Podcast Episodes

Bombers and Ballistic Missiles with Gen. Bussiere

Episode 265

China is conducting what a top US military officer called a breathtaking expansion and modernization of its nuclear and conventional forces. An October 2024 Defense Intelligence Agency report estimat…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Dealing with Tehran

Episode 264

Last week, Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that talks with the Trump administration appear to be going well.

This tells host Cliff May that from an American …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Where in the World is Admiral Mark Montgomery?

Episode 263

According to host Cliff May, "Mark Montgomery is an admirable admiral. Another adjective I’d use to describe him: peripatetic. Which is a fancy way of saying he’s on the road more than Willie Nelson—…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Erdogan, the Neo-Ottoman: Turkish Without the Delight

Episode 262

If you were to visit Turkey years ago, it might’ve felt both Middle Eastern and European. It was Muslim and secular. It was, more or less, free and democratic.  

Host Cliff May says the food was great…

Published on 5 months ago

Iran's Nuclear Weaponization

Episode 261

Filling in for host Cliff May is FDD CEO and host of The Iran Breakdown, Mark Dubowitz, joined by former Israeli national security advisor Jacob Nagel, now a senior fellow at FDD.

Following President …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Lord Andrew Roberts’ Documented History of Oct. 7

Episode 260

Lord Andrew Roberts has written or edited 20 books which have been translated into 28 languages and have redefined our understanding of leaders and leadership, of empires and nations, of the forces t…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

America’s Top Soldier in the Pacific

Episode 259

The Indo-Pacific is one of the most consequential regions in the world. It’s home to economies, trade routes, and allies vital to American prosperity and security.

It is also a region where the Chines…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Beyond the Abraham Accords

Episode 258

The Abraham Accords offer peace and prosperity, an era of repose from some of the constant warfare that plagues the Middle East.

The UAE, a signatory of the Accords, houses the Abrahamic Family House—…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Introducing The Iran Breakdown

Episode 257

Episodes 1-3 of The Iran Breakdown drop on Wednesday, March 19. Follow now wherever you get your podcasts, including on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

About this exclusive sneak peek

In this spe…

Published on 6 months ago

Disinformation and the Surreal Heart of the New Russia

Episode 256

Back when host Cliff May was an exchange student at Leningrad State University in 1972, he believed that if the Soviet Union ever collapsed that Russia would become a free country. Well, that’s not h…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago