When Members of Congress are sworn into office, they say an oath.  To protect the country from all enemies… foreign and... more

When former US Navy Intelligence Officer Andrew McCormick spent the holiday season in Kandahar in 2013, attempts at holiday cheer... more

One night In 1968, Ed Meagher was finishing his last shift at Clark Airways, which included authenticating and repeating messages... more

This month on Things That Go Boom, we’re passing the mic to three veterans to share their memories in their... more

After a season spent examining feminist foreign policies around the world, we turn our attention back to the US. Will... more

Political Scientist Cynthia Enloe is, arguably, the reason we’re all here. She was one of the first to explore gender... more

As civilian casualties mount in Gaza and many more conflicts around the world kill and displace vulnerable people, we ask,... more

When news of a new disaster seems to roll in every day… it can feel like there’s little hope. But what... more

When does something as deeply personal as abortion become a matter of foreign policy? Maybe when it becomes a stand-in for... more

Mexico's gotten a lot of praise for its feminist foreign policy — despite ongoing femicide in the country. But Mexican... more

It took two years, after holdups from Turkey and Hungary, but Sweden has officially joined NATO. A move not everyone... more

This season on Things That Go Boom, we’re on a mission to figure out this new thing spreading like wildfire... more

With more than 50 elections set to take place around the world, 2024 will be a battle for democracy. It... more

Click Here is a podcast, hosted by Dina Temple-Raston, that tells true stories about the people making and breaking our... more

What do swarms of autonomous drones, facial recognition, and nuclear test site monitoring have in common? They are all things... more

On Sunday, the people of Poland cast their votes in an election that some have called a battle for the... more

We’re about a year out from a presidential election, and former President Donald Trump is leading the Republican pack in... more

When we say that we’re going to store something “in the cloud” it sounds like an ethereal place somewhere in... more

Internet blackouts — when internet service is shut down in a country or region — have become much more common over the... more

It’s one of our biggest problems in 2023, and it can feel distinctly human. But it's not. All sorts of... more

Greg is an artist whose clients include Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons. And much like a lot of... more

In the age of Oppenheimer, nuclear weapons didn’t have much to do with computers. And, for a long time, most... more

We need the internet. No, seriously. In 2023, the digital realm isn’t so much a portal as it is the... more

You know the internet — that big, vast, expanse that powers our lives and every single thing we do. It’s... more

We’re hard at work on Season 8 of Things That Go Boom, coming your way July 10. But in the... more

America’s war on communism in southeast Asia dragged the entire region into the fray, and the impacts are still an... more

There are tens, or even hundreds, of thousands of edible plants in the world. But humans only cultivate a couple... more

Just two years ago, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was in prison. It’s a fairytale-like comeback story. But... more

Despite being banned, anti-personnel landmines and unexploded submunitions still litter fields from Bosnia to Bangladesh. And they’re even being used... more

One morning in the 2010s, a rural midwestern farmer called the cops. There was a guy in a suit sniffing... more

We turn our attention to the narrow strait that divides China and Taiwan, which some analysts believe is the most... more

Conversations about downsizing America’s defense budget almost immediately stall out in a Catch-22: Reallocating those tax dollars to invest in... more

Many Americans once viewed the US military as a reliable road to a middle-class life. But, despite record-breaking military spending... more

Samin Nosrat joins us to talk about cooking, conflict, and the global forces shaping the food on our plates. Have... more

On the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, endangered plants bloom on the shrubsteppe. The Yakama Nation signed a treaty in 1855 to... more

When we’re not in a crisis, food doesn’t tend to make it into stump speeches or budget pressers. It’s easy... more

Think back to when you were a kid, and school was out. What did you eat when you got home? Maybe... more

Putin’s war in Ukraine has European nations scrambling to cut off their supplies of Russian gas — both to further... more

China’s business activity in the Arctic has been attracting a lot of eyeballs. Its state-sponsored construction companies have been securing... more

Noel Cockney and Randy Baillargeon have seen what a warming North can do to their home. Manning an educational Indigenous fish... more