Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Target USA Podcast by WTOP


Latest Episodes

Ep. 338 | What ordinary Russians think about the war in Ukraine; and then what everyone else thinks
June 29, 2022

Alexey Levinson, a sociologist and senior researcher at the Levada Center, Russia’s leading polling organization, shares his research, and then former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicious ex

Ep. 337 | Nuclear test by North Korea, "imminent".
June 22, 2022

Ambassador Joe Detrani, former Director of the National Counter-Proliferation Center, says this could be very serious.

Ep. 336 | Ukraine vs Russia: A critical point in the war
June 15, 2022

Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks and former US Ambassador Daniel Fried explain why this is perhaps the most critical conflict of our time.

Ep. 335 | The War in Ukraine; An urgent bellwether for Europe
June 08, 2022

Jonathan Vseviov, Secretary-General of Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses how critical it is for Ukraine to defeat Russia.

Ep. 334 | Understanding why Russia can't defeat Ukraine
June 01, 2022

Sofia Fedyna, a Member of Ukraine's Parliament says Vladimir Putin has succeeded in making all Ukrainians "hate him from the bottom of our hearts."

Ep. 333 | How to build an anti-disinformation program
May 25, 2022

Kairi Saar-Isop, advisor in the Department of Strategic Communications for the Estonian government discusses their program and how it works.

Ep. 332 | The Whelan Family's disappointment
May 18, 2022

The release of Trevor Reed was a bittersweet moment for the family of Paul Whelan. His sister Elizabeth explains.

Ep. 331 | Despite Ukraine failure Putin still has "grand vision" to rebuild the USSR
May 11, 2022

Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says Russia is still an "existential threat" to the U.S because of President Vladimir Putin and its nuclear weapons.

Ep. 330 | She warned us 3 years ago about Putin's plan to invade Ukraine.
May 04, 2022

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze told us on Target USA in 2019, Russia was planning another invasion. On this episode she talks about what's next.

Ep. 329 | Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza may face years in prison
April 27, 2022

His wife Evgenia Kara-Murza explains why a 15-day jail term over a bogus charge might end up being much, much longer.