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In the Room with Peter Bergen

By: Peter L. Bergen
Narrated by: Peter L. Bergen
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  • In The Room with Peter Bergen was recognized as one of the 20 best podcasts of 2023 by Audible Editors.

    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 U.S. Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, U.S. Army General David Petraeus, Jen Easterly who leads U.S. efforts to prevent cyberattacks, former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, first-ever female Afghan ambassador to the U.S. 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.

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Episodes
  • Episode 77: What is “National Security” Anyway?
    Nov 19 2024

    Declaring something a matter of “national security” is a great way to get people to take it seriously — and Congress to fund it. After all, what matters more than keeping the United States and its citizens safe from foreign attack? But what about the economic security of the citizenry? Or their health? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thought those should be included too — and that if the government didn’t prioritize them as national security issues, Americans might begin to look to autocrats to provide for their well-being. Was FDR right?

    Go to audible.com/news where you'll find Peter Bergen's recommendations for other news, journalism and nonfiction listening.

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    35 mins
  • Episode 76: The Alt-Right Was Once Just on the Fringes. Here’s How it Went Mainstream.
    Nov 12 2024

    After instigating violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, the alt-right movement seemed to crumble — but journalist Elle Reeve, who’s been talking with them for years, says that doesn’t mean their ideas have gone away. She says that their extremist ideology is actually on the rise — and has spread from the darkest corners of the internet to the heart of American politics.

    Go to audible.com/news where you'll find Peter Bergen's recommendations for other news, journalism and nonfiction listening.

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    45 mins

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Interesting, insightful, and well researched! Number one podcast for a nice walk. Never a bad episode.

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