Episode 509 – Think Tanks, Stink Tanks!

Episode 509 – Think Tanks, Stink Tanks!

Think tanks: we’ve all heard of them, but what are they, exactly? What do they do? And what do they reveal about how power really operates in our society? Roll up your sleeves and get ready to encounter some muck as James does a deep dive into the think tank...

Interview 287 – Alex Abella

Alex Abella joins us to discuss his book, Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire. We discuss RAND’s “contributions” to military planning, systems analysis, nuclear weapon deployment, rational choice theory and...