In the Room with Peter Bergen

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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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94 Ratings

Already love Peter Bergen

Jul 12

JaneJenss

Have his books— no idea there was an intelligent podcast spanning many topics.
I never skip it!

Mar 31

Dr Meau

This is the only podcast I never miss. Peter Bergen has smart guests and he encourages them to be candid.
Venezuela

Jun 26

Chicago Teacher!

How do you talk about economic problems in Venezuela & not talk about US supported coup attempts & economic sanctions that the United States put on Venezuela?
Risk of losing institutional expertise

Jun 18

VRM1964

Great topic for an intelligent balanced discussion. As I understand, an important critique of how the US ended up with over 500k troops in Vietnam in 1968 in a practical stalemate was the purge of the State Department during the McCarthy red scare period of late 1940’s-early 1950’s. The lack of institutional expertise in IndoChina at the Star Department prevented the ability to potentially limit/avoid the mistake that was the Vietnam Wor which cost nearly 60k US lives

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.