Best Cliff Mass Podcasts (2024)

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The Road From Riyadh to Jerusalem 47:29

7h ago47:29

47:29

Ali Khamenei, Iran’s longtime ruler, saw the possibility of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia as a threat to his hegemonic ambitions. On Oct. 7, Hamas, one of Tehran’s proxies, invaded Israel and committed multiple acts of barbarism. That sparked a war and froze prospects for a new Saudi-Israeli relationship. However, The Wall Street Jo…

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Jerusalem and Tehran Consider Their Options 59:56

8d ago59:56

59:56

Last weekend, Iran’s rulers launched a massive missile and drone assault on Israel. Though the attack was thwarted, it should be obvious that the Islamic Republic is willing to pursue its goal of “Death to Israel!” — not just by utilizing Arab proxies and pawns, but now also directly from within its own territory. We must assume that Iran’s rulers …

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The Homeless Industrial Complex PART 3 - with Tom Wolfe 1:01:58

9d ago1:01:58

1:01:58

In this episode Mike welcomes back Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle with special guest, recovering addict and homeless care advocate, Tom Wolfe. They dive deep into Tom’s backstory and discuss the root causes of the homeless epidemic plaguing the west coast.By Mike Solan

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The Thickening Fog of War 55:14

14d ago55:14

55:14

Six months after Iranian-backed terrorists perpetrated the largest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, Israel’s ground war against Hamas in Gaza, its conflict with Lebanon-based Hezbollah in Israel’s north, and Tehran’s multi-front shadow war against the Jewish state continue. For a status update, host Cliff May is joined by his FDD colleagues B…

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Israel's Shadow War 53:17

23d ago53:17

53:17

The Israeli airstrike next to Iran’s embassy in Damascus on April 1 targeted several high-ranking members of Iran’s Quds Force — an elite division of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, which is designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. Among those killed: top IRGC-QF commander in Syria and Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Zahedi. The r…

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Ronald Meets the Donald 1:06:48

1M ago1:06:48

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President Reagan knew a detent with the Soviet Union wouldn’t win the Cold War. If we take off the gloves and force Soviet communism to compete with American democracy, he thought, the U.S. will prevail. In a phrase: “We win, they lose.” He was right. The U.S. won. The Soviet Union collapsed. But in the decades since as America’s role in the world …

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John Bolton’s New World Order 41:50

1M ago41:50

41:50

After World War II, the United States attempted to construct something new: a liberal, American-led, rules-based international order that would promote human rights, Enlightenment values, and democracy. Today, the dictatorial rulers of China, Russia, and Iran are attempting to establish something different: a world order that is radically illiberal…

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Ali Khamenei’s Nuclear Ambitions and Weapons of Mass Distraction 56:39

2M ago56:39

56:39

In Gaza, Israelis are fighting a ground war – and an underground war – against Hamas, a proxy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Israelis also are responding to missile attacks from Hezbollah, Tehran’s Lebanon-based foreign legion. These are serious conflicts. But they are not separate conflicts. And they could be something else – something worse. Ma…

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On Safari with Admiral Montgomery 58:50

2M ago58:50

58:50

Next month marks 30 years since the onset of the world’s worst mass slaughter since the Holocaust: the Rwandan genocide. Among the forces that ushered in an end to the conflict was a military officer who would ultimately become Rwanda’s president: Paul Kagame. FDD’s RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery recently met with President Kagame and other senior off…

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View of the World from Boston 1:03:41

2M ago1:03:41

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Joining Cliff for this episode is Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, whose first column appeared 30 years ago this week. Jeff’s career as a journalist has included interviews with Elie Wiesel and Mikhail Gorbachev, and on-the-ground reporting from such exotic locales as Cuba, the Korean DMZ, and Gaza. Cliff asks Jeff how he came to his world view;…

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The UN’s Support for Hamas’ War On Israel 56:24

2M ago56:24

56:24

Given the mandate of the United Nations, you might think a genocide perpetrated by a terrorist organization against a democracy in the Middle East would be an opportunity for the UN to exercise its moral authority — perhaps even an obligation, considering the U.S. tax dollars that bankroll it. But you’d be wrong. The UN doesn’t recognize Hamas as a…

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The Battle in Rafah, the War with Tehran 56:03

2M ago56:03

56:03

As Israel's defensive war in Gaza enters its fifth month, host Cliff May is joined by FDD experts retired Major General Amir Eshel and retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery to talk about the current state of the war including how many Hamas terrorists are thought to remain active on the battlefield in Gaza; the whereabouts of Hamas leaders Yahya Sin…

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A moment of decision for Americans 47:22

3M ago47:22

47:22

The U.S. is in a decisive moment. Harried by turmoil and challenges at home, many Americans look overseas and see a world on fire. Ukrainians are fighting for their lives against Putin, wondering whether the west will abandon them; Beijing is undertaking an unprecedented military expansion in preparation for potential aggression in the Taiwan Strai…

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Three Faces of Jew-Hatred 49:31

3M ago49:31

49:31

Jeffrey Herf has a new and timely volume on the current moment. It’s title: “Three Faces of Antisemitism: Right, Left and Islamist.” He joins host Cliff May to discuss the multiple manifestations of Jew-hatred – a growth industry since the terrible pogrom of October 7, 2023.By FDD

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Colonel Richard Kemp on Israel's Long War 45:39

3M ago45:39

45:39

Colonel Richard Kemp has spent three decades fighting terrorists and insurgents around the world, including as commander of British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been present during each conflict between Israel and Hamas since 2008 and has been in Israel since the beginning of the current Gaza war. Col. Kemp joins Cliff to discuss why Isra…

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Pacific Deterrence: An Update from Admiral John Aquilino 57:03

3M ago57:03

57:03

Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MI) are the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Armed Services Committee. On January 11, they issued a noteworthy joint statement after receiving a briefing from Admiral John Aquilino, the commander of all U.S. military forces in the Indo-Pacific. The briefing’s topic? The th…

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Qatar But Were Afraid to Ask 1:08:33

4M ago1:08:33

1:08:33

Host Cliff May is joined by FDD experts Jonathan Schanzer and Richard Goldberg to discuss Qatar donning the facade of ‘mediator’ and ‘peacemaker.’ The reality is rather different. They unpack Doha's bad behavior, including how a plethora of bad actors — e.g., Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Taliban, al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Islamic Republic of Ir…

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Strait Talk on the Houthis 57:13

4M ago57:13

57:13

The October 7 attack against Israel was carried out by Hamas with support from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Other Tehran proxies include Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Yemen-based Ansar Allah, better known as the Houthi rebels. Although President Trump designated them as a foreign terrorist organization, President Biden removed them from that blackli…

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Schadlow’s Strategies 44:49

4M ago44:49

44:49

Dr. Nadia Schadlow previously served as the U.S. national security advisor for strategy, and she led the drafting and publication of the 2017 National Security Strategy (and in record time). She shares what it was like to formulate such a strategy while in the Trump White House and while her predecessors rejected much of it, she shares one Strategy…

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How Warfare Evolves 49:36

4M ago49:36

49:36

General David Petraeus joins the show to discuss his new book (co-authored by Andrew Roberts, our recent episode with him here), Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. Primarily through the lenses of Ukraine and Israel, Cliff and the General examine what has evolved into modern-day warfare. They discuss the status of Ukraine's def…

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Dan Senor Calls Me Back 1:00:30

5M ago1:00:30

1:00:30

Podcast host and author Dan Senor joins Cliff to discuss his new book, The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World, and Israel's defensive war in Gaza. Among the complexities they ponder: How does Hamas continue to rain rocket fire across Israel — do they have that many weapons stockpiled, or are they be…

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Pizza, Policy, and Helicopters: A Conversation with Rep. Jason Crow 54:54

5M ago54:54

54:54

Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO) represents Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District, encompassing Aurora and adjacent areas. He's a former Army Ranger and Bronze Star recipient who deployed to combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Now in Congress, he serves on the important House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Foreign Affairs Comm…

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What Hamas believes 52:57

5M ago52:57

52:57

During its October 7 invasion, Hamas terrorists slaughtered more than one thousand civilians in Israel. Its horrific acts of terrorism on that day also included mass rape, pillaging, the desecration of corpses, hostage-taking, and other unspeakable atrocities. Hamas has openly stated that it aims to repeat these atrocities and war crimes again and …

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Dispatches from the Ongoing 10/7 War 49:50

5M ago49:50

49:50

Though the fighting is paused, Israel’s defensive war against Hamas continues. FDD Chief Executive Mark Dubowitz and former Israeli National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata — now a senior international fellow at FDD — just returned from Israel. Host Cliff May asks them what they saw, heard, and learned about Israel's ongoing war against Hamas, about H…

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How Hamas Co-opts the Media 1:00:40

5M ago1:00:40

1:00:40

Although six weeks have passed since Iran-backed Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and butchered more than 1,200 innocent civilians while taking hostage another 240, this is just the beginning of Israel’s multi-front defensive war. One key battlefield: the information space. Historically, the odds of winning in this arena have not been in Israel’s fa…

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Israel’s War on Terrorism 50:32

6M ago50:32

50:32

For an update on Israel's ground offensive in Gaza, AKA Israel's War on Terrorism, host Cliff May is joined by FDD experts Jonathan Schanzer — FDD Senior Vice President for Research and author of Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War — and FDD Senior Fellow Jacob Nagel, who previously served as Israel's National Security Advisor …

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The Road From Riyadh to Jerusalem 47:29

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Jerusalem and Tehran Consider Their Options 59:56

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The Homeless Industrial Complex PART 3 - with Tom Wolfe 1:01:58

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The Thickening Fog of War 55:14

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Israel's Shadow War 53:17

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Ronald Meets the Donald 1:06:48

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John Bolton’s New World Order 41:50

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Ali Khamenei’s Nuclear Ambitions and Weapons of Mass Distraction 56:39

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On Safari with Admiral Montgomery 58:50

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View of the World from Boston 1:03:41

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The UN’s Support for Hamas’ War On Israel 56:24

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The Battle in Rafah, the War with Tehran 56:03

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A moment of decision for Americans 47:22

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Three Faces of Jew-Hatred 49:31

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Colonel Richard Kemp on Israel's Long War 45:39

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Pacific Deterrence: An Update from Admiral John Aquilino 57:03

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Qatar But Were Afraid to Ask 1:08:33

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Strait Talk on the Houthis 57:13

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Schadlow’s Strategies 44:49

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How Warfare Evolves 49:36

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Dan Senor Calls Me Back 1:00:30

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Pizza, Policy, and Helicopters: A Conversation with Rep. Jason Crow 54:54

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What Hamas believes 52:57

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Dispatches from the Ongoing 10/7 War 49:50

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How Hamas Co-opts the Media 1:00:40

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Israel’s War on Terrorism 50:32

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