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A Unsettling Conversation with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi

On a very special episode of We’re All Going to Die Radio, Jon sits down with the Director General of…

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Litman and McQuade Seek to Unravel the Tangled Legal Web Woven by Trump & His Lawyers

Every day there are new developments on multiple legal fronts for Donald Trump and the prosecutors that are seeking to…

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The Road to COP 28 Episode 3: Green Growth Part 1

The third episode in Road to COP 28 series is here. This week’s episode focuses on Green Growth and is chaired…

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When Does the Ukraine Aid Debate Become a Crisis?

The chaos in the House of Representatives could mean chaos for Ukraine. With the potential for a less sympathetic Speaker,…

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Nuclear 3 Dimensional Checkers in the Middle East

It turns out that peace in the Middle East is harder than it sounds. Between the elusive peace deal between…

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Guess What? The Good Guys are Winning (But Don’t Get Complacent)

The Democrats just keep winning. But why aren’t more people talking about it? Tara McGowan and Simon Rosenberg join us…

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The Road to COP 28: Episode 2

The first episode in our series leading up to the COP28 summit in November will be distributed in two parts.…

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Did General Mark Milley Go Too Far In His Public Critiques of Donald Trump?

General Mark Milley has galvanized discourse on not only the Trump presidency, but the military’s role in political discourse. Kori…

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Heather Richardson: Democracy Awakening

Heather Richardson’s new book, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, explores how a small group of wealthy people…

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Prelude to Skynet: How Worried Should We Be About AI?

Will our AI apocalypse look like Skynet? Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS, joins David…

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The Road to COP 28: Episode 1

The first episode in our series leading up to the COP28 summit in November will be distributed in two parts.…

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David Corn: American Psychosis Revisited

The roots of the GOP’s MAGA madness go back many, many years. Author of “American Psychosis” David Corn joins David…

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What Did Nuclear Weapons Experts Think of the Movie Oppenheimer?

Oppenheimer’s success has pushed nuclear weapons back into the public consciousness. Experts Alex Wellerstein and Heather Williams join David and…

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Around the World with President Biden (and Vice President Harris)

President Biden and VP Harris have wrapped up dual trips to Asia, but aside from the photo ops and headlines,…

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Yascha Mounk: The Identity Trap

Yascha Mounk’s latest book, “The Identity Trap,” explores the origins, consequences, and limitations of what has been called “wokeness” as…

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Introducing DSR’s We’re All Going to Die Radio

Welcome to the first episode of a new weekly pod from DSR. Each week We’re All Going to Die Radio…

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The Trump Legal 7 Ring Circus: Where the Action Matters Most

It’s hard to separate what is important from what is spin and posturing in the many legal cases involving the…

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How Do Today’s Robber Barons Compare to the Robber Barons of the Past?

Super-empowered people like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos control not just enormous wealth but the access of people to each other…

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Trump & Company Are Learning the Real Meaning of FAFO

On a special two-part episode, we’re first joined by NYU Professor and Just Security co-editor-in chief Ryan Goodman to break…

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US Foreign Policy Scorecard

Foreign policy has been a central focus of the Biden Administration. Now, nearly three years into the administration, Georgetown’s Rosa Brooks,…

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