Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMaking Sense of the Israel-Iran Conflict
Iran's state television channel says that it has been attacked by Israel. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country's air force "controls the skies" over Iran's capital ci…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Israel's Unprecedented Attack Against Iran
Strikes on Iran continue as Israel plunges the Middle East into dangerous new territory. Iran vows retaliation and launches hundreds of drone strikes against Israel. On today's show we ask key expert…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Nobel Prize-Winning Human Rights Lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk
It's "Russia National Day," the anniversary of Russia declaring its sovereignty from the Soviet Union in 1990. The US State Department sent congratulations, even as Russia continues to violate the so…
Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Immigration Protests Spread Across US
Protests over the Trump Administration sending in the National Guard and the Marines to assist in its immigration raids are spreading across the country. Legal and military experts warn that this cou…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Did Trump Need to Send Troops to L.A.?
President Trump is doubling down on sending troops to Los Angeles, mobilizing another 2,000 National Guard members, while the Defense Department activated 700 Marines to react to the anti-ICE protest…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
California Immigration Protests
Crowds have largely dispersed in downtown Los Angeles, which the police department declared an "unlawful assembly area." About 300 National Guard troops are now on the ground, deployed by Donald Trum…
Published on 3 weeks ago
How Trump 2.0 is Handling Threat from China
After a long-awaited phone call between President Trump and President Xi Jinping and as Trump tries to iron out the kinks of his trade war with China, Ely Ratner, Biden's Assistant Secretary of Defe…
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
What to do about China?
Yet again, US-China relations are tense. Ely Ratner served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs during the Biden Administration. He joined the show from Washington to d…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Merz Meets Trump
It's become a rite of passage for world leaders: the Oval Office meeting with President Trump. Now, it's the turn of the relatively new Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz. Germany is the focal poi…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
In South Korea, a Pledge to Unite
"I will uphold the mission of fully overcoming the insurrection." Those are the words of new South Korean leader Lee Jae-myung, who promises to unite a divided nation. Journalist Ken Choi joins the s…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago