We take stock of our last 12 months of interviews, featuring conversations with generals, White House officials, researchers, authors, our own reporters, and many more.
Guests include:
- U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell, who at the time commanded the United States Army Japan; he is now commander of the ISIS-focused Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (from episode 115);
- Monica Toft, professor of international politics and the director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and Sidita Kushi, assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State University (from episode 116);
- Michael Knights, security analyst with the Washington Institute (from episode 124);
- Defense One's Sam Skove (from episode 125);
- Sam Bendett, advisor in Russian studies at CNA (from episode 126);
- Defense One's Patrick Tucker (from episode 129);
- Decker Eveleth, graduate research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California (from episode 130);
- Martin Pfeiffer, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of New Mexico (from episode 131);
- Patrick Tucker again (from episode 132);
- Sam Skove again (from episode 134);
- Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; and Joshua Geltzer is Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor at the National Security Council (from episode 135);
- And Barak Mendelsohn, Professor of Political Science at Haverford College in Philadelphia (from episode 138).