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- 1 hour 11 minutes147. Will Trump Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Programme? (Ep 2)
How do you actually destroy a nuclear programme? What would a US boots-on-the-ground raid inside Iran look like? And do David and Gordon think Trump will take Operation Epic Fury to the next level?
Listen as David and Gordon imagine what it would take to destroy Iran's nuclear programme.
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14 April 2026, 11:05 pm - 59 minutes 55 seconds146. How the CIA Rescued a Pilot Inside Iran (Ep 1)
How involved were the CIA in the operation to rescue a US pilot stranded inside Iran? What does it take to "destroy" a nuclear programme? And what could Iran learn from North Korea?
Listen as David and Gordon discuss the intricacies of the recent mission to extract a downed US Weapons Officer inside Iran and delve into how this operation might help the US and Israel launch an attack on Iran's nuclear programme.
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12 April 2026, 11:00 pm - 51 minutes 1 second145. Black Hawk Down: What Osama bin Laden Learnt from Somalia (Ep 4)
What was the legacy of the Battle of Mogadishu? How did the fallout change the US presence in Somalia forever? And how did the experience in Somalia inspire Osama bin Laden’s acts of terror?
Listen as David and Gordon conclude their four-part series on the extraordinary events of Black Hawk Down.
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7 April 2026, 11:15 pm - 45 minutes 29 seconds144. Black Hawk Down: The Bloodiest US Battle Since Vietnam (Ep 3)
How long will the Battle of Mogadishu last? Can the soldiers survive until daylight? And will the Rescue Team come in time to save the soldiers?
Listen as David and Gordon reach the climax of the story of Black Hawk Down.
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5 April 2026, 11:10 pm - 52 minutes 39 seconds143. Black Hawk Down: Chaos in Mogadishu (Ep 2)
One Black Hawk is down. Americans are taking fire left, right and centre. And it feels like there’s no way out.
This is the true story of Black Hawk Down.
Listen as David and Gordon continue the story of the Battle of Mogadishu as it escalates beyond the plans of the generals back at the US base.
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31 March 2026, 11:05 pm - 54 minutes 6 seconds142. Black Hawk Down: The True Story (Ep 1)
What really happened at the Battle of Mogadishu? How did an operation that should have taken an hour end up taking almost twenty-four? And what brought US troops into the conflict in the first place?
Listen as David and Gordon embark on telling the true story of one of the deadliest US operations since the Vietnam War.
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29 March 2026, 11:00 pm - 53 minutes 2 seconds141. Trump’s Latin America Playbook: How the CIA Toppled a Regime (Ep 2)
How did the CIA mastermind one of the most audacious coups in world history? What does it take to remove a world leader? And what does the future hold for Latin America with Donald Trump now at the helm of US foreign policy?
Listen as David and Gordon recount the story of the 1954 Guatemalan coup and delve into whether Cuba will be the next state on Donald Trump's hit list.
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25 March 2026, 12:05 am - 52 minutes 4 seconds140. Trump’s Latin America Playbook: Before Venezuela, There Was Guatemala (Ep 1)
Is Cuba next on Trump's hit list? Why are the US so concerned by what's happening in their "backyard"? And what can we learn from the history of regime change in Latin America to help us understand the "Donroe Doctrine"?
Listen as David and Gordon delve inside the Guatemalan coup of 1954 and examine what Donald Trump has learnt from how the CIA plotted regime change in the agency's early years.
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23 March 2026, 12:00 am - 55 minutes 52 seconds139. Trump vs Iran: Saddam Hussein and the Nuclear Bomb (Ep 2)
After 9/11 it looked as though a new path of diplomacy could be forged between Iran and the US, and then George Bush referred to the nation as part of the Axis of Evil. The years that followed were characterised by Iran-backed terror attacks, regional instability and an uncertain future.
But how did we get here?
Listen as David and Gordon are once again joined by historian and author Arash Azizi to discuss the role of Saddam Hussein and Iran’s nuclear programme in the long conflict between Iran and the US.
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18 March 2026, 12:05 am - 55 minutes 41 seconds138. Trump vs Iran: The Road to Operation Epic Fury (Ep 1)
Why did the US and Israel launch strikes on Iran on 28 February? What is the secret history behind the conflict? And how did Ayatollah Khamenei seize power in 1979?
Listen as David and Gordon are joined by historian and author Arash Azizi to discuss the road to Operation Epic Fury and the long history that brought us to this point.
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16 March 2026, 12:00 am - 1 hour 6 minutes137. How Russia Made Trump: MAGA Take The White House (Ep 6)
Was Putin behind the election of Trump in 2016? And were Hillary Clinton's emails really as “crooked” as they seemed?
As David and Gordon conclude their series on how Russia made Trump, they ask what the legacy of the active measures campaign has been and whether the aftermath has changed the world, forever.
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