Episodes

  • Trump's Hormuz plan / troops to Mideast / Iran peace ‘talks’?

    Trump's Hormuz plan / troops to Mideast / Iran peace ‘talks’?
    Mar 26 2026
    The Pentagon is sending thousands of U.S. troops to the Middle East. Is this an escalation or a warning?


    Host Mary Louise Kelly, NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and International Correspondent Aya Batrawy break down the latest about the war in Iran, including the prospects for an off-ramp.

    Join us next week on Tuesday, March 31 for a live virtual event with Mary Louise and National Security Correspondent Greg Myre. They’ll discuss the latest developments in Iran and answer your questions about the news of the day, covering the intelligence community and more. NPR+ supporters have already been invited via email.

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    32 mins
  • Top Swedish General: NATO 'heeding the call' on its new reality

    Top Swedish General: NATO 'heeding the call' on its new reality
    Mar 25 2026
    Europe has come to grips with a new reality, ushered in by the Trump administration: Europe needs to commit more resources to its own security. That's according to Sweden's Chief of Defense, General Michael Claesson. In this sit-down with Mary Louise Kelly, Claesson unpacks the NATO alliance from a European military perspective -- and also weighs in on the wars in Ukraine and Iran.

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    22 mins
  • Inside a secret Pentagon effort to bring AI to the battlefield

    Inside a secret Pentagon effort to bring AI to the battlefield
    Mar 23 2026
    Project Maven, a secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver the U.S. into an age of AI warfare, is the subject of a new book by Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson. Manson speaks with Mary Louise Kelly.

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    25 mins
  • Iran latest: View from the border / Trump strong-arms allies

    Iran latest: View from the border / Trump strong-arms allies
    Mar 19 2026
    President Trump has demanded, begged and threatened U.S. allies to join the war in Iran.

    But those allies aren’t exactly leaping in to help. Can Trump finish the war he started – without them?


    Host Mary Louise Kelly is joined by Arezou Rezvani, NPR’s correspondent currently in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Rezvani opened up her reporter’s notebook to share what it’s like covering Iran from outside the country. NPR’s national security correspondent Greg Myre joined them to talk about the importance of Kharg Island, Iran's oil export hub on the Persian Gulf, and what path President Trump might take to end the conflict.

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    31 mins
  • Without a press corps, who holds the Pentagon to account?

    Without a press corps, who holds the Pentagon to account?
    Sep 25 2025
    And the president designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.


    This episode, we dig into the Pentagon's demand that reporters sign a pledge commiting not to gather any information -- including unclassified reports -- that hasn't been authorized for release, or lose their press credentials. Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman about how how it could change his reporting. And domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef clarifies what President Trump's executive order means in practice and what it signals.

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    25 mins
  • U.S. vs. Israel on endgame / Battlefield tech / Wartime censorship

    U.S. vs. Israel on endgame / Battlefield tech / Wartime censorship
    Mar 12 2026
    President Trump says there’s practically nothing left to target in Iran. Is the White House looking for an off ramp?

    Host Mary Louise Kelly is joined this week by Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman, and Tel Aviv-based International Correspondent Daniel Estrin. They discuss how drone and satellite technology is coming into play in the war in Iran, the limited communication from U.S. and Israeli militaries about the war's progress and the divergent goals of the two countries.

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    28 mins
  • Introducing Sources & Methods

    Introducing Sources & Methods
    Aug 25 2025
    National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week.


    With decades of reporting from battlefields and the halls of power, they bring you inside the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community to help you understand America's shifting role in the world, and how events in faraway places matter here at home. Additional episodes feature interviews with power players from the NatSec world -- current and former military officials, intelligence experts, diplomatic leaders, and more.


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    2 mins