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DAVE DeCAMP: Gaza, Hormuz, Yemen and other Global Hotspot Updates in 60 Minutes or Less Oct 7, 2026 3378 A ceasefire that never becomes peace is more than a diplomatic failure. It’s a system that can keep people trapped in rubble, tents, and fear while officials insist progress is being made. I’m joined by journalist Dave DeCamp of Antiwar News to break down what’s happening in Gaza now: ongoing Israeli airstrikes and daily casualties, the sidelined stories like Gaza’s Christian community, and the bi

Ray McGovern : From CIA Analyst to Activist Oct 7, 2026 2484 You can’t understand modern war without understanding modern intelligence and what happens when it gets bent to politics. I’m joined by former CIA analyst and presidential briefer Ray McGovern for a wide-ranging talk about how “weaponized intelligence” is built, sold, and enforced, and why the public often ends up debating a storyline instead of the underlying facts.Ray takes us back to the moment

LARRY JOHNSON : Putin takes the gloves off Oct 5, 2026 3316 Russia is taking the gloves off in Ukraine, and the targets tell you more than the speeches do. We talk through what it means when a conflict expands from grinding down forces at the front to hitting the systems that keep a country running: bridges over the Dnipro, rail engines and warehouses, power distribution, and the pressure campaign that can empty a city before an assault. My guest, Larry Jo

BILL BUPPERT : Chasing Ghosts Oct 2, 2026 3453 Aircraft carriers, hypersonics, drone swarms, missile defense, and the messy reality of command all collide in this conversation with Bill Buppert, the Smedley Butler Fellow for Military Affairs at the Libertarian Institute and host of Chasing Ghosts. We start with how a military career can turn early idealism into realism, then follow Bill’s path from Navy intelligence to the Army, Special Forces

REACTION: Hegseth's State of the Force Oct 1, 2026 3136 He called it a “State of the Force” address, but what we heard sounded like a stress test for the entire US national security system. We walk through Pete Hegseth’s speech from the perspective of warfighting basics: readiness, doctrine, deterrence, and the leadership obligation to define intent and an end state before sending people into danger. After two decades of low-intensity conflict, the for

JOE KENT : Last Troops Out of Iraq: What the US Military Isn't Telling You Sep 30, 2026 3304 The US “leaves” Iraq again, the Red Sea stays tense, and a lot of people still can’t answer a basic question: who are the Houthis, really? We sit down with Joe Kent, one of the few guests who’s lived the Yemen problem up close, to unpack what most coverage skips: tribal power, terrain, coalition politics, and the very pragmatic incentives that shape Ansar Allah’s decisions. If you’ve been told the

ALEXANDER MERCOURIS : Russia / Ukraine War - Misconceptions and Miscalculations Sep 29, 2026 3486 Five men get arrested near RAF Fairford, headlines scream “plot,” and then the suspects are released. That whiplash is exactly where we start, because it exposes the hardest part of intelligence-driven cases: the public wants evidence, but intelligence agencies cannot always show their work. With Alexander Mercouris joining us from the UK, we break down what people in Britain are actually hearing,

LARRY JOHNSON: “Pedro” Gone by Midterms? Pentagon Leadership Crisis + Hidden Casualty Questions Sep 28, 2026 3303 A cruise missile hits in the Gulf, Marines and sailors end up seriously wounded, and weeks later we’re still piecing together what actually happened. We work from first principles: what kind of vessel could take a strike and produce nearly 40 casualties, why a “civilian ship” explanation doesn’t square with the physics, and what it says about US force posture in contested waters. If the truth is b

DARRYL COOPER: How Great Powers Stumble Into Disaster Sep 26, 2026 3850 Something feels off right now: lots of motion, lots of confidence, and not much steering. We sit down with Darryl Cooper, fresh off his latest deep dive on early 20th century history, to track how great powers stumble into wars they don’t fully understand until it’s too late. Starting with Britain after Queen Victoria, we talk about what happens when a once coherent power network fragments, policy

PATRICK HENNINGSEN : ACT 3 - Trump's Final Act - Nuclear Annihilation of Iran ? Sep 24, 2026 3705 “Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic?” That line doesn’t land like ordinary campaign bluster when it’s delivered from the UN podium. We take it seriously, because history shows that normalizing threats is how escalation becomes policy, and policy becomes catastrophe. I’m joined by Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire, calling in live from the UK, to break down what Trump’s rhetoric signals abo

WHITE HOUSE PRESS BLACKOUT: Americans Blinded to Reality. What Aren’t Americans Seeing? Sep 22, 2026 2310 A White House press pool isn’t a perk for friendly outlets. It’s one of the few mechanisms the public has to watch power up close, in real time, when decisions about money, corruption, and war are being made behind closed doors. We dig into the decision to push major publications out of the pool, why calling it “basic fairness” misses the point, and how quickly that logic turns into a loyalty test

Trump's "ARCH" - A Weaponized Military Outpost in One of The Most Secure Areas in The Country! Sep 21, 2026 2043 A triumphal arch at Arlington National Cemetery sounds like a history-book gesture, until you hear the pitch: reclassify it as “national security,” talk up drones and snipers, and treat a space built for remembrance as a hardened outpost. We walk through why that idea hits a nerve for veterans and civilians alike, how it distorts the symbolism of Arlington, and why a monument can become a form of

Jim Webb & Due Dissidence: Why Everything You Know About Policy is Wrong Sep 18, 2026 1998 Free speech doesn’t usually get banned with a single law. It gets narrowed through platforms, pressure campaigns, legal threats, and a thousand small choices that teach creators and viewers what not to say. From the University Club in Chicago, we sit down with Russell Diebler and Keaton Weiss for a candid, off-the-cuff conversation about independent media, censorship, and what happens when the “al

RON DODSON: US Admits Space Weapons: Did the US Kill a Chinese Satellite? Sep 16, 2026 3604 A satellite breaks apart, a few well-timed headlines hit, and suddenly “space weapons” stops sounding like a movie plot and starts sounding like policy. We sit down with Ron Dodson to unpack the Chinese satellite fragmentation story through the lens of OSINT, orbital mechanics, and what the debris field can and can’t prove. We talk retrograde orbits, why modern sensors shrink the world, and why a

Iran Plays Their TRUMP Card: Fuel Prices Skyrocket and the US is out of Options Sep 15, 2026 1855 Gas prices don’t jump in a vacuum. When the world’s oil and shipping arteries get squeezed, the pain shows up in the most personal place possible: the pump. We start with a quick dose of real life, taking the kids to Princess Day at a ballpark, then pivot to a serious breakdown of why the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Strait of Hormuz suddenly feel like domestic issues for anyone who drives, shi

SCOTT HORTON : 25 Years Since 9/11: Forever Wars and Blowback Persist Sep 11, 2026 4529 Twenty five years after 9/11, the hardest question isn’t “what happened” but “what did we do with it.” We sit down with Scott Horton to follow the consequences that rarely make the highlight reel: how the War on Terror expanded, how the Iraq War got sold to the public, and why so many policymakers still can’t (or won’t) explain who won, who lost, and what it all changed.We talk blowback in plain t

ERIC JENNINGS: Defense Acquisition Takes Tax Dollars First and Puts the Warfighter Last Sep 10, 2026 3334 Defense procurement is one of those topics people think will be boring until they realize it decides who gets the right gear in time and who doesn’t. We get blunt about what’s broken in the defense acquisition process, from outright corruption to the quieter kind of capture that happens when lobbying, PAC money, and “market for access” behavior becomes normal. If you’ve ever wondered why the Penta

MATT HOH: THE 9/11 GENERATION: Two Marines Look Back at 25 Years of Endless War Sep 9, 2026 3536 Twenty-five years after 9/11, the story we were handed still fights the facts. We bring back Matt Hoh, Marine veteran and former State Department official, to rewind the clock to the morning of the attacks and then follow the chain reaction through the Global War on Terror, the Iraq War, and the long hangover many GWOT veterans carry today. If you’ve ever wondered how a “temporary” mission becomes

COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR: Trump administration falling into the abyss and it may already be too late Sep 8, 2026 3145 The Persian Gulf isn’t a chessboard, it’s a map with consequences, and we keep acting like geography doesn’t matter. Col. Douglas MacGregor joins us to connect a brutal Civil War lesson from Fredericksburg to today’s Strait of Hormuz reality: Iran sits close, mobilized, and treats this as existential, while the United States signals strength with forces that can be pushed offshore by drones and mi

LARRY JOHNSON : Former IDF Solider as Secretary of Army ?!? Sep 2, 2026 3166 The fastest way to misunderstand the Iran crisis is to treat it like a series of isolated strikes. We look at how retaliation, shipping risk, and market psychology combine into one escalating system where the Strait of Hormuz becomes the pressure point for the global economy and US domestic prices. When missiles fly and officials insist everything is “under control,” the real test shows up in oil,

PETER MAGUIRE: AI Is the Greatest Financial Scam in History — The Analog Rebellion Begins Sep 1, 2026 3752 They told him his life’s work was worth $3,000 a book, and he says they took it first. Peter Maguire joins me to lay out why he refused a settlement tied to Anthropic’s alleged copying of hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books for AI training, including three of his own. We get specific about what’s being copied, how authors discovered it, and why “AI training” can look a lot like intellectual

BUCK JOHNSON. : Is Trump Considering Nukes in Iran ? Aug 31, 2026 3654 Tactical nukes shouldn’t show up in a PowerPoint like they’re just another tool, but that’s where the conversation has drifted and it tells us something ugly about the moment we’re living in. We sit down with Buck Johnson of Counterflow to unpack the fast-moving Iran conflict, the whiplash of headline-driven escalation, and the creeping sense that America is sleepwalking into choices most citizens

DANIEL McADAMS : 6 Months of illegal War - Hormuz is Closed - The Dollar Under Attack Within! Aug 28, 2026 2165 Six months into a war with Iran and still no authorization, no real debate, and no clear off ramp. That fact alone should stop you cold, because it points to something bigger than any single conflict: a Congress that is no longer acting like a co equal branch of government, even as the US stacks blockade style actions, sanctions threats, and “maximum pressure” messaging that may not be enforceable

LARRY JOHNSON : Why is the CIA in Moscow ? Ukraine plans to send Women to the Front Line! Aug 27, 2026 2905 A CIA director flies into Moscow on a C-17, and the move feels anything but routine. We talk through what that kind of high-profile visit can realistically accomplish, why the loudest rumors don’t hold up, and what Russia would actually want to hear from Washington after years of broken assurances and escalating strikes.Larry Johnson joins me to map the Russia Ukraine war as it looks right now: pr

DAVE BENNER : Trump’s Iran War Is Coming Home — The Midterms Could Be the Reckoning Aug 26, 2026 3554 A primary win in South Carolina kicks off a bigger question we can’t ignore: if voters keep saying they’re sick of endless wars and DC corruption, why do the same pro-war operators keep rising to the top? We unpack what the turnout numbers and candidate messaging suggest about a brewing “blue” shift, and why a populist economic message paired with anti-war clarity is landing with independents who

ROBERT BARNES : Bessent's BullSh*T Will Destroy the Dollar - Midterm Election Analysis Aug 25, 2026 3291 “Leave the dollar system” is the kind of tough talk that sounds powerful right up until you ask what it breaks and who it benefits. We dig into the idea of an “economic D-Day” aimed at Iran and why weaponizing secondary sanctions can undermine the very advantage the US thinks it’s using. The key distinction we keep coming back to is simple: the US dollar is one thing, but access to the US-led fina

KYLE ANZALONE : Trump's Economic Blockade will not work. American Farmers Fuming over Argentine Beef Aug 24, 2026 3121 Iran says it wants an off ramp. Washington says it wants a deal. Then Washington also says it wants regime collapse. That gap between messaging and policy is where wars start, and it’s exactly what we unpack with Kyle Anzalone of the Libertarian Institute and The Kyle Anzalone Show.We walk through Iran’s latest public statements about negotiations, why Tehran may believe American promises expire w

DARRYL COOPER - The Battle of Blair Mountain - PART TWO Aug 21, 2026 4882 A courthouse killing lights the fuse, and suddenly thousands of coal miners decide the only way to be heard is to march. We sit down with Darryl Cooper, author of Rough Extraction, to track how the West Virginia Mine Wars escalate into the Battle of Blair Mountain, a fight so large it forces the federal government to pay attention. This is not folklore or a vague “labor clash” story, it is trenche

WAR PORN: Propaganda, Fear & the Business of Conflict Aug 20, 2026 2808 Watching someone run for the US Senate and casually admit they are “not informed” on national security should stop you cold, because the Senate doesn’t vote on vibes. We dig into that moment and what it reveals about how war gets normalized in American politics: “support the military” quietly becomes “ship them off,” and propaganda does the rest.From there, we zoom out to the machinery that makes

What the Lincoln Cover-Up Signals About Leadership: w/ Fmr Sec of the Navy / Senator James H. Webb Aug 19, 2026 3415 The fastest way to spot a leadership problem is to listen to how people talk about the troops who are actually doing the work. We start with the USS Abraham Lincoln and the strain of extended time at sea, then zoom out to the bigger issue: when deployments stretch, port calls vanish, and maintenance piles up, it is not just “part of the job” anymore. It becomes a signal that our commitments, our f

ARTA MOEINI : Fortress Iran - Mojtaba Khamenei is building a hardened, confrontational state Aug 18, 2026 4287 Dr. Arta Moeini is an international political theorist and a scholar of modernity and geopolitics whose research spans questions of civilizational power and cultural renewal, the role of ideology in statecraft, realist approaches to foreign policy, and global cultural pluralism. He was previously a visiting senior fellow with the U.S. Global Engagement initiative (USGE) at the Carnegie Council for

JOE KENT : Is Iran overreach now a strategic disaster? Aug 17, 2026 2943 The scariest part of a standoff isn’t the loud headline, it’s the quiet assumption that we control the clock. We talk with Joe Kent about why the Iran war posture is so precarious right now: a fading diplomatic window, mixed signals from the White House, and troops and ships sitting inside an enemy’s strike envelope while Washington acts like escalation is optional.From the Gulf to the Strait of H

DARRYL COOPER - The Battle of Blair Mountain Aug 14, 2026 5077 A private army controls a coal town, a young police chief refuses to bend, and the fight over union power spills out of the mines and into the streets. We’re back with Darryl Cooper for the first half of our two-part deep dive on the Battle of Blair Mountain, starting where the fuse really catches: the aftermath of Matewan and the slow collapse of any shared belief that the legal system will prote

COL. Douglas Macgregor : “What’s in the Box?!” Did Trump’s Humiliation in Turkey Spark a Wider War? Aug 13, 2026 3278 A foreign intel tip lands, the CIA reportedly calls it unnecessary, and the US political machine still treats it like gospel. That is where we start, because it frames the larger problem: who actually drives American war decisions, and why do we keep sliding into deeper commitments even when the public is checked out and the strategic logic is thin? I’m joined by Col Douglas MacGregor to unpack wh

KELLEY B. VLAHOS : Do Hegseth’s Reforms to Military Universities Go Far Enough? Aug 12, 2026 3190 War doesn’t forgive flattering subordinates or comforting myths, so why do our military schools sometimes train leaders to protect narratives instead of testing reality? We sit down with Kelly Vlahos, editor-in-chief of Responsible Statecraft at the Quincy Institute, to unpack what she’s hearing from inside war colleges and service academies and what her reporting suggests is broken in professiona

From Trotsky to the White House: Connecting the Dots on Neoconservatism Aug 11, 2026 2492 They don’t win arguments by being right. They win by controlling the frame. We take a hard look at neoconservatism as an operating system for power, built on a simple assumption: if the end goal is “moral,” then lying, manipulation, and staged choices are justified. Pulling threads from recent conversations with Tucker Carlson, Scott Horton, and Daryl Cooper, we lay out why this mindset feels so a

SCOTT RITTER : Hormuz Held Hostage! Trump's Jimmy Carter Moment Aug 10, 2026 3609 War stories are easy. War planning is hard. That’s the line we keep coming back to as we sit down with former Marine and intelligence officer Scott Ritter to unpack what the headlines miss about Iran, military readiness, and the incentives that shape U.S. foreign policy. If you’ve ever wondered how a superpower can talk like it’s winning while acting like it’s scrambling for the exits, this conver

Karen Kwiatkowski : Did Hegseth Lie to Trump? Aug 7, 2026 3585 War claims are cheap. Logistics are not. Karen Kwiatkowski joins us for a loose Friday news roundup that turns into a serious argument about why U.S. foreign policy keeps drifting toward conflict while the basics of strategy, supply, and accountability get ignored.We start with a surprisingly clear warning from Henry Kissinger back in 2014: Ukraine can’t survive as an outpost for either “East” or

Tucker Sounded the Alarm—Scott Horton Exposes the Neocon Machine : LIVE at 12p ET! Aug 6, 2026 3627 Tucker Carlson sounded the alarm about America’s political direction. Today, Scott Horton joins Jim Webb to expose the ideological machine that has driven U.S. foreign policy—and one war after another—for decades.How did neoconservatism move from the political margins into the commanding heights of Washington? Why has its influence survived Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine and the expanding confl

TUCKER CARLSON : A Republic if you can keep it Aug 5, 2026 3875 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA country can survive bad leaders, but can it survive a system that no longer responds to reality? That’s the question we keep circling as Tucker Carlson joins us for a wide-ranging talk on perpetual war, state power,

LARRY JOHNSON : US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran Aug 4, 2026 3219 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimThe scariest part of a conflict isn’t always the headline strike. Sometimes it’s the quiet admission that nobody can explain the objective. Jim sits down with former CIA officer Larry Johnson to ask the basic question

DARRYL COOPER - Coal, Corruption & Bloodshed: The Matewan Massacre Jul 31, 2026 4292 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA Gatling-gun armored train rolling through the West Virginia hollers at night sounds like something from a foreign war, but it’s part of America’s own coal war story. I’m joined again by Darryl Cooper (Martyr Made) to

Return to a "Well-Regulated Militia" - Brandan Buck Jul 30, 2026 2904 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimBrandan P. Buck is a research fellow in foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is a historian of domestic opposition to U.S. foreign policy in the 20th century, postwar conservatism, and the national security

Fauci Pleads the Fifth - Iran Shows Escalation Dominance - Bibi Goes to Washington Jul 29, 2026 3046 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimFauci pleading the Fifth over basic questions is one of those moments that feels funny for about three seconds, then turns into something darker: a reminder of how hard it is to get straight answers from the people who

Bibi Comes To Washington and Trump Says Goodbye to his "Iago" Jul 28, 2026 2690 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimZelensky lands in Washington as the Senate lines up a major sanctions vote, Netanyahu is in town with his own agenda, and Trump is signaling something that sounds a lot like an Iran off ramp. We slow the tape down and

TACO Baby One More Time? DC Appears to De Escalate Just In Time For Bibi to Visit Jul 27, 2026 2384 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimThe scariest part of modern war isn’t the footage, it’s the spreadsheet. When stockpiles get low, strategy starts getting rewritten in real time, and the public usually hears the polished version last. Today we break d

Boots on the Ground? Robert Pape Gives It a 70% Chance - We analyze the facts Jul 24, 2026 2381 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA ground operation in the Iran war is starting to sound less like an unthinkable idea and more like a decision someone might actually try to force through. We walk through why the odds are rising, what escalation model

Prof. Mohammad Marandi- LIVE from Tehran, Iran Jul 23, 2026 2692 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA single sentence like “a head for an eye” can turn a conflict into an acceleration ramp. We sit down with Professor Mohammad Marandi, joining us live from Tehran, to test Washington’s talking points against what’s bei

MATT HOH: Report: “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism” Jul 21, 2026 3140 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimThe weirdest wars don’t just happen overseas, they warp everything at home, from what we’re told to what we can afford. Matt Hoh joins us to break down new reporting on suppressed US casualty numbers, the steady drip o

LEAVE NOW! Don't repeat Iraq Jul 20, 2026 2758 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimSeventeen dead US service members is not a talking point, it’s a flashing warning light. We walk through what changed over the weekend as the US-Iran war climbs the escalation ladder: more casualties, more damaged equi

DARRYL COOPER - THE MINE WARS - America's Forgotten Civil War Jul 17, 2026 4960 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA train ride into coal country turns into a one-way door: company guards on the cars, no food, a gun in your face if you try to step off, and then the “job” you were promised disappears the moment you arrive. That’s th

🌎 The World Just Got More Dangerous w/ COL. Douglas Macgregor Jul 16, 2026 4209 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA viral Blue Angels flyby over Pensacola kicks off a much bigger question: what do we do with national morale when everything gets filtered through outrage and liability first? We talk about why locals celebrate a loud

Motion To Proceed to the NDAA Blocked! What does this mean and what are the next steps? Jul 15, 2026 2808 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA Senate “procedural hurdle” can look like a victory, but we’re not buying the easy headline. We unpack what actually happened to the NDAA and why Section 219, the proposal that would deepen US-Israel military integrat

JOE KENT : Another Never-Ending War ? Jul 14, 2026 2994 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA single choke point can drag an entire superpower into bad choices, and the Strait of Hormuz is proving it again. We’re watching talk of “tolls,” counterblockades, and shiny escalation options collide with the oldest

Thoughts on Senator Lindsey Graham Jul 13, 2026 2255 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA politician dies and the war drumline instantly auditions new villains. We take a hard look at the speculation around Senator Lindsey Graham’s reported passing and explain why “don’t believe the hype” is not just a sl

DARRYL COOPER - Appalachia Culture pre-1900. Jul 10, 2026 4083 Thanks to our channel sponsor: ExpatMoney.com/Jim. - get your free Plan B report today. Supporting our sponsors, supports the show. Download your free guide today. ExpatMoney.com/JimA free country does not feel free when your boss can read your mail, search your home at 2 a.m., and decide what your preacher is allowed to say. We sit down with Darryl Cooper, also known as Martyr Made, to trace the

LARRY JOHNSON : Ukraine to make Patriots! Iran called (again) Wants a Deal Badly - Syria Wins. Jul 9, 2026 3296 The fastest way to misunderstand the US-Iran escalation is to treat it like a single “strike and response” story. What we’re watching is a collision between agreements that got shredded, a choke point that can’t be ignored, and an energy system that runs on specifics most of us never learned. Larry Johnson joins us to lay out how a memorandum of understanding supposedly limited threats and militar

The MOU is over! - 'Japan' Fires on USS Lincoln - Ukraine to manufacture Patriot Missiles Jul 8, 2026 2812 Trump goes back to Iran with the kind of rhetoric that turns diplomacy into debris, then piles on with strikes and threats that make the MOU look functionally dead. We break down how you get from “negotiations” to escalation in a single news cycle, why the Strait of Hormuz is the economic tripwire hiding in plain sight, and how sanctions policy can boomerang into higher oil prices and political pa

ROBERT BARNES : DSA Candidate Surge - What's really happening ? Jul 7, 2026 3108 Something big is happening in American politics, and you can feel it in the weird places first: a World Cup officiating firestorm, a Senate succession rumor mill, and a younger electorate that no longer trusts either party to deliver. We start with Robert Barnes breaking down Team USA’s run, the Balogun red card reversal, and why “fixing an injustice” matters more than defending broken procedure,

Karen Kwiatkowski : Netanyahu Defies Israel's Highest Court—What Happens Next? Jul 6, 2026 3637 Netanyahu is coming to Washington, and the timing is almost too perfect: Israel is staring down a brutal fall election, the Gaza war keeps poisoning U.S. politics, and reports say Netanyahu’s government is prepared to defy Israel’s own Supreme Court. That is not just a legal fight. To us, it reads like a stress test for institutions, media control, and what happens when leaders decide the rules on

America 250 - Best of Edition - The Jim Webb Podcast Jul 3, 2026 4047 Today we're celebrating **America's 250th** by taking a short break from our regular live program to reflect on the ideas, debates, and history that continue to shape our republic.In this special **Best of The Jim Webb Podcast**, we've assembled some of our favorite conversations and moments from recent episodes. These clips explore America's founding principles, war and peace, for

SCOTT HORTON : Russia retaliates Ukraine drone strikes w/ 11 Hour Barrage on Kyiv Jul 2, 2026 3636 Nuclear risk is back in the headlines, but the scariest part is how casually powerful people talk about “testing limits.” We sit down with Scott Horton to unpack why the Ukraine war keeps inching toward wider conflict, how drone strikes and long range weapons blur lines, and why the old mutually assured destruction mindset has been dangerously inverted. When deterrence becomes a dare instead of a

Mitch McConnell Found Unconscious - 911 Call Released ! Senate Majority At Risk ? Jul 1, 2026 2813 Bobby Bonita Day is supposed to be a fun sports meme, but we use it to highlight a darker kind of deferred payment: the long-term cost of a political system run by leaders who are well past the point of accountability. We start with the newly released 911 audio tied to Mitch McConnell’s medical emergency and ask the blunt question that everyone dances around: what happens when the people shaping U

LARRY JOHNSON : Will the MOU survive 60 days? Jun 30, 2026 3312 The “no meeting scheduled” headline sounds small until you trace what it’s sitting on top of: a disputed MOU, a live-fire exchange around the Strait of Hormuz, and a U.S. posture that may be more exit than escalation. Larry Johnson joins me to walk through why Iran says it never asked for direct talks, how transit protocols are being enforced on the water, and why public claims of leverage do not

PATRICK HENNINGSEN : Before The Bombs - Journey To Iran Jun 29, 2026 3536 Something doesn’t add up in the way Iran is explained to Americans and when the headlines shift from airstrikes to “talks are back on” in the span of a weekend, the confusion only gets worse. I’m joined by journalist Patrick Henningsen, who brings rare on the ground context from Iran just before the bombing, to unpack what ordinary Iranians debate, how they view U.S. politics, and why the usual bl

DARRYL COOPER - The Populist Revolt That Changed America Forever : The Rise of Eugene Debs Jun 26, 2026 4029 “Socialism” and “unions” didn’t start as online punchlines. For a lot of American workers in the late 1800s, they were the language of getting fed, staying alive, and pushing back when companies and the state treated human beings like expendable parts. We sit down with Darryl Cooper to trace how the United States changed so fast that people went from expecting independence and ownership to realizi

Former Senator - Jim Webb Sr. - Trump's Arch tramples on US History. Congress must take action! Jun 25, 2026 3586 A 250-foot “triumphal arch” planted between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery sounds like a design fight, but we think it exposes a much more dangerous habit: skipping the constitutional process and daring Congress to do something about it. Jim Webb sits down with his father, Jim Webb, decorated Marine, former Senator, and former Secretary of the Navy, to trace how a single monu

COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR - Judgment Day for Trump's War Jun 24, 2026 2922 A top general abruptly retires, and the story quickly turns into a bigger question we cannot dodge: why does the US military punish small mistakes fast, but let senior leaders skate after disasters? We sit down with Doug MacGregor to sort through the Donahue news, the bureaucracy problem, and the culture of promotion that can reward influence over outcomes. If you’ve been searching for a clear con

COL. Jacques Baud : Strategic Intelligence Starts By Understanding Both Sides Jun 23, 2026 3534 Getting sanctioned by the EU is one thing. Getting sanctioned without being shown real evidence is another. I sit down with Colonel Jacques Baud, a former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO advisor, to unpack how he ended up on an EU sanctions list that blocks access to banking and travel while he lives in Brussels. He walks us through what his lawyers found when they demanded the EU’s supporting

ALEX CHRISTOFOROU : The New Rules Of Escalation Jun 22, 2026 3323 “We’re going to bomb Moscow” used to sound like an unthinkable nightmare. Now it shows up as a headline and barely registers. That’s where we start, because once taboos break, they don’t magically come back and the consequences ripple from Ukraine to Iran to US domestic politics. I’m joined by Alex Christoforou (The Duran) to sort through what’s actually happening behind the noise and what the inc

DARRYL COOPER : What takes more courage: starting a war or ending one? Jun 20, 2026 3722 A ceasefire gets announced, and then the bombs keep falling. That contradiction kicks off a blunt conversation with Darryl Cooper about the Middle East, Israel and Hezbollah, and why the United States no longer gets to “allow” outcomes in the Iran war like it’s flipping a switch.We walk through what it means when a war ends without the military objectives we started with, and why that kind of fail

JIM WEBB : Will the Deal Hold? 24 Hours to Put Israel in Check Jun 19, 2026 3039 A “peace deal” is about to take effect, yet Israel is still carrying out combat operations in Lebanon and openly talking about expanded buffer zones. We walk through why that detail changes everything for Iran, why Lebanon is treated as inseparable from the broader conflict, and how a ceasefire without enforcement quickly turns into a prelude to escalation. If you’re trying to figure out whether t

LARRY JOHNSON : United States-Israel Intelligence Sharing ? What's really happening? Jun 17, 2026 3259 A “deal” doesn’t mean much if nobody can even agree on what’s in it. We sit down with Larry Johnson to sort through the growing confusion around the Iran memorandum of understanding, including reports of competing versions, rumored electronic signatures, and the single line that seems to matter most: an immediate, comprehensive ceasefire that includes Lebanon. Then we ask the uncomfortable questio

Netanyahu Speaks Out On Iran Deal -NOT SO FAST! What Happens NEXT? Jun 17, 2026 2790 A ceasefire can be announced in minutes and collapse in seconds, so we slow down and ask the only question that matters: is the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding actually enforceable, or is it a pause that buys time while the Israel Lebanon conflict keeps burning? I walk through why Iran is treating Lebanon as the make-or-break condition, why the Strait of Hormuz staying constrained is real le

PRO. MOHAMMAD MARANDI - LIVE From Tehran, IRAN Jun 16, 2026 2678 The market popped on a promise: a Trump-brokered Iran agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease a global energy squeeze. But when a headline lands right before futures reopen, I can’t help asking whether we’re seeing diplomacy or gamesmanship. Oil prices, the Nikkei, and US stocks all react instantly, even though the public still has almost no verified detail from the US side about

PATRICK HENNINGSEN : The Lebanon - Iran Connection Explained Jun 13, 2026 4523 Lebanon isn’t a side quest, it’s the pressure point that can keep a US Iran war simmering for years. We sit down with journalist and geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningson, founder of 21st Century Wire, to unpack why Lebanon remains under covered, why the framing around Hezbollah is so politically useful in Washington, and why that framing can make diplomacy feel “impossible” by design.We break d

Negotiating With Bombs Is Not Negotiating with/ Dan McKnight of Defend the Guard Jun 11, 2026 3281 “We’ll negotiate with bombs” is the kind of line that should stop you cold, especially when it’s paired with fresh strikes on Iran and talk of ground troops. We sit down with Dan McKnight, founder of Bring Our Troops Home and a longtime Marine, Army, and National Guard veteran, to unpack what this moment says about U.S. foreign policy and why the constant recycling of “imminent threats” and instan

DARRYL COOPER aka Martyr Made : Populism’s First President Andrew Jackson Jun 10, 2026 3671 Checkout our sponsor: KillerInstinctCoffee.comA lot of people use “populism” like a slur, but the older American meaning is blunt and practical: the will of the people pushing back on concentrated power. Darrell Cooper joins me to map that fight across US history, starting with Andrew Jackson as the first true national populist figure and asking why he still triggers strong reactions today. We ta

Dave Smith: Trump is LYING About the Iran Deal Jun 9, 2026 3450 The fastest way to understand American power is to watch where it mysteriously stops. We start with Trump’s constant “deal with Iran is coming” talk, his public back-and-forth over Netanyahu, and the recurring promise that a ceasefire is always just days away. Then we ask the uncomfortable question out loud: if Israel is a US-backed client state that depends on American money, weapons, and diploma

ROBERT BARNES - Section 224 Is About To Explode Jun 9, 2026 3405 Thanks to our channel sponsor, KillerInstinctCoffee.com. Grab some great coffee today!A foreign ally allegedly spying at the highest levels, a ceasefire track that keeps getting derailed, and Washington looking like it cannot steer its own policy. That’s the knot we try to untangle with returning guest Robert Barnes as we react to reporting about a Defense Intelligence Agency leak on Israeli espi

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