Archive - Angry Planet

America’s Favorite Gunfighters and the Birth of the Old West

America loves the Western.

May 28 •

57:42

The Horror of AI Generals Making Command Decisions

Palantir, Anduril and a suite of other Tolkien-inspired tech nightmares want to integrate artificial intelligence into every aspect of the U.S.

May 23 •

56:01

America’s Pivot to the Pacific

The Pentagon has been trying to pivot to the Pacific for years now.

May 20 •

1:14:48

India and Pakistan: Nuclear Neighbors on the Brink

India and Pakistan have been unhappy neighbors since 1947 and Britain’s decolonization of the subcontinent.

May 7 •

59:07

April 2025

Donald Trump Wants to Divide Up the World With His ‘Friends’

Great power is passé. How about a Great concert?

Apr 30 •

56:05

Destroying the Pentagon's Brain Trust

The Office of Net Assessment isn’t your typical working group within the Department of Defense leviathan.

Apr 28 •

45:41

Why An Empire Eats

Notes ahead of a new age of territorial expansion.

Apr 23 •

59:06

Erdogan’s Path to Pure Authoritarianism

Turkey’s president has grabbed a bit more power for himself with the recent arrest of the mayor of Istanbul.

Apr 11 •

1:01:40

Immigration Policy As Defense Policy

Special for our international listeners, did you know you can now buy a pathway to U.S.

Apr 8 •

58:47

Life Inside Wagner Before and After Prigozhin

For mercenaries, death is a business.

Apr 1 •

1:01:39

March 2025

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