For as long as humans have existed, they’ve engaged in warfare with one another. But those battlefields often put soldiers at odds with nature’s deadliest combatants. These are stories of the conflict between humankind and one of the animal kingdom’s most effective units.
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Nov 24
A Sergeant Goes Missing at a Nuclear Testing Range
<p>The vast, empty deserts of New Mexico became the proving grounds for America's nuclear arsenal, a landscape of secrets and strange phenomena. It was here that a routine missile recovery mission turned into a gruesome mystery, leaving one Air Force Sergeant surgically mutilated ... Show More
30m 29s
Nov 10
They Shouldn't Have Invaded Finland
<p>The Winter War was a brutal struggle against a determined human enemy and the unforgiving cold, dangers the Red Army knew and understood. Yet on a desolate mountain plateau, where strange stone idols stand guard and the trees twist in agony, a Soviet company learned that some ... Show More
27m 33s
Aug 2024
Episode 134, The Philosophy of War (Part I - The Human Condition)
<p class="">On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, instantly killing up to 80,000 civilians, with another 40,000 dying soon after from burns and radiation poisoning. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the surrender of the Japanese Army, marking the ... Show More
42m 38s
Nov 2023
Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale, "Why Men?: A Human History of Violence and Inequality" (Hurst, 2023)
How did humans, a species that evolved to be cooperative and egalitarian, develop societies of enforced inequality? Why did our ancestors create patriarchal power and warfare? Did it have to be this way? These are some of the key questions that Dr. Nancy Lindisfarne and Dr. Jonat ... Show More
1h 14m
Sep 2024
Episode 134, The Philosophy of War (Part II - In Pursuit of Power)
<p class="">On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, instantly killing up to 80,000 civilians, with another 40,000 dying soon after from burns and radiation poisoning. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the surrender of the Japanese Army, marking the ... Show More
43m 42s
Feb 2025
La guerre de Troie a-t-elle vraiment eu lieu ?
<p>La guerre de Troie, immortalisée par Homère dans l’Iliade, fascine depuis des siècles. Mais s’agit-il d’un mythe littéraire ou d’un véritable conflit historique ? Depuis longtemps, les historiens et archéologues tentent de démêler la réalité de la légende.</p><br><p>Les source ... Show More
2m 24s
Jul 2024
446: Using Asymmetric Warfare To Even The Odds In Competition
What do we do when we are outmatched, outgunned, out-resourced? When there is an imbalance in power in competition, war, relationships, and life. Defining Asymmetric Warfare. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content
2h 6m
Apr 2022
Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Achilles at War
In this episode, we explore what happened to gender in the pressure-cooker of ancient war. To do that, we skip ahead ten years to a different beach: the war-blasted, corpse-strewn sands below the walls of Troy. As the Trojan War dragged on, the most respect went to those who were ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2025
CLASSIC: Weird Wars Fought For Dumb Reasons
What do a camel, a bucket and an ear all have in common? Each was, at some point, responsible for starting a war. In today's Classic episode, join Ben and Noel as they dive into true stories of weird wars fought over cartoonishly dumb things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac ... Show More
44m 44s