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Episode 134
Tommy and Ben talk about the ongoing controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib being barred from visiting Israel and the West Bank. The…
6 years, 9 months ago
Dunking on Erdogan with Enes Kanter
Episode 133
Police crack down as protests escalate to new heights in Hong Kong. An explosion involving a nuclear reactor in Russia kills at least a half dozen pe…
6 years, 9 months ago
Stopping domestic terrorism
Episode 132
First, Tommy and Ben talk about the threat from domestic terrorism, the escalating trade war with China, the protests in Hong Kong, tensions with Ira…
6 years, 9 months ago
Paging Moscow Mitch McConnell
Episode 131
First, Tommy and Ben discuss President Trump’s choice to be his Director of National Intelligence. Then, GQ’s Julia Ioffe joins to discuss the brutal…
6 years, 10 months ago
A$AP Trumpy
Episode 130
Tommy and Ben discuss the new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the Hong Kong protests turn violent, Trump’s bizarre pool spray with the Pakistani PM,…
6 years, 10 months ago
Pour one out for the Iran deal
Episode 129
First, Tommy and Ben talk about Trump's new asylum rules, an Iran update, the global response to Trump's racism - including China seeming to echo him…
6 years, 10 months ago
Ivanka the diplomat
Episode 128
Trump picks a Twitter fight with the British Ambassador to the US. Iran revs up its uranium enrichment. New polling about the Iran deal. High five di…
6 years, 10 months ago
Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Episode 127
Tommy sits down with former Defense Secretary Ash Carter to chat about his book “Inside the Five-Sided Box”, and some of the most complex challenges …
6 years, 11 months ago
Iran and a hard place
Episode 126
Tommy and Ben talk through Trump's bizarre on again, off again war with Iran. They explain how the targeting process is supposed to work, try to divi…
6 years, 11 months ago
Trump’s torched credibility on Iran
Episode 125
First, Tommy and Ben talk about the rapidly escalating tensions with Iran, some good news for the protestors in Hong Kong, Mohamed Morsi's death in E…
6 years, 11 months ago