Ranked #1
Explosions in Beirut
Explosions in Beirut
Tommy and Ben talk about the enormous explosions in Beirut, why Cuba has become an issue for Congresswoman Karen Bass in... Read more
5 Aug 2020
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #2
Trump goes to war with Iran
Trump goes to war with Iran
In a bonus episode, Tommy and Ben discuss Trump’s decision to assassinate a top Iranian official named Qassem Soleimani.... Read more
3 Jan 2020
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36mins
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The coup in Myanmar, explained
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Tommy and Ben discuss the military takeover in Myanmar and how President Biden should respond, Alexey Navalny's sentenci... Read more
3 Feb 2021
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Ranked #4
COVID Commander-in-Chief
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The foreign policy implications of Trump catching Covid, erosion of democracy in India, a possible coup in Kyrgyzstan, a... Read more
7 Oct 2020
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Trump’s military complex
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Tommy and Ben discuss reports that Trump routinely denigrates American servicemembers and veterans, including those kill... Read more
9 Sep 2020
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59mins
Ranked #6
U.S. policy towards Israel
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Tommy and Ben Rhodes talk with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro about his time in Israel, why the Middle Eas... Read more
12 Dec 2018
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57mins
Ranked #7
Kim Jong Un-healthy?
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Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu cuts a deal that allows him to stay in charge. We explain how the price of a barre... Read more
22 Apr 2020
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Ranked #8
TMZ at the DMZ
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The latest rumors and news about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health, and what we know about a possible succession ... Read more
29 Apr 2020
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #9
Iran retaliates to the Soleimani strike
Iran retaliates to the Soleimani strike
Tommy and Ben talk about the fallout from Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. What do we k... Read more
8 Jan 2020
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #10
The world is watching
The world is watching
The global reaction to the protests in the United States and the scary and inappropriate way the US military is being as... Read more
3 Jun 2020
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #11
Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow
Tommy talks with Pulitzer Prize winning author Ronan Farrow about his new book War on Peace and the militarization of Am... Read more
2 May 2018
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50mins
Ranked #12
Impeach the mofo
Impeach the mofo
Tommy talks with national security expert Kelly Magsamen about Trump’s attempt to extort Ukraine for manufactured dirt o... Read more
25 Sep 2019
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1hr 34mins
Ranked #13
Ukraine, corruption, and partners in crime
Ukraine, corruption, and partners in crime
First, Tommy and Ben discuss Trump’s quid pro quo with Ukraine, that country’s history with corruption, why Joe Biden wa... Read more
2 Oct 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #14
Dunking on Erdogan with Enes Kanter
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Police crack down as protests escalate to new heights in Hong Kong. An explosion involving a nuclear reactor in Russia k... Read more
14 Aug 2019
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #15
"Space Force all the way!"
"Space Force all the way!"
Tommy talks with defense expert Katherine Charlet from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about President Tr... Read more
15 Aug 2018
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37mins
Ranked #16
Foreign lobbying and what Bob Woodward taught us about Trump's foreign policy
Foreign lobbying and what Bob Woodward taught us about Trump's foreign policy
Two part show this week! First, Tommy talks with the Wall Street Journal's Julie Bykowicz about new and insidious ways f... Read more
5 Sep 2018
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47mins
Ranked #17
Panic at the Pentagon
Panic at the Pentagon
First, Tommy talks with former DOD official and national security expert Kelly Magsamen about Trump’s meddling in the mi... Read more
27 Nov 2019
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57mins
Ranked #18
Syria strikes and North Korea talks
Syria strikes and North Korea talks
Tommy talks with foreign policy expert Kelly Magsamen about Trump’s strikes on Syria’s chemical weapons site, his lack o... Read more
18 Apr 2018
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39mins
Ranked #19
The CIA's tortured history
The CIA's tortured history
Tommy talks with ACLU political director Faiz Shakir about the nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA despite her rol... Read more
27 Apr 2018
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55mins
Ranked #20
Right-wing radicals and CIA secrets
Right-wing radicals and CIA secrets
Tommy talks with former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano about her efforts to combat right-wing extremist... Read more
16 Aug 2017
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52mins
