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This week on Chatter, Shane Harris speaks to artist Trevor Paglen, who explores themes of surveillance, security, and secrecy.  Shane first got to know Trevor’s…

Millions of hostile rivalries exist between groups worldwide, but their conflicts rarely escalate to protracted violence. Because would-be combatants know that all-out conflict usually proves…

This week on Chatter, Shane Harris speaks to filmmaker Nicholas Meyer about the renewed threat of nuclear war amid the conflict in Ukraine. Meyer directed…

No one understands the surreal aspects of a large, long-established bureaucracy like one who has worked in it. And few have written satire about the…

Artificial intelligence algorithms are increasingly being used to make decisions for us. But, as NBC technology correspondent Jacob Ward argues, these are not necessarily the ones…

For decades, humanity has failed to address climate change and prepare for its devastating impact. Without significant changes to our consumption of fossil fuels, the…

This week, Shane Harris talks with journalist Catherine Belton about the rise of Vladimir Putin from KGB officer to president of Russia.  Belton’s book, Putin’s…

Russia’s most recent invasion of Ukraine reverberates around the globe–including in the Arctic. An area that had seen increasingly productive cooperation, due in large part…

This week’s episode goes back a decade and a half to the 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia–and brings the conversation to today, both with lessons we…

This week, Shane Harris talks with professor and author Elizabeth Samet about Hollywood’s portrayal of World War II and how that influences what Americans think…