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  • Terror’s Comeback

    Terror’s Comeback
    Jan 31 2026

    ISIS and other Afghan-based terror groups are growing stronger, a new UN report says. Expert Colin Clarke explains why.


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    43 mins
  • Battlefield Greenland

    Battlefield Greenland
    Jan 23 2026

    Former senior Danish intelligence officer Jacob Kaarsbo talks about Trump’s murky designs on Greenland and NATO.

    https://jacobkaarsbo.substack.com/
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    45 mins
  • Will the Iranian Regime Survive?

    Will the Iranian Regime Survive?
    Jan 16 2026

    Two prominent Iranian-American journalists, Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post and Hooman Majd of NBC News, say the regime may be losing its grip.

    Jason Rezaian

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jason-rezaian/

    Hooman Majd

    https://www.hoomanmajd.com/

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    51 mins
  • Gulp of America

    Gulp of America
    Jan 9 2026

    CIA in Venezuela, Cuba and Beyond

    With Luis Rueda

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-rueda-b060a217/

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    Peter Eisner

    https://substack.com/@petereisner

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    40 mins
  • Her Grandfather Was a Nazi Spy

    Her Grandfather Was a Nazi Spy
    Jan 2 2026

    Christine Kuehn talks about her shocking discovery in “Family of Spies"

    Family of Spies
    https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250344465/familyofspies/

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    44 mins
  • The House of Secrets

    The House of Secrets
    Dec 19 2025

    Tom Blanton talks about 40 years of unearthing CIA plots at the National Security Archive.

    https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/

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    53 mins
  • Trump’s Antifa Fiction

    Trump’s Antifa Fiction
    Dec 13 2025

    Top former national security official Josh Geltzer separates fake from real threats.

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    54 mins
  • The Pipe Bomb Suspect—and More

    The Pipe Bomb Suspect—and More
    Dec 6 2025

    Ace investigative reporter Carol Leonnig talks about her latest scoop and new book on Trump’s DoJ, “Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department.”

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    58 mins