A new book, U.S. Defense Policy toward Israel: A Cold War History , takes on the revisionists over what happened in the Cold War. Recorded on April 16, 205.
Apr 18, 2025•52 min•Ep. 60
Mitch Daniels is the former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, the former Governor of Indiana, and the former President of Purdue University. He discusses his life, his influences, and his passion for hogs (of the Harley-Davidson variety). Recorded on March 21, 2025.
Apr 02, 2025•47 min•Ep. 59
The former head of the British Army, Richard Dannatt, discusses an important war that is often forgotten. Recorded on February 6, 2025.
Mar 25, 2025•48 min•Ep. 58
America’s foremost presidential historian examines the motivations and careers of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and George H. W. Bush. Recorded on January 24, 2025.
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 57
The bravest of all the free speech campaigners, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, speaks out eloquently on tribalism, Islam, immigration, Trump, her conversion to Christianity, and what it’s like being married to a quite well-known historian.
Jan 22, 2025•51 min•Ep. 56
Richard Langworth is the senior fellow at the Hillsdale Churchill Project at Hillsdale College, Michigan, and knows more about Winston Churchill than any person living (including me, annoyingly).
Jan 08, 2025•49 min•Ep. 55
A global tour d'horizon with the former Marine Corps commander and Secretary of Defense General Jim Mattis.
Dec 06, 2024•54 min•Ep. 54
The Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski is characteristically blunt about his former friend Viktor Orban, the chances of nuclear war in Ukraine, and his enemy Vladimir Putin. Recorded on October 26, 2024.
Nov 20, 2024•42 min•Ep. 53
Professor John Bew’s knowledge as the biographer of Lord Castlereagh and Clement Attlee and the historian of Realpolitik was put to good use when he became the senior foreign policy advisor to no fewer than four British prime ministers. Recorded on October 18, 2024.
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 52
How Bill Browder reacted when Vladimir Putin murdered Browder’s friend and lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Recorded on October 11, 2024.
Oct 23, 2024•45 min•Ep. 51
Nataliya Bugayova, Non-Resident Russia Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, shares her latest in-depth knowledge on how the Russo-Ukrainian War is going. Recorded on September 9, 2024.
Oct 09, 2024•34 min•Ep. 50
The esteemed science writer and author of The Rational Optimist , Matt Ridley, gazes into the future of mankind. Recorded on September 16, 2024.
Sep 25, 2024•53 min•Ep. 49
Iranian-born Shay Khatiri, senior fellow of the Yorktown Institute, explains the (warped) thinking of the Teheran regime.
Sep 11, 2024•43 min•Ep. 48
The distinguished economist Paul Gregory recalls his time spent with Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald.
Aug 28, 2024•41 min•Ep. 47
The great historian of Russian history compares and contrasts the three monsters of the Russian Revolution.
Aug 09, 2024•49 min•Ep. 46
Nick True was until recently leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. His Toryism hails from an earlier and better age, but still has modern relevance.
Jul 29, 2024•45 min•Ep. 45
Lord Hannan draws on his 21 years as a member of the European Parliament for this scholarly and masterly overview of world affairs.
Jul 18, 2024•49 min•Ep. 44
Con Coughlin, veteran war correspondent and Daily Telegraph foreign & defense editor, has written the biographies of Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein and Bashir Al-Assad. And he’s also gone drinking with Hunter S. Thompson …
Jul 02, 2024•52 min•Ep. 43
Recorded on June 4, 2024. President Nicolas Sarkozy on the weight of history on his shoulders when he ruled France from 2007 to 2012.
Jun 17, 2024•35 min•Ep. 42
The history of Africa over the past seven millennia, and this time from an African perspective.
Jun 05, 2024•49 min•Ep. 41
Dan Senor, host of the “Call Me Back” podcast, discusses the war in Gaza and where it might go from here.
May 21, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 40
The Israeli Ambassador to London speaks up eloquently and frankly for her embattled country.
May 10, 2024•41 min•Ep. 39
Toby Young, director of the splendid Free Speech Union, discusses his campaign to defend freedom of expression.
Apr 12, 2024•42 min•Ep. 38
Conrad Black discusses his epic thousand-page history of the Ancient World up to the death of Emperor Augustus.
Mar 27, 2024•43 min•Ep. 37
Congressman Mike Gallagher on why the West should take the threat of China seriously, from TikTok to Taiwan.
Mar 15, 2024•46 min•Ep. 36
Elliott Abrams has had the ear of Republican presidents from Reagan to Trump. Here is what he told them...
Feb 23, 2024•33 min•Ep. 35
Former Deputy National Security Adviser and China expert Matt Pottinger takes a clear-eyed view of the threats to peace in Asia.
Feb 03, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 34
Tom Gross is an influential British journalist and Middle East commentator who provides cutting-edge analysis on the unfolding Israel-Gaza struggle.
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 33
Former State Department Counsellor Eliot Cohen on how William Shakespeare can explain the rise, rule, and fall of present day leaders.
Nov 10, 2023•50 min•Ep. 32
Robert O’Brien has had a large number of demanding jobs, but none more so than being President Trump’s national security advisor.
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 31