It’s been called President Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement — so why does the Trump administration think it was the “worst deal ever” made? On this season of Things That Go Boom, we’ll take a look at the Iran deal — but this isn’t an Iran deal explainer. This is a story about how America […]
2020 has been a scary year. In an effort to get to the root of why we’re all feeling the way we are,…
Things That Go Boom will be back November 9th, and we’ll be there to hold your hand while you weep, or…
Can the country rebound from the social, cultural, and economic toll of COVID-19? Now we know what…
Prepping a fallout shelter might sound like an exercise from an era of soda fountains and hula hoops. But for Ron Hubbard, president of Atlas Survival Shelters, business is, well… booming. Ron says he sold a shelter a month when he started out in 2011. Now he sells about one a day — from a […]
Why did the US Naval Academy reinstate celestial navigation as part of its curriculum a few years ago?…
Disinformation and misinformation have been blurring the line between fantasy and reality since the start…
As the US reckons with systemic racism and a less-than-democratic past, China is doubling down on its…
Are we in the middle of a new Cold War? Or have we rewritten the game? With old nuclear arms treaties…
After almost a decade in prison, Yevgeny Prigozhin was released into a new world. Gorbachev gave his last…
If the US can’t build better airports or trains than China, or even take care of itself in times of…
The US spends more than $700 billion on defense every year, more than healthcare, education, and all the…
We’re baaaack. Things That Go Boom — your friendly, neighborhood, national security podcast —…