Episodes

  • Welcome to the Crusades, Episode 2: Taranto, 1096

    Welcome to the Crusades, Episode 2: Taranto, 1096
    Jun 17 2025
    We've released the first two episodes of our standalone miniseries with the folks from ⁠We're Not So Different⁠⁠⁠. Get the rest of the episodes ⁠here⁠! The expedition begins to take shape. We continue to explore the fallout from Pope Urban II’s call for Crusade at the Council of Clermont, as lords from across France prepare to set off. We look especially at the Normans under Bohemond of Taranto, who will play an outsized role in the campaign to come and whose conquest of Sicily offers some insight into how that campaign would be conducted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Welcome to the Crusades, Episode 1: Rome, 1095

    Welcome to the Crusades, Episode 1: Rome, 1095
    Jun 17 2025
    In lieu of a typical AP episode this week, we're releasing the first two episodes of our standalone miniseries on the First Crusade with the crew from We're Not So Different⁠⁠. Get the rest of the series here. Our journey through the First Crusade starts where the Crusaders themselves did: in western Europe with Pope Urban II and the Council of Clermont. We discuss conditions in Latin Christendom in the late 11th century, what prompted the Pope’s call for Crusade, and how it was received by European nobles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Special - The Israel-Iran War, Ep. 2 (Preview)

    Special - The Israel-Iran War, Ep. 2 (Preview)
    Jun 16 2025
    For the full episode and access to all breaking news specials, subscribe now. Danny and Derek update us on what's been going on over the past few days between Israel and Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Bonus - Third Parties plus Analyzing Trump w/ Matt Karp (Preview)

    Bonus - Third Parties plus Analyzing Trump w/ Matt Karp (Preview)
    Jun 15 2025
    Subscribe now for the full episode. "Top Secret" subscribers get a free one-year digital subscription to The Nation! Danny speaks with Matt Karp, associate professor of history at Princeton, about party formation in the 1850s as well as his take on the Trump phenomenon. They explore the downfall of the Whigs and rise of the Republicans, the structure of the political parties at the beginning of the republic, the relationship of ideology and party, why we have a giant two-party system despite regional differences, mass democracy in the 19th century and today, Trump minimalists vs. maximalists, and more. Check out Matt’s book This Vast Southern Empire: Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy and his article on Trump for New Left Review, “Maxed Out.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • Unlocked: The LA Protests and the Imperial Boomerang w/ Spencer Ackerman

    Unlocked: The LA Protests and the Imperial Boomerang w/ Spencer Ackerman
    Jun 14 2025
    Spencer Ackerman of ⁠Forever Wars⁠ is back on the podcast to talk about the LA protests and his piece on them for Zeteo, ⁠"The Imperial Boomerang Lands in Los Angeles."⁠ You can read the "director's cut" of Spencer's piece ⁠over at Forever Wars⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • Special - Israel Attacks Iran (Preview)

    Special - Israel Attacks Iran (Preview)
    Jun 13 2025
    Subscribe now for the full episode and no ads. Danny and Derek speak with ⁠Séamus Malekafzali⁠ about Israel’s strike on Iran, Iran’s response and attack on Israel, U.S. and geo strategy, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • News - Tensions Rise with Iran, Sudan-Libya Border Clashes, Trump Creating Office of Remigration

    News - Tensions Rise with Iran, Sudan-Libya Border Clashes, Trump Creating Office of Remigration
    Jun 13 2025
    Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and more content. "Top Secret" subscribers get a complimentary one-year digital subscription to The Nation! Danny and Derek are everyday people who still believe in you. This week: the AUKUS security partnership is under review at the Pentagon (1:47); the IAEA rebukes Iran, nuclear negotiations are going nowhere, and Trump is evacuating nonessential personnel from the Middle East (5:14); in Israel-Palestine, Israeli soldiers continue to gun down people at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites as Hamas kills several GHF workers (10:24), the IDF appears to be shielding at least one ISIS-linked gang in the Strip (13:21), the IDF intercepts the “Freedom Flotilla” (15:39), and US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declares the “two-state solution” dead (17:43); the UK and several states sanction far-right Israeli politicians Ben-Gvir and Smotrich (19:00); South Korea ceases propaganda broadcasts across the DMZ with North Korea (21:06); Sudan’s military loses border outposts after an alleged attack by Libyan forces (22:55); the Russian military advances into another Ukrainian province (25:15); the Polish government survives a no-confidence vote (26:40); member states of NATO strive to hit Trump’s 5% defense spending demand (27:28); the Trump administration is creating an “Office of Remigration” at the State Department (29:08); and in a New Cold War update, the US and China appear to have reached a trade deal (31:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Special - The LA Protests and the Imperial Boomerang w/ Spencer Ackerman (Preview)

    Special - The LA Protests and the Imperial Boomerang w/ Spencer Ackerman (Preview)
    Jun 11 2025
    Subscribe now for the full episode and access to all breaking news specials. Spencer Ackerman of ⁠Forever Wars⁠ is back on the podcast to talk about the LA protests and his piece on them for Zeteo, ⁠"The Imperial Boomerang Lands in Los Angeles."⁠ You can read the "director's cut" of Spencer's piece ⁠over at Forever Wars⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 mins
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