History of Terrorism Part 3: Guy Fawkes & The Gunpowder Plot
This new episode in our history of terrorism podcast series looks at tyrannicide, the religious wars of Europe and the famous Guy Fawkes Gunpowder...
History of Terrorism Part 1: The Zealots
The first episode in our new series on the History of Terrorism begins in the 1st century with a group of religious fanatics in Palestine whose activity in revolt against Rome inadvertently brought about the destruction of Jerusalem. The Zealots foreshadowed much of the tactics and extremism seen in terrorist groups today throughout much of the world especially on the front of religious or ideological fanaticism.
North Korea, Iran and the Wrath of Khan
This podcast features the true story of AQ Khan, the man who more than any other individual helped spread the threat of nuclear war...
Election Meddling
In this podcast episode we take a brief look at the long history of election meddling which the US has helped to write since 1915.
Venezuela in Crisis – Part 1
This two part podcast series explains the how the current crisis in Venezuela developed. Part 1 looks at the history of Venezuela and demonstrates this South American nation's unique place in the global order. Venezuela in Crisis helps you understand the news that is unfolding today.
Killers in the Name of God Part 3: The Killers of Allah
By the 1980s nationalism and political philosophies had failed the former Islamic world of the Middle East. Into this vacuum stepped Islamic extremist ideologies...
Killers in the Name of God Part 2: Decline of Islam
Before Islamic extremism took hold in the Middle East there was actually a decline in Islam’s influence there as nationalism and political philosophies took...
Killers in the Name of God – Part 1: The Caliphates
This is part 1 of the three part podcast series that look at the history of Islamic Extremism.
JB Shreve looks at the early history...