Best Anais Long Podcasts (2024)

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Politics and National Security in the Star Wars Universe, with Chris Kempshall 2:03:07

1h ago2:03:07

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The Star Wars universe gets a lot of attention for its lightsabers, space battles, and witty droids. But over the decades, a rich lore has developed around its history and politics. Dr. Chris Kempshall researches and writes at the intersection of real-world history, with a focus on the First World War, and the Star Wars universe. His books include …

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The Largest Sting Operation of All Time with Joseph Cox 1:21:18

5d ago1:21:18

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Joseph Cox is an award-winning investigative journalist and the co-founder of 404 Media. He is also the world’s leading reporter on the FBI's Anom sting operation, a topic he has written about in the new book, Dark Wire: The Incredbile True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever. Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode wa…

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The Librarians Who Saved Books in World War II, with Kathy Peiss 1:12:16

16d ago1:12:16

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As the Second World War started, an unsung cadre of US librarians and other information management professionals was making its way to Europe to acquire printed material that could help American analysts understand international threats. As the war went on, the mission of these experts expanded to also include an unprecedented effort to locate, pre…

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Libertarianism and National Security with Katherine Mangu-Ward 1:16:45

20d ago1:16:45

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Libertarianism doesn’t fit easily on the traditional left-right spectrum of American politics. The philosophy upholds personal liberty as a core value. What does it have to say about matters of foreign policy and national security, which encompass ideas about self-defense but also protection of the state? Katherine Mangu-Ward sat down with Shane Ha…

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The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, with Renée DiResta 1:18:07

25d ago1:18:07

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Renée DiResta is the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. Until the other day, she was one of the brains behind the Stanford Internet Observatory, where she did pioneering work studying Internet information streams how they generate. The day before this podcast was recorded, news broke that Stanford was shutting down—o…

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FDR, Charles Lindbergh, and Presidential Libraries with Paul Sparrow 1:17:00

1M ago1:17:00

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Paul Sparrow, who served as Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum from 2015 to 2022, has written the book Awakening the Spirit of America about the war of words between FDR and Charles Lindbergh in 1940-41. He joined host David Priess to discuss his path to the FDR Library, the history of presidential libraries, how …

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The Harrowing History of the Soviet Space Program with John Strausbaugh 1:15:50

2M ago1:15:50

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In the wake of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union set off on the great space race, competing to see which super power could put the first human in space and eventually land them on the Moon. As historian John Strausbaugh writes, that race should have been over before it even started. Strausbaugh’s new book, The Wrong Stuff: How th…

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Oceania's Nuclear and Climate Storytelling with Anaïs Maurer 1:11:25

2M ago1:11:25

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Raised in Mā’ohi Nui (French Polynesia), Dr. Anaïs Maurer is assistant professor of literature at Rutgers University and author of The Ocean on Fire. Her research and writing, including this book, have explored the intersection of the legacy of colonial powers' massive nuclear detonations in Oceania, critical threats from climate change, and the st…

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American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, with Tim Alberta 57:07

2M ago57:07

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Tim Alberta is an American journalist and author, and son of an evangelical pastor. Following his father’s death in 2019, Alberta began a four year journey, talking to American evangelicals ranging from megachurch pastors who preach to thousands to pastors at churches with a few dozen congregants to understand the schism occurring in the American e…

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Climate Migration with Gaia Vince 1:20:03

2M ago1:20:03

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Migration has always been a part of humanity's story. It will continue to be so long after any of us now living are gone. Population shifts in the coming century, spurred by climate change, are on track to become more extreme than at any point in our history--with hundreds of millions, probably billions, of people on the move. For this episode, Dav…

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Phantom Orbit with Journalist David Ignatius 1:02:10

3M ago1:02:10

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David Ignatius has worked at the Washington Post for more than 35 years in various roles and won many awards. He has written a column on foreign affairs for 25 years and reported some of the most significant national security stories over the last couple of decades. And he has done it while pumping out best-selling spy thrillers. Lawfare Research f…

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How the Cold War Made Miami with Vince Houghton 1:20:28

3M ago1:20:28

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For a period of time in the 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency was one of the biggest, if not the biggest, employer in the city of Miami. The CIA had set up a base of operations there, aimed primarily at undermining the regime of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. From those early days, writes historian Vince Houghton, the Cold War battle against commu…

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New Cold Wars with Journalist David Sanger 1:06:54

3M ago1:06:54

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David Sanger has been writing for the New York Times since he graduated from college more than four decades ago. Over that period, Sanger has served as a business correspondent in Silicon Valley, the Times bureau chief in Japan, and has covered the last five presidents—which has given Sanger a front-row seat to U.S. foreign policy for much of the p…

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Fabric, Dyes, Glamour, and International Affairs, with Virginia Postrel 1:30:47

3M ago1:30:47

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Author and speaker Virginia Postrel has spent many years researching and writing about, among other things, various aspects of the economics and societal context of fashion, glamour, and consumer choice. A few years ago her book The Fabric of Civilization tackled the history and global effects of fabric-making, dyeing, the clothing trade, and other…

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The Pentagon’s Alliance with the Country Music Industry with Joseph Thompson 1:19:41

3M ago1:19:41

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For decades, country music has had a close and special relationship to the U.S. military. In his new book, Cold War Country, historian Joseph Thompson shows how the leaders of Nashville’s Music Row found ways to sell their listeners on military service, at the same time they sold country music to people in uniform. Shane Harris spoke with Thompson …

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Why Foreign Policy Elites Matter with Elizabeth Saunders 1:22:33

4M ago1:22:33

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The "deep state." The "blob." Foreign policy elites are often so labeled, misunderstood, and denigrated. But what influence on presidents and on public opinion do they actually have? Elizabeth Saunders, professor of political science at Columbia, has researched this topic deeply and written about it in her new book, The Insiders' Game. David Priess…

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Nuclear War: A Scenario with Annie Jacobsen 1:14:25

4M ago1:14:25

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Without warning, North Korea launches a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile at the United States. American satellites detect the launch within seconds, setting off a frantic, harrowing sequence of events that threatens to engulf the planet in a nuclear holocaust. That’s the terrifying hypothetical storyline that journalist Annie Jacobs…

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From Right-Wing Radio to the Heart of the Never Trump Movement, with Charlie Sykes 1:16:35

4M ago1:16:35

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Charlie Sykes recently stepped down as host of the Bulwark Podcast. He's a regular commentator on MSNBC, and has written a number of books. He tells the story here of his political journey, from being a page for the Wisconsin delegation at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, to being a working journalist increasingly disenchanted wi…

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Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and the CIA with Benjamin Breen 1:24:19

4M ago1:24:19

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If you’re listening to this podcast, chances are you’ve heard stories about the CIA’s experiments with drugs, particularly LSD, during the infamous MKUltra program. But you may not know that the characters involved in that dubious effort connect to one of the 20th Century’s most famous and revered scientists, the anthropologist Margaret Mead. Shane…

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Spy Disguises in Fact and Fiction with Jonna Mendez 1:27:22

5M ago1:27:22

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Jonna Mendez advanced in her Central Intelligence Agency career to become Chief of Disguise despite the many institutional challenges to women's promotions. And now she has written a memoir, In True Face, about it all. David Priess spoke with Jonna about career options for women at CIA in the early Cold War, her own start there in the 1960s, how ph…

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The Moon, Tides, and National Security with Rebecca Boyle 1:10:52

5M ago1:10:52

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We all know how superpower competition spurred one giant leap for mankind on the lunar surface in July 1969. But the story of how the Moon and its tides affect national security is deeper and wider than most of us realize. David Priess explored this intersection with science journalist Rebecca Boyle, author of the new book Our Moon, about her path …

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President Biden’s Foreign Policy with Alex Ward 1:21:44

5M ago1:21:44

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Joe Biden took office with a big ambition: To repair America’s reputation abroad and set the country on a new path, where foreign policy would be crafted with the middle class in mind. So writes journalist Alexander Ward, whose new book, The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump, chronicles Biden’s first two ye…

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Life and Death in Ukraine with Journalist Christopher Miller 47:54

5M ago47:54

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In February 2022, Russia launched a full scale invasion into Ukraine in the largest attack on a European country since World War II. This invasion did not start a new war, but escalated the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War that started in 2014 when Russian forces captured Crimea and invaded the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. In his book, “The War Came to …

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The Global Citizenship Industry with Kristin Surak 1:14:05

5M ago1:14:05

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Some people call it "investor citizenship" while others label it a "passport for sale" scheme. Either way, the last few decades have seen the global citizenship industry grow and evolve in ways that both reflect and impact issues around national sovereignty, tax regimes, international business, and global inequities. David Priess chatted about thes…

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The Long History of US Foreign Disaster Aid, with Julia Irwin 1:17:45

6M ago1:17:45

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American aid to global victims of natural disasters might seem like a relatively new phenomenon, perhaps linked to the Marshall Plan and other major programs in the past several decades. But US efforts to assist those suffering from earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, major flooding, and other such catastrophes actually goes back to the Jame…

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Anais Long Podcasts

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Politics and National Security in the Star Wars Universe, with Chris Kempshall 2:03:07

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The Largest Sting Operation of All Time with Joseph Cox 1:21:18

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The Librarians Who Saved Books in World War II, with Kathy Peiss 1:12:16

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Libertarianism and National Security with Katherine Mangu-Ward 1:16:45

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The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, with Renée DiResta 1:18:07

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FDR, Charles Lindbergh, and Presidential Libraries with Paul Sparrow 1:17:00

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The Harrowing History of the Soviet Space Program with John Strausbaugh 1:15:50

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Oceania's Nuclear and Climate Storytelling with Anaïs Maurer 1:11:25

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American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, with Tim Alberta 57:07

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Climate Migration with Gaia Vince 1:20:03

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Phantom Orbit with Journalist David Ignatius 1:02:10

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How the Cold War Made Miami with Vince Houghton 1:20:28

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New Cold Wars with Journalist David Sanger 1:06:54

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Fabric, Dyes, Glamour, and International Affairs, with Virginia Postrel 1:30:47

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The Pentagon’s Alliance with the Country Music Industry with Joseph Thompson 1:19:41

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Why Foreign Policy Elites Matter with Elizabeth Saunders 1:22:33

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Nuclear War: A Scenario with Annie Jacobsen 1:14:25

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From Right-Wing Radio to the Heart of the Never Trump Movement, with Charlie Sykes 1:16:35

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Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and the CIA with Benjamin Breen 1:24:19

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Spy Disguises in Fact and Fiction with Jonna Mendez 1:27:22

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The Moon, Tides, and National Security with Rebecca Boyle 1:10:52

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President Biden’s Foreign Policy with Alex Ward 1:21:44

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Life and Death in Ukraine with Journalist Christopher Miller 47:54

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The Global Citizenship Industry with Kristin Surak 1:14:05

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The Long History of US Foreign Disaster Aid, with Julia Irwin 1:17:45

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