Videos

Episode 2848: Jacob Siegel on the Information State that Came Home https://keenon.substack.com/p/politics-in-the-age-of-total-control?utm_source=youtube

“What conclusion do you draw if you see a system that continues to grow more powerful despite failing at the things it says it’s going to accomplish?” — Jacob Siegel Jacob Siegel grew up in Brooklyn, enlisted after 9/11, and fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. As an intelligence officer, he…

Episode 2847: Soli Özel on the Iran War, the 82nd Airborne, and Why Nothing Will Ever Be the Same https://keenon.substack.com/p/americas-suez-moment?utm_source=youtube

“If the regime doesn’t lose, it wins.” — Soli Özel It was just past midnight in Istanbul when I reached Soli Özel. The Pentagon had just announced it was deploying the 82nd Airborne to the Gulf. Özel — one of the most trusted analysts of Middle Eastern politics — is…

Episode 2846: Julia Minson on Arguing with Your MAGA Father-in-Law https://keenon.substack.com/p/how-to-be-agreeably-disagreeable?utm_source=youtube