Latest Pentagon Podcast Episodes
Subscribercast 79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media
ClandesTime - August 23, 2023 20:13 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe Department of Justice’s office of public affairs is the nation’s hub for information on true crime. In this episode... The post Subscribercast 79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
The GOP Debate and China with Rep Mike Gallagher
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - August 22, 2023 23:41 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAs Republican candidates prepare for the first debate, does the GOP have a China strategy? In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) challenges the candidates and the party to confront what he calls “America’s greatest geopolitical threat.” RealClearDefens...
ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials Ops: Lioness)
ClandesTime - August 13, 2023 17:38 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsAmazon have finally pulled the plug on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, going out with a smudged inkblot of a final... The post ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials Ops: Lioness) first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Taiwan, Drones, AI, and the Future of Warfare with Mick Ryan
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - August 10, 2023 20:10 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe war in Ukraine has rapidly reshaped how strategists think about the modern battlefield, especially the use of drones, cyber, social media, and the importance of electronic warfare. Looking at a potential conflict with China, what would a military confrontation over Taiwan look like in this n...
ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in Hollywood
ClandesTime - August 06, 2023 19:37 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe Mafia. Hollywood starlets. Foreign leaders. Fake sex tapes. Illegal surveillance. Watergate. The CIA. And Howard Hughes. Robert Maheu’s life... The post ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
CNNs Jake Tapper "All the Demons Are Here", Covering Afghanistan, and the War in Ukraine
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - August 02, 2023 21:51 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn today’s “Hot Wash,” CNN’s Jake Tapper talks about his new fiction thriller “All the Demons Are Here” about an AWOL US Marine back from the Vietnam War and lost in the chaos of the 1970’s. We also discuss his nonfiction book, “The Outpost” about the heroism and tragedy of one of the deadliest ...
ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar
ClandesTime - July 30, 2023 16:21 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsYou know how it goes: you wait years for a movie that reframes the war in Afghanistan as a Saving... The post ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Rep. Mark Green on Securing the Border, BRICS, NATO, and the Recruitment Crisis in the Military
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - July 26, 2023 21:56 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWelcome to the first episode of BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front, presented by Real Clear Defense, in which we ask a member of Congress 7 questions that cut to the chase of what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. Today we hear from Republican Congressman Mark Green of Tennessee, who graduated f...
Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer
ClandesTime - July 23, 2023 16:41 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsDid Joe Colombo approve the script for The Godfather? Was Dorothy Hunt murdered by the CIA as part of the... The post Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Oppenheimer: The Man Behind the Movie
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - July 19, 2023 04:05 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsChristopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film “Oppenheimer” opens this weekend. For the story behind one of America’s most consequential and controversial scientific minds in his own words, listen to a mini-audio documentary about Robert Oppenheimer: his connections to the Communist party, his tro...
ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon
ClandesTime - July 12, 2023 16:56 ★★★★ - 60 ratings1996’s Independence Day is corny, schlocky, nationalistic and pro-nuclear weapons. So how did it end up being rejected by the... The post ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Why Did Putin Let Prigozhin Go? With Kathryn Stoner
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - July 06, 2023 04:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn Friday June 23rd Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, took to Telegram to announce that he would, “march for justice” to stop the Russian defense ministry “evil”. By Saturday morning Wagner forces had claimed control of Rostov-on-Don, the Russian military headq...
ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire
ClandesTime - July 02, 2023 19:54 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsDesert Storm. A female Army Captain. Friendly fire killings. Mutiny. White Phosphorous. Lies and cover-ups. The story of the writing,... The post ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
FBI Source Goes Missing in Russia: From 9/11 to the War in Ukraine
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - June 29, 2023 16:24 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRealClearDefense contributor John Waters speaks with Wall Street Journal National Security reporter Brett Forrest about his new bestselling book, "Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI’s Secret Wars.” Expanding on his investigation for the Journal, Forrest explores the disappearanc...
Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3
ClandesTime - June 25, 2023 18:22 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this subscribercast we examine how the season-long arc in The Shield is a metaphor for the legacy of Iran-Contra,... The post Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3 first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Did the Cold War Really End? 100 Years of Espionage with Calder Walton
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - June 22, 2023 04:05 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDid the Cold War really end? As recently as this week, the New York Times confirmed that in 2020 Russian intelligence attempted to assassinate a defector on US soil, crossing a major red line even during the height of the Cold War. On today’s episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash” ho...
ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood
ClandesTime - June 18, 2023 17:09 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe CIA helps to make movies, but what does it think of them? In this episode we delve into how... The post ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
The Women behind the POW/MIA Movement
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - June 15, 2023 04:05 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn today's "Hot Wash," RCD contributor John Waters talks to the authors of a new book, “Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought to Ensure No Man is Left Behind.” It is the story of how the wives of Prisoners of War and those Missing In Action during the Vietnam War compelled the military and the US gov...
The Navy SEAL Fighting in Ukraine: Daniel Swift and the Pull of Combat
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - June 08, 2023 16:43 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn today's "Hot Wash," RCD contributor John Waters talks to the authors of one the site's most popular recent articles, “The Navy SEAL Who Went to Ukraine Because He Couldn’t Stop Fighting.” The tortured story of Daniel Swift, a decorated Navy SEAL who went AWOL, only to end up on the frontlines...
Kissinger's Betrayal: How America Lost the Vietnam War
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - June 01, 2023 04:05 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsVisit RealClearPublishing for more information on“Kissinger’s Betrayal: How America Lost the Vietnam War” "Follow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning...
Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in Hollywood
ClandesTime - May 27, 2023 17:53 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsWhat does the Deputy Director of the CIA think about spy movies? And what about the founders of the first... The post Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
The Age of Danger with Andy Hoehn and Thom Shanker
RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash - May 22, 2023 16:17 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsFollow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, ve...
ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now
ClandesTime - May 08, 2023 11:45 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsWhen it comes to black operations during the Vietnam War, the Phoenix Program (and its parallels and predecessors) is legendary... The post ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry
ClandesTime - May 08, 2023 11:30 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester bombing recently published its full and final report. In this episode, we take... The post ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon
ClandesTime - April 30, 2023 17:33 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe US military’s targeting of children goes back decades. In this episode we look at a classic of the children’s... The post ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two
ClandesTime - April 26, 2023 18:17 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe Shield season two ups the stakes on season one in every way – political, societal, personal. In this month’s... The post Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts
ClandesTime - April 16, 2023 19:59 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsIf a military supported romance drama with Twitter-level gender politics sounds like a terrible movie then you aren’t wrong. In... The post ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Uniform, and Uniformly Wrong
Zero Hour: A History of 9/11 - April 14, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 91 ratings2002 - 2009 With the Taliban ousted and Al Qaeda on the run, the United States begins to shift its attention and resources to Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The United States and its allies topple the Hussein regime fairly quickly, and soon learn how difficult it is to assume responsibility for run...
Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter?
ClandesTime - March 22, 2023 10:26 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsShort answer: yes, with an if. Long answer: no, with a but. In this subscribercast we look at two movies... The post Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter? first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program
ClandesTime - March 21, 2023 19:28 ★★★★ - 60 ratingsFilms about torture are often exploitative and sadistic, and even more so when they are state sponsored. In this episode... The post ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)