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Nowhere to hide: Facebook, encryption, and privacy
Episode 61
Tommy talks with Wired editor in chief Nick Thompson about the insane amount of data that Facebook and other tech companies collect on us and what we…
7 years, 9 months ago
Fresh Prince of Saudi Arabia
Episode 60
Tommy talks with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the United States and his "reform a…
7 years, 9 months ago
The worst Secretary of State in history, Rex Tillerson
Episode 59
Tommy giddily discusses Rex Tillerson’s firing by tweet with Politico foreign affairs correspondent Nahal Toosi. Then they discuss suspected assassin…
7 years, 9 months ago
Can’t out-crazy Kim Jong-un
Episode 58
Tommy talks with Asia expert Danny Russel about reports that North Korea is willing to begin negotiations with the US about abandoning its nuclear we…
7 years, 10 months ago
The Deep State Strikes Back
Episode 57
Tommy talks with Jake Sullivan and Ben Rhodes about their new organization to oppose Trump’s foreign policy and promote a progressive vision of Ameri…
7 years, 10 months ago
Bribes, Bibi and the future of Israel
Episode 56
Tommy talks with Nathan Guttman, the Washington bureau chief of The Forward, about the corruption scandals swirling around Israeli Prime Minister Bib…
7 years, 10 months ago
Nuclear-armed frenemies
Episode 55
Tommy talks with Steve Coll, author of Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, about why the hell we’re stil…
7 years, 10 months ago
Held hostage in Syria
Episode 54
Tommy talks with war photographer Jonathan Alpeyrie about being held hostage by rebel fighters for nearly three months in Syria.
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7 years, 11 months ago
Inching closer to nuclear war
Episode 53
Tommy talks with New York Times editor and writer Max Fisher about disconcerting signs that the Trump administration is seriously considering a milit…
7 years, 11 months ago
Why China loves Jared
Episode 52
Tommy talks with New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos about China’s frantic post-election efforts to build a relationship with Jared Kushner, and why t…
7 years, 11 months ago