Podcast Episodes

Two presidents walk into an airport

President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping backed off their trade war - but now nuclear tensions are front and center.

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with White House Correspondent Deepa Shivaram about wha…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Is the U.S. military killing drug smugglers or fishermen?

Our reporter visited boat docks in Trinidad to find out.

The Trump administration announced two more strikes on what it says were drug boats in the Pacific. That follows seven strikes in the Caribbean…

Published on 2 months ago

Former CIA station chief distills Putin's approach to Trump

Rob Dannenberg understands Vladimir Putin. He was CIA station chief in Moscow and served as the chief of operations for CIA's Counterterrorism Center. He now works as an independent consultant on geo…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon press walk out

The President said U.S. military strikes have “almost totally stopped” drug trafficking from Venezuela by sea. “Now we’ll stop it by land,” he said.

Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas and Pentagon corre…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

What's after 'phase one' of Trump's Gaza peace deal?

And the National Guard: coming to a city near you?

After two brutal years of war, there is finally hope for a lasting peace in Gaza. Greg Myre in Tel Aviv explains why things start to get a lot more c…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside this week's massive meeting of military generals

And the president's take-it-or-leave-it Gaza peace plan.

This episode, veterans' affairs correspondent Quil Lawrence breaks down Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's meeting of top US military brass at Quant…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tradecraft and secrets of a CIA analyst-turned novelist

This episode, Mary Louise Kelly sits down with ex-CIA analyst-turned novelist David McCloskey to discuss tradecraft and the blurry line between truth and fiction -- when the truth is classified. Davi…

Published on 3 months ago

Without a press corps, who holds the Pentagon to account?

And the president designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.


This episode, we dig into the Pentagon's demand that reporters sign a pledge commiting not to gather any information -- includ…

Published on 3 months ago

Can Trump’s royal welcome keep the U.S.-U.K. relationship 'special'?

And an increasingly isolated Israel launches a new ground offensive on Gaza City.

In this episode, political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen talk about t…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Two wars escalate abroad with political violence at home

And Senator Elissa Slotkin takes our questions about the post-9/11 intel community.

This episode, national security correspondent Greg Myre and domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef join Mary…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago