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In the Room with Peter Bergen Audible
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Overwhelmed by conflicting narratives and sensationalism in the news? Wondering where you can get an objective analysis and direct-from-the-source reporting?
Look no further than In the Room with Peter Bergen. In a weekly nonpartisan news podcast, longtime national security journalist and bestselling author Peter Bergen goes beyond the headlines, to explore the world’s most important and captivating stories.
Each week, listeners are invited to join Peter as he covers a news topic like war, artificial intelligence, UFOs, and more, including a rare peek inside the FBI's unit that is trying to prevent mass shootings. Balancing various perspectives on the subject, he combines narrative-rich storytelling and interviews with top experts and leaders like former Acting US Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, US Army General David Petraeus, Jen Easterly who leads US efforts to prevent cyberattacks, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton, first-ever female Afghan ambassador to the US Roya Rahmani, and CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward.
Listeners go “in the room” with Peter as he presses his contacts for accurate, on-the-ground information to help his listeners contextualize and understand the impact of these stories on their lives through a quality, trustworthy, and engaging lens.
Get the real story from the people who are there as it unfolds with In the Room with Peter Bergen.
Go to Audible.com/news where you’ll find Peter Bergen's recommendations for other news, journalism, and nonfiction listening.
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1-on-1 with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK, Jr.’s views on vaccines and his penchant for questioning official narratives have kept him on the fringes of American politics for years. But now, as a third-party presidential candidate he is polling around 10% — enough to affect the outcome of an election that is expected to be decided on a razor-thin margin.
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Is America Headed into a New Cold War?
David Sanger thinks so. After four decades at The New York Times, he may be America’s most experienced national security reporter, and he thinks superpower conflict is back.
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What Happened When the Migrant Crisis Came to Chicago?
Busloads of migrants have been arriving in northern cities for the past two years, testing the patience of some residents and bringing out empathy in others.
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Where Did the Migrant Crisis Come From?
American voters say immigration is the number one issue on their minds in this crucial presidential election year. How did we get here?
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What UFO Conspiracies Have to Do with Jan. 6th
The Pentagon UFO office just released its investigation of UFO sightings going back to the 1940s....
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Counterterrorism Chief Says Hamas Attack and Gaza War Have Reshaped Terror Threat
When Christine Abizaid — the director of the National Counterterrorism Center — first began working for the United States government in 2002, the biggest terror threat facing the U.S. was from Al-Qaeda.