Today

The Daily Blast: Fox in Full Meltdown as Network’s Own Poll Hits Trump with Brutal News

Fox News is having profound trouble coping with the spate of terrible stories hitting Donald Trump. Lately the network has been mostly avoiding discussion of the Iran debacle. Fox largely ignored the report of a Russian oligarch funding Don Jr.’s wedding. It didn’t appear to cove ... Show More

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Yesterday

DSR Daily September 17: UN Reports Potential War Crimes in Iran

On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we cover a UN report on potential war crimes in Iran, talks between Canada and the EU, a stunning new report on DOGE, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yesterday

Words Matter: How Low Will the Mobster-in-Chief Go?

Donald Trump is shutting down the Kennedy Center because he can’t put his name on it. Why? He wants “Donald J. Trump” on the building to steal presidential glory because he’s not getting it on his own. Meanwhile, the Republicans in Congress are silent about his flagrant narcissis ... Show More

50m 56s

Sep 2021

Rafael Grossi - Nuclear fallout

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, amid concern about renewed tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme. Tehran insists that it is only developing nuclear power for civilian purposes but now Israel has warned that it cr ... Show More

22m 59s

Dec 2021

Rays of Hope

"How obscene it would be for a country…that still has poverty, that still has all these problems, to spend billions in nuclear weapons. What for?" IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has specialized in non-proliferation and disarmament issues for more t ... Show More

34m 17s

Nov 2022

Rafael Grossi: Is nuclear power ever risk-free?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Rafael Grossi, director general of the world’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. He’s been to Ukraine and has visited Putin in his continuing efforts to avert disaster at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant. Is the Ukraine war a l ... Show More

23m 48s

May 2024

The Intelligence: An interview with the director of the IAEA

The IAEA is charged with promoting the <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2024/05/20/irans-new-leaders-stand-at-a-nuclear-precipice?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na ... Show More

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May 2024

The Intelligence: An interview with the director of the IAEA

The IAEA is charged with promoting the peaceful use of atomic energy. But with uncertainty in Iran and a delicate situation in Ukraine, can the organisation still keep risks under control? The world’s most important diamond company is in trouble. Could selling out save them (10:3 ... Show More

22m 37s

Mar 2023

More Than 1% Chance Of Nukes

George Beebe is Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute, he was formerly the director of the CIA's Russia analysis unit, and he worked as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. He joins us to analyze the progress of the war in Ukraine with special ... Show More

35m 20s

Mar 2022

Nuclear Risks and Putin's Quest for Glory

Former CIA officer and former head of Department of Energy intelligence Rolf Mowatt-Larssen assesses the risks in Vladimir Putin's takeover of Ukraine's nuclear power stations in a conversation with Jeanne Meserve. And Lawrence Wilkerson, retired US Army Colonel and former chief ... Show More

42m 36s

Nov 2021

The "Nuclear Tongue Twister" Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta and Scott were joined by special guest, Rational Security editor Jen Patja Howell! They sat down to discuss:<ul><li>“Our Stand on Havana”: While pressure is building on the Biden administration to take a stand on <a href="https://www.nytimes.co ... Show More

57m 59s

Jun 2025

UN Nuclear Chief on Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Today on the program, the US entered the conflict between Israel and Iran by striking three of its key nuclear sites. Fareed speaks with head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi about the damage caused by the attack. Then, why did President Trump decide to ent ... Show More

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