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  • View from Munich / Europe’s far-right / DNI in Georgia
    Feb 12 2026

    “The world has entered a period of wrecking-ball politics,” begins the Munich Security Report, released as the world’s security establishment gathers in Germany.

    Host Mary Louise Kelly is on the ground at the Munich Security Conference, as is Berlin Correspondent Rob Schmitz. Together with National Security Correspondent Greg Myre, they check in on Europe’s effort to bolster its own defenses, as the U.S. pulls back.

    Rob explains Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party’s political ascendence and its goals for security policy.

    And Greg walks through what Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was doing at a Fulton County, Ga. elections hub during an FBI search.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.org
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    27 m
  • 'Persons of no interest:' embassy wives become spies in new thriller
    Feb 10 2026
    Two American women -- living in Cold War-era Moscow, with husbands in the CIA -- suddenly become undercover agents themselves. That's the set-up for PONIES, a new spy thriller now available on Peacock. Mary Louise Kelly speaks with star Haley Lu Richardson and showrunner David Iserson about the show, the research behind it, and what makes a good spy.

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    27 m
  • Can Iran negotiate its way out of a U.S. attack?
    Feb 5 2026
    President Trump says he’ll act against Iran “with speed and violence,” if he doesn’t get a deal to rein in Iran’s nuclear program.

    Host Mary Louise Kelly talks with National Security Corresponent Greg Myre and Science and Security Correspondent Geoff Brumfiel about how, after a month of turmoil, the US and Iran seem to have arrived at talks over Tehran's nuclear capabilities. And they'll unpack how much more dangerous the world is after the expiration of the last U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty.

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    28 m
  • Is the “president of peace” preparing for war?
    Jan 29 2026

    Last week, President Trump was announcing a Board of Peace for Gaza. This week, he’s threatening war against Iran.


    Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR’s national security correspondent Greg Myre and NPR’s Tel Aviv-based correspondent Daniel Estrin about war, peace and the Middle East.

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  • Do we know what’s happening with Greenland?
    Jan 22 2026

    For weeks, President Trump has made plain he wants the United States to own the Arctic island. Then on Wednesday, he appeared to back down, and announced a “framework” of a deal.

    Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with reporter Willem Marx in Davos and NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman about the deal and how this could signal a new world order.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.org

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    31 m
  • 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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