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Will Trump Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Programme? (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 147
How do you actually destroy a nuclear programme? What would a US boots-on-the-ground raid inside Iran look like? And do David and Gordon think Trump …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
How the CIA Rescued a Pilot Inside Iran (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 146
How involved were the CIA in the operation to rescue a US pilot stranded inside Iran? What does it take to "destroy" a nuclear programme? And what co…
4 weeks ago
Black Hawk Down: What Osama bin Laden Learnt from Somalia (Ep 4)
Season 1 Episode 145
What was the legacy of the Battle of Mogadishu? How did the fallout change the US presence in Somalia forever? And how did the experience in Somalia …
1 month ago
Black Hawk Down: The Bloodiest US Battle Since Vietnam (Ep 3)
Season 1 Episode 144
How long will the Battle of Mogadishu last? Can the soldiers survive until daylight? And will the Rescue Team come in time to save the soldiers?
Li…
1 month ago
Black Hawk Down: Chaos in Mogadishu (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 143
One Black Hawk is down. Americans are taking fire left, right and centre. And it feels like there’s no way out.
This is the true story of Black Hawk…
1 month, 1 week ago
Black Hawk Down: The True Story (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 142
What really happened at the Battle of Mogadishu? How did an operation that should have taken an hour end up taking almost twenty-four? And what broug…
1 month, 1 week ago
Trump’s Latin America Playbook: How the CIA Toppled a Regime (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 141
How did the CIA mastermind one of the most audacious coups in world history? What does it take to remove a world leader? And what does the future hol…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Trump’s Latin America Playbook: Before Venezuela, There Was Guatemala (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 140
Is Cuba next on Trump's hit list? Why are the US so concerned by what's happening in their "backyard"? And what can we learn from the history of regi…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Trump vs Iran: Saddam Hussein and the Nuclear Bomb (Ep 2)
Season 1 Episode 139
After 9/11 it looked as though a new path of diplomacy could be forged between Iran and the US, and then George Bush referred to the nation as part o…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Trump vs Iran: The Road to Operation Epic Fury (Ep 1)
Season 1 Episode 138
Why did the US and Israel launch strikes on Iran on 28 February? What is the secret history behind the conflict? And how did Ayatollah Khamenei seize…
1 month, 3 weeks ago