Rosa Brooks

How Many Times Over Must We Be Able to Destroy the World to Prove We are Not Wimps? – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. America’s nuclear weapons submarine fleet has the capability to…

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How Many Times Over Must We Be Able to Destroy the World to Prove We are Not Wimps?

America’s nuclear weapons submarine fleet has the capability to produce something like 40,000 Hiroshimas.  But it is just one leg…

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Biden’s Multi-Tiered China Policy is a Far Cry from Trump’s – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. Trump China policy architect Peter Navarro was described by…

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Biden\’s Multi-Tiered China Policy is a Far Cry from Trump\’s – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. Trump China policy architect Peter Navarro was described by…

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Biden’s Multi-Tiered China Policy is a Far Cry from Trump’s

Trump China policy architect Peter Navarro was described by one of his colleagues as a “fucking sociopath.” Trump China policy…

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Europe and the Atlantic Alliance After Merkel: What Next? Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. Most Americans don’t give much thought to German politics–and…

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Europe and the Atlantic Alliance After Merkel: What Next?

Most Americans don’t give much thought to German politics–and that’s a good thing given that when we once did it…

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“8 Year-Old Assholes Cannot be Shamed”: The Big National Security Scandal Nobody is Talking About – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. After 9/11, investigators concluded one of the factors that…

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“8 Year-Old Assholes Cannot be Shamed”: The Big National Security Scandal Nobody is Talking About

After 9/11, investigators concluded one of the factors that put America at risk was that only 57 percent of nominees…

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\”8 Year-Old Assholes Cannot be Shamed\”: The Big National Security Scandal Nobody is Talking About – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. After 9/11, investigators concluded one of the factors that…

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How Do You Feel About the Urge to Surge – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. While Congress holds hearings questioning the Secretary of State…

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How Do You Feel About the Urge to Surge?

While Congress holds hearings questioning the Secretary of State about the conduct of America’s exit from Afghanistan, it probably should…

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As We Approach the Afghanistan Deadline: Looking Back and Looking Ahead – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. It has been difficult to have a serious, balanced…

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As We Approach the Afghanistan Deadline: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

It has been difficult to have a serious, balanced conversation about what the U.S. and this administration has done right…

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Rothkopf vs. the Washington Hivemind (a Reasonable Debate)

An episode in which we bring to life the debate that even the best of friends can have over the…

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Rothkopf vs. the Washington Hivemind (a Reasonable Debate) – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. An episode in which we bring to life the…

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Afghanistan Special Report: Where Do We Go from Here and What Lessons Can We Draw? – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. The heart-rending scenes from Kabul Airport are now seared…

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Afghanistan Special Report: Where Do We Go from Here and What Lessons Can We Draw?

The heart-rending scenes from Kabul Airport are now seared into our collective consciousness. The 20 year war in Afghanistan has…

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The World is on Fire. Will We Have to Wait for a New Generation to Address the Crisis?

The UN has put out a climate report that is devastating in its conclusions. They call it a “code red…

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There’s a Mountain of Evidence Against Trump & His Coup Coconspirators. But Will DOJ Do Anything About It? – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. Slowly, thanks to Congressional information requests and court cases,…

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