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Episodes

Total: 447

How a virus can threaten democracy
2020/4/1

Today’s show is a little different. We skip the update on the spread of the coronavirus itself and i

A criminally negligent coronavirus response
2020/3/25

Tommy and Ben go through the latest news on the international response to the coronavirus, including

Our new coronavirus reality
2020/3/18

Tommy and Ben talk about the new normal as the world combats the coronavirus. They cover how South K

Coronavirus and oil shocks rock the global economy
2020/3/11

Coronavirus update and explanation of why an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia is rockin

A fragile peace deal in Afghanistan
2020/3/4

Tommy and Ben talk about the fragile peace agreement between the US and the Taliban, the Israeli ele

Bernie Sanders’ foreign policy record comes under attack
2020/2/26

First, Trump’s trip to India, his new and unqualified Director of National Intelligence, and should

Bloomberg’s foreign policy and the global economy gets the coronavirus
2020/2/19

Mike Bloomberg’s foreign policy record and platform. How some 2020 candidates failed a foreign polic

How the CIA broke the world’s encryption
2020/2/12

Tommy and Ben tell some stories about the New Hampshire primary in 2008, walk through a report on a

Jared still sucks
2020/2/6

Today’s topics include: Brexit, updates on the Coronavirus, why Trump made Venezuela a focus of his

Trump kills the Middle East peace process
2020/1/29

First, Tommy and Ben talk about Trump’s plan to help Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu win reele

That’s President Sh*thole to you
2020/1/22

Will new facial recognition technology end privacy as we know it? Can Trump scare the Intelligence C

Iran and the lies we told along the way
2020/1/15

Tommy and Ben cover the latest developments in the Iran crisis, including why the intelligence and l

Iran retaliates to the Soleimani strike
2020/1/8

Tommy and Ben talk about the fallout from Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian general Qassem Sol

Trump goes to war with Iran
2020/1/3

In a bonus episode, Tommy and Ben discuss Trump’s decision to assassinate a top Iranian official nam

UK election aftermath
2019/12/18

British MP David Lammy joins to talk about the UK elections and what they mean for Brexit and the fu

A history of failure in Afghanistan
2019/12/11

Tommy and Ben explain why the Russian foreign minister is in Washington and why Vladimir Putin is in

NATO’s “brain death”
2019/12/4

Tommy and Ben talk about Trump’s trip to London for the NATO summit, including his dustup with the F

Panic at the Pentagon
2019/11/27

First, Tommy talks with former DOD official and national security expert Kelly Magsamen about Trump’

Impeachmentpalooza
2019/11/20

First, Tommy and Ben discuss the increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong, the impeachment hearing

President Erdogan crashes the impeachment hearings
2019/11/13

Tommy and Ben talk about Fmr President Evo Morales's abrupt departure from Bolivia and whether to ca