national security

Trump Privately Seethes at Text Fiasco as Hegseth’s Dumb Spin Implodes

It’s day three of the scandal in which President Trump’s top advisers accidentally allowed a journalist for The Atlantic onto a highly…

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Trump Text Fiasco Worsens as Tulsi Gabbard Implodes and Fox Melts Down

As the scandal worsens around the news that President Trump’s top national security officials allowed a journalist onto a highly…

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Does America Really Need an Iron Dome?

In his fury of crazy political ideas and executive orders, Donald Trump has began leaning into a complicated issue that’s…

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Trump’s National Security Nominees at Center Stage in Washington – a Chat with the Atlantic’s Shane Harris

The Atlantic’s Shane Harris (X @ shaneharris , Bluesky @shaneharris.bsky.social) joins Marc to discuss Trump’s national security picks, the view…

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Is America Still the Bright, Shining City on the Hill?

On today’s podcast, CIA veteran Ed Bogan joins @mpolymer to ponder the US intelligence community in a Trump 2.0. How…

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From the Election to the End of the World with Joe Cirincione

As the United States is entering a new nuclear age and a new global arms race, what does a second…

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Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity – Where Do We Stand? With Steve Kelly

Steve Kelly, former FBI agent and colleague at the Institute for Security and Technology in California, joins Jon to discuss…

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What is Driving China’s Changing Nuclear Policy? with Tong Zhao

As China continues to expand and modernize its nuclear arsenal and policy, the national security risk becomes central to the…

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A Deep Dive into Life, Journalism, and Conflict Zones with National Security Reporter Sasha Ingber

National security correspondent and HUMINT Substack author Sasha Ingber @SashaIngber joins Marc to cover today’s foreign policy challenges from the…

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From the Streets of Philly to the Halls of the DOJ With Award-Winning National Security Journalist Ken Dilanian

On today’s episode of Above Average Intelligence, Marc is joined by longtime friend, award-winning national security journalist, and current justice…

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Navigating Today’s Nuclear Landscape With Strategic Posture Commissioner Madelyn Creedon

Madelyn Creedon joins Jon to talk about the global nuclear landscape and her role as chairperson of the 2023 the…

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Joe Cirincione and His Views on the World

Veteran national security analyst and nuclear policy expert Joe Cirincione joins Jon to discuss the changing global nuclear landscape. Is…

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A Wild Week in the National Security World – from Chicago to Kursk with national security journalist Michael Weiss

National security journalist @michaeldweiss joins Marc to discuss how Kamala Harris found her inner Reagan, the Ukrainian raid that turned out to be…

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From Kursk to Gaza and the Hallways of NATO, a tour d’horizon with national security journalist Tom Rogan

The Washington Examiner’s Tom Rogan joins Marc to discuss the lightening Ukrainian offensive in Russia, the Israel/Gaza impasse, the inability…

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The We’re All Gonna Die End-Of-Summer Special

Heather and Jon are back once again to pore over all things nuclear as well as Ukraine’s recent incursion into…

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The Ugly Truth Behind Mike Johnson’s MAGA-fied Blockade on Ukraine Aid

On Tuesday, in a decisive 70 to 29 vote, the Senate passed a mammoth bill containing $60 billion for Ukraine’s self defense against…

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How to be a Rule-Breaker in Washington with Maggie Feldman-Piltch

This week Maggie Feldman-Piltch, founder of Unicorn Strategies and #NatSecGirlSquad, joins the show to share her journey as a policy…

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Once They’ve Finished the Easy Part, What’s Next for the Biden Administration? Episode Transcript

Undoing the policies of our disgraced former president are the low hanging fruit for Biden foreign and national security policy.…

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Once They\’ve Finished the Easy Part, What\’s Next for the Biden Administration? Episode Transcript

Undoing the policies of our disgraced former president are the low hanging fruit for Biden foreign and national security policy.…

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From a Wannabe Authoritarian to the Perfect Weapon

Donald Trump has unleashed resources of his government to support his campaign against Joe Biden in a way that America…

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