran and the escalation trap

Today on the show, we wanted to bring on Robert Pape. He is a political scientist with the University of Chicago. And we’ve been following his work o…

1 week, 6 days ago