Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Target USA Podcast by WTOP


Latest Episodes

Ep. 298 | COVID Conspiracy Part 2: How does Russian disinformation work?
October 12, 2021

Foreign disinformation is driving US vaccine resistance. This is part two of a four-part series of podcasts. Retired FBI Special Tom O’Connor explains how Russian disinformation works and what their o

Ep. 297 | COVID Conspiracy Part 1: Russian Disinfo fuels anti-vaxx movement.
October 06, 2021

Foreign disinformation is driving US vaccine resistance. This is part one of a four-part series of podcasts. We'll connect the dots between a secret foreign influence campaign that recruited social me

Ep. 296 | Fiona Hill discusses her new book, "There's Nothing For You Here"
September 29, 2021

Fiona Hill became known worldwide when she testified during former President Donald Trump's first indictment. Until recently, what she went through to become a globally recognized expert on Russia and

Ep. 295 | Kusti Salm: Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence of Republic of Estonia
September 22, 2021

He discusses Estonia's outlook on national defense, ZAPAD, Russian aggression, Belarus's provocations, and migrant weaponization.

Ep. 294 | NATO: One for all, All for one
September 15, 2021

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has raised serious doubts about the relationship between the US and NATO. It was a key topic at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia September 3-6. We b

TiTitle: Target USA –Ep. 256 | Democracy Under Duress
December 23, 2020

The U.S. is in the grips of Russian disinformation, dark money and "our own dishonest politics". Fiona Hill, Douglas London, Anders Asland, Senator Mark Warner, and others top national security experts put the threat into...

Title: Target USA –Ep. 255 | America caught in the grips of Russian disinformation
December 16, 2020

Dr. Christopher Paul, a senior social scientist at the Rand Corporation, explains how Russia's disinformation game has put the U.S. in a very tough spot.

Title: Target USA –Ep. 254 | A look at the new Far Right in America
December 09, 2020

Author Cynthia Miller-Idriss discusses her new book "Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right."

Title: Target USA –Ep. 253 | From Trump to Biden: National Security at a Crossroads
December 02, 2020

Senator Mark Warner, Former DIA Deputy Director Douglas Wise and former presidential briefer David Priess discuss the transition, the challenges ahead and what the intelligence is saying about the future.

Title: Target USA –Ep. 252| DARPA's role in rapid COVID vaccine development
November 25, 2020

Victoria Coleman, DARPA's new director, talks about the agency's role in the historically rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine. She says that's a part of what the agency was built to do, 62 years ago.