7633 Episodes

  1. HEADLINE: "The Other Guy Blinked": Soviets Reverse Ships to Avoid Quarantine GUEST NAME: Professor Serhii Plokhy BOOK TITLE: Nuclear Folly TOPIC: Accidental War Warning SUMMARY: The experienced diplom

    Published: 9/22/2025

  2. HEADLINE: Kennedy Chooses Quarantine Despite Military Demands for Invasion GUEST NAME: Professor Serhii Plokhy BOOK TITLE: Nuclear Folly TOPIC: Accidental War Warning SUMMARY: President Kennedy faced

    Published: 9/22/2025

  3. HEADLINE: The Missile Gap Drives Operation Anadyr in Cuba GUEST NAME: Professor Serhii Plokhy BOOK TITLE: Nuclear Folly TOPIC: Accidental War Warning SUMMARY: Khrushchev conceived the idea of placing

    Published: 9/22/2025

  4. HEADLINE: Nikita Khrushchev's Miscalculation and the Specter of Berlin GUEST NAME: Professor Serhii Plokhy BOOK TITLE: Nuclear Folly TOPIC: Accidental War Warning SUMMARY: Nikita Khrushchev, a shrewd

    Published: 9/22/2025

  5. HEADLINE: President John F. Kennedy Learns of Soviet Missiles in Cuba GUEST NAME: Professor Serhii Plokhy BOOK TITLE: Nuclear Folly TOPIC: Accidental War Warning SUMMARY: On October 16, 1962, McGeorge

    Published: 9/22/2025

  6. PREVIEW: GUEST: Moudhy al-Rashid SUMMARY: Moudhy al-Rashid discusses her book, Between Two Rivers, focusing on stamped bricks found in Mesopotamian ziggurats (like Ur). These 4,000-5,000-year-old stam

    Published: 9/22/2025

  7. PREVIEW: GUEST: Professor Bruce Bechtol SUMMARY: Bruce Bechtol discusses the performance of North Korean special operations forces (about 12,000 troops) deployed to Ukraine. They performed "very well,

    Published: 9/22/2025

  8. PREVIEW: GUEST: Bruce Bechtol SUMMARY: Bruce Bechtol discusses the North Korean Navy, which is generally weak but excels at asymmetric warfare, such as using stealth boats and submarines to sneak in t

    Published: 9/22/2025

  9. #OZWATCH: JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY. SUMMARY: Dallas the spoodle encountered a teenage magpie that rolled onto its back, initiating play as magpies do among thems

    Published: 9/21/2025

  10. #OZWATCH: JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY. SUMMARY: Pat Cummins, an experienced paceman and batter, is expected to play all five Ashes games starting in November despi

    Published: 9/21/2025

  11. #OZWATCH: JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY. SUMMARY: Brisbane faces an unprecedented snake "siege" with two to three times the normal population, prompting public warnin

    Published: 9/21/2025

  12. #OZWATCH: JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY. SUMMARY: Meteorologists rely on experience as models fail, citing oceans being one degree warmer. The eastern seaboard faced

    Published: 9/21/2025

  13. FILE 8 PREVIEW: HEADLINE: October Surprise Fits Pattern of Republican Assaults on Democracy AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Craig Unger views the October Surprise as part of a consistent Republican patte

    Published: 9/21/2025

  14. FILE 7 PREVIEW: HEADLINE: Vast Archives and New Confirming Information Support October Surprise Claims AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Craig Unger received new confirming information from Portugal and no

    Published: 9/21/2025

  15. HEADLINE: Inside the Den of Spies: Iran Visit and Confessions of an Arms Procurement ChiefAUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: While investigating in Iran, Craig Unger visited the former US Embassy, known as

    Published: 9/21/2025

  16. HEADLINE: Confirmed Meetings: Casey in Madrid and the Question of Bush in Paris AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Craig Unger reports strong evidence that Bill Casey met with Iranian cleric Karoubi in Madr

    Published: 9/21/2025

  17. HEADLINE: Uncovering the October Surprise: From Rogue Sources to Documents in an Abandoned Restroom AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Investigative reporter Craig Unger pursued the October Surprise story,

    Published: 9/21/2025

  18. HEADLINE: Bill Casey's Secret Intelligence Network and the Safari Club's Off-the-Books Operations AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Craig Unger characterizes Bill Casey as a "dazzlingly brilliant" spy and

    Published: 9/21/2025

  19. HEADLINE: Desert One Tragedy and the Geopolitics that Set the Stage for the October Surprise AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Craig Unger details the tragic failure of the April 1980 Desert One rescue att

    Published: 9/21/2025

  20. HEADLINE: The October Surprise: Bill Casey, Rogue Spies, and the Secret Deal to Delay Hostage Release AUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: Author Craig Unger discusses his book, Den of Spies, detailing the al

    Published: 9/21/2025

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