David Rothkopf

Do We Have the CIA and FBI We Need?

There are deep challenges facing the agencies of our government most responsible for our security (from the intelligence community to…

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Why? Part Two

In a special two part series of pods, we turn to some of our favorite observers and analysts of America…

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Why? Part One

In a special two part series of pods, we turn to some of our favorite observers and analysts of America…

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Will Kevin McCarthy Be the Man Who Killed the Dollar?

Kevin McCarthy and his band of economic terrorists continue to hold the U.S. and world economies hostage, demanding spending cuts…

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How Intelligence Pros See the Future of the War in Ukraine

On this, the inaugural episode of DSR’s new weekly Spy Show podcast with Marc Polymeropoulos, Marc and co-host David Rothkopf…

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Legal Mashup: SCOTUS, the Trump Cases, George Santos

There’s a lot going on in cases involving the law and our legal system these days and we cover it…

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Isn’t Now the Moment to Double Down on Helping Ukraine Defeat Russia?

Russia is showing multiple signs of weakness in its faltering invasion of Ukraine. These are complemented by continuing signs of…

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A Coronation Primer: A Conversation with Clive Priddle

On Saturday, the United Kingdom will celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. In this special episode of Deep State…

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The 2023 Harvard Youth Poll: A Conversation with John Della Volpe

John Della Volpe is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, and the author of Fight:…

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What do the Coronation, the WH Correspondents Dinner, the Met Gala and the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin have in common?

In this rapid fire edition of America’s most entertaining foreign policy and national security podcast, the Financial Times’ Ed Luce…

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How the Dems Can Get to 55 (Percent) in ’24

The Democrats should not be trying to eke out a narrow win in 2024. Given recent results in statewide elections,…

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How Is the World Supposed to Deal with Another Biden v. Trump Election?

The world faces the prospect that US foreign policy could once again change on.a dime if, as could happen, Donald…

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When Politics Makes Us Less Safe: The Intel Community Perspective

Two veterans of the Central Intelligence Agency, Marc Polymeropoulos and John Sipher discuss issues from the recent intel leak to new…

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Three Big Stories: Global Recession? India Passes China. China Seeks to be a Nuke Superpower.

On this episode of DSR, we discuss three immense stories making headlines this week, all of which have major Main…

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A Stage 4 Cancer on Our Democracy

It is bad enough the Supreme Court has been transformed from the central pillar of our justice system into a mood…

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Does the US Need Superpower Viagra?

France’s President Macron goes to China and succumbs to the charms of Xi Jinping. He leaves spouting Chinese talking points…

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Why Can’t We Have an “Operation Indictment Warpspeed?”

Note: This episode was taped prior to the announced indictments of Donald Trump. The absence of real indictments against Donald…

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Who is America’s Most Annoying Ally?

All friends are not allies and all allies are not friends. Sometimes countries that start out as allies stop behaving…

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Special Episode of Deep State Radio: Trump Indicted

Donald Trump has been indicted, though the details of the case won’t likely be known until Tuesday of next week…

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Sue the Gunmakers, Tax the Bullets, Just Do Something!

In the wake of yet another tragic mass shooting–and we’re averaging two per day this year in the US– Americans…

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