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State Secrets — 100 episodes

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A Decade of Warning Signs: How America's Threats Have Changed

2

The Changing Character of War: Inside the Future Battlefield

3

The Making of the Modern Middle East

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How America's Adversaries Manipulate What You See Online

5

The Future of Intelligence in the Age of AI | VADM Trey Whitworth

6

Held Hostage by Iran: What Emad Shargi Wants America to Understand

7

Gen. David Petraeus: The U.S. Must Prepare for a Revolution in Warfare | Iran, Ukraine, China & Drones

8

Former NSA Chief Gen. Paul Nakasone: AI Is Changing the Cyber Battlefield

9

What Ukraine Is Teaching the World About the Future of War | Rear Admiral (Ret) Mark Montgomery

10

NATO's European Test: Ukraine, Russia and the Future of the Alliance

11

The Drone Revolution Is Rewriting the Rules of War

12

General David Petraeus: The Future of War Has Already Arrived—Is America Ready?

13

THE FUTURE ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD — AND THE NSA

14

Can America Innovate Faster Than China? Steve Blank & Pete Newell on the Future of Defense

15

2084: The Future of War, AI, Climate Conflict—and Humanity's Survival

16

Inside Jack Ryan: Ghost War — Director Andrew Bernstein on CIA Realism & Modern Espionage

17

China, Cyber War & the Five Eyes Fight: Rachel Noble on the New Front Lines of National Security

18

The Narrative Kill Chain

19

CIA in Mexico: The Hidden Risks Behind U.S. Intelligence Missions

20

What the Future of Conflict Looks Like: Petraeus on Iran Endgame & Ukraine's Drone War

21

Tradecraft and Deception: Understanding Russia's Intelligence Machine

22

ISIS Reawakens: What the Bondi Attack Signals for Global Terror

23

David Ignatius on War with Iran, the Future of Espionage, and 50 Years of Reporting

24

China's Fancy Dragons in the Sky Hold Hidden Clues for National Security

25

The Former Chief of MI6 on Alliances, Adversaries, AI & Aliens

26

From a Bunker in Ukraine: Two Former CIA Officers Share Intel

27

What We Must Get Right In Cyber

28

Mark Greaney gets gritty about what it takes to pen the perfect spy thriller

29

AI, Infrastructure, and the New Front Lines of National Security

30

What the Writer Found in the Spy Archive

31

Does 'Marines' Fulfill the Mission for Netflix?

32

Taking Clancy's Franchise and Executive Power to New Heights

33

Inside Russia's Secret War: A Conversation with Sean Wiswesser

34

Peace Through Strength in an AI Era: Inside the Reagan National Defense Forum

35

Getting Candid with Gen. Stan McChrystal (Ret.) on Character and Controversy

36

Information Warfare The New Frontline

37

Lithuania's Foreign Minister: 'Western Restraint Invites Russian Aggression

38

Two Generals and a Cyber Warning for America

39

White House Director: We Need a 'Kill Web' for Modern Warfare

40

Steve Blank has Mapped the Pentagon

41

China's Gray War on America

42

Drones, Deterrence, and Overplaying Putin's Hand: with Gen. David Petraeus

43

The Secret U.S. Counter-Narcotics Mission

44

Inside Emerging Threats: Former CIA Leader Sheetal Patel on Drones, Tech, and America's Adversaries

45

Does the CIA Have a Trust Problem?

46

Mission CIA: Mapping Beijing's Path to War

47

A Practitioner's Guide to Cocktail Tradecraft

48

Hitting the Panic Button on Rare Earth Minerals

49

Ground Truth on Ukraine's Tech War

50

Why China's Data Centers Should Concern You

51

Inside CIA's Mission to Maximize Technology

52

How AI & Images are Impacting U.S. Intelligence

53

Why We're Still at War with Russia

54

National Security Hollywood Style

55

China Keeps Breaking Barriers on Artificial Intelligence

56

Former DEA Official Explains the New Terrorist Designation for Cartels

57

The Seismic Impact of Artificial Intelligence

58

Target: Start Up: How Entrepreneurs in Tech are Targeted for Espionage

59

Giving Back to the Intelligence and Military Communities

60

Former Trump Ambassador on Why Ukraine 'Must' Win

61

The Case for Overhauling the Department of Defense

62

On a Collision Course with China

63

Yes, We're in a National Security Crisis

64

The Government Agency that actually is trying to get inside your head: Understanding DCSA's Mission

65

Israel and the Law of International Armed Conflict

66

America's Wake Up Call on National Security

67

The Arrest of Sinaloa Kingpin Ismael Zambada and Its Impact on the Drug Trade

68

Outgoing Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Reflects on today's Very Real Terrorist Threat

69

TRM Labs and National Security: A View from Inside an Early Stage, Venture-Backed Startup

70

At NATO Summit, Putin's Greatest Weapon is still a Scare Tactic

71

How Technology Impacts U.S. Intelligence

72

The Lights Are Going Out All Over Europe

73

High Command with Retired General Frank McKenzie

74

Around The World With Former CIA Officer Edward Bogan

75

Is Russia Attacking U.S. Government Employees Using High-Energy Weapons?

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Ukraine's Bright Hope To Build Back Stronger

77

From Special Operations to the CIA: Assessing the Complexity of the Global Environment

78

Live from Taiwan :A Debrief with RADM Mike Studeman (Ret)

79

Villains, Victims and Vendors in Cyberspace

80

Iran's Proxy War Against The U.S.

81

Gen Z and CIA is a Relationship in Need of Counseling

82

The Innovation Gap

83

Secrets of Espionage

84

A Seasoned former CIA Officer Shares Stories of War & Espionage

85

Israel, Hamas and the Path to War

86

The Future of Open Source - A View from the CIA

87

Putting the National Cybersecurity Strategy into Practice

88

The Hunt for Spies in the U.S.

89

An Overture of the Next Phase of US-China Relations

90

A Life of Secrets

91

The Ukraine Debrief

92

Ukraine's New Cyber Force

93

A Strategic View of Global Security

94

The Basics of AI and how it's Impacting U.S. National Security

95

The DIA's Global Intelligence Picture

96

Which Cards Could Beijing Play on Ukraine, North Korea and Taiwan?

97

What I Know About Havana Syndrome

98

The War in Ukraine is Changing the World

99

Ukraine's Next Move with General Phil Breedlove (Ret.)

100

China and the Ballooning National Security Threat