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May 2025

America’s Favorite Gunfighters and the Birth of the Old West
America loves the Western.
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Matthew Gault
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.
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Matthew Gault
2
56:01
America’s Pivot to the Pacific
The Pentagon has been trying to pivot to the Pacific for years now.
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Matthew Gault
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.
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Matthew Gault
59:07

April 2025

Donald Trump Wants to Divide Up the World With His ‘Friends’
Great power is passé. How about a Great concert?
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Matthew Gault
1
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.
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Matthew Gault
1
45:41
Why An Empire Eats
Notes ahead of a new age of territorial expansion.
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Matthew Gault
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.
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Matthew Gault
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.
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Matthew Gault
58:47
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